David James hammered for defending Simon Mignolet

What is it with Liverpool and goalkeepers?

Belgian stopper Simon Mignolet isn't exactly flavour of the month at Anfield after a string of mistakes - and Reds fans couldn't hide their disdain when he signed a five-year deal. Another 'keeper who didn't have the most glory-filled time of it on Merseyside was David James. So when the ex-England stopper tried to show some moral support to the under-fire keeper (who didn't have the greatest of first halves against West Ham in the FA Cup) commentating on BT Sport, all hell broke loose. His comments really didn't go down too well on the internet... https://twitter.com/jamesmcginty97/status/697151633894043648 https://twitter.com/Brodinho/status/697144056514801665 https://twitter.com/simontokeeffe/status/697143636560052228 https://twitter.com/DevJ6/status/697143442175037441 https://twitter.com/Lovrenated/status/697142988665982977 https://twitter.com/remjohn/status/697142265836367872 https://twitter.com/StephenCurragh/status/697163415912124416 https://twitter.com/chris7steel/status/697158163527819265

Others seemed more bothered about James' appearance though...

https://twitter.com/London_Calling_/status/697157965879627776 https://twitter.com/nickb1977/status/697158072855351297 https://twitter.com/lozxjxbrown/status/697158281165414403 https://twitter.com/fakedavidgray/status/697158375218540544