Loved Grobelaar as a keeper at the time, but how he has the nerve to criticise anybody after getting caught taking a bung is beyond me.
Mignolet is not great on crosses, its true, but he is not the main problem with our defence - overall poor oragnisation is.
Plus shot-stopping is quite a big part of being a goalie and he has pulled off a lot of great saves for us over the last season and a half, including against Palace the other day. Lots of young goalies take time to settle - think of de Gea when he first went to ManUre.
Mignolet overall has done ok, and should be given more time.
Shot stopping is a vital part of a 'keeper's role, accepted.
Distribution, controlling your area of play and stamping authority on a game are as necessary as the shot stopping quality and just as vital.
A relative mastery of all is ideal but rarely encountered, having a passable talent for just one of those requirements however is entirely unacceptable in the upper tiers of football.
Maybe the ''time to settle'' you speak of is a part of another obscure long term plan for the club.
Whatever went on with Grobelaar in his day he pulled some superhuman saves out the bag as well as scaring the sh*t out of anyone that dared set foot in his territory.
His penalty showstoppers are well documented.
If anyone is qualified to comment on a Liverpool goalkeeper's qualities Brucie is your man.
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