Not with you on this one bud. Covid was completely unexpected. We were wiping the floor with everyone and had no serious glaring gaps in the squad. Milner, bless his socks, amongst others like Henderson, Wijnalduma and Fabinho provided plenty of depth in various positions even if they did not actually end up being needed in them. The manner our team was put together was almost like a cricket team loaded with Jacques Kallis’ and Andrew Flintoff’s and so any gap that developed in specialist positions could easily be filled and so it proved when we did have injuries (this season’s injuries have been anything but normal) as it never broke our stride all that much.
GK - Alisson, Adrian
LB - Robbo, Milner
CB - VVD, Matip, Gomez, Lovren
RB - Trent, Fabinho, Henderson, Milner, Neco
MF - Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Keita, Ox, Jones
Forwards - Mané, Firmino, Salah, Origi, Shaqiri
The versatility of our players makes this virtually a complete squad. We then added to the goalkeepers by keeping Kelleher, gave Robbo a back up, added world class quality to midfield and more up front with the addition of Jota. Keeping only 3 CB’s was a risk, and in hindsight, too much of one but losing all three of our CB’s is just ridiculous but I will give you that and say that this area might have been strengthened. We had just won the League having won the CL, Super Cup and CWC along the way. This team was at the peak of their powers, how exactly can you say we did not strengthen when on top?