'Klopp to blame for Liverpool's poor form', the fiery criticism ahead of Rangers game

The days off for Jurgen Klopp and his squad seem to have been of little use in their attempt to improve their performances in the Premier League, for although the Merseyside team has more and more players back from injury every week and more and more players cutting their teeth with their football, the collective performance on the pitch still leaves much to be desired, still following the great unknown as to why the Reds have changed so much from one season to another.

Within that extensive list of possibilities that today may fit the current situation of the team, the most valid and feasible at the moment may have been given by the former coach of the English team, Gramer Souness, who sees in Jurgen Klopp the same mistakes that Bill Shankly, a historic Merseyside tactician who led them to glory repeatedly during the decade of the 60's and early 70's, once made.

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Much of the argument put forward by the former Scotland manager revolves around the few changes that have been made to the team in recent years, because between the veteran nature and the poor football played by some players during this 2022-2023 campaign, they have turned this squad into an old team that is in need of an early renewal if it does not want to continue sinking into problems of poor individual and collective performance.

Souness compared this Liverpool to the one Shankly once managed a few decades ago, noting that Liverpool's FA Cup final loss to Watford was the watershed moment when "Bill" no longer allowed such extended continuity from his players, as the manager eventually grew old with the player. "It goes back to when Bill Shankly's team lost to Watford and he said, "I will never allow this again", what he meant by that was that he had moulded the team, but they had been together for too long and that allowed them to grow old together."

Kloop's current team has already begun the process of generational leap with younger and younger players with great promise for the future, but while these changes are still developing slowly, the German coach continues to rely on players who until a season ago shone as part of the Premier League's big stars, but who are now being overtaken and overshadowed by the youth of other players.