14 Jan 2018 20:49:31
Just on the goal keeper topic i also think we really need to go and get a new number 1 in the summer and ship out at least 2 of our current 4 but who is the keeper we need to go and buy that is going to provide what we need?

Alisson - I haven't seen much of him myself personally but i have heard and read very good things about him but there is much interest in him from elsewhere which may stop us from getting him.

Oblak - A real top notch keeper but i don't feel he is a realistic option for us and would have many other suitors.

Butland - I personally don't think he's the answer nor is he much an improvement on what we have already. I think he falls under the English hyped up player category.

They are 3 we have been linked with one way or another but thinking about it who else is out there that would be a viable option for us actually improve us and provide what we need i can't really think of that many?

{Ed002's Note - Alisson is looking very good but has attracted the attention of others - but a perhaps come maybe. Oblak is not likely to be a viable option. Butland might be an option for the summer. But there are plenty of other goalkeepers out there if Klopp decides a change is necessary.}

1.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 21:32:18
Karius didn’t do much wrong.

2.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 21:08:18
Thanks Ed002, just out of curiosity who would you suggest if Mr Klopp did decide on a change? Any other options that the 3 i have suggested?

{Ed002's Note - Bernt Leno is the up-and-coming German goalkeeper. Vlachodimos has a stupid enough haircut for Liverpool and is well liked as is Gudino. Mattia Perrin and Samir Handanovic are decent. Patrik Carlgren is tucked away and doing just fine. The pick for me and perhaps achievable for Liverpool would be Timo Horn.}

3.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 21:42:40
Other than letting in a shot straight at him at his near post. I can only imagine how mignolet would be getting hammered now if it was him. Give him till the end of season n decide from there!

4.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 21:46:28
No he didn't really but a keeper shouldn't be beaten at his front post like that.

I just think we need to have a top keeper if we are going to challenge for honours.

5.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 21:47:48
I rate Butland and think he would be a big upgrade on what we have although his injury record worries me.

6.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 21:49:12
John Achterberg- After retiring from playing/ coaching in 2009 with Tranmere Rovers, Achterberg joined Liverpool FC in June 2009 as a goalkeeping coach of the reserve and academy goalkeepers before being promoted to first-team goalkeeping coach in summer 2011.

Maybe replace him first?

7.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 21:53:57
I call that a half mistake. He should do better, but if that was Salah we'd be saying it was great skill and the shot was too hot to handle.

The other two goals were a combination of Milner and Lovren making weak challenges and getting flustered by players running at them.

8.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 22:06:38
Thanks for your input ED002 much appreciated as always!

I do also think replacing Achterberg would be a good option but he must be liked as he has been here a while now.

MK although i do sort of agree about Sane's shot its still poor goal keeping.

9.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 22:09:41
Yes. Let's be fair, he needs a run of games before we fully judge him. This was not a good game for him. He made a fair few mistakes aside from that goal though. I remember a cross in the second half in from the right flank that he hesitated to come to. Had the city player on the far post been one step closer, it would have been a goal. He needs a continuous run, and should be given the chance without fear of being dropped - as Migs was - but he needs to step up soon.

10.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 22:17:29
ML, stop making excuses for Karius. His goalkeeping technique is woeful and he will never make it here. Charles Itanje was a better keeper than him.

11.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 22:27:31
Should read MK not ML.

12.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 22:48:55
He has the same frailties as Migs. Easy to score against.

13.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 22:49:59
I'm not defending him. I said he should do better. But so should Gomez. So should Matip. It wasn't a goal were the only culprit was the keeper.

Sane hit it with serious venom and when you catch it that sweetly in the box, it has to be a great save to stop it. Regardless of how close it is to the keeper.

We need a keeper who is capable of making those great saves. That doesn't make Karius a bad keeper. Aside from not pulling off a great save, i don't think he's done a lot wrong. He is decent and does a job. That doesn't mean he should not be upgraded on, just that he doesn't deserve to be hammered after we just crashed City's party.

14.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 23:31:40
Karius didn’t do much wrong gomez I thinks a world beater but was taken out of the game by sanes first touch, Gomez is young and will learn, most keeper wouldn’t save that shot. It was a game of good goals. Karius is our best keeper and some fans are too idiotic to appreciate that. We won today yet so much negativity on here! Karius didn’t play bad st all today, wasn’t an amazing performance but nothing to blame him for.

15.) 14 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018 23:42:04
Just to continue living in the fantasy of today, and to cause some laughter (aimed at me probably) on here, i’m going to say the top top French internation player Macca referred to is . Lloris xD.

16.) 15 Jan 2018
15 Jan 2018 00:30:08
I was watching Horn play earlier beforehand our game and he made a few good stops and was quick off his line. Seems like a decent player every time I've seen Cologne.

17.) 15 Jan 2018
15 Jan 2018 03:11:38
Horn may be a really good option especially as koln are on the verge of relegation. A lot of fans may already be on his back though as they will have their sights already set on a championship winning manager. We need to start focusing on the positives and not shoot down our own players after 1 small mistake. 3 points is all I ask for and that is what we got today.