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Early season Liverpool player power rankings

By Chad Dingman

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool celebrates his team's victory following the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool at Selhurst Park on October 29, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool celebrates his team's victory following the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool at Selhurst Park on October 29, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images) /
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 25: Simon Mignolet of Liverpool celebrates after the final whistle during the EFL Cup fourth round match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on October 25, 2016 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 25: Simon Mignolet of Liverpool celebrates after the final whistle during the EFL Cup fourth round match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on October 25, 2016 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) /

14. Simon Mignolet

If Mignolet is better than Karius, it certainly isn’t by much. Whether he takes over the starting role or not, it is a bad sign when your two senior goalkeepers are the two worst players in the squad. Nothing Mignolet has done justifies him being a serviceable option for a team contending for the title. Both keepers can claim to be hard done by the amount of high quality chances given up by the defense, but his 56% save accuracy is not going to get it done.

The 28-year-old has perhaps not reached his prime yet, but going off his past few seasons, he may not have one. I believe he could start for a few teams in the bottom half of the Premier League table, but even that would be a stretch. He certainly doesn’t fit at Liverpool, so it will be interesting to see where he goes from here if he is indeed out of Klopp’s plans. Mignolet has not done enough this season to make the manager confident he can turn to him, but it remains to be seen whether Karius can take the job and run away with it.

As mentioned before, it could be luck or the defense, but this is a ranking of how well the players are performing, and I can’t give much credit to Mignolet just because of those possible factors. Klopp claims that the Belgian is still the backup to Karius, but that may not last long. The question then becomes: how much better is Liverpool when Mignolet is between the posts? The answer: at this point, not much.

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