There are a lot of factors to consider, firstly, do you think that had Virgil & Gomez not got injured we’d be in this predicament?
I don’t, we may still not had the fire we had last season and things would still be tight but, I doubt we would have lost points to WBA, Newcastle, Burnley etc, it is without question we have missed the big fella as well as Gomez, they were solid as and consistent, Fabinho in his familiar role too we would be in much better shape, having Thiago for all those games he was missing is another factor to consider, and then of course all those goals we’ve missed from Jota,
Put all those pieces together again like old Humpty Dumpty and I think we’d be top of the league and cruising, fact is, we have totally lost our mojo, we no longer have that unbeatable aura we had when we were flying, add the COVID no fans at Anfield, and players will react differently,
Now, maybe it is time to break up this side, I’m not sure it is, but what I will say though that maybe it’s in its last legs and this run of form has brought the inevitable forward, the core of the team is still there albeit without one or two key elements, so maybe lopping off the dead wood first and replacing with fresh shoots is the way to go,
For me the likes of Ox, Origi, Shaqiri, Minamino, would be first through the exit door, followed by Matip, Keita if they can’t sustain fitness levels, Milner is another who could be shipped out,although reluctantly if I’m honest, for the front three it’s difficult, on their game there’s no one better, do we really break that trio up, and for who ? Mbappe, Haaland? how many Zillions would that cost us ?
I’m of the opinion that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, well, not for now anyway, we’re going through a proper sh*t period right now but there are genuine reasons why, so let’s wait and see what happens this season going into next season first and see where we’re at then, I bet once we are all back to somewhere near normality the world will realign itself and we will be back pissing all over the league.
We’ve went from doubters to believers ... to doubters again, the tide will turn again ppl, we just need to believe a bit more !
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