A Liverpool side that was 30 years in transition despite multi million expenditure.Unfortunately we haven’t done enough to refresh a team going stale and we’re up against a Liverpool side that is both excellent and consistently blessed with luck and favourable refereeing. I fear we’re facing a relatively disappointing farewell to Pep.
We should be aiming to at least make Liverpool work for the league (difficult as if will be giving them a head start), a decent run in the champions league and to win the cups (though Carabao may be tough given our injury list).
A Liverpool side that was 30 years in transition despite multi million expenditure.
We've lost the spine of our great team and are down to 12 fit "senior" players.
Not referring to your post but I fear an unrealistic sense of entitlement and unreal expectation that we can simply change the names and instantly retain our status is already leading to unreasonable castigation of a manager who has contributed so much to our enjoyment and success. We need to be patient with our rebuild, support our team, avoid the puerile X,Y Z etc "is shite" narrative and not undermine the efforts of our manager. Well thought out criticism is fine and worth reading, whether we agree or not, but pages of mindless negative anti everything drivel sometimes makes this forum feel like a DM forum.
Do you seriously think that our team will not be 100% aiming to get as far as possible in all competitions.
A Liverpool side that was 30 years in transition despite multi million expenditure.
We've lost the spine of our great team and are down to 12 fit "senior" players.
Not referring to your post but I fear an unrealistic sense of entitlement and unreal expectation that we can simply change the names and instantly retain our status is already leading to unreasonable castigation of a manager who has contributed so much to our enjoyment and success. We need to be patient with our rebuild, support our team, avoid the puerile X,Y Z etc "is shite" narrative and not undermine the efforts of our manager. Well thought out criticism is fine and worth reading, whether we agree or not, but pages of mindless negative anti everything drivel sometimes makes this forum feel like a DM forum.
Do you seriously think that our team will not be 100% aiming to get as far as possible in all competitions.
A Liverpool side that was 30 years in transition despite multi million expenditure.
We've lost the spine of our great team and are down to 12 fit "senior" players.
Not referring to your post but I fear an unrealistic sense of entitlement and unreal expectation that we can simply change the names and instantly retain our status is already leading to unreasonable castigation of a manager who has contributed so much to our enjoyment and success. We need to be patient with our rebuild, support our team, avoid the puerile X,Y Z etc "is shite" narrative and not undermine the efforts of our manager. Well thought out criticism is fine and worth reading, whether we agree or not, but pages of mindless negative anti everything drivel sometimes makes this forum feel like a DM forum.
Do you seriously think that our team will not be 100% aiming to get as far as possible in all competitions.
I've previously suggested Mendy could become a winger because as a LB/LWB he is too often left in no man's land when he bombs forward, good job Laporte has snuffed out the danger in his absence. His defending has been very poor thus far and he does have speed to beat his man and cross a ball so Mendy as a winger is not as ridiculous as it sounds. He's put plenty of good crosses in off his left foot unlike Sterling who is out of position as a right footed winger playing on the wrong side. Giving Mendy a run as an out and out LW, well why not?Mendy as a winger???? Hahahaha. Fuck off.
I can’t argue with much there as I appreciate the issues with injuries. As for entitlement fair enough there are some supporters who have barely seen anything but success. Some of us have longer memories.
At the same time if Khaldoon had said in his season review he felt we couldn’t spend in a pandemic I’d understand and back him. He didn’t though, he spoke of disappointment with last season, being hungry and new signings. So it’s obvious he sees us dining at the top table. It follows then that we must have the squad to do so. My issue is that our transfer planning since 2018 has been poor and reactive.
No plan was in place for Kompany’s departure, he was 32 and in the final year of his contract. We have had issues at left back since 2017 when Mendy got injured that haven’t been addressed. Silva left with not obvious replacement. We are planning a double pivot now but with only 3 options, Rodri, Gundogan and a 35 year old Fernandinho. Next summer our best ever forward leaves so a huge amount of our budget will be spent on a replacement.
This season will be short and intense so clubs will have to prioritise certain matches. Hopefully we’ll take the cups as seriously as we can.
Liverpool finished 18 points clear and have strengthened. We haven’t done enough to catch up.
Pep has given us 4 seasons with the best football so when he goes I will be incredibly grateful for all he has done. I just hope he leaves on a high not a damp squib as Pellegrini’s final season.
Mendy doesn’t have the intelligence to play his supposed natural position never mind expecting him to play LW. His close control is abysmal, could you see him playing in the tight spaces that teams force our attacking group into. Also who would you drop to accommodate him? Sterling?I've previously suggested Mendy could become a winger because as a LB/LWB he is too often left in no man's land when he bombs forward, good job Laporte has snuffed out the danger in his absence. His defending has been very poor thus far and he does have speed to beat his man and cross a ball so Mendy as a winger is not as ridiculous as it sounds. He's put plenty of good crosses in off his left foot unlike Sterling who is out of position as a right footed winger playing on the wrong side. Giving Mendy a run as an out and out LW, well why not?
A Liverpool side that was 30 years in transition despite multi million expenditure.
We've lost the spine of our great team and are down to 12 fit "senior" players.
Not referring to your post but I fear an unrealistic sense of entitlement and unreal expectation that we can simply change the names and instantly retain our status is already leading to unreasonable castigation of a manager who has contributed so much to our enjoyment and success. We need to be patient with our rebuild, support our team, avoid the puerile X,Y Z etc "is shite" narrative and not undermine the efforts of our manager. Well thought out criticism is fine and worth reading, whether we agree or not, but pages of mindless negative anti everything drivel sometimes makes this forum feel like a DM forum.
Do you seriously think that our team will not be 100% aiming to get as far as possible in all competitions.