I remember our demise in the early 90s very well, after Hillsborough knocked the stuffing out of the club.
The manager was visibly drained, our finances were affected by the lack of European football, we allowed the squad to age, we made some compromise buys, and we missed some players we should have signed - a young Mcallister, Pallister, Keane amongst them.
We replaced Kenny with a club legend who had had success at Rangers, but didn’t do the right things at LFC and we fell away.
I see echoes of this now, and it’s important we don’t go down the same path.
We all know why this season has gone south, and I do make allowances for what it must feel like to be a Liverpool player who risks his career every time he steps on the pitch due to officials allowing thuggery against them.
Klopp is the best manager we could have, Gerrard is not ready.
But our manager needs to find a way through this, he is not above criticism, his subs in particular make no sense a lot of the time. Goalkeeping mistakes aside, that match was lost the moment Shaqiri stepped on the pitch and our midfield was Gini, a tired Milner and an immobile Shaqiri.
You don’t win a league without your central defence and with so many refereeing injustices, but no way this side should be finishing outside the top four if we use the players we have properly.
Bobby offers little, until Jota is back we should change the system, go 352 if neccesary, or 442 diamond.
How about:
Alisson
Kabak Fabinho Davies
TAA Hendo Gini Robertson
Thiago
Mane Mo
It’s really frustrating that all we see week in week out is the same old same old, with no attempt to change it up, when we do have options.
Why play inferior players like Shaqiri or Origi when you could flood departments where there are better options?
This is where maybe Klopp is being hindered by the inexperience of his number two. Pep is a good coach, but maybe he’s too purist and not pragmatic enough.
Let’s back the manager, but hope he sees a way to fix this.
