red till i die!! » Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:11 pm wrote:
I think the managers of this club under FSG are encouraged/ expected to play a more open attacking style . Rodgers spent a lot of money and the football was pretty much the same where we couldn't defend and began throwing away leads on a regular basis. We bought a lot of players with potential based on whatever by a committee that is still in operation so maybe they didn't think the players needed changing but rather introducing a manager who can get those players to the next level. Then we got Klopp and he has somewhat achieved that but its still the same issue that remains and that is certain players are just not good enough. Why he hasn't replaced them or still persists with the same captain is anyones guess. Imo he is here to manage what Fsg think they are building.
As fans we do want to see exciting football but accept it can't always be like that. Would we take Maureen knowing what style he would bring if it meant finally lifting that league ? Jurgen would have won much more stuff if he was more open to changing his tactics in crucial games. It can't always be flat to the mat every game unless you have the players to do it but we don't.
There is no safety net for managers here anymore as it could be 6 inside 10 years if Jurgen goes.
Things could and most likely would have been different if Klopp was given the full run of things like top managers get. I believe we would have signed more players and we would be a much better unit for it. We are in his 3rd season and while he has improved the players we still need to replace plenty. If Coutinho and Emre go then its pretty much a rebuild again.
I'm surmising that the manager gives each player special instructions before a game as he seems loathe in post match interviews to add his critique of individual players or indeed errors, his preference is to point to this being a team game and conceded goals are a responsibility of the entire 11 on the pitch at the time. An assumption that leads me to believe that if we bring in players that adhere stringently to his instructions we could become an extremely difficult team to beat, I think our biggest problem is application and a distinct lack of concentration that sees some players unable to carry out his edict for the entire 90 minutes.