DAVID JAMES

Right after Bruce Grobelar, David James came to replace him. Well, I dont have anything against him, but I do have some reservation about him. He is not my type of goalkeeper...He is prone to some unbelievable mistake....he does not have the composure of what a goodkeeper should have..He does not have any single traits that bruce had...and he is known as Calamity James...

David James was born in 1 August 1970. He made his debut into Liverpool club on 16 August 1992. Besides from the nicknames Calamity James, he is also known as the spice boys ..together with Steve Mcmanaman and Robbie Fowler....He is tall and has every physical attributes to become a great keeper but somehow his mind is not that strong enough...no composure...no focus... distracted to somethig going on off the pitch...yes the spice girls thingy...

All in all, david james will register as one of my worst keeper to have ever played for liverpool and it is no wonder Liverpool slump during his years as the keeper. David Calamity James...

BRUCE GROBBELAR

well... for those who follow english premier league football in the 80's will know bruce grobbelaar..I was just a young kid then...Being a innocent kid back then, I just followed whatever my big brother did...so one of it was him being a fan a bruce grobbelar....we were and still a die hard fans of Liverpool. Liverpool was top in the 80's...and bruce was in his finest form...

bruce grobbelaar was born in 1957...he was the keeper of Zimbabwe...(Zimbabwe?? can you imagine that...we never heard of any good players from Zimbabwe these days). Grobbelaar signed for Liverpool for £250,000 on 17 March 1981 as their reserve goalkeeper. At that point in time Ray Clemence was still the first choice keeper. But his move to Spurs paved the way to bruce to become Liverpool's first choice keeper

What I like about Bruce was his humor. Being a goalkeerper myself, I know that is good trick to get the defender to cooperate with you when you give instructions to them. Being defenders is not easy I must say....they need to keep their positioning, keep their lines, shove the opposition strikers, being knocked by the ruthless strikers...so the keeper really need to give some sympathy for them whenever it is due...you can scold them when they made mistake...but when they do something good....smile at them..give them pat at the back...I tell you...you will be surprise by the new energy they show when you did that and they will defend well...

My Life as a goalkeeper

Cut my veins open and I bleed goalkeeper's blood

Well literally..:) But thats how I decribe myself to this special position in football...I love to be a goalkeeper....its in the blood of my family.....I came from a family of six...I have 4 siblings with my eldest brother...my eldest sister...me and younger sister..

My father used to play goalkeeper in school...my eldest brother played keeper...and shockingly one day when I asked my mom about this topic...she said she too played keeper in her formative years in school...what is more shocking was she said she represented Malaysia!!! I couldnt belieave what I heard that day...but that was the story...

Once I heard that, I knew I had to play this position in football..I comes so natural for me...I was selected as the first choice keeper during my secondary school, first choice keeper during high school, second choice keeper during university days, first choice keeper for 5 years for my old boys alumni, first choice keeper for 5 years for my company. But, as my family does not encourage myself to take sport as a profesion...it all ended up as a hobby for me...

So I put up this blog, to pay tribute to the greatgoalkeepers out there and list down my favourites keeper of all time...