Peter Gulacsi has been keeping goal for RB Leipzig in the Champions League recently but eleven seasons ago he was with Hereford United on loan from Liverpool.
A look back to an article featuring Gulasci from April 16th 2009.
Gulacsi - consistently excellent
Peter
Gulacsi, currently on loan at Hereford United, is featured in an
article on the Liverpool Thing website. Below is part of the article.
Most of the time, rather than letting player go on loan to gain experience it seems as if Liverpool are sending them out into the wilderness.
Of all places that could have been chosen for the young Hungarian keeper to make his senior debut Liverpool opted for Hereford, a club set for relegation from Division One.
The reason for such a choice - if there really was one - probably was that of testing his strength of character. Games at reserve team level are testing to a very limited degree so, while he consistently looked good for Gary Ablett's team, there remained a question mark as to whether he could handle the added pressure of competitive football.
Within his first ninety minutes at Hereford, he had answered those doubts as a penalty save and a series of top class stops ensured that his new side beat Leeds.
That performance set the (high) marker for Gulacsi and he has rarely strayed below it. Whilst Hereford have struggled for results and relegation seems now an inevitability, Gulacsi has been consistently excellent. So much that when a minor injury made his presence doubtful at a recent game against Hartlepool, this generated a semi-panicked reaction.
“To say that he has been doing pretty well is an understatement!” say Martin Watson of Hereford fan site Bulls News. “He has single handedly stopped us from being repeatedly embarrassed throughout his twelve games so far.”
“He's conceded 21 goals in those games; any bog-standard League One keeper would have let in 40. He pulls off, on average, two or three top class saves every game.”
Such performances confirm Gulacsi’s reputation – he was chosen as the best goalkeeper at last summer’s European Under 19 championships – and could ensure that Diego Cavallieri’s stay at Anfield as back-up keeper might be short lived. Yet, for that to happen he will have to bulk up his experience with a further loan period next season. With a destination that is unlikely to be Hereford.
“We'd love him to be here next season, but when Coventry reserve team boss Steve Orgizovic was seen at Scunthorpe (in the away end) we expect him to be snapped up by someone higher up for next season.”
Most of the time, rather than letting player go on loan to gain experience it seems as if Liverpool are sending them out into the wilderness.
Of all places that could have been chosen for the young Hungarian keeper to make his senior debut Liverpool opted for Hereford, a club set for relegation from Division One.
The reason for such a choice - if there really was one - probably was that of testing his strength of character. Games at reserve team level are testing to a very limited degree so, while he consistently looked good for Gary Ablett's team, there remained a question mark as to whether he could handle the added pressure of competitive football.
Within his first ninety minutes at Hereford, he had answered those doubts as a penalty save and a series of top class stops ensured that his new side beat Leeds.
That performance set the (high) marker for Gulacsi and he has rarely strayed below it. Whilst Hereford have struggled for results and relegation seems now an inevitability, Gulacsi has been consistently excellent. So much that when a minor injury made his presence doubtful at a recent game against Hartlepool, this generated a semi-panicked reaction.
“To say that he has been doing pretty well is an understatement!” say Martin Watson of Hereford fan site Bulls News. “He has single handedly stopped us from being repeatedly embarrassed throughout his twelve games so far.”
“He's conceded 21 goals in those games; any bog-standard League One keeper would have let in 40. He pulls off, on average, two or three top class saves every game.”
Such performances confirm Gulacsi’s reputation – he was chosen as the best goalkeeper at last summer’s European Under 19 championships – and could ensure that Diego Cavallieri’s stay at Anfield as back-up keeper might be short lived. Yet, for that to happen he will have to bulk up his experience with a further loan period next season. With a destination that is unlikely to be Hereford.
“We'd love him to be here next season, but when Coventry reserve team boss Steve Orgizovic was seen at Scunthorpe (in the away end) we expect him to be snapped up by someone higher up for next season.”