Ruined us?
Weren’t you arguing that Slot was lucky and it was all Klopp - you remember Pep was Klopp’s Ass Man don’t you?
Also you realise you can be a good Ass Man and a shit manager at the same time.
Yes to your last question
But to be honest after he joined us things kind of changed, so many injuries and probably influenced the decision to get Darwin, and gradually the data team seemed less involved. But ultimately Klopp had to sanction the decisions to keep / sell / buy players. Trent's overall performances also declined when he joined us plus if was helping Klopp with tactics - he did not help in adjusting the way we played much.
When you guys keep saying what I said about "Slot was lucky" - yes he was in terms of:
1) inheriting that squad of players that almost could have won the league last season under Klopp
2) having 3 of the best Dutch players on his books that he knows well of their potential capabilities and using them right.
3) probably having better training sessions and not making them run so much in games therefore preserving their energies - he learnt quickly after that howler against Forest at home where he played Mac10 after he literally got off the aeroplane from South America.
tactically - he has been brilliant in games but I really did not like the way he was over-praising PSG, and I hope he does something to address the bad penalty shoot-out loss that knocked us out. I hope that was not a reflection of what the Dutch do regularly in international tournaments -which exit at the first penalty shoot out.
I like him but you cannot ignore that the other usual contenders dropped off this season, when we had bad games that we drew Arsenal were also drawing (or losing), the pressure of a final run in was non-existent, and City had obviously reached the end of the cycle with their current crop. He took us over at the right time to achieve this, and deep inside he must have known otherwise he would have asked to sign a player or two.
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