Our Second Choice Keeper ?

Why is Brad Jones our second choice keeper ? What has he done to prove himself worthy to be Pepe's understudy ? He's barely played this season so i cant make a decision on him.

However when i have seen Gulasci play the couple of times i'v watched the ressies he's been very good when called into action

I know it's not the most important topic but i want peoples opinions on how good Gulasci is because admitedly i'v only seen him a handful off times

And when i saw Jones with Boro i wasn't overly impressed ?

I think Brad Jones was signed was because he was classified as Home Grown having joined Boro as a teen. However, not sure if we needed to because I think Peter Gulacsi should also be classified as Home Grown already.

Because we need 8 Home Grown players, we have Jones, Gerrard, Carragher, Konchesky, Johnson, Darby, Spearing and Cole. Wouldn't have worked if we had Cavalieri and no Konchesky.

Actually I'm not sure at all. We probably just need a 2nd goalkeeper who is just good enough. Having such a quality one will be wasteful.

I noticed against Blackpool Gulacsi was on the bench. Could suggest Jones is not needed (and let's face it, he isn't).

I noticed against Blackpool Gulacsi was on the bench. Could suggest Jones is not needed (and let's face it, he isn't).

Brad Jones is at the Asian Cup with Australia this whole month.

No i never really understood why we signed him ? Gulasci should be tested in our cup games...oh wait :/

Peter Gulasci is a week younger than me (according to wikipedia) so he qualifies as u21, thus being homegrown I think. So what was the point in buying Brad Jones as whoever the 2nd choice keeper is only going to play 8 games max a season.

The idea of having a second choice keeper who rarely sees game time is that if our developing young keeper (Gulacsi in this instance) can go wherever to assist in his development without having to be called upon for the first team.  Example being if a Championship club want him on loan next season for the full year to play first string keeper it wouldn't be possible without Brad Jones because we'd need him on the bench every game.  Gulacsi would benefit far more from regular game time in the Championship than sitting on the bench for the first team and playing in the reserves.

I noticed against Blackpool Gulacsi was on the bench. Could suggest Jones is not needed (and let's face it, he isn't).

He was also on the bench against Blackburn,I agree with you regarding Jones but I think he was brought in to replace Cavalieri.Maybe someone thought Gulacsi was not quite ready to be on the bench but he looks okay to me.

IMO, sometime isn't it better for us to avoid saying bad thing to player like Brad Jones ?
He didn't play for us it's not his fault. If he's not good enough but it's Liverpool FC go out there to take his signature. In my eyes we as a fan have many things to say to our belove club for constructive purpose and we better take time to do that way.

Just my opinion and sorry for my poor English.

No I never really understood why we signed him ? Gulasci should be tested in our cup games...oh wait :/

Not too long to pre-season

I would be muchmore comfortable with Jones rather then Gulasci if Pepe got injured. Atleast Jons has played for his country and in the EPL.

 You are not being a tad patriotic there are you dave

a little off topic but if we get Charlie Adam will he be considered home grown ?

Give Jones a break ffs!

He was solid at Boro and excelled towards the back end even though they were relegated.

So to answer the question yes he is needed as second choice he is a keeper capable of doing a job when required.

I'll be the only Aussie to slate Jones. He's sh*t IMO. He's never shone for Australia, and he's very inconsistent. Doesn't have good positioning and is tardy in his reactions.

On the other hand, he'll play at most 5 games a season usually so who cares if he sits on our bench on crap wages. It lets Gulacsi develop through game time and we can loan him out like we did to Tranmere where he did very well.

He was also on the bench against Blackburn,I agree with you regarding Jones but I think he was brought in to replace Cavalieri.Maybe someone thought Gulacsi was not quite ready to be on the bench but he looks okay to me.

I noticed against Blackpool Gulacsi was on the bench. Could suggest Jones is not needed (and let's face it, he isn't).

Brad Jones is at the Asian Cup with Australia!!

good solid goalie and homegrown, one of roys better signings if you ask me.

not easy being a no.2 goalie. must be frustrating as hell sitting on the bench all the time.

No I never really understood why we signed him ? Gulasci should be tested in our cup games...oh wait :/

Pepe Reina can be injured for some matches.

And in this case it's better to have 2 choices than one. Don't know if Jones would be better than Gulacsi or not, but I feel more secure to have the two ready, in case one can't handle the pressure (don't know who is our fourth keeper, but I guess he is still too young to be considered).

Yeh maybe i am being patriotic but still he is a reserve keeper who plays a couple of games in a season . Is he not good enough to play a few games here and there?

Silly topic , we have bigger problems then this.

Pepe Reina can be injured for some matches.

And in this case it's better to have 2 choices than one. Don't know if Jones would be better than Gulacsi or not, but I feel more secure to have the two ready, in case one can't handle the pressure (don't know who is our fourth keeper, but I guess he is still too young to be considered).

Our 4th choice keeper is Dean Bouzanis and he's only three months younger than Gulacsi.  Gulacsi isn't capable of being second choice keeper, the only reason people are suggesting this is because Pepe Reina has such an amazing fitness record.  Let's just count our blessings instead, there's far bigger problems to worry about.

Our 4th choice keeper is Dean Bouzanis and he's only three months younger than Gulacsi.  Gulacsi isn't capable of being second choice keeper, the only reason people are suggesting this is because Pepe Reina has such an amazing fitness record.  Let's just count our blessings instead, there's far bigger problems to worry about.

You sure Martin Hansen isn't fourth? I've seen him on the bench this season but I haven't seen Dean.

I'll be the only Aussie to slate Jones.

You saying we see him through rose tinted glasses just because he's Australian?

You sure Martin Hansen isn't fourth? I've seen him on the bench this season but I haven't seen Dean.

I'm pretty sure Bouzanis just recovered from two months out with injury.  Either way, I think both their contracts are due to expire within 12 months and when that time comes, we'll find out

My money's on Bouzanis.

I agree with Crouch that Jones is pretty sh*t but he's HG (and considering a good 5-6 of our 8 HG players need to be shipped out, I'm happy to have him here for the forseeable future until new HG players come through, would prefer Cavalieri in all honesty but what do you do...) and thankfully Reina has a good fitness record so I'm not going to complain.  Far bigger problems with the squad

I don't really care as long as he's not blind, has two arms and can catch a ball.

Reina doesn't get injured much!