We have some of the most patient fans around. Still selling the ground out after the worst 25 years in the club’s history.
We have to start making huge steps. You only have to look at the huge steps Liverpool took under Klopp in a short space of time.
Klopp taking over at the RS was a hugely different proposition to the task Ancelotti faces with us.
Liverpool left us behind in the seventies with a period of domestic domination and European success we have never come close to emulating. They became one of the worlds elite clubs with all the advantages of recruitment and finance that confers. During their so-called barren spell between titles they were still European Champions twice plus a more than respectable haul of cups. When was the last time they finished lower than 8th?
Judging ourselves against our despicable neighbours is inevitable but in reality would we judge ourselves against Real Madrid?
By comparison we have bounced around the top league for well over 30years our few successes interspersed too often with lower table finishes and relegation dalliances.
If we are ever to match the RS it will take decades to achieve.
Klopp’s challenge when he arrived across the park is dwarfed by the Herculanean task facing Ancelotti here.
We need to be patient and circumspect in the coming seasons.