You need to have a serious word with yourself.
He will sort it, just give it time. FFS are we to become the new Man U or whatever, in that as soon as we look shite and play shite we swing the axe. Shit happens to even the greatest sometimes.
Look at our left for starters last night. From Mane ( gone) to Jota (massive presser, with pace and goal threat to Diaz (see Jota) to Harvey ( great football brain, a goal threat and tries to press, but lacks pace for wide positions).
Then we have Fabinho who looks like he's playing with wellies on now, Trent trying and forgetting to defend, a CM who's back legs are going and most importantly a lack of confidence running riot throughout the team that epitomises itself in Mo Salah of all people.
Yes fresh legs and faces are needed, but football is a strange game and to say that Klopp needs to go after half a bad season is just utter numptiness.
Uh huh. You claim it'll sort itself out with time, then say we're playing shite and we need half a new team. Well, where's that team coming from, RF? Are FSG going to put their muscle behind the boss and actually replenish with players who are good enough to compete? If the answer is yes, great. If the answer is no, all you have to do is open your eyes to see the result.
But there is no reasoning to your post. It's all pure speculation based on us being shit this season. Obviously there's a rebuild that needs doing and we're suffering this season because of it but who else do you want to do that job, if not Klopp? Because for all your accusations that people aren't addressing your (fallacious) points, you're yet to respond to that simple follow up question. Most of us think we have the best man for the job already in place. You seem to disagree.
What's speculation? That Klopp doesn't have the dynamism he had in previous seasons? Here are
two interviews from losing runs, two years apart. You can't tell the difference in the demeanour between them? Or is it that the players aren't responding? Well if they were, Klopp wouldn't have to be talking about doing the basics right in interview after interview, or about the players not having the right body language. We'd be defending set pieces properly and Trent would be running to get back to defend instead of gently jogging.
Because here's the thing. There's a reason managers rarely stay somewhere seven years, and that when they do it involves a steady turnover of players and/or coaches. Mental fatigue sets in after a period of time, and when you add that to everything else in the last three years, a drop off like this was inevitable. Here is the 11 who've made the most league starts this year:
Alisson, Trent, Robbo, Van Dijk, Gomez, Fabinho, Thiago, Hendo, Elliott, Salah, Firmino
Eight of those players were in the first 11 four years ago and the ninth is Gomez (for Matip). Same assistant manager, same fitness coach, same head of fitness and conditioning. No team has gone this long playing the same way with the same personnel and still succeeded. It's not a slight on the team or the backroom staff, it's something that just isn't possible. Klopp is clearly exhausted, and every day he's sent out to be asked why we're not playing well and why the club aren't doing anything, as the backroom quits and seemingly aren't replaced, it's going to get worse.
You agree we need a rebuild, but we don't have a sporting director, the club won't buy anyone and we're seemingly still offering new contracts to older players like Firmino. So what purpose does it serve for Klopp to serve another season under the same conditions? I'm not urging the club to sack him, I'm simply saying that as far as I see it, unless he gets the means to really beef up the team I don't see how any of this is going to change.
Lastly, you demand that I identify a replacement? I'm not a sporting director - I don't have access to advanced stats, a book full of contacts and the means to interview people. No up-and-coming coach I could hypothetically name would have the history and link to the club that Klopp has forged. What he's has done here is magnificent, and I have a huge amount of respect for him as a person. But he isn't an unimpeachable deity, he's human and he has his limits like everyone else does - no matter how offensive the idea might be to some people. He's going to leave at some point, the condition of the team and the state of the club when he does will rely on the ownership.
