What a beautiful bastard.
Sam Johnstone
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He's a weird one, every time i see him he's either brilliant or an utter shambles, no middle ground!
Legend!
He can’t be any worse than Pickford, surely?
Southgate, sign him up!
Southgate, sign him up!
Didn't flinch at Anfield unlike all other keepers in the past couple of years. Fair fecks
Dark horse to go to the euros? Been excellent every time I’ve seen him (all 3 times )
)Usually saves his best game for us, like most ex United keepers. Good to see it working the other way.
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Big Sam‘s big Sam for the W.
How good is he? He seems to be a calm chap. Is he better than Henderson?
That save in the last minute to stop us all having that inevitable sickening feeling was a thing of beauty.
Absolutely. ''Last gasp Firmino winner in front of the Kop!'' would have been a machete stab to the gut. Beautiful
I'd put the game on for the last 10, knowing it usually ends in a gut wrenching ill deserved late winner.
For it not to for once was magnificent.
He can't pass or come off his line but he's a good shot stopper. Realistically could be in with a shout for a backup role in the squad at the moment - for me the obvious choice as number 1 is Pope. McCarthy, Pickford, and Johnstone should all be vying for the next spots.Dark horse to go to the euros? Been excellent every time I’ve seen him (all 3 times
Henderson?
Oops! Knew I was overlooking someone. I'd be concerned over his lack of gametime but he deserves to be in there with a shout.
McCarthy? He's bang average, I'd take Heaton over him any day.
Really?? Heaton is past it IMO, he's not even close to displacing Martinez at Villa. McCarthy isn't some sort of revelatory talent but for me I'd have him over current Heaton 10 times out of 10.
I don't think Heaton's played for a year so I don't know what "current Heaton" means but he's been a much better keeper than McCarthy for a long time.
Hm? He made 20 appearances for Villa last season and was absolutely atrocious.
You can't just ignore the last 12 months. McCarthy is probably the most improved keeper in the league and playing week in week out in an impressive Southampton side. Heaton is benchwarming at Villa and hasn't a hope of displacing Martinez any time soon. He can forget about the euros and think how best he can get his career back on track
He's been outstanding.
Being linked with a return in tomorrow's papers, could be a good option as number 2 if both De Gea and Romero leave
He left for game time, and I don't see him overtaking Henderson.
Four months on, this save seems to have been a real derailing point in Liverpool's season
The slightly worrying thing about Liverpool, is that they've won 1 home game in about 9 I think it is now, had a nightmare in a lot of ways, yet are still only 4 points off 4th place with 4 very winnable games in their last 5.Four months on, this save seems to have been a real derailing point in Liverpool's season
McCarthy was dropped recently wasn't he, saw Fraser Forster (who I'd completely forgot existed) playing for Southampton a bit in last few weeks so McCarthy's level must've dropped in last few months.
They were 7 points clear of Chelsea and 10 points clear of West Ham at Christmas.
More to the point, they were 5 clear of United, and 6 clear of City.
They're now a point behind West Ham and 4 behind Chelsea, meaning they've surrendered 11 points to both of them. They're also 12 points behind United, which could be 15 by tomorrow, and 23 behind City.
Liverpool are still being propped up by their title chasing form in the first half of the season. Up to Christmas they were averaging 2.13 points per game. Since Christmas they've averaged 1.22 points per game. They'd be 13th if they'd been doing that since the start of the season.
Just missing out, and then Salah swanning off to Real Madrid would be lovely.
No one is going to pay big money for Salah
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