If you can't see the difference you're blind. I'm giving a young lad starting out with us a chance rather than enduring someone who has been with us for 3 seasons (4 now) and continually declined. One recovering from a broken hand and clearly with his confidence shot and the microscope being pointed at him from all angles including a little Manc rat who will be revelling in it tonight.
Maybe true that he's not good enough and I'm glad to see you're not one that is saying the answer is Mignolet. If the answer isn't Karius it's someone else entirely. As for previous saves, his stats in the past are excellent, I'm happy enough with that knowledge and expect him to return to those standards once he battles through this spell. As for his punching and sweeper keeping, I've personally been reasonably impressed with that part of his game. Also his distribution, if you take away the occasional moment of madness then he's been a huge improvement.
It was a buyout clause and as I've said before many times he ranked very highly when compared with the Bundesliga's best, which is no mean feat.
Such a silly thing to say, no I'd be again defending him because I know just how poor Mignolet is. It's such a childish comment to think that who signed them has any bearing whatsoever. Didn't Brendan sign Firmino and I defend him also against all the bullshit he receives. Didn't Brendan sign Coutinho and he is one of my favourite players, so this type of comment just drags the debate down into the nonsense of the past and allows for no progress on here or in terms of what we all want and that's a successful LFC.
Maybe, again, I'm willing to give a young lad, in a new league with form much better than this over years a chance to prove he can fight through the massive spotlight that has been shone upon him after returning from a very difficult injury. If you want to throw him under the bus, pull him out of the team for a lad that has proven to be a failure over many years then go for it, I wont join you.
Cool here we go.
I take back the BR comment, although I truly believe that there is a section on here who wouldn't be so forgiving if it was BR and who similarly will not criticise a Klopp signing under any circumstance.
I see improvement with Karius on Migs with his feet. At least with my eyes but then the stats were pretty low when I saw them last week. One of the lowest in the league. I see more confidence in the lad than Migs too. More willingness to come out and punch. Like I said in his thread, that was a good punch from under Andy Carrolls nose. That isn't to say i've seen anything world class or even a class a rung below that in him.
His shot stopping and mainly his handling have been well below average, and i'm not convinced that his confidence is merely bravado.
Defenders will always make mistakes. These days they all want to be ball players, good on the ball, basically they arent rugged brick shithouses anymore. They take risk, they go walk about, some of them can't even defend when called upon. Our current crop have mistakes in them. Lovren much improved but has mistakes in them. Matip calm and composed but maybe a little too much so?
Point is sh*t happens and we need a last line of defence we can rely on.
I'm worried. The only way out of this situation i can see Klopp taking is to sell Migs in the Summer and to bring in another keeper to 'challenge'/take Karius' spot in the team.
That surely is the way the club will go. Migs will take the fall. However the way this is going I think Klopp will turn to him soon, if Karius continues to put in these 'less than perfect performances' as i've heard it comically understated.
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