so much more to goalkeeping than making saves. In fact, one of the key jobs is organisation, and making it hard for the other team to create chances – if you have a lot of saves to make then possibly that bit isn’t going so well
(makes me wonder with Mignolet currently, I’ll admit – can’t he organise or are Liverpool incapable of following his and the manager’s prompts)
It’s (for example) why i was always a big fan of Grobbelaar, and Pat Jennings in earlier times. The number of times they came for crosses and make catches or punches that prevented opportunities developing, but they are rarely noticed. Drop one, and you’re buried for it. Prevention rather than cure, etc. So as said, what happens on the training ground is probably far more relevant to why he keeps getting the shirt on a Saturday vs anyone else…. and when managers start leaving goalkeepers out because of only what is seen on matchday, then it’s a case of the press picking the team.