After coming so close to etching the club’s name into footballing history (never mind national history), Liverpool’s lackluster performances in this period have inspired an understandably strong degree of concern among the fanbase.
Posting the question on Twitter about what has gone wrong for the FA Cup champions, Empire of the Kop received almost 12,000 votes on the question, with 40.4% of the total in favor of it being a transition season for the Merseysiders.
So, reds. Now that the dust has settled, what do we think is happening with the season? ???????? #LFC
— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) September 4, 2022
The Reds saw a key cog in the German tactician’s machine in Sadio Mane depart for the Bundesliga, bringing the closest thing the team has seen to a No.9 since the pre-Jurgen Klopp era in the £64m signing Darwin Nunez. .
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That’s not to criticize our transfer strategy in the summer window that just passed and excellent additions have been made in the form of Fabio Carvalho (who recently secured a late winner against Newcastle United), Calvin Ramsay (providing cover for Trent Alexander-Arnold) and also loaned Arturo Melo.
It is perhaps too early to include the latter within that group of ‘excellent additions’, although, on paper, the 26-year-old possesses the kind of qualities that Liverpool have been missing amid Thiago’s continued absence. Alcantara in the team.
We would be more inclined to lean towards injuries (as do 31.9% of online supporters), in that sense, when explaining a mixed bag of results from our first six league games; hopefully the return of the key men after the international break will be enough to help turn the tide in our favor and restore faith in our quest for more trophies this quarter.
#Ep58 of The Empire of the Kop Podcast: Qualifying Liverpool’s UCL group, making a new signing… and more!
