Simon Mignolet

[RedSince1964]

Somewhere in a dark corner Arn is crying his eyes out over the signing of mignolet

[Darkon]

The De-rafalution is almost complete then - only Agger and Lucas left

[Carras_Shin_Pads]

Reina was number one. Reina lost it—turned in his wings. Now Mig's number one. But he'd better remember one thing: if he screws up just this much, he'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog **** out of Hong Kong!

Always time for a top gun quote

[Shaggy]

The De-rafalution is almost complete then - only Agger and Lucas left

And Johnson and Skrtel.

But it's true that it finally feels like a new era, a new squad. Even while Hodgson and Kenny were here, our best players (bar Suarez) were all Rafa players. It's good to leave that behind and start anew.

[Bender]

The De-rafalution is almost complete then - only Arn , Agger and Lucas left

[RedSince1964]

And Johnson and Skrtel.

But it's true that it finally feels like a new era, a new squad. Even while Hodgson and Kenny were here, our best players (bar Suarez) were all Rafa players. It's good to leave that behind and start anew.

[Darkon]

Oh yeah, forgot about them

Didn't really think of it as a new era, (was just a wind-up joke :P), but it's quite true when thinking about it. Seems like most have finally moved on (bar 1 or 2 fans, none mentioned, none forgotten) and we are all moving in the same direction. More a mentality thing than the players really

And have to say that I'm really liking this new era, so far it seems very positive in playing style, the way we get transfers done and the type of players we are signing.

Oh and won't take long before Skrtel is away I reckon.

[Daniel 7]

I wonder if he'll bully Brad out of the number one shirt?

[lickedlollipop]

problem is, IMO, he's just too good to be no.2 choice. he must become immediately no.1 or else he'll stagnate.

[RedSince1964]

Oh yeah, forgot about them

Didn't really think of it as a new era, (was just a wind-up joke :P), but it's quite true when thinking about it. Seems like most have finally moved on (bar 1 or 2 fans, none mentioned, none forgotten) and we are all moving in the same direction. More a mentality thing than the players really

And have to say that I'm really liking this new era, so far it seems very positive in playing style, the way we get transfers done and the type of players we are signing.

Oh and won't take long before Skrtel is away I reckon.

[The_weatherman]

And Johnson and Skrtel.

But it's true that it finally feels like a new era, a new squad. Even while Hodgson and Kenny were here, our best players (bar Suarez) were all Rafa players. It's good to leave that behind and start anew.

I was sceptical about Rodgers but I can't fault him too much, signings look good this summer and january as well. Also it's refreshing that we are buying talented players, maybe our last three managers had a tendency to overlook talent, like touch and technique.

If Skrtel and Downing leave we could possibly field a whole team of players who are comfortable on the ball.

A team like

Reina/Mig - Johnson - Toure - Agger - Enrique - Lucas - Gerrard - Coutinho - Alberto - Sturridge - Ryan/Deleufo

compares very favourably to the hard workers/tactical/**** players we've had since Rafa's heights.

[ronanm]

If Reina's off, makes sense. If Reina isn't off, other areas of the team clearly require strengthening first. Would have prefered Begovic but he's good enough from the little I've seen.

[Sarb]

Welcome Simon. At last a keeper who has the ability to stop a shot on goal. Looking forward to him being our new No. 1

[RedReet]

I still can't believe we're buying before selling any players. This is proving to be a very interesting summer.

Enjoy it while it lasts, all goes downhill form here when we start selling Suarez, Pepe, Agger, Johnson etc.

[Alex]

New Number 22.