ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[bflefc]

They'll batter Arsenal at the weekend. Nailed on.

And let's stop all this poking at them - the derby is around the corner. Come on, lads, we've had our fingers burned too many times......

 

[catcherintherye]

catcher,
Rather than quote your post in full, I would add that what could happen next season is what happened at Dortmund before he left, in that he actually got Dortmund into a relgation dog-fight, as you stated here: "...This is the same process that happened at Dortmund but quicker..". The difference being, in the Bundesliga the quality of teams was far less than in the Prem, and he was able to haul them up the table. We have seen in the Prem that the quality of teams at the bottom/near the bottom is much better, and it is no easy ride to just pull a whole load of points out of the bag all of a sudden here. If they miss out on top 4, which I think they will as I can't see them finishing higher than Chelski, Spurs, ManUre(only a matter of time before they leap-frog the RS), Man Citeh or Arsenal, they won't have the CL to dangle in front of players in the summer, and could struggle to improve the squad. That is a real concern(for them), should their pressing style of play not produce the rewards/points it did in the first half of this season. Their 2017 form is relegation form...

No problems mate I go on for far too long!

You are spot on as well. Without the winter break they may well have ended up relegated. What's also clear is his Dortmund team was far superior in quality to this Liverpool team. Likewise the rest of the PL is stronger than say the bottom 10 of the bundesliga.

If people follow Klopp it's important to note the good and bad.

 

[Khalekan]

Like you say then, bullets in the post.

Rom said he was laughing when Jamie came in wearing the EFC training kit

 

[catcherintherye]

i though gomez was supposed to be hot property. Looked good the handful of times i've seen him. Has he flopped or is it just klopp not trusting him? I saw woodburn came on instead of sturridge, is strurridge injured again? Think he'll be off in the summer which would be great, because he's their only competent striker and is the only player of theirs i actually am concerned about in derbies.

Gomez is another over hyped Liverpool young star. File under Flannagan, Ibe and Rossiter.

Woodburn is considered by the Welsh FA to be a way behind Broadhead who plays with our reserves. That being said I thought he did well last night.

Sturbridge is injured again.

 

[Khalekan]

They'll batter Arsenal at the weekend. Nailed on.

And let's stop all this poking at them - the derby is around the corner. Come on, lads, we've had our fingers burned too many times......

And if they do, that brings Arsenal nicely into our crosshairs

 

[4737carlin]

Disturbing images from Finch Farm. Carragher in an Everton training kit oh my.

Once a blue always a blue !!!

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

their new ceo

 

[royalblue66]

Rom said he was laughing when Jamie came in wearing the EFC training kit

I seen him at GP a few weeks back (think he was working for Sky) said to him, "
you just can't keep away, can you", fair play we had a bit of a laugh.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Quite glad they have an 'easy' run in. If they played us Spurs and Arsenal every week they'd be champions. Here's hoping Arsenal can keep the bottle to a minimum and scrape a draw.

 

[Khalekan]

their new ceo

lol

 

[helpimonfire]

They will get a rich buyer. It is in the contract with satan,signed in blood.

 

[bluestevon]

i though gomez was supposed to be hot property. Looked good the handful of times i've seen him. Has he flopped or is it just klopp not trusting him? I saw woodburn came on instead of sturridge, is strurridge injured again? Think he'll be off in the summer which would be great, because he's their only competent striker and is the only player of theirs i actually am concerned about in derbies.

He did his knee last year and has only been back a few months mate, then again henever played in the league before the injury as a cb (was playing lb i think)

 

[brieverton]

We can only hope that FSG remain in place for the long-haul.

They are slipping out of the elite certainly, as there are 2 sub-groups within the top six as I see it.

City, Utd, and Chelsea in a sort of mini-elite with the RS, Arsenal, and Spurs on the fringes.

I wouldn't ever underestimate their ability to come up smelling of roses, though.

Like it or not, they are an original brand club, and I don't see any serious evidence that their relatively poor league placings and lack of exposure to UCL has seriously hurt them. You can argue it certainly has, when compared to Utd in commercial terms but that is a separate argument.

I wonder how many successive years of failing to qualify for UCL it would take to significantly dent their brand and image?

At the moment, they manage to do little more than thread water, winning a cup every 6-8 years, and qualifying for UCL at almost the same frequency but even that is becoming more difficult. Their spell of good form up to Christmas also succeeded in keeping the distortion of reality and propaganda machine going.

Their problem is that the stakes are getting higher, with the margin for success becoming ever tighter. In that context they are much more prone to a period of instability and greater change, and I would not be at all confident if I was Klopp of being there this time next year.

 

[Sapie88]

Imagine we pipped them to 6th and then everyone who celebrated Utd winning on Sunday ends up with egg on their face.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]