Jurgen Klopp had many bad seasons, and fans were calling for his sack. But it felt at least there were changes being made while the pressing game made for still worthy to watch football. I remember Klopp toning down his counter press after the 2nd or 3rd season because players were getting injured and the 2nd half season fade out was real.
Klopp also will trade his high press for defensive solidity depending on the opponent, yet retained the pressing system, direct balls, and front 3 setup.
Really, most people are just asking for things to change. Stop leaking goals. A draw is better than a lost. Give other players a chance.
Now it is just shambolic. Same nonsense week in week out. No attempt to change things.
The issue I have with the excuses of needing time to integrate many new players is, look at the starting XI. Except for the keeper, 7 of 10 players were starting XI in 2025. Against ManU, 7 from the 2025 XI started.
Van Djik, Konate, Grav, Macca, Salah, Gapko, Szobo. When you add Robertson, its 8 of 10. The 7 started against PSV and Forest, 6 started against Man City. Clearly it is not a "new player adjustment" issue anymore. On the flip side, the wins against Villa and Madrid also included many of the 2025 starting 11. So clearly the issue is beyond personnel.
On the bench there is Chiesa, Endo, Rio, surely more motivated to play. Ekitike the top scorer benched in favour of playing Isak to form. While I can understand Gomez may not be match fit, not giving him game time (including 20-minute subs) won't help him. Overall, just poor mana management.
If Jota's death is a reason, then even more reason to perhaps let players less impacted (i.e., wasn't here last season or didn't really play with Jota enough) to take the "stress" of the 400,000 per week player.
It's more like a tweaking of tactics that just confusing the players. We are leaving lots of spaces in between midfield and center backs, where it has been exploited many times. Gravenbach, Salah and ekiteke in always under constant pressure on no avenue to receive a proper pass. It has been ongoing for few games and intelligent opposition managers can see through that. Slot always standing there clueless as well.
At least Klopp's team can bee seen trying to press and create something, but Slot's team just keep strolling. It's more like the players losing the trust on the tactics