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Yeah, can't see anything happening this season alright - especially with covid making things far more uncertain. Liverpool can't afford to lose Kelleher given he could be needed at very short notice if Allisson were to test positive again.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Hopefully that would put it clear for him that he needs to get the finger out and force a move for start of next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Back on the bench in the league cup against arsenal. Relying on an Alisson injury for any more senior game time for the remainder of the season I’d imagine. Not for me
I don't know - Champions League is back next month, so a couple of domestic Cup runs and he'll probably be back in for them. But it's really not ideal alright.
not ideal at all but he'll play next thursday in the second leg
Why would he play 2nd leg if he didnt play the 1st?Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
Well they've a league game at the weekend and Alisson hasn't played in three weeks, so it seems they want to ensure he's match sharp for the weekend. Once he's back to regular league games, you can leave the cup to Kelleher.
Not saying that will happen, but it's certainly possible.
I wouldnt hold my breath. This close to a final Id expect Klopp to pick his best team
Klopp said Alisson was only playing due to a lack of match sharpness - to get a game before the league game this weekend. The interview he did certainly implied that Kelleher would play next weekQuote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
With the focus on playing out from the back, distribution is a key element. Bazunu has already seen a penalty conceded because of his distribution issues. We got away with it then, but that's no guarantee we will when it happens the next time. Against Serbia, he ran out to clear the ball and completely missed it. He was almost beaten in injury time from a very long range free kick. When Kelleher races out to clear, he always clears it away from danger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supreme feet
Kelleher didn't play against Arsenal last season, not even in the League Cup tie. Against Leicester, he had no chance with the pot shot from 30 yards. But he's already saved 3 penalties in the League Cup this season, and may be needed to save more.
FWIW that was never a penalty. Hendrick clearly won the ball. VAR referred it because of that and if that ref wasn’t so in love with Ronaldo and his 100th goal, it would have been overturned
Bazunu has high level distribution. Mypost is either trolling or has an inability to perceive reality in the way that normal humans do. I like Kelleher and his distribution is high level too — but he’s also botched it by trying to be too cute. Both keepers are high level in many ways but have growing pains. I tend to give Bazunu the edge as he’s younger, getting way more first time minutes, and I think there’s more room to grow.
This thread is so focused on searching for every mistake kelleher and bazunu have made to prove one of them will never be a top keeper. All keepers make mistakes. Take last night ramsdale had 3 very poor mistakes with crosses that he was just dog lucky that Liverpool didn't score from. If any of our 2 had those mistakes there would be loads of talk on here saying they would never be top level
Travers might turn out to be better than both of them = Who really knows ?
An interesting thing to see is how Bazunu will avoid the same issues in the coming years.
The only way out of sitting on the bench at Man City for him are (a) leaving the club permanently or (b) taking the number 1 spot. The latter, with the best will in the world, is odds against just by its very nature.
I think Bazunu will be off to play in a top European league next season, either on loan or for a relatively big money transfer. He seems like a confident and ambitious chap and I don't see him having any fear of a move outside England.
I agree and why notQuote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
A season in France would suit him
Same issues maybe but in a very different context. Even if he does warm the Manchester City bench for a spell, he'll do so with a wealth of first team men's football behind him, something Kelleher is very unlikely to accumulate until he moves.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Given the strength of the side Klopp put out last night and how delicately the tie is balanced, I'd be very (pleasantly) surpirsed if Kelleher starts the 2nd leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
I'd say Klopp was eager to finish the tie last night but that hasn't come to pass.
A Summer Season in France wouldn’t do any of us any harm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
Maybe he likes living in England.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
It seems like that sometimes but it isn't outside of a handful of posters really. Your post aligns with how the majority feel I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
If we had two strikers in similar positions (i.e. one 19 year old who missed a few sitters but is top scorer in League 1 while on loan from the best club in England and a 23 year old sitting on the bench behind Salah but starting cup games and scoring a few) we'd all be delighted. We'd also probably all think the latter could do with a loan move to play a full season or two. PL2 doesn't count for much imop when you see what Parrot did there compared to his form now in lower senior leagues (Odubeko is a more recent example).
For some reason Liverpool fans and a few anti-Kenny heads have hitched their wagon to Kelleher so strongly that they take that perspective as an attack on Kelleher himself. There's a similar thread about Ciaran Clark. A read back through this thread doesn't reveal much criticism of Kelleher at all after he starts against Ajax in the CL i.e. when he started featuring in proper senior games. It is full of hyperbolic criticism of Bazunu and even the forgotten man Travers though.
Bazunu will never be a 24 year old keeper who has never played regularlyQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
No, but that's not the point.
How does he avoid being Man City's number 2 for an extended period of time?
He'll either have to leave - and I don't see City cashing in this early - or take over the top spot.
But he may well have to have a stint as number 2 to prove his pedigree in a strange way (as in, City's faith in him as backup might add to his marketability in terms of getting a good move)
It really is the point. Kelleher risks going too long in his development where he hasnt played enough football.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
At some point Bazunu will most likely spend a season on the bench, or he will do so well on a loan stint that City genuinely will consider for 1st choice. He has a good few years on his side though and probably multiple loans spells to hopefully gradually better clubs
I'd use Henderson at Man Utd as a model. Pro terms at 18. A small number of games (9 and 7) on loan to Stockport and Grimsby in the next two seasons. Full season playing at Shrewsbury in League 1, then consecutive loans to Sheffield United in which they were promoted from the Championship and established themselves as a decent Premiership team, and which set him up to come back and fight De Gea (repeatedly the club's player of the year) for a starting place. His reputation is established in England, and if he tires of warming the bench (after some early to-and-fro, De Gea's been clear #1 again for a while now) he'll have no bother finding a Premiership team interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Bazunu's career path has been similar enough so far, but a year ahead. I expect he'll probably be targeted at a Championship loan next season, possibly at Portsmouth again if he helps get them promoted.
Henderson almost seems forgotten this season. It shows how competitive it can be to get a number 1 job. Ive said before that Kelleher risks being passed overQuote:
Originally Posted by John83
Was going to ask if rovers had any add on clauses I know they have appearance clauses for both club and country. But has that a limit of 1 mil( in the form of total number of international and/or club appearances) from the original 500k they paid?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Bazunu himself has come out and said he fancies a premier league loan but more than likely would be a championship loan. Would love if he could get one from a team outside the UK if European football was involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
He'll have two years left on his contract in the summer so should be in line for a big pay rise. Ball is really in his court because if City fail to sort something and he goes into the final year of his contract he'll have plenty of interest from clubs in England and in Europe.
Man City have ownership in a lot of clubs around the world, including Girona in Spain. Something like that could be a good option for Bazunu
Ok - but that phrase "if he tires warming the bench" is there, which is what I'm trying to get around.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I'm sure Bazunu can leave Man City and find a new Premier League club whenever he wants - and probably Kelleher can too in fairness; I think any fears he's number 2 by default because Adrian was crap are gone now.
But that doesn't mean he won't have to go through a year or two as backup keeper before having to make a call.
Maybe it's just an inevitable part of being at such a big club (for both players)
comparing kelleher to people like henderson isnt really fair though. Henderson/Bazunu etc were GKs since they started playing. Kelleher fell into the position at schoolboy level having been an outfield player until 2011, his development is going to be different to others.
If thats the case its even more important that hes getting gamesQuote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
yes , he should definitely be playing with shrewsbury on loan instead of being Liverpools no2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Bazunu played outfield as a schoolboy as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Why do you think not playing football is better than playing football for a player's development?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
https://twitter.com/shamrockrovers/s...84389654147074
he played in goal at a much younger age than Kelleher
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Originally Posted by Jd2793
And your take would be that because Kelleher played in goal a bit later that he benefits more now from playing less?
my take is that he'll have needed more time to develop on the whole in comparison to someone like Bazunu whos been trained in a specialist position since at least aged 10 as that pic shows. A 4 year head start at that position seems like a lot! Kelleher will need game time eventually and he'll know this too but I fail to see how his growth is being stunted right now by being no.2 at Liverpool where he'll be training with and learning from some of the best minds in the game. Liverpool will probably sell him at some point in near future to fund transfers anyway so we can return to the comparisons then.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Yes he definitely should at this point. Being Liverpools number 2 he just sits on the bench for the most part. Playing 40 games a season at the age of 24 is not a lot to ask from a guy if he has any ambitions to develop as a playerQuote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793