Caoimhin Kelleher

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 19/02/2024 at 11:44, Babb'sBurstNad said:

We'll never find a better keeper we can affectionately call queef.

We have had some proper fanny farts as our back-up keeper.  Caoimhin is a different species to them.  I think I love him.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Then I saw his face, now I'm a be-Queeve-er

[Razoray]

On 19/02/2024 at 10:09, No2 said:

I wonder if this is future for young keepers. He's at an age where before this season he's probably never faced a corner where 4 yard dogs are on his toes, in his Man City days he probably never even launched a goalkick into the opposing half. In under age football now, at the top level anyway, the ball doesn't leave the ground. CB's don't know what an aerial onslaught is, its all patterns of play and ball retention. 

He played 78 games with Bolton and Acc. Stanley on loan so that should have helped, but he just looks weak

[Kevin D]

Not too many keepers are man of the match in two finals.

[Einch]

Dave’s old man isn’t right. He’s not much off though. Top stuff. 

[Carra_is_legend]

What a performance today. Thank fuck we didn't sell him..

[Anubis]

Just rename it to The Kelleher Cup. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

He was brilliant.

[Code]

He was a bit rusty in his first game back in the team, but he has been fantastic since. 

[Red Hot]

Man of the match for me today, kept a clean sheet thanks to numerous worldies. Some keeper .

[Megadrive Man]

10 minutes ago, Code said:

He was a bit rusty in his first game back in the team, but he has been fantastic since. 

 

Yeah I think it's actually helped him having a run of games.

 

We'd be mad to sell him in the summer.

Let him go on loan for a season with a view to replacing Alisson the following season.

[bossy]

Brilliant today. 

[Paulie Dangerously]

A coming of age performance 

[Carra_is_legend]

12 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

A coming of age performance 

Tbf he has had a number of brilliant games before today. A class goalie and we are so fortunate to have him as no. 2.

[LFC 6 Times]

Outfuckingstanding. Dave’s dad is onto something.

[Supremolad]

Happy for the lad. He often suffers from far too much nit picking and microanalysis. Almost every goal that's scored past him is put under a magnifying glass by the "Alisson would have saved that" crowd.

 

Of course, Alisson is the best goalie in the world but it doesn't mean he saves every effort. Kelleher has proved over time that he is a keeper good enough for Liverpool's standards. Just because Alisson exceeds such standards shouldn't automatically lead people to feel Kelleher isn't good enough. 

[manwiththestick]

Forest bidding 15 million for him. 

 

And the rest.

[Vincent Vega]

What a brilliant pictures these are.

 

[Jose Jones]

It was his best game for us by a mile yesterday I thought. 
He’s already been an absolute hero in two cup finals, would you swap that for playing for Bournemouth every week?

[Manny]

I was a bit worried that he'd possibly stayed as a no2 a season too long based on some displays earlier in the season, but harboured some hope that it's tough to just drop into the team when you've not played a game in weeks being the reason for his form being a bit ropey.

 

Really glad it's the latter - in a way, Alisson's injury has worked in his favour as he's started half a dozen games or so back to back and he looks settled and confident. That was a great display yesterday - and there was, as there have been in the games he's had since he's gone into the team, shades of Alisson in his 1v1 goalkeeping.

 

And I shit myself less when the ball is passed back to him.

[stringvest]

8 minutes ago, Manny said:

I was a bit worried that he'd possibly stayed as a no2 a season too long based on some displays earlier in the season, but harboured some hope that it's tough to just drop into the team when you've not played a game in weeks being the reason for his form being a bit ropey.

 

Really glad it's the latter - in a way, Alisson's injury has worked in his favour as he's started half a dozen games or so back to back and he looks settled and confident. That was a great display yesterday - and there was, as there have been in the games he's had since he's gone into the team, shades of Alisson in his 1v1 goalkeeping.

 

And I shit myself less when the ball is passed back to him.

 

to be fair, I'm more worried about the ball being passed back to Alisson than I am Kelleher.  Alisson's more prone to making bad decisions with the ball at his feet.

[Ronnie Whelan]

9 hours ago, Supremolad said:

Happy for the lad. He often suffers from far too much nit picking and microanalysis. Almost every goal that's scored past him is put under a magnifying glass by the "Alisson would have saved that" crowd.

 

Of course, Alisson is the best goalie in the world but it doesn't mean he saves every effort. Kelleher has proved over time that he is a keeper good enough for Liverpool's standards. Just because Alisson exceeds such standards shouldn't automatically lead people to feel Kelleher isn't good enough. 

Great post that. 

 

Sums it up.

 

Ali is world class and arguably one of the top ten goalies of all time imo. 

 

Qweef is a really good young keeper - bear in mind goalkeepers keep maturing. He's not Ali and most likely will never be that good. Equally, in a few years time, he could be world class. We have had lots of great midfielders since Souey went off to Italy. They weren't in his class because players that good don't come around too often. Same logic with Ali and Qweef. They were still Liverpool class whether it was Whelan, Molby or McMahon in the 80s, or Alonso, Mascherano, Gini and Fabinho and yeah Hendo, even if he wasn't in the other's class imo. Even Stevie wasn't as good as Souey, but I guess that's for another debate.

 

Ali fucks up often enough and he is the best keeper in the world. For me, a top goalie shows how good they are by their response. Qweef was poor for Luton's goal the other night, even if he was a tad unlucky. He played well the rest of the game and was world class yesterday. That shows he's made of the right stuff and Jurgen and our great players like Ali and Virgil are constantly bigging him up so I'm sure they aren't doing it just to be sound.

[Caramac]

Outstanding yesterday. That block from Palmer has to be on par with Jerzy in the cl final.

[No2]

11 hours ago, Supremolad said:

Happy for the lad. He often suffers from far too much nit picking and microanalysis. Almost every goal that's scored past him is put under a magnifying glass by the "Alisson would have saved that" crowd.

 

Of course, Alisson is the best goalie in the world but it doesn't mean he saves every effort. Kelleher has proved over time that he is a keeper good enough for Liverpool's standards. Just because Alisson exceeds such standards shouldn't automatically lead people to feel Kelleher isn't good enough. 

The time has come to ask if Ali would have saved that Palmer effort? He probably wouldn't have in all honesty, that was a miracle moment. Actually Ali probably had God save it, as you were.

[Pidge]

He's an excellent shot-stopper and has come on leaps and bounds on defending set pieces as well (as he's put more muscle on), his distribution is still a bit of a weak point, but he's very good with his feet under pressure as well. 

 

We struck gold with him, have no idea what his plans should be going forward, it's up to him. But if he does leave I'd love to see him back further down the road.