I think whether or not Joe Hart is the solution probably isn't the question as I'm pretty sure we won't be buying him. The question short term is do we stick with Karius, and if we do where will we be come January? If he and we carry on in the sort of form which has seen us pick up one point from a trip to Bournemouth and a home game with West Ham combined, with the greatest respect it won't make any difference who we sign because by then we'll be going for a top four slot at best.
As far as Karius is concerned I think the next game is absolutely crucial. If he plays well there I'd stick with him, but any sort of f*** up and I'd be reluctant to see him line up at Goodison as he'll get destroyed by their fans. I do take peoples point when they say Mignolet is no better (I personally think he is by a small margin but anyway) but at least Mignolet is used to the scrutiny, used to being called sh!te if you like so maybe in a better position to deal with it. Unfortunately for Karius his ill advised decision to debate with pundits in a public forum has put him under even greater scrutiny and pressure, and his form looks to me to be in danger of completely unraveling. I understand some posters wish to be loyal to Jürgen and his signings, but I've never been one for pretending the sky is a different colour to what I ccan see with my own eyes. If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck then there seems little point to me in pretending it's a swan. Karius at the moment is the muckiest and ugliest of ducks and he is giving us a real issue.
Longer term if Karius doesn't work out, I've seen enough of Mignolet to know he isn't the answer either. I'm no goalkeeping expert, but quite why we always seem to end up with one of the worst three or four goalkeepers in the league I'm unsure. Why don't we just go and buy someone who we KNOW is pretty good? Frazer Forster, Jack Butland, Joe Hart, the fella from Burnley, someone of that ilk? Then there's the keepers abroad, we played a German team last season (not Dortmund) and their keeper was excellent. Jürgen said he was one of the best keepers in their league, why not look at him?
I don't know why we always seem to make it difficult, but with successive managers and teams we always seem to have a goalie who gives the opposition half a goal start before we kick off.
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