OLI FELL “I’M fine with our goalies and I really trust in John Achterberg because he does a brilliant job here. “He’s one of the hardest-working people I’ve ever met; he works as a coach 25 hours a day.” The words of Jürgen Klopp on Liverpool’s...
LAST week in this very column, I said that the goalkeeper debate had become “tiresome”, and I stand by that. However, Liverpool didn’t play over the weekend so what else is there to talk about? I was coaxed back into the conversation by Jürgen Klopp, who said last...
ONE of the hotly-debated issues throughout Jürgen Klopp’s reign has been who should be his number one goalkeeper, writes JOEL RICHARDS. With Simon Mignolet and Loris Karius both offering as many cons as pros to their claims, the clamour for the Liverpool boss to go...
IT’S a bit of a running theme at the minute that you have to pick sides in a debate about Liverpool players. Let’s take Andy Robertson as an example, since Alberto Moreno got injured about six weeks ago he’s been very good and gone a long way to making that position...
IT’S been one of many contentious issues Jürgen Klopp has had to face throughout his time at Anfield and one which shows no sign of ending, writes JOEL RICHARDS. Who should be his number one? Simon Mignolet or Loris Karius? Or does he bin them both off and sign...
IN a week in when Simon Mignolet invited more questions about his capability as Liverpool’s first-choice goalkeeper, Jürgen Klopp has once again backed the under-fire Belgian, first with words, then with a new, improved contract. But with Danny Ward now back at...
REMEMBER the Burnley game on Boxing Day? Remember when Simon Mignolet played chicken with a backpass heading out for a corner and lost? Remember how everyone’s head exploded because the only other credible alternative for the position of Liverpool goalkeeper was a man...
Goalkeeper DAVID PREECE, who has played for a string of clubs including Sunderland, Aberdeen and current employers Lincoln, recalls the time a Liverpool legend turned up for training I’VE had my brushes with greatness. Some of them brief, some of them painful; some of...
SIMON MIGNOLET, Jordan Henderson, Kolo Toure and Philippe Coutinho were called up by the club to help launch the new 2014-15 LFC home kit at an event in Liverpool city centre. After emerging from a shipping container outside the Hilton, the trio of outfield players...
