Poll What if...
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Nope. It’s bigger.
Now if you said VVD never got injured, that’s a different story,
Now if you said VVD never got injured, that’s a different story,
Fabinho has missed 6 league games between end of January till March with his injuries – 3 of these games we've won. Hendo has missed 3 so far (2 losses, 1 win). Which is to say if the main rationale for buying a CB was to have the option of playing Hendo and Fabs in midfield, that option would have been only available in a limited number of games anyway. I think we would have been better off with a senior CB brought in early in January, no question – but this would not address other major factors behind our decline, such as the appalling lack of production from our front 3. Maybe a couple of losses would have been draws – in that case we would have been level on points with Spurs having played a game more, instead of 2 points behind them.
Who knows – I might be totally wrong and bringing in the right player in the right moment would have reinvigorated our campaign, but my best guess it would have just made the slide down a little more "gentle," but not alter the general direction.
Who knows – I might be totally wrong and bringing in the right player in the right moment would have reinvigorated our campaign, but my best guess it would have just made the slide down a little more "gentle," but not alter the general direction.
For starters, we wouldn't have to move Henderson to CB.
Matip wouldn't have to make 2 consecutive starts right after coming back from injury too. Might have avoided his latest injury.
Matip wouldn't have to make 2 consecutive starts right after coming back from injury too. Might have avoided his latest injury.
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Haha. Yeah right.
Well, that's a stupid thing to do.
The frustrating thing about this whole crisis is that it was avoidable. We penny pinched with the squad for ages knowing that we have no way to cope with having to switch out key players due to either loss of form or injury. The scale of the crisis probably took everyone by surprise but it's been coming.
Another Jota type player in the summer and swift action in Jan would've seen us cope far better.
Ah well. Being our own worst enemy is the true Liverpool Way since the 90's.
The frustrating thing about this whole crisis is that it was avoidable. We penny pinched with the squad for ages knowing that we have no way to cope with having to switch out key players due to either loss of form or injury. The scale of the crisis probably took everyone by surprise but it's been coming.
Another Jota type player in the summer and swift action in Jan would've seen us cope far better.
Ah well. Being our own worst enemy is the true Liverpool Way since the 90's.
Honestly, what more could Jota have done? He's goal-scoring was phenomenal and largely carried us to the top of the league. His injury naturally damaged us, but I find any questioning of his signing a bit perverse. Thiago over a CB is certainly debatable, but the logic in the football community was that signing Thiago would confirm us as league champions for 2020/21, adding a layer of creativity and class to a work-horse midfield, to combat the low-block champions face each year. It made sense.
We've just needed more signings than we got, IMO. The lack of funds forces Klopp and Edwards to pick areas for neglect.
As for the poll question, top four hunt seems the most realistic. I'm convinced we didn't act until Fabinho went down. Minamino going away on loan to cover the Davies fee is no coincidence. There was zero money available to Klopp, who was facing a crisis, and we've pissed away CL qualification. Penny wise, pound foolish.
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