The key with Karius is that he isn't consistently good enough to play for us every week. He's proven that over the past two years when Klopp's given him the opportunity to cement a first team place. He's capable of making some good saves just like any premier league goalkeeper is. He's also susceptible to clangers more often than a top goalkeeper is which is why he shouldn't be anywhere near the side come the first day of the season.
Prove it. See, lots of people say this - I see it all over the internet, but then I see all sorts of idiocy perpetuated all over the internet so the volume of repetition means nothing, really - but do they actually know it to be true for a fact? Have you watched enough of other keepers to be able to make that judgment, or have you some statistical evidence to make your case?
I personally believe that he may be more error prone than most other keepers, though I also believe the opposite may be true - I honestly don't have enough evidence either way, as I don't watch that much of other keepers nor do I have access to statistical evidence beyond what's freely available on the internet. I think what you're doing is conflating your opinion with fact. I don't mean to have a go, most of us do it; I'm pretty sure I do it myself sometimes. Doesn't make it any more than your opinion though, no matter how strongly you've convinced yourself or how forcefully you present it to others.
Also, you say he isn't "consistently good enough to play for us every week." Perhaps. Surely you're aware though, that we conceded 14 goals in 19 games last year in the league in games in which he played - if you extend that rate over the course of a full season, that's 28 goals - title winning numbers, if you look at the league historically. You also may have heard that he got a higher proportion of clean sheets than any other keeper in the league - not too shabby, eh?
Now, there are many other reasons why our defence tightened up post-January - Van Dijk being the main one, I reckon. However, it seems to me that it is undeniable that Karius was part of a
defensive unit that conceded goals at a title wining rate, which suggests that, for a period of about half a year, the defensive unit
including Karius was indeed "consistently good enough," and surely that's what matters?
I'm not 100% convinced by Karius either, though it's more a worry about where his head is than his actual ability as a keeper. I think the commonly held view of him is greatly exaggerating his negative attributes and tends to underrate his positive qualities.
