Yes the trend of Slot having us as 1st for majority of his time here and top 4 almost exclusively even with all of our injuries and transition issues points to us being a mid table side. If that’s what knowing football means then I’m glad I don’t.
We don’t have to rebuild our attack at all. We have Wirtz, Hugo, Isak. We need additions. Defence Virgil has a couple of years left but we need another CB at least. Full backs we have. Midfield is relatively strong but like all teams could do with additions.
If we do win the CL it won’t be fluked it’ll be an indication we are building a strong team for the future and on the right track.
I don't know why I'm bothering, but...
18 games. 5 wins. 6 draws. 7 losses.
Shit football for a year.
Struggling to get top 4 in a weak league after spending half a billion quid.
Slow, turgid, insipid football.
Openly admits he has no clue against a low block and direct football.
Awful man manager.
Almost all players have regressed significantly, bar Szoboszlai.
Our options for left wing are a shit Gakpo and a child.
Our options for right wing are a finished Salah and Frimpong - the latter whom he refuses to play there now. Striker is Ekitike who is brilliant but can't play 90 minutes seemingly and Isak who is made out of the dusty remains of Joel Matip.
Bradley is injury prone and out for the season at right back. Frimpong is not a natural right back.
Left back we have an inconsistent Kerkez who's finding his way in the game and is not a guaranteed success. We're about to sell Robertson.
Centre back we have an aging, declining Van Dijk, Konate who got lobotomised at some point during the summer and whose contract runs out in a few months, Gomez who's injured again, out of contract next season and also made from the dusty remains of Joel Matip, and an Italian kid who's never played in the league before and is coming back from an ACL injury.
Our performances dropped off around this time last year. We had enough Klopp-scented fumes left in the tank to see us over the line against an underwhelming Arsenal side.
We were consistently good from August to January last year. Everything else from Slot has been poor. We've been crap longer than we've been good.
You need to invest in a better HD subscription. It doesn't make you big or clever or a superfan to be the only person pointing out contrary opinions. The vast majority of the time you're just wrong.
But yeah, maybe everything is fantastic. We'll sweep all before us in the CL. Let's just pray we avoid PSV and any English side in the knockouts, and hope news of the low block hasn't reached the continent. Happy happy happy. Joy joy joy.