You can raise points without having digs, every post you disagree with you throw a dig like you have a chip on your shoulder. You missed out in your evaluation the Collapse of Chelsea who we lost 1-0 to meaning we had to play our strongest team last game of the season as it was still in balance when we should have been way clear, our April/May results in the league were poor, we suffered because we couldn't rotate players - Phil could play in front 3 or midfield 3 and had a goal or assist every 60 minutes he was on the pitch, to say we didn't miss him would be denying reality.
I throw digs at every post I disagree with? Do you read my posts exclusively, if so go read something else then, that too is also a load of nonsense.
The replacement in the transfer market for Coutinho was not attainable, the situation with Coutinho reached it's climax and it needed to be resolved one way or another, Klopp has explained this and I am not arsed to bring up this debate as I've done it countless times in the past.
We made an adjustment to our system in order to fill the void until a better opportunity came to replace him [i.e. this summer], we did that through Salah and Firmino, and Mane dropping a bit deeper, we did it also through Ox who made the bursting drives in midfield to give us the ability to open things up. We also had Lallana in mind, at the time, when Coutinho was sold, Lallana was expected back shortly. That was another player who could help us adjust our system and change the way we were dependent on Coutinho in certain moments.
Coutinho is one player, so yes he could rotate for Mane, or Salah, or someone in midfield, but he's still one player. You still had other players who had intensive matches against City and then playing in the league right after or before that. One player alone doesn't change the fact that Can,Lallana[reinjured], and Ox got injured within a month's time. So any previous adjustments we had, or plans that we made to accommodate the absence of Coutinho, was thrown out of the window because of said injuries.
So anyone not taking all of this into consideration and coming to the conclusion you are coming to, which you have a right to of course, is not living in reality. Just because you have the right to your opinion, like everyone else, doesn't mean I am going to sit here and ignore any absolute bollocks you express within your opinion.
Hence you're being called out on the absurdness of your assessment.
The line up against Chelsea, could have been prevented had Salah taken his chances against Stoke, and had we had been given a rightful penalty in that same game, and had we also kept our heads against West Brom once we went 2-0 up. I wasn't aware that Coutinho was the almighty deity of football who controls every aspect of both ends of the pitch.
