Generally that's true but there was nothing gung ho about that second half yesterday, we couldn't get out of our half because our midfielders were treating the ball like a hot potato.
As others have mentioned we sh*t our pants when they came hard and aggressive. That's a clear sign of poor mentality nothing to do with the system last night.
Agreed. The system doesn't help but it can hardly be blamed for last night's second half performance. That's 100% on the players themselves. But that leads into a wider concern with Klopp. It's getting to a point now that his desire for certain player's personal development is starting to hinder the team's progress. Development has its place but this isn't Germany where you have Winter breaks, one domestic Cup and four less league games per season than you do here, there's only so much time available to devote to development and some of these players need more time than can be afforded.
No more excuses must be given by Klopp, no more 'name me five' sound bites, his faith in many of these players is undermining his position and things need to change. Just like he does with our style of play, Klopp needs to find a balance between development and transfers and stop being so transfer adverse.
It's not just him though, the club needs to get its act together on the quality of what we bring in. Of the sixteen players we've brought in since Klopp was manager, two are youth level, one has never kicked a ball, two the jury is still out on and only two have been a success. The general rule of thumb is one in two players bought will be a success. Assuming the jury comes out in favour of the two, we're sitting on a success ratio of one in four players, double the national average. That really isn't good enough for a club of our stature and ambitions and until we get that right, it doesn't matter who the manager is or what his style of play looks like, we're never going to be a success on the field.
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