Man, Liverpool football club fans and mediocrity.
You'd think, watu watakuwa wamejifunza mambo kadhaa baada ya CL win, but No man, mambo ya kutaka kuprove a point bado yanaendelea on this thread, and its just so weird to me.
Klopp joined LFC in 2015, it took him 4 years to deliver a trophy, FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS.
and, katika hiyo miaka MINNE, ame-compete in 3 finals na akapoteza zote, he had Lovren as first choice LCB and a lot of average players in the squad.
1 year after the signing of Virgil, and months after the signings of Allison/Fabinho/Keita/Shaqiri, ameshinda CL trophy, this means kuwa kama hawa players wangekuwa wamesajiliwa 2-3 years kabla. angekuwa na more than 2 trophies right now.
its the luxury of having, world class talents in the squad, they'll just win you trophies, No matter what. they always tend to deliver kutokana na uwezo wao binafsi wa kucheza mpira, so if you group these talented players together and give them your ideas and how you want them to play, they'll just go out there and do the business, with no excuses.
We're supposed to challenge City for the title next season, and people wanataka mchezaji aina ya Lovren abaki at the Club, reason ikiwa ni depth, man its just laughable, depth? you need a quality depth not a quantity depth, when will these people learn? EPL is a marathon, 38 games, coming up against elite managers, players, stadiums, fans etc, you need to be at your very best to win this trophy, there's no lucky kwenye hii marathon, its all about quality and consistency.
First time in the final, without Lovren playing, and we win it by 2 goals with a clean sheet, and it wasnt about VVD, it was about the quality and in-game understanding of his partner. its not a rocket science.
Dont want to bring Lovren's past mistakes, because i cant even count them. last season, Lovren ameanza games si chini ya 13 (all competitions, maybe?). ni games chache sana kwa any football athlete, but he made THREE massive errors leading to goals, 2 was against City, and you can say ilikuwa ni moja kati ya moment kubwa sana iliyotufanya tukose EPL last season (losing at Etihad), and Lovren was at fault for both 2 goals (directly), and 1 error against Newcastle, forget about his errors leading to opponent chances, he's just a comically defender. so unaweza kumkeep for back up na ukampa match moja tu na akaharibu everything, he couldnt even stay out of trouble for like 13 games, and ended up costing us the title, but some people wanataka abaki at LFC, the way LFC fans embrace mediocrity man, its just so embarrassing.
Lovren's best game in LFC shirt was against Dortmund at Anfield, and we shipped in 3 goals. tells you a lot about this dude.
The main discussion on here ilitakiwa iwe kuhusu kununuliwa kwa new Centreback to compete with Matip/Gomez katika kum-partner VVD for the next 4-5 years, and not discussing about the possibility of keeping Lovren, shouldnt be even an option.
And, its sad because, watu wanafikiria De Ligt ni young CB mzuri pekee out there, guess ni lile lile suala linalotusumbua kila siku la kufuata trending, yes he's good but there are a lot of good young CBs out there, ambao wanaweza kuwa developed into world beaters na wengine ni tayari potentials zinajulikana world wide, watu wanasahau how Gomez kept us in the title race kabla ya majeruhi.
Ningefurahi kama tungempata De Light (yes), but sometimes you dont need to upset your wage bill structure (PSG are offering 340k per week, and Barca are offering him 250k p/w) for a 19 year old CB, who will need to adjust kwanza kwenye PL, wakati unaweza kununua a lot of good CBs kwa 30m-45m na ukawapa muda wa ku-adjust without even upseting the wage bill structure.
Go and buy the likes of,
Konate
Lascelles
Saliba
Hermoso
Upemecano
Issa Diop
Tah
Diallo
Sarr
Dias
etc....
and, nimesoma sehem kuwa Man utd are interested in Issa Diop, dont know if West ham will sell him, but him and Lindelof will be a very interesting partnership, and he's quoted at 45m. in today's market thats a very good price for a young CB.
now, at the club, we have a world class CB, and two top class CBs, we just need another CB with the same potential and ability kama Matip/Gomez to compete, not just siting on the bench and wait for Matip/Gomez to get injured, we need a CB ambaye atakuwa good enough kufanya VVD apumzishwe kwenye easy home fixtures, we dont need to see Klopp begging Fabinho to play as CB ili kucover eneo la VVD, we need a competitive CB.
Kompany, CB ambaye huwezi hata kumtaja kwenye sentensi moja na embarrassing player like Lovren, ameondoka City, Pep angeweza kumpa hata 1 year extension, but at the end of the day hakuna kitu kinaitwa sentiments kwa coaches wenye winning mentality, and he knows we will be a huge huge huge problem to him next season, hence a CB whose goal against Leicester won City the league ameondoka and City fans are just ok with it (no sentments), but man, you have LFC fans discussing about the possibility of keeping Dejan Lovren at the Club, (a 30 year old CB, with poor injury record and shit at playing footie), and its funny because Klopp himself wants him gone, but ikitokea akabaki, Klopp will be blamed pale jamaa atakapofungisha goal kwenye decisive match next season, and guess what, watakaokuwa wanam-blame Klopp ndiyo hawa ambao wanadiscuss options za Lovren kubaki at LFC, just to prove a point.
The hypocrisy..