Jürgen Klopp

[ChesterDave]

13/14 was 2 teams tied on 72. No other team has needed 70 to get 4th.

[dww]

The bottom half of the division has been quite shockingly poor this season though (and we still managed to drop points to several of them).

[Paul12]

i think the biggest issue for Klopp and LFC this season was our injuries....Mane injured and the Afcon cup,Lallana injured 2,3 times this season and Henderson along with Sturridge....we could quite easily have challenged for 2nd spot....Hope we sign quality and improve our options on the subs bench.

I think there are two broad tactical areas that need addressing: bearing in mind how rarely our opponents get into our penalty area, they score too many goals; and we struggle to break down teams that sit deep and wait. If we can solve those issues and keep the squad fresh, next season ought to see a more consistent set of results than this season.

But, if we really want to achieve a step change, we need to buy three very high quality performers that deliver, retain all that we want to keep and also thicken the squad generally (and obviously particularly at left back).

[red g]

The bottom half of the division has been quite shockingly poor this season though (and we still managed to drop points to several of them).

lets hope next season they fair better as we smash teams that come to play

[peekay]

And man strikers are important!

[Doc_Piptorious]

He had a bench with kids most of the time, a midfielder at left back, and had to deal with tons of injuries to our main players including our man striker. He was up against Guardiola, Mourinho who have spent 100s of millions of pounds on an already expensive squad. He has managed to get us fourth with all of this issues. And when we had anything approaching a full-strength first team, the football was brilliant.

Fourth is a wee bit disappointing given where we were in winter but our final league position is impressive given what he was up against. Provides us with a base to build on. He may have his flaws (on the defensive side) but we have a very special manager at our helm. Credit where its due.

Nail on the head.

The vast majority of us would have been happy with where we finished if asked last July.


Yes fourth place is not a trophy but it represents a solid improvement upon the season before, and that fourth place finish now sets the bar for next season.

And Klopp has form for taking a couple of seasons to consolidate before pushing hard up the table, so we have plenty to be confident about.

[Irishnev]

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[Norbs]

And the following season we'll have 106 points by that reckoning

[fah-q]

Think of how many points we'll have in 5 years???

180 odd

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

And the following season we'll have 106 points by that reckoning

The fella failed to recognise we also played kids in the run up to the EL final and football doesn't work in a linear pattern.

[Red_Polo]

Think of how many points we'll have in 5 years???

180 odd

[Irishnev]

And the following season we'll have 106 points by that reckoning

The reason I posted that was to give context to the level of improvement

[Norbs]

Statsandswearwords is that you?

[Irishnev]

Statsandswearwords is that you?

No - he is a podcaster on Anfield Index and does a lot of statistical analysis which I like. Unbiased opinions based on stats rather than preferences tells the true story.

[Liverpool]

anyone else noticed a bit of scouse slipping into certain words klopp says