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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 3



The realisation has set in. At their peak they had 4 world class players. Allison, VVD (pre ACL), Salah and Mane. Now they only have two and Salah is the wrong side of 30.

Klopp to his credit built a system that enabled solid functional players like Henderson, Milner to thrive and cover up the limitations of others (Trent) with their work rate and discipline. It led to supporters thinking some players were much better individually than they were. Trent’s defensive limitations were known but they have been exposed more due to the injuries and drop off of the midfield players.

I suspect they will spend heavily on the midfield. If the plan is to integrate Elliot and Carvalho long term they will need to sign some strong athletic players in midfield to complement them or they are going to get killed in transition. Personally I can’t see a starting role for Elliot long term. The game has evolved past him. Not dynamic enough to play in a front 3 and not good enough off the ball to play deeper. Will be at Brentford or Brighton in 2 years. The best they can hope for is top 4 and a domestic cup. Would be interesting to see what would happen next summer if they missed the CL
2 of the hyped up younger poster boys TAA & Elliot, both got subbed off in the Derby
 


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