Here’s my take on him.
The best keeper that we had for many years was Ray Clemence. He was quite slightly built but threw himself around the penalty area. His performances were one reason for our success in the 70s. He was an ever present in the team which is what you would expect for a great keeper.
Grobbelaar and Reina were good but Clemence for me was better.
Other than those three, we have struggled with keepers and I think we may have missed a few trophies along the way.
It seems that we spent money on or acquired good defenders, midfielders and attackers but never really took goalkeeper that seriously.
All that changed for this season. We splashed out huge fees for VVD and Alisson and we got arguably the best players in the world at their positions. Now i’m not advocating spending megabucks all of the time (Think Robertson, Mane, Salah, Firmino, Fabinho etc) but sometimes it is needed.
Alisson has had some shaky performances but these were early on as he settled in. He now has a brilliant understanding with the defence especially VVD. He has pulled off great saves to help us win games. He is the keeper who we were waiting for all of those years.
A brilliant signing.