Well thank f**k for that. Don't know what some people are watching when I sometimes see them put the blame on our goalkeeper. That ball was perfectly placed into the bottom corner. Even had he dived, he wouldn't have gotten there.
Don't think he really dropped it because he didn't catch it well. From what I remember, he came confidently, caught it and only dropped it because while coming down after the jump, his hands hit someone's head which caused him to drop it?
If I recall correctly, you're a goalkeeper yourself, right? Would you put down some of the losses of composure to lack of game time and again starting with a different defence in front of him?
For example the stuff between him and Van Dijk, I don't really mind. That's a new partnership, it's good that Van Dijk is communicating. That's something that can improve pretty quickly? Just a case of understanding when your CB wants you to come or as a CB knowing when you can count on your goalkeeper?
Can't help but think that a confident Karius (as at Mainz) wouldn't have these moments. Just needs a run of games with the same defence in front of him.
Yep bottom corner and against the grain, so he's moving his feet back to a more central position and its fired low back in the corner opposite to where his feet are taking him.
I played it at a reasonably low level and I can see the same bravado/fake confidence in him that i used to play with. Trying to exude confidence but unsure of himself at the same time.
In time the lad could improve yes. But what I'm failing to see is why we would want to take that risk really. This isn't a school and if you're not close to the finish product at 24 then Liverpools number 1 spot isn't the place to be learning.
We're after silverware here and to be brutal i'm more concerned about filling the cabinets than waiting to see if Karius can make the required leap.
To be fair if i had to be pushed i'd leave Karius at the club and sell Migs because Migs has no improvement in him. But Karius would be an understudy to a more adept/experienced keeper for whom he could learn from.
The situation at the moment is bonkers to me with 3 want to be number 1 goalkeepers who are all number 2 standard.
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