I think we'd have probably lost were it not for the red card. We all knew beforehand that Chelsea are really strong at the moment but we were at home and I think we needed to put on a better display than that even if we didn't get the win. We looked jaded and out of ideas.
As has been said, the solution lies in the transfer market but I worry we've let a few too many opportunities pass us by now.
We should be frantically trying to get in a new signing before the window closes but we are more likely to take Origi off the shop window with this news.
A Like for the VvD comment - he was ace.On a side-note I really enjoyed watching Van Dijk play against Lukaku. It was a defensive masterclass at times. Matip too except for that one time he got rolled over.
The whole world and his dog knows that we need to sign an attacker. Find Klopp's combative attitude at press conferences about this also slightly putting off.I haven’t joined the hysteria around our lack of transfer activity, but it is incredibly poor that when our #9 goes off injured we have zero back up.
Jota has done a job there, but he’s clearly a Mane / Salah backup (and looking like Mane replacement if Sadio doesn’t sort it the fuck out sharpish). You can’t tell me that this transfer committee hasn’t got a shitload of options on file, so either we’re saying it’s impossible to spring any of them out of their clubs (not one single one), or the owners simply aren’t prepared to finance a deal and the stuff being released in the press by Klopp and journos is just a pure smokescreen to calm down the fanbase. This cross your fingers and pray thing did not play out very well last year with our CB situation.
Totally agree with the summation in the last paragraph. But not on your take on Klopp ... he's supporting the players we do have until such time as we can get in better. Nothing wrong with that, he has to work with what he has and bolster their confidence, I don't find it patronising in the slightest.The whole world and his dog knows that we need to sign an attacker. Find Klopp's combative attitude at press conferences about this also slightly putting off.
I mean our goalkeeper outscored our reserve striker last year, and Klopp comes out with this 'who do you think can do better than what we already have'. It's patronising.
It's one thing to accept as a manager that the board don't have the funds to sanction a move, but you don't have to pretend that we don't need anything . 3rd summer in a row, and we've barely made a proper plunge in the market.
Ultimately, this is a squad of amazing players. But when we look back at this time, we'll say they didn't win as many trophies as they should have. And it'll only be because we didn't freshen things up at the right time.
You are only realising this now? 😀Klopp and Tuchel don't seem to like each other very much.
Well, I suspected it for a long while...You are only realising this now? 😀
Seriously?
Hence why I wanted Thiago in at the start of the second half.I'd like us to shoot more from outside the box. Arguably our best chances in the half yesterday was fabs effort and hendos
Wasn’t it Virgil having a go?I'd like us to shoot more from outside the box. Arguably our best chances in the half yesterday was fabs effort and hendos
That one too. Sure fab had an effortWasn’t it Virgil having a go?