maguskwt » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:53 am wrote:I wouldnt mind it at all if we are winning like this week in week out. And this is also why I was not too critical about losing Coutinho and not buying his direct replacement. Klopp has done a very good job in building a team that softens the blow of losing coutinho. Of course it is still a blow when you lose your best player, but we are in a much better position to cope with it compared to last season. The purchase of Salah and having Mane, Firmino and Ox allows us to cope with losing couts. And the purchase of VVD and Keita will restore the spine that we didnt have for ages. The last two games we have been quite solid defensively, the 2 goals conceded to Spurs didnt reflect our defensive solidity in that game. Next season, we will be a much more balanced side and overall, the team should be better than when we had Coutinho.
Sorry mate I don't agree, imo we have taken a significant step backwards.
Yesterday until that second goal went in we were under real pressure and needed Karius to bale us out on at least a couple of occasions, if that lad would have scored that one-on-one we probably would have lost that game.
Selling your best player is not the way forward, not if you actually want to win things.