Re: Liverpool Fc @ Anfield - Reds Supporters Gatherings
We have lost one league game all season and have not lost at Anfield now for over two years. These are extraordinary stats and is indicative of what Klopp has done with this team.
However, the reality is that there is a chance that this very fine Liverpool side will never win a title under Klopp's tenure. This has nothing to do with him, or the players, or the owners or the supporters.
It simply has to do with the fact that we are up against a club with unlimited resources and a playing roster that could actually service three EPL teams.
As I said to a mate of mine last night, the best Liverpool team that I have seen in my 45 years of supporting this wonderful club (since I was seven) was the 87-88 team. The 78-79 side comes close but the 87-88 side was slightly better. Peerless in my view. Yet throw this City team into that season and we most likely would not have won the title.
The fact is no Liverpool team that won trophies in the 70s and 80s had to contend with a team at the higher end of the stratosphere like this present City team. Leeds United, Derby County, Notts Forest, Everton, Aston Villa all flickered briefly but in the end we always prevailed. Not so with this City side.
I am sure Pep now thinks that this battle with Liverpool has been a distraction to his CL ambitions and he will go out in the summer and splurge even more. This will make it even harder for us to match it toe to toe with City.
So all of you who have been moping around, or having a dig at Jurgen, sit back and think how high the bar has been set and how difficult it is to match the might of City.
If you think through all of this calmly, you will come to the conclusion that this has been a very special season and what this Liverpool team has achieved has been wonderful and I am not even taking the coming June 1st game into consideration.
Sure it lays the foundations for next season, but it will be damn hard to replicate what we have done. City will get stronger as will some of the other sides. We need to take out the lessons from Napoli who last season got over 90 points in Serie A, and has had a disastrous season this year. We can't afford to make the same mistakes that they made: losing their manager and best player and not investing in key areas.
Of course we will keep Klopp, but it is important that we don't allow Salah, Mane or VVD to be tempted by Spain. We need to invest in crucial areas: a back up LB and RB, a replacement for Milner(should he leave) and most importantly, a proper goal scoring number 9 that can take the pressure off our front three when we need to. If we do that we can keep on progressing.
Anyways, I take heart in what Jurgen said last night after the curtain finally closed on this extraordinary EPL season.
"There is more to come, we will go again. This team tried for the first time, and is one of the best to play for #LFC 100 per cent. If you think this is our only chance with a side like this I feel for you."
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