Why does it surprise you? They won more games without him in the team vs when he played, when he was a Liverpool player.
Just scored some blinders and some equalizers all the makings of a highlights player.
we have a pretty good record when Harry doesnt play.......lets cash in
yup that's klopps style. its pretty much schoolboy football. not much skill but the speed up front makes up for itCoutinho got in the way of their key stategy, kicking the ball forward for their front three to chase. With Milner and Henderson clogging the midfield the best approach was to bypass midfield. Coutinho gave them a reason not to.
yup that's klopps style. its pretty much schoolboy football. not much skill but the speed up front makes up for it
He was what linked their awful defence to their attack.
Without him, they're just a better version of Leicester - lump it into the channels and chase after it. It's working right now because they've got a couple of players on what are probably unrepeatable hot streaks and because people still give them space in behind. Neither of those are likely to last, at which point Klopp will have used up his only tactic and be out of ideas.
Coutinho actually gave them an option against bricker sides that sat back, he had some guile, without him they are a hit long ball to diagonal runner at pace, overcommit to attack, rinse and repeat. As said above, posh Leicester.
The piece that the media and their fans ignore is
- This is literally no different that BR's strategy at Pool
- It is amazingly naïve football
- IT only works when you have a Striker having the season of his career (Suarez for BR, Salad for Klopp)
- Thier bench is awful, 2 injuries to anyone of the important players and they are fudged ..
But the big one I return to is
- With the season Salad has had, they got 4th? (and Mane & Fermino had decent seasons as well?)
- So if he does exactly the same next season, what changes?
If you put Salad in Chelsea's or Scum's side this season, they both would have done better than scrape 4th on last day.
They got 4th and reached the CL final....... 4 massive games against City and Roma, the quarters and semis of the CL. To navigate those alongside the PL with their limited squad took a lot of effort mentally and physically. Come on if we had managed that and still finished 4th I think we would have been ecstatic.
But they are the 2nd best side in England? or so they pundits say.
They have done well, for who Pool really are (i.e. a side that has finished below us 8 out of last 9 seasons, and been regularly out of CL contention).
That said they have had another "Suarez" (insert Salad having a once in a lifetime striker season) season that will end most likely end up as "almost"
They spend pretty much twice what we do, and the limitations in the squad are all Klopp's at this point.
The difference is media/pundits actually see Pool as title contenders and Spurs as an outside shot for top 4 at the beginning of every fudging season, which fine, if you believe, then measure the teams at the end based on that expectation. But somehow Spurs will be bottlers who finished 3rd and Pool will be the 2nd best side that finished 4th?
No you must be mistaken, it’s just a Spurs fans thing to criticize other teams players....Enjoyed smiling at the Scousers today and revelling in finishing above them AGAIN despite playing away all season. All I got in return was how gutted Kane must be.
To which i replied, "Yes. 41 goals this season. He is crestfallen"
"Ah but he didnt win the Golden Boot, he is gutted, Surprised he didnt try and nick the one off Salad"
"Why, he has a pair already?"
"Not got 3 though has he"
"Not yet, but dont forget, he is just a one-season wonder"
They are just obsessed with Kane and Alli. It really is unhealthy
I hate to slightly burst your bubble, but Plopp did get them to the CL final and qualify for the CL through the league, same as Brenton.
You haven't.I hate to slightly burst your bubble, but Plopp did get them to the CL final and qualify for the CL through the league, same as Brenton.
Got to laugh at RAWK, they are saying that we are such an irrelevant club - yes so irrelevant that the 'Spurs' thread is always one of the busiest threads on there. Or maybe the fact that we routinely finish above them (what is that 8 out of the last 9 seasons?) grates on them somewhat.