as Klopp has been begging us to understand, there is no point looking at the past right now, obviously the club has been in a bad place but we have been through the lowest part of the cycle.
i believe we do have fine recent history in europe. we must not be hysterical and pretend we used to be the best club in the world and now we are worse off than newcastle. look at the facts: the past 5 seasons we've played champions league and two campaigns of europa league football; 5 seasons before that we were in the champions league every season, two finals, loss in round of 16, quarters and semis. 10 seasons: no european football in two.
every time we've been in the europa league the past 5 years i've wanted us to win it so badly, because we were joint top with 3 UEFA cups, i wanted us to pull ahead to be the outright best in that comp, as we pulled ahead in the league cups in 2012. we are still the best in england in both european competitions in any case and there are no signs we are going to let that slip.
we've been in a dire, dire position as a club for some time and we've just had a "rookie" manager in charge for 3 seasons - that is the reality of it - we haven't fallen off the face of the earth or anything catastrophic, we just have to establish a winning culture to put this football club back in the upper echelon of world football, like plenty of clubs have done like bayern munich and juventus. we were always going to have a transition period between losing long-serving stalwarts of the club like Reina, Agger, Carragher, Johnson, Gerrard, Torres. that is the reality of the situation. we are bringing in a new wave we want to see here for the next 10 seasons. we want to see the names we've slowly (and it does take time) brought together to stay for 10 seasons and have more success than the names I just listed. that takes time and understanding, especially from the supporters.
if the rumors of former bayern doctor müller wohlfahrt joining the club are true that is further proof we are setting fine standards again at this football club and we are looking for a far brighter next 5 years than the last 5 - which haven't even been that catastrophic! if you start supporting this team now you will enjoy it far greater when we achieve success!
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