HG GK to replace Bravo?

There are literally no good home grown keepers that suit our system. Our options are to keep Muric as our number two, buy an overseas player, stick a bid in for Schmeichel or coax Richard Wright into coming out of retirement.
 
We may have to just cut one of the other non HG players. David leaving this year opens a spot in the summer?
 
Muric is the obvious choice if he's good enough yet. I get why people always point to this position, because it seems like such a waste of a foreign spot to have someone who barely plays preventing you from bringing in a talented foreign player who would get a lot of game time. But the problem is that it's much harder to find a decent homegrown keeper who'd be willing to sit on the bench because the top 6 or 7 English goalkeepers all think they've got a chance to play for England if they get regular game time, and anyone below that would be a massive step down from Ederson. It's obviously made all the harder because he needs to be able to play our style. Let's not forget that when Pep came in Hart was the best English keeper and even he wasn't deemed capable of playing that style.
 
decmancity said:
We may have to just cut one of the other non HG players. David leaving this year opens a spot in the summer?
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Silva replaces Foden. Doyle replaces Foden.

Maybe Sancho replaces Sané.

2 spots opened up without making the squad smaller.
 
Finding a homegrown keeper that is happy to be second choice who is good enough to fill the void in the event of an injury to Ederson and is able to play the way Pep wants will be extremely hard.

I remember constantly hearing that we should promote Angus Gunn because we're wasting a foreign spot but it's taking for granted that Ederson won't get injured. If he did, our season would collapse in that scenario.

Say what you want about his first season but Bravo has played a big part in three domestic trophy wins. His distribution is also top notch which is a prerequisite of any goalkeeper who plays for us. Also, despite being brought in as first choice and demoted to back-up in his first season, he hasn't caused any trouble as far as I'm aware.

Bravo is often mocked by our fanbase but I think he'll actually be pretty hard to replace.
 
Thought we had that with Muric? perhaps his disaster at Forest is a blessing, but the long term it is the Irish lad
 
blueparrot said:
We don't need to cut any if we are talking about a replacement for Bravo.
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There are no HG keepers out there that I think we would bother going for. Bravo may of course wish to move on which would mean Steffen or someone else taking over but otherwise I think the plan is to keep Bravo till the end of his contract.
 
cjn said:
Don't believe so. He was on our books for less than three years.
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Shame, I know hes a running gag and all that and by no means a world class gk, but would be a pretty decent number 2 behind Eddie with some qualities that would suit us, and a good chance he has grown to despise the scousers and their hypocrisy
 
decmancity said:
There are no HG keepers out there that I think we would bother going for. Bravo may of course wish to move on which would mean Steffen or someone else taking over but otherwise I think the plan is to keep Bravo till the end of his contract.
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Yes, I thought this was Bravo's last year .
 
David 'El Mago' Silva said:
Finding a homegrown keeper that is happy to be second choice who is good enough to fill the void in the event of an injury to Ederson and is able to play the way Pep wants will be extremely hard.

I remember constantly hearing that we should promote Angus Gunn because we're wasting a foreign spot but it's taking for granted that Ederson won't get injured. If he did, our season would collapse in that scenario.

Say what you want about his first season but Bravo has played a big part in three domestic trophy wins. His distribution is also top notch which is a prerequisite of any goalkeeper who plays for us. Also, despite being brought in as first choice and demoted to back-up in his first season, he hasn't caused any trouble as far as I'm aware.

Bravo is often mocked by our fanbase but I think he'll actually be pretty hard to replace.
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He is quite happy to sit on the bench and play when he gets called upon so that is why he is important. But I think he is average at best mate . Pep saw enough first season to think this guy is not gonna cut it.
 
ScottSinclair said:
Serious question, is Karius homegrown?
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Keeper! said:
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Not at all, considering he was with us as a youngster he could have been homegrown, and then he actually would be the best 2nd keeper we could have, barring Schmeichel who would never leave a very good Leicester to sit on the bench. If you take away the car-crash CL-final and the mental collapse afterwards which he received no support for he was decent for Liverpool, not brilliant by any means but certainly a lot better than Claudio, who IMO as a short keeper was too reliant on his athleticism in his prime, and after his move to us that has declined with age, leaving him as not very good.

But yes, I do know that currently he is a joke figure along the lines of Titus Bramble and others
 
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