Karius to wear #1: Liverpool’s last six #1’s

NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 21: Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar looks on during a snow shower during a 3-0 win to Newcastle during the FA Premier league match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James' Park on November 21, 1993 in Newcastle, England, (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Allsport/Getty Images)
NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 21: Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar looks on during a snow shower during a 3-0 win to Newcastle during the FA Premier league match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James' Park on November 21, 1993 in Newcastle, England, (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Allsport/Getty Images)
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Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar with the trophy after Liverpool had defeated AS Roma in the European Cup Final at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, May 30th 1984. The match ended 1-1 after extra-time, with Liverpool eventually winning 4-2 on penalties. (Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images)
Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar with the trophy after Liverpool had defeated AS Roma in the European Cup Final at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, May 30th 1984. The match ended 1-1 after extra-time, with Liverpool eventually winning 4-2 on penalties. (Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images)

Bruce Grobbelaar /// 628 appearances /// 13 major trophies

Unfortunately for Grobbelaar, kids who weren’t around to watch him play in the 80s and 90s, his name incites critical quotes on Mignolet and Liverpool’s goalkeeping coach John Achterberg. Maybe he’s angling for a new job, but, Grobbelaar seems to be living in obscurity in Canada, only to be heard when he can drop some molten hot takes about Liverpool.

But.

In his playing days, 628 games cannot be knocked nor can all the major trophies he won with Liverpool. An acrobatic keeper, he was around for Liverpool’s last dominant run and was their first keeper in the Premier League. He was around for the transition away from the top.

Or his antics in the 1984 European Cup final penalty shootout that Liverpool won. That’s where Dudek got his mojo, so give him an assist for 2005.