Itās solely down to klopp.
The club was a shambles before he came in and we were moving in the wrong direction very quickly.
The club wasnāt a shambles - 14 months previously it came within 3 points of winning the league , the clubs finances were stable and the new stand build was starting well
They had people in place to recruit players back then and look at the mess they made. Signing the likes of Downing and adam who had good numbers and stats but were both massively out of their depth here. I could go on but nobody wants a history lesson.
They were people signed in the Kenny stint under Comolli - donāt forget they also signed Suarez , then Edwards team being in players like Coutinho , Sturridge and Milner
Klopp came in and the same type of sh*t was still happening. Itās mad to look back on it now because of the great job JĆ¼rgen has done with this group of players, but when we signed robertson for example, everybody was fuming. People were even unsure on the likes of mane and salah too because of what we had seen previously with the likes of Downing.
I wasnāt āfumingā because we signed Robertson 🤷āāļø And I certainly canāt remember many fuming about the signing. But the likes of Mane and Salah was signed under Edwards team as opposed to Comolli
The difference is, we have klopp who is the best coach in world football. If, by now, you still donāt realise he has a unique gift and can even make sh*t players look half decent then I donāt know how to engage with you. Heās an unbelievable coach and thereās a lot more to it than a club highlighting a player and even suggesting them to the manager.
I donāt believe anyone has suggested anything different about Klopp but becoming a successful team isnāt all down to one person regardless of how good he is. Klopp is the most important part in the machine but there also many other parts that need to work for it all to work. Itās disrespectful to a lot of people within the club to give all the credit to one person
Do you honestly believe that had klopp not managed us, and we had any other manager in place, and we signed the exact same players that we have under klopp, then we still would have achieved the same levels of success? That those same players would have reached the same heights that they have and become the world class stars that they are now?
Klopp was hired because he was the best person to fit in the model the club works too
VVD etc would still be world class players -players like Mane , Salah etc were bought to fit the system - letās not forget the story about Klopp wanting Brandt but Edwards saying Salah is the better fit - maybe that would highlight how key Edwards and his team is
What about the players who were here before klopp, the obvious one being hendo. Why was he absolutely sh*te for years before klopp came and was even on the verge of joining Fulham but now most people would consider him a decent player and heās captained his team to domestic and European titles? If it wasnāt for klopp, would jordan henderson have ever won the European cup? He would be in the bloody championship!
Henderson wasnāt absolutely sh*te before Klopp arrived - Hendo was superb in the season where we came 2nd and actually losing him for the last couple of games was a big reason why we didnāt go onto win the title
Rodgers was the one who was looking to swap him for a player at a Fulham but it didnāt happen and he stayed and matured into a key player both before Klopp arrived and after
It doesnāt really matter who we f**king sign as long as weāve got klopp. If theyāre half decent to begin with and heās got something there to work with then he will get a tune out of anyone and any player will flourish under him. Itās why so many are desperate to play for him. Can you name one player who has gone backwards under klopp while at us? So yes Iāll say it again, itās f**king down to klopp.
Sturridge struggled under Klopp , Karius was his signing and struggled. But have you thought that the reason why a lot of signings work out is also down to the scouting team picking the right players , Edwards and his team signing the right players. Itās not like the club have signed unknowns and they have been turned into stars. Many of the signings were players shining for their club
I remember saying to you ages ago that once klopp leaves this club, you and a few others are in for a right shock. I wonder if youāll still be nagging us to praise all those people at the club now who are all massively responsible for our success when weāre languishing in mid table competing with palace for tenth place. Thereās so much to quote you on youāre going to look like an idiot. The only direction this club is going once klopp leaves is backwards unless FSG change.
This appears to be something that is said a lot by people - the club is going to fall apart when Klopp leaves etc etc etc - and they just like you state it as if itās fact. I wonder if you thought the same when Shanks left or when Bob left or when Joe left. I have no doubt that the club along with Klopp will chose the manager very carefully - but you donāt know the club is going to fall back to mid table when Klopp leaves so why state it ?
Another thing, you keep saying the club only spends what the club earns. Pre covid, why didnāt we spend any money then? With all the tv, sponsorships and prize money why where we still on a sell to buy policy? Itās only now because of covid you can argue that thereās no money in the pot, but before covid there must have been? Wasnāt that the best time to invest, when we were on top and had money in the bank?
It clearly seen within the accounts that the club spends the income is makes - transfers , wages , bonuses, signing on fees etc - all the expenditure is there in black and white in rbe accounts
And we werenāt on a āsell to buy policyā
The club have spent Ā£1.1bn on transfers since FSG arrived -have we sold Ā£1.1bn of players - Nope ,
And if we only spend money that we earn, then we canāt possibly earn that much, so would you not agree that weāre a badly run club then? For a club of our size and stature, itās worrying that we barely make any money, so youād have to wonder what the f**k FSG are doing then 🤷🏼āāļø
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-reveal-stunning-financial-results-17813462.ampThe club earn very well - it helps pay one of the biggest wage bills in the league
https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/how-every-prem-clubs-wage-bill-compares-to-their-19-20-league-position/