05 May 2018 03:18:41
Been a while since I posted.

What an amazing season we have had!

Read through a whole lot of negative comments after reaching the final and still cannot understand why?

We need one more win to secure a spot in the top 4. Our goal difference is far superior than Chelsea's.

We play absolute mind blowing football too. I do not believe their is a team that can touch us when we are at our best. We have even improved at the back.

Before anyone wants to start giving Karius stick for conceding 6 goals over two legs vs Roma, Alisson who has been held in high regard conceded 7.

I demand entertaining football and Klopp is without a doubt providing that and now has taken us to a final in the biggest competition in club football. In +- 2.5 years that is definitely proof that we are going places especially when you consider the state the team was in when Klopp first took over.

Just a little patience required.

Onwards!


1.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 06:35:17
Agreed, people were wetting themselves on here when we were linked with Allison yet all 7 goals he let in against us were from open play. 2 of theirs against us were pens which most keepers never stop and one was one of the strangest own goals I’ve seen for years. Karius looks a half decent keeper to me, If Allison is worth the £ figures being quoted then I think our money is better spent elsewhere.


2.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 07:05:37
Karius palmed the second straight out to Dzeko on Wednesday and watched Naingollans first goal go in. Not a clue what he was doing there? Alisson didn’t cover himself in glory over the 2 legs but looked the better keeper to me.
This is in no way digging out Karius just my view Alisson was the better keeper over the 2 legs. Karius almost made a balls up in the first leg from Kolarovs speculative long range effort.
I think Karius has improved a lot in his second stint as first choice and he’s probably earnt the right to keep the jersey for next season. I am however not 100% convinced with him and if a top keeper becomes available I would go for one. If the likes of Butland and Navas are being considered I would stick with Karius.


3.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 07:09:51
And so the Larius love-in continues. all the excuses come flowing out: De Gea was crap in his first season, Allison conced 7 and Karius only conceded 6, Mignolet makes loads of mistakes, the defence has been better since he came in. Let’s look at those points more clearly. Karius is just coming to the end of his 2nd season while De Gea had well sussed the Premiership by then, Allison wasn’t at fault with any of the goals while Karius was and got lucky on 2 other occasions, so what if he’s better than Mogs neither are good enough and, as for the improvement in the defence I’ll say 2 words - Van Dijk sand Robertson.

Karius has improved I admit but is still not there for me. His decision making is poor on whether to come or stay and he needs to improve that massively. Top managers realise how important good keeper is. Hence Clough paying big for Peter Shelton and Rafa upgrading an already good keeper in Dudek with a better one in Reina.


4.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 07:26:51
Karius is just not good enough. Too many mistakes and I am never confident when he plays. A new keeper is a must if we want to challenge for the league.
Allison looked good to me but I can't see us going for him, I do think that we will get someone, probably a surprise name.


5.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 07:42:37
Great post Max, good to see you back mate!


6.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 08:21:16
The thing that worries me the most was that had it not been for a linesman's flag Karius could/ should have been sent off and us down to 10 men in a CL semi. All because of bad decision making.

{Ed001's Note - it would have been a booking and a pen, not a red. The rules were changed for this season to stop what was seen as a double punishment.}


7.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 08:53:17
It’s been the law since 2016,they say the penalty is now enough punishment although if the pen is missed it sure the opposition would disagree. I could be wrong but I think the refs can still send the keeper off if they believe they made no attempt to challenge for the ball fairly.


8.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 09:00:38
Ed01 I'd love to agree with your there mate. But with the Refs performace on wed night I wouldn't have been surprised to have seen a red card as well. Actually it wouldn't have surprised me if he pulled out a green card and a clowns nose.

{Ed001's Note - fair point, but the point is that you were talking about what would have happened if the correct decision was given mate. I was just pointing out that would have been no offside and a yellow, rather than a red. Though I would not have been surprised at any decision that set of officials made, they were as abysmal as Pallotta is whiny.}


9.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 09:21:06
Ed01 appreciate the insight mate and I was just jesting with you. To be honest I was actually unaware of that rule change until I think I read it on here after Karius did it against Palace and I totally forgot about it on my first comment.

{Ed001's Note - it is an easy one to forget and no worries I wasn't getting wound up or anything. It is one of the few changes that have come about in recent years that I think is a good one. It is not that often they change laws of the game and you can immediately see a benefit from them.}


10.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 09:52:02
All these guys who are better judges of players than Klopp.
A few will be crying in their beer next season when Karius is still in goals for us.


11.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 11:05:55
Allison is a very good GK and is better than Karius right now. He is more experienced, and more fundamentally sound. That does not remove from the fact that Karius simply outplayed him, IMO. Karius claimed every cross that came his way, was in more command of his area and more vocal and made saves to keep on in the tie in both legs. Allison on the other hand, was jittery, a flapper, and dithered on the ball a few times and actually tried to dribble Salah twice in Rome. Had Karius done even have of all this, we would have run him out of town and rightfully so.

However, Karius still should have done better with the non pen call cos Dzeko was going nowhere (toward the touch line) and should have read the ball better. As for the palming of the ball, he should have punched instead of palming it to get more distance on it. Dzeko just happened to be there so it is not as if he saw him there and palmed it to him. All in all, Karius has led us to a CL final, has 6/ 7 clean sheets and him conceding 6 is a misnomer cos bot where pens, one was an own goal and the other was so accurate that it hit both posts and went in. That's 4 goals right there you can't blame him for, IMO.


12.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 12:12:08
Was thinking the other day about all the ups and downs we had and at one point people not happy with team or Klopp. Instead of a match review it would be bloody hilarious if you could do a post review Ed on different members.

Just for a bit of fun. Or get the posters to nominate 3 for you to do. Football is so much mixed emotions so would be funny for different opinions but also may make us think twice about silly posts as we may get nominated following year 😂.

{Ed001's Note - I don't remember what people say mate so there would be no way of doing so. I have forgotten what I said within seconds, let alone what someone else said!}


13.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 12:16:36
To be honest neither keeper covered themselves in glory over the 2 legs. It was the first time I've seen Allison play live and I wasn't impressed and Karius probably had 2 of his poorest games for us since taking over no 1.


14.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 12:21:49
Im not so sure that history will record the season Karius led us to a CL final. Salah, perhaps, but not Karius.
Hes reached a decent level since joining us but im still unconvinced he's the answer in goal. Id like to see him get a full run out next season to see if he builds on his experiences and improves.


15.) 05 May 2018
05 May 2018 20:05:35
RLRL, you're right. "Led" is not the word needed. I meant to say "help". Karius leads the CL in clean sheets and that is to his credit and that of the team.

Jay, I disagree. Karius has had poorer games than in both Roma games. In the first leg, he misjudged a swerving shot and STILL got his hands on it and diverted it to the post. In the second leg, I agree he should never have done better and should never have gone that far on the Dzeko play and should have punched the shot instead of palming it so as to get more distance. Having said that, he flapped at NO crosses in both games, commanded his area, very vocal and made good saves vs Schick, Strootman (first leg) and Dzeko, Ungiz in the second leg. The kid is young and will improve. Just my opinion, man.