So were we just lucky with injuries in 2018 and 2019 or was it skill?
Personally I think it was skill, as I don't believe in luck. I think we just had a really good fitness team and nutrition team and rehab team etc in 2018 and 2019.
Which means now since we get injuries every other match, and more injuries than other teams in the league, the inverse would be true (that injury prevention skill at our club has decreased), and so maybe we should reevaluate our personnel or approach at the club.
Jota's was avoidable if he didn't play. Medical staff should have recommended to Klopp to not play any of our first team players in a meaningless match as this season is very congested. (One example of what I mean in change in approach).
Gomez, Keita, and Matip are injury prone in general, so maybe player recruitment/management should take injury issues more into account when deciding to buy/keep/sell players at the club. (Another example of what I mean in change in approach)
Milner, Shaq, and Trent injuries are muscle injuries, so maybe better physiological care from our fitness personnel would have prevented it.
Lastly seeing as five of our players were out from knocks/assaults/impacts (Thiago, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Jota, Allison), maybe we should teach our players how to avoid injuries from knocks. For example, Messi (the 2009-2019 version) gets assaulted a lot, especially by Sergio Ramos, but rarely gets injured because I hear he utilizes a technique where he jumps out of the tackle thus avoiding serious injury.
Looking back at Van Dijk and Thiago injuries, I think if they had both jumped out of the tackle they wouldn't have been as severely injured. Haters gonna hate right, we're the league champions and there'll always be clubs looking to claim a prized scalp (i.e. in the Everton match), so it's up to us to help our players defend themselves. The Messi technique is just an example btw, I'm sure there are other ways to prevent injuries from knocks/impacts too, whether that be strengthening the core or upper body etc.
There are elements of control in injury prevention, and we should reevaluate how well we are at that. We excelled at it in 2018 and 2019 after all. (So why aren't we excelling at it in 2020 anymore?)
Finally I just want to say that this post isn't about (whining about) the past. (Ok maybe it's a little but) What's done is done, and we have coped well. This is about our future in Jan, Feb, March etc. To prevent injuries from happening in those hectic months, so it'll increase our chances of winning the title and/or cl.
To put it in another way, if we continue with our current medical team and approach, are you guys confident we won't have injuries in Jan-March? If the answer is no than what can we do to change it? That's what I mean we should do.