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09th Feb 2016

David James hammered for defending Simon Mignolet

Fans aren't happy...

Ben Kenyon

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/Brodinho/status/697144056514801665

https://twitter.com/DevJ6/status/697143442175037441

https://twitter.com/Lovrenated/status/697142988665982977

https://twitter.com/remjohn/status/697142265836367872

https://twitter.com/chris7steel/status/697158163527819265

Others seemed more bothered about James’ appearance though…

https://twitter.com/London_Calling_/status/697157965879627776

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