• Question: Whats your opinion Karius' safe hands? Is there any science that could cure them?

    Asked by anon-176405 to Stephen, Ali, Jenny, Mark, Paul, Simran on 13 Jun 2018. This question was also asked by anon-176398, anon-176399, anon-176395, anon-176397, anon-176396, anon-176404.
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      Mark Kirkwood answered on 13 Jun 2018:

      Hey, thanks for the question, but I’m not sure I understand what you’re asking?

      Do you mean, the goalkeeper who made all those mistakes?
      Interesting fact, they think he had concussion during that game! That would certainly make it difficult to catch a ball!

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      Ali Hill answered on 13 Jun 2018:

      If you’re talking about Karius’ safe hands as in yourself (your username) – you’re my favourite….and I definitely DON’T say that to everyone 🙂

      But wow. This IS a popular question!

      If you’re talking about not making the Champions League final, if it wasn’t concussion, yes, there’s stuff in sports nutrition that could help (depending on what the reason for letting goals in was). I’d be looking at whether he’d eaten enough (you can do badly at sports if you’re hungry cos it makes you tired) and if he’d drunk enough – Even just being a little bit dehydrated can cause you to make bad decisions, and your body doesn’t work as well (good tip here – make sure you’ve drunk enough in your exams!). I’d also be working with a sports psychologist, because the pressure you’d be under in your next match would be UNREAL. It would be really hard not to mess up! So the sports psychologist could help with that.

      But if he did have concussion, there’s not a lot you could do nutritionally. Just make sure he got lots of rest, drank enough and ate right. Some scientists are actually looking at whether some supplements can help treat you if you get concussion, but generally people think that they probably don’t make a difference.

      What do you think? What would you have done?

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      Stephen MacKenzie answered on 18 Jun 2018:

      Loving the totally sensible answers given by Mark and Ali, however I am too biased and still hurting from that final and I actually don’t believe the concussion story. The most “scientific” answer on how to cure this problem from Liverpool’s and his perspective would be to buy a different goalkeeper and for him to move on. The psychology of playing in a big game for the same team again will be too difficult. I think someone playing football at a very low level would find it hard to stay in a team after those mistakes and unfortunately sport is sometimes just cruel. But he is not a bad goalkeeper, you have to be so good and dedicated to get to that level, he might be very successful somewhere else.

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