15 Oct 2016 22:28:01
Regarding the goalkeeping situation for Monday night, I think Mignolet must come back. I've got nothing against Karius and really hope that he can become a truly great keeper for Liverpool for many years to come. However, I believe that to play him against Utd could be s step too early and could even hinder his development if something goes wrong.

When we signed him I'd never heard of him and had certainly never seen him play. So I was looking forward to seeing him play pre-season to judge for myself. I have seen many posters on here, who have probably also never seen him play, making out that he is the answer to all our problems.

In pre-season, he was hardly tested but 3 incidents stood out. One, he let a back pass roll under his foot and had to hurriedly dive on the ball to prevent a goal. Two, the first cross he faced, he flapped at it and got nowhere near the ball. Three, he came out for another cross, punched Lovren in the head and broke his hand. When he got his chance in the Premiership, he looked a bag of nerves, still flapping at crosses and hardly inspiring confidence. I also read posts on here trying to justify his place by saying his kicking was an improvement on Mignolet. I saw one miskick barely make the centre circle as it bounced along the ground. A few others went out of touch and when he was put under pressure with the ball at his feet, he looked even dodgier than Mignolet.

If he plays on Monday. Mourinho will target him for sure. I stress once again that I am not trying to get at Karius, it's just that I cannot believe the number of posters on here pushing his claims when they have hardly seen him play.

1.) 15 Oct 2016
15 Oct 2016 23:25:17
I don't know what you mean by targeting Migs. With Zlatan in the side UTD will lump the ball to him without a doubt.

2.) 16 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 00:03:42
You have a solid arguement but Karius can't be any worse than Migs imo and needs the experience, every keeper makes mistakes, everybody does. he deserves his chance this lad in my opinion, i'd be more worried if migs was on.

3.) 16 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 01:36:51
De Gea's first season in the prem was awful and now he's probably the best keeper in the league. Give Karius a break cause sometimes it can take players time to adjust even keepers.

4.) 16 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 02:28:41
I agree with kloppometor. We all want Karius to do well but Migs has more experience under his belt which could be vitally important vs Utd.

5.) 16 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 09:02:56
Was just about to say the same about de gea. now he is one of the best in the world. also surely dropping karius would affect his confidence. u talk of experience but migs has been in the prem how many years now and is still a liability. he pulls off some great saves without doubt but it's the unforced errors which to me are his downfall. a steady run of games will build karius confidence and if we keep on winning then him and the whole teams will just increase.

6.) 16 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 09:58:12
Hahahaha you guys . hahaha haaaaa.

7.) 16 Oct 2016
16 Oct 2016 11:59:03
Klopp did not sign Karius to be his number one goalkeeper so he could wrap him in cotton wool away from the pressure of being an LFC keeper and omit him from the starting 11 against United. With all due respect, that is just absurd. If you want Karius to develop, then denying him the experience of an intense, high octane fixture is just stupid.