NOW I UNDERSTAND! Watching Spurs fall apart has helped me to understand what Liverpool have been doing for the past few years, every few months or so after Klopp signed I would see another article announcing how the club had got a player to renew their contract. I didnt get it at the time...? I mean why are we getting the likes of Lovren to resign, why is Roberston getting a new contract after just joinng the club etc. But seeing Spurs fall apart like this now shows how smart we were/are and how foolish Spurs are. If you constantly reward your players as they develop and improve you keep them happy. Spurs thought they could pay these guys the minimum, that was okay when they were a developing up and coming team but Spurs have been an established team for nearly a decade. Now its coming back to haunt them, a lot of their players probably want out because of a feeling of not feeling valued.
Even our own Stevie G needed an arm around the shoulder and a new contract when we won it in 2005, even he had his head turned because Mourinho had tapped him up and because the club hadn't given him enough value.
When I see out lads they look happy, not just because of Klopp but also because the club has taken the time to pay increase their pay when they show progress.
I think its a little too late for these group of Spurs players, Tripper left in the summer because he wasn't valued and now is thriving at Atletico Madrid. Spurs are going to have to increase wages and bonuses and/or sell quite a few stars and start again. They are still a bloody dangerous team to play against but you feel now that even if they get a two-goal lead once you get at them they just fall apart.