Imo average to good for the first team but abysmal for the bench..I remember Jürgen complained a lot about the lack of depth but did little to nothing to adress that..at least until now.
Let's consider that mate:
GK Swapped Manninger for Ward = Improved
RB Gomez looking sharper, Trent a year older and now looking like the starter. = Improved
CB Worse for sure
LB Brought in Robertson = Improved
CM Worse at the moment due to losing Lucas, however if we signed another LB then Milner will move back this rank, then it's a straight swap Lucas for Milner in the squad, for me that's still worse but not as much.
AM Moved Coutinho into this rank late in the season, so it depends how you rate Salah, to me though AM has massively improved.
Wingers Brought in Salah but lost Coutinho, interesting one this because I actually think we'll improve on both counts as I've always thought Cou would be better from deeper and Salah will be more natural here. (let's say it balances out)
Striker Sturridge meant to be in the best condition he's been since Klopp arrived, Solanke brought in, Ings back in full training, clearly improved a lot in this area.
Which is:
5 Improved
2 Worse
1 Equal
Bringing in VvD would change that to 6/1/1 which would be looking very encouraging for our season in my opinion.
Starting Line-up:
Firmino
Mane Salah
Coutinho Lallana
Henderson
Robertson Van Dijk Matip TAA
Migs
Bench: Karius, Clyne, Lovren, Can, Wijnaldum, Solanke, Sturridge
Back-up Ward, Milner, Gomez, Klavan, Woodburn, Ings, Origi
That's a strong squad imo, just 1 top quality player from looking exceptional.