29 Nov 2020 07:14:52
OK. Kloppo needs to stop moaning on fixtures. Top club equals extra fixtures. Sorry its for everyone. Should stick to it and just be the normal one. He keeps on giving fodder to these broadcasters and they keep milking him. And you can see it in the performances sometimes when all the talk is about something neither Klopp or players have control on, they believe they its unjust to them and shoulders drop.
Klopp strength is motivating, his weakness is his moaning.

{Ed025's Note - hes a liverpudlian akshit what do you expect mate? moaning is what you do best.. :)

29 Nov 2020 08:54:56
I still think it is a legitimate issue. He has never claimed that it is a disadvantage to only Liverpool. What is wrong if he moans? Let him! If a wrong troubles everyone, is it no longer a wrong?

29 Nov 2020 09:46:19
Completely agree. If it was Mourinho making the same comments, we’d all be telling him to stop whinging and get on with it.

29 Nov 2020 10:01:37
He does need to move on but he has 10/ 11 injuries to his players because of it. He’s trying to protect his players. As all clubs are. The injuries will pile up for all clubs over the course of season and ultimately effect the national team at the euros whilst the rest of Europe have played the season with 5 subs.

{Ed001's Note - I think people are missing the fact that he is not the only one saying it, he is just the one getting the coverage. Jose, Pep, Ole, in fact all the managers who have teams in European competition have complained about it.}

29 Nov 2020 10:43:16
Ed001 I’m all for Klopp and other managers saying how they feel and I have no issues with the BT sports reporter yesterday giving it back as freedom of speech these days seems to be very selective due to no matter what someone says there will always be people who claim to take offence. My question is, is there anything that can actually be done about this that would actually make a difference. And what I mean is something that Would properly change it. For me moving the kick off 3 hours isn’t really going to solve the problem and if we had gone a day later then it just moves the problem to another game as we would have less recovery for Ajax.
The only solutions I can see which I don’t think are possible is to extend the season so they can space games out. But I don’t think that is possible due to the euros.
Increase the subs to 5 but again that wouldn’t have helped with a lot of our injuries as they happened during the game from challenges. Perhaps the muscle injuries might not have but Naby, Matip Shaq and Ox haven’t exactly been playing 90 mins every 3 days when they picked up theirs.
Maybe too late but get rid of this seasons Fa cup. Doesn’t resolve the Xmas period but frees up some fixtures going forward.
Again just some ideas off the top of my head but I just can’t see what the solution is. They are trying to play just as many games (with more internationals) in a shorter period of time. Foresight was needed here but we find ourselves coming to December with what most people with common sense could have predicted. Perhaps the euros won’t go ahead next year as 98% of footballers will be injured at the time.

{Ed001's Note - why can't they swap kick off times around? It makes a huge difference not having the early kick off and that is all they are asking for.}

29 Nov 2020 11:04:19
Ed001 I’m not against changing the kick off times mate but just think if we had kicked off at 3 yesterday it means 3 hours less recovery for Ajax than we have now. So although it solves one game it creates an issue for the next. The proof is evident that all these games are taking effect with the amount of injuries all teams are feeling not just us. Just think there needs to be a bigger answer than a 3 hour window. And that goes for all teams and players.

{Ed001's Note - but it is not an issue about the amount of time for Ajax. There is plenty between them. You are clearly missing the point. It is not about 3 hours at all, it is about having time to work on a player's recovery ahead of a game. A midday kick-off does not allow much chance to get the players woken and ready. An evening kick-off gives a full day to work out muscle problems and have massages, ice baths etc ahead of the game without impacting on players' sleep patterns. They need to sleep to recover, so you don't want to mess with that any more than necessary.}

29 Nov 2020 11:53:20
Ed001 fair points mate. And looking at yesterday’s late kick off the games could easily have been swapped as Leeds nor Everton had midweek European games. I was more thinking the bigger picture though as in what can be done outside of the moving fixtures on the same day and really protect all players. Like I said it’s clear that all players especially the ones playing in Europe midweek and the silly international windows are already feeling the effects. And we are only a quarter of the way through the league campaign. I honestly see us playing the youth team in the Fa cup.

{Ed001's Note - I don't think they can really do a lot more than 5 subs and moving games around really, without scrapping internationals. They won't scrap internationals sadly.}

29 Nov 2020 12:12:54
I believe Klopp is not just protecting LFC interests but all the league this is the most unusual season since the two world wars.
You can only flog the players so much before their bodies start to react to the punishing schedule with muscle injuries strains and loss of form and the TV companies must understand this instead of just considering their own ends as this could affect football for years to come they may be paying out an awful lot of money but their customers and football supporters are to and do you think that they are getting value for the hard earnt money when the best players are on the side lines due to injuries brought on by miss understanding by people that only see profit not players safety and this includes some narrow minded premier league managers.
One last thing if the so called big teams were allowed to switch from playing at 12.30 to evening kick offs would it affect viewing figures no I do not believe it would make any difference at all in fact I think that more viewers would be able to watch as people work sat/ sun. With respect Sheffield and west broms of this world do not draw viewers against the likes of the big teams so why should they scupper a decision that makes complete sense and also they would have the opportunity of using their own five subs.
So before having a go a KLOPP understand why he saying what he has.