22 Oct 2017 21:23:43
I'm starting to wonder if klopp has any idea what he is doing. I was convinced that he was the man for the job after the wheels fell off on Brendan Rodgers.
He has got us to 2 cup finals, and took us on a title run last season until we hit some bad form.
I commend him for the above and I commend him for getting us back into the champion's league.
Defensively though we have been a disaster waiting to happen since before the guy arrived. Every armchair fan and clueless pundit appeared to grasp this. Why on earth did klopp fail to a address these issues?
We have all heard lots about the VVD saga but failing to move on to another target just seems ridiculous now?
Ok, let's suppose that the problem is not just down to personnel. Perhaps we needed to change the approach a little? Tweek the system? Provide some coaching? We actually seem even more disorganised than we were last season. If I went to work and performed much worse than i did last year, my boss may consider sacking me.
Salah has been a good signing and has arguably been our best player this season.
Solanke is a good young player who lacks premier league experience.
AOC is an average winger and a poor midfielder who hasn't improved in 5 years.
Robertson appears to have been kidnapped by aliens.
I'd have swapped 3 of those guys for any reasonable central defender. Apparently lovren is carrying an injury and this makes the situation even more frustrating.
I'm not particularly a fan of José Mourinho but he has addressed his team's failings from last season by buying a goal scorer. Spurs seem to progress season upon season by making small improvements and signing the right kind of players to improve their squad.
I'm ashamed to say that I'm starting to think Alan shearer may have a point.
22 Oct 2017 22:46:54
Not 100% cinvinced 4th was an achievment last year arsenal and united just had a worse season but they identified the problems and fixed them. We added salah great signing but apart from him the rest make the bench at best i know if the right target is not available don't buy for the sake of it but surely they should have more than one target.
22 Oct 2017 22:11:31
Louvren is not just carrying an injury he is also carrying Moreno who constantly exposes his left flank and makes him look a good deal worse than he really is.
{Ed025's Note - its very hard to make lovren look worse than he already is RP..
22 Oct 2017 23:35:38
Berg, us getting 4th had nothing to do with other teams screwing up. That is false. We were better than them over the season and that is the fact. Let us dispense with this pathetic notion that we only do well cos the others are crap and when others do well, they must deserve it as they are automatically better. Tht is unfair and self-defeating. Nobody gives you anything in sports. You get what you deserve. We took points off these teams, scored more goals then them and were able to finish ahead of them despite having outspent us last season. That is the reality. This season? We shall see.
22 Oct 2017 23:46:00
Disagree. Moreno wasn't the problem. Not at all. He was one of our best players today. Again. I know what you're saying and that has been the case in the past but it wasn't today. If you saw the game you would see why lovren was replaced in the first half, not moreno.
23 Oct 2017 00:25:30
Moreno one of our best players?
24 Oct 2017 10:52:06
Moreno has been one of the most consistently decent players we've had all season. Can't believe I'm saying it lol.