05 Jul 2018 18:41:23
So if Karius is set to be our number1and Mignolet will leave, then who will be our back up? I can't follow the logic of this situation at all and I believe JK will not go into a new season relying on this format so I think we will sign a GK if he doesn't we are courting big mistake. Regardless of the CL final I just can't convince myself that Karius will come good.

1.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 19:12:05
How about Ward? He’s competent and will save wasting money on the likes of Navas or Cillessen who aren’t capable of playing in the premier league.

2.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 19:17:18
Ward is more than capable of being back up. Tbh I'm not against giving him a shot at no1.

3.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 19:23:43
OP, I suspect Klopp will/ could bring in a new GK as no 2 or to keep Karius on his toes. We shall see. As for whether Karius can come good or not, that is still an open question. Why? Had he not made mistakes in the CL final, we still would not have been certain if he would come good or not cos he would still need one more season to improve the rough edges of his game. So for me, nothing changes on that topic as he improved when he came in last Jan and had earned the right to be no. 1 this season until Kiev happened. And I'm not buying the "he always had a mistake in him" nonsense cos the WC has shown us that EVERY GK has a mistake in him, even the ones many fans claim to be "perfect" so that has become a non argument.

What I wanna see is that if Klopp is keeping Karius as no. 1, we need to put a system in place to protect him, just like we did when he came in last Jan which saw us defend well as a team, and allowed him to simply concentrate on his job and get his mind right. Here's to hoping.

4.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 19:27:59
Ward, Navas, Butland, Cillessen etc. Right now I'd predict it'll be one of them to be honest. God knows what'll happen though. If we end up with Karius and Ward, then so be it. Last year we got to a Champions League final and had one of the best defensive records across the 19 league games Karius played in.

I would prefer us to sign a top class keeper but they're hard to find.

5.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 19:45:08
MK, we got to the CL final despite Karius not because of him. I've posted on the Others Site that I fear sitting on the Kop listening to the groans everytime the ball goes near him, or he has ball at his feet.
None of us know (or only a few) what's going on behind the scenes, but I sure hope that the priority is getting in a top quality keeper.

6.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 20:01:20
With a better midfield we should have no problem doing well "in spite" of Karius again then 😉

I have faith in Karius if Leicester can win the league with Schmeical and Barcelona can win the Champions League with Bravo!

7.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 20:01:41
BRover, any side that has to set up to help protect their keeper is on a hiding to nothing. The whole set up of a side is based on having the confidence of the keeper that's behind them.

8.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 20:11:56
MK, in 10 months time I hope I'm saying you were right and I was wrong. I have no faith in him and my opinion isn't based on what happened in the CL final but what I saw in all the games I watched him play.

9.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 20:21:50
With regards to Bravo, like Real Madrid and Casillas, Barcelona were successful despite having Bravo.
And regards to Schmichel and Leicester, we are all, to this day, left wondering how a side with Wes Morgan and Huth in their side could win the PL. Personally I thought Schmichel had an excellent season that season.

10.) 05 Jul 2018
05 Jul 2018 20:48:28
To be fair to Karius he made some big saves in the run up to Kiev. He didn't single handedly get us there but he helped.

11.) 06 Jul 2018
06 Jul 2018 00:02:02
Buy a world class keeper or stick with what we have. Same with any position now tbh.