We might very well win a domestic cup under José, but the league or CL will be very very difficult.
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I don’t disagree, I’ve said the same, the balance wasn’t right, but we still managed to limit them to less chances/quality chances than in previous "2 worker" formats - that was the lowest x/g anyone has had against us since Mourinho took over and the lowest shots in a game against us all season. We got punished for a mistake and scored a goal for them, that's pretty rare.
They are the bottom side, but they've actually played pretty well in many games and not got a result - a couple of days ago they outplayed Wolves and - the team that outplayed us with our "2 workers".
I would have liked to see Alli rested for this one - he's had the most football of the bunch (Sessegnon, Nd, GLC, Eriksen) and Skipp/Dier played in a 433. But we've played much worse than that and won this season.
And personally I welcomed seeing us getting back to playing football, not whacking the ball over our non existent midfield. Which I don't think as even as "worker" as it should be anyway.
"Worker"..... You know the futile discussion I'm trying to avoid having with you. : o/
We're generally in agreement as you say, but my original point was fair one.... Merely putting TN & GLC in the mix may be part of the answer but, that alone, is the solution to nothing.
Naive from Jose imo.... And surreal to see a manager with his reputation put out a team so lop-sidely balanced in terms of attacking personnel.
3 points aside, like I say we could have learned something today.... Sadly we came away with neither.
Resting Dav rather than Jan was silly too.
There’s just 250 odd million there and we still await most of that to still work out, like I say our scouting is non existent....
Just 2 signings away from going on a run like Liverpool.
Hope everyone remembers how shite they were before making their signing of the decade - VVD.
Our attack is fine similarly, just need some inspiring quality in defence/DM
LOL.... Banter, surely....
The part I underlined and disagreed with:
"we just buy 10 reasonably priced players and hope one or two work out"
You just made that up.... The list i posted is the core of our recent activity (transfer record broken on a number of occasions) and not a load of cheap punts.
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I watched that handball incident again. 100% basketball.
We are sadly a lot more than 2 signings away mate tbh. Serious work needed in the transfer market and more difficult than that seems to be how the fuck we get rid of 8 of our underperforming or physically fucked players who add nothing.
But he’s made a start by appointing José imv
Two signings do not make a team.
Klopp lucked out with Allison and VVD. TAA and Roberton mature at the same time into worldie wing backs. Firmino, Salah and Mane chip in with 50 goals a season (Origi waiting in the wings)
Henderson becomes a captain. Strength in depth with Oxlade, Lallana, Shaquiri, Fabinho, Keita etc in midfield. Even OAP Milner turns it on when required.
All the stars have aligned for Klopp.
Two signings for us will not transform this team. There are major structural/personnel/tactical/motivational problems
Sure, you hand picked the best of them and I still say most of them have to still bare fruit.
Yes we broke “our” transfer record twice in that list, but we broke it buying a CH at 40m when the CH market was/is 80+m, and as for 65m on N’Dombele as a CM he has still got massive potential and could well become a dominant force for us (as long as he decides he wants to play that is) but again it’s the modest side of the market for that position, go out and buy a proven WC midfielder and you’d be lucky to have 65m change from 200m....
So as it stands he’s still a punt that we hope works out, as is Lo Celso, Sanchez, Lucas etc etc etc, Son has been the only one on that list that has become a regular quality player.
Liverpool have shown the best transfer business in the league in recent years and that’s why they are now back to back CL & EPL champions, well scouted players complimented by big transfer fees in key positions.
For a 3rd time I remind you of the actual comment I disagreed with....
I've cherry picked nothing; they're simply the plentiful examples that disprove said comment.
Their second was a complete random though, no?
Hasn’t he just scored 4 in 8 or so? Can we then forgive the downsides?
Shall we throw the sink at the fa cup this year, be dammed where we finish in league? (Personally I’d rather take top four)
but two signings effectively turned a team that finished that scraped 4th into european cup winners. hell, Van Dijk for half a season turned them into finalists. on a massive 700k net
It just didn't - for all the reasons I outlined in my reply. A lot more than 2 new signings caused their success.
You may as well say it was down to Shaquiri being signed or Oxlade returning from injury.
Hear you... vvd and Alison ... but that was a wad
I'm afraid we are going to have to face the fact that we will be without a DM or RB until next season. Watching all the newspapers, gossip columns and all other information I can glean, we'll be doing the usual in January. Watching other teams pick off the potential talent whilst Levy puts a new set of moth balls in his wallet.