I’m so glad we’ve got people to tell Klopp, who bought Minamino, what he looks for in a forward player.
That's the important part. We've got someone already decided on Klopp's system even more than Klopp has and the roles he needs, without realizing that Klopp is as adaptable a manager you could get. Yes, he has his own principles of the game like High Line, Strict Offside Trap, Counter-pressing, Compressing the space etc., but it's not as if Klopp has ever said, each and every role in my team is definitive. If that is the case, why would he even have Morton as one of the backup options as No. 6 for Fabinho. Forget quality, Morton's style of play is different. He is less physical, he wins much lesser duels, he is nowhere near Fabinho's height, doesn't nip balls or read danger like Fabinho, but he offers something different on the ball at times and is seen as a valid option by Klopp. Does this person with certain specific agenda, talking in a repeated educative/patronizing manner and conclusively deciding what Klopp is looking for in each player want Morton to be gotten rid of as well and thinks/decides for everybody that Klopp doesn't like him?
In fact, each of our No. 6 options are different in their own ways. Fabinho, Hendo, Thiago, Morton - they are all different in the way they interpret the No. 6 position, some can do it better, some are not as good, but can probably play a different position better. The fact of the matter is that they are all solid options overall and give us the depth we need. These are the kind of options that we have in other positions too, with players of different skillsets, each offering different possibilities and their own interpretations. So, what if Minamino is different from Mane and Salah? This person credits Jota for making an impact from the bench and then completely ignores that it was Minamino's brilliant through ball that led to Jota's goal, which he created from an attacking role that he apparently cannot play.
If Klopp was that rigid, why did he rip apart all that he did in Dortmund to make a completely different formation and roles at Liverpool? Dortmund had two Central/Defensive Midfielders, two FBs who didn't venture as much as our FBs do, one Playmaker, two more conventional wingers and one conventional Striker. He never played False Nine regularly at Dortmund, yet his initial game-plan here involved converting Firmino into a False Nine and then revolving the rest of our midfield/attack around him. We got a hybrid winger/support striker in Mane and molded Salah into a goalscorer, but who knows what the succession plan could be (Not saying Minamino is/is not part of it btw, but in a general note)? Who knows if we would get our primary Goalscorer as a right winger next time when Salah leaves? Who really knows? How many right wingers are even present in football currently who can score like Salah?
Maybe we'll adapt to different roles in the future then? How is that possibility completely ignored by that person solely aiming to take digs at certain players and is even getting a few others to buy into that notion that all roles are definitive? The whole thing is bizarre. Move on Origi's and Miniamino's all you want. But there will definitely be players taking their roles of being 4th, 5th or 6th choices in future as well. You cannot have 25 first/second choice players in a squad without endless funds. It's not possible and it's not something that Klopp has expected us to do.
When others question this kind of an unrealistic expectation, this person comes along with stupid questions like, "Do you even watch us"? Yeah, people who disagree with him don't watch us, that's why they are so invested in LFC, that they spend so much time on the forum, without even watching games. These pointless expectations are so far out of reality that they seem to come from lack of self awareness and inflated sense of self importance. Why would one push such a simple opinion on a player to these limits?
Long gone are the days when we had no proper Left Back - Riise who'd rather be a Left Winger, or Aurelio - who was never fit, or Flanagan and Cissokho - both of whom I don't know how they managed to play for us at the level they did, or Enrique - who had some ability, but was lacking in game intelligence?, or Moreno - do I need to expand? We have two good ones now. Gone are the days when we had the likes of Degen, Kyrgiakos, N'Gog, El Zhar, Dossena, Kelly, Voronin, Poulsen, Jovanovic, Cole, Bogdan, Coates, Downing, Adam, Ibe, Borini, Wisdom, Moses, Lambert, Balotelli etc. being our back-up options. We had some dreadful starting lineups before Rafa as well.
If Klopp likes/prefers certain roles, it doesn't mean he will completely not use/appreciate other roles or dismiss those players like some of them would like to believe. He is doing his best with the resources he has (currently everyone except Hendo, Bobby, Milner and Gomez? are those assembled during his time) and still having us compete at the top end. It's time to appreciate the days we are in and enjoy these moments, otherwise what even is the point? There are people who are called out for being constantly negative on the match-day threads, yet there are some people who permanently reside in certain players' threads spouting negativity in some of our best periods of footballing success in 30 years. It's bizarre. It's as though some will wish failure on certain players even if we suffer as a team. It is one thing to analyze a game to see how we did, what went well and what did not go well and completely another thing to be eager to wish/expect someone's failure based on an agenda.
To those who can appreciate the current moment where we as a club are, with this great manager and staff, with this great set of players, who are all combining to give us as much happiness as they can, I'm extremely happy for you and I'm enjoying every moment of our presence as one of the best teams in the world.
To those who still want to pick holes at any of the current set-up - the ownership who hired the right people, or the manager/staff who have got us here or certain members of the current squad, which is competing at all fronts (we couldn't do that even in our title winning season) with different players contributing towards it,
