The drop off from Salah, Mane & Firmino is too much.
My point is that we know that the Africa cup of nations happens, yet even if those back ups were fit I still don’t trust them that much. Origi is good for a goal late on in a game, but other than That he’s not very affective. Minamino is talented, but goes missing in games a lot of the time & Ox is just a waste of space.
Salah is 30 this year, Mane is 30 this year, Firmino is 31 this year….we need to start thinking of the future, as two of those three are less affective than they once were for us. We tried to flog Origi in the summer and Minamino was out on loan last season so don’t tell me that they are sufficient back up players.
Meant to put up a title challenge on peanuts. Klopp can’t and won’t prioritise either of the domestic cups because we don’t have the depth to sustain those year in year out. The League and Champions League are what we are going for, yet we seem to just constantly stand still while our rivals strengthen year after year. When we will see a squad refresh?? The pressure on the likes of Salah to stay fit and play 99% of our important games year in year out is becoming a pisstake. And I won’t be told otherwise, as far as I am concerned anybody still buying this “we can’t afford it” line from the owners has their heads buried deep in the sand.