I'd guess once the players get on the pitch any thoughts about Klopp's departure are put on the back burner. There was no notable difference in play up until after the two Man U games.( We hammered them twice and were unlucky not to win them both) Those results more than anything else seems to have got to the players, all of a sudden there was signs of palpable doubt in the team. The constant media coverage of our million missed chances has become a burden, and in trying to combat it we have become overly frantic and all shape and rhythm has gone out the window. For me Klopp leaving isn't the reason for the recent downturn.
I wouldnât disagree with most of that Longy, not scoring and going on to drop points when your battering the arch rivals twice in short order, then not scoring v Palace must have had the boys questioning themselves and that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy (its not happening for us, the pundits must be right, weâre cursed, etc).
But I canât imagine a universe where the JK departure and the nature of it would not play on the groupâs collective mindset and morale at all.
It must. And what happens off the pitch impacts what happens on it, they donât exist in isolation.
Plus I dont think we were playing that well pre-Man Utd, but we found ways to win, sometimes luckily.
Wish I felt more positive going forward.
YNWA
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