re: tOfficial Liverpool 2017/2018 Thread: “Upgrades Incoming Edition: A Great Season!”

3 more points, and a solid win... So do we give some of our front three a rest this week seeing as we have a 5 goal cushion over Porto right now?

Ah shite, was a week off, don't know why I thought it was this week, sucks because it's nice seeing LFC back in the UCL

But I agree, no need to go Full Metal in the next Porto match.

If you think of where this club was when Klopp took over the transformation has been unbelievable. The best thing is that he refuses to settle for anything especially in the market. He has a long term plan and has a very short list of players that will fill his roles. The smart and patient plan of building the roster along with upgrades to Anfield and the Kirkby project and this is one hell of a time to be a Reds supporter.

Why not, I like your thinking brother.

I feel like right now the team is playing as good as it has all year.

I know losing a player like Coutinho does nothing to improve a squad technically, but might losing a player that DOESN'T WANT TO BE THERE improve a squad mentally thus resulting in better technical play (especially team play). I do believe that is what Klopp always seeks with his squads, so I think there's something to it.

Plus, one thing about the subtraction of Coutinho who played primarily off of the left wing, no Coutinho has meant that Mane has NECESSARILY become more involved in the game offensively. I think we can tell that that has been true for a number of matches now. Also, in becoming more involved offensively, he's become more involved overall with a resulting improvement in his defensive play too.

This squad has had goals from Day One of the 2017-18 season. As much as they liked Phil, I think they were feeling the distraction from their goals while he was still here. Kloppo removed that distraction and now I think we're finally seeing the deadly weapon that is the result.

(P.S. Obviously another cause for squad improvement has been the introduction of VVD. And this has obviously improved the solidity of our backline and given our frontline more confidence that they can operate in the opponents defensive side at will.)

Jorginho's name is making the rumor mill today... great DLP, but not one to really protect the back 4...

A lot of teams are after him too..

Playing like that, it pisses me off to see us losing Emre for free... Thought he was great yesterday as the DM..

exactly... I was going to make the Pirlo comparison at Juve... needed Marchisio, Vidal, etc...

His passing is incredible and could really help us break teams down when they park the bus..

We'll have Naby that fits the mold...

Yea he’s definitely a regista

Would be great at chipping balls over the top for our front 3

both matches started favorable but they weren't meant to be...