I know where you are coming from and the rationale behind it. I agree that without VVD they struggle.
They've lost 2? Whose fault is it they only had 3 first choice CBs?
It's not just their CBs, they've had 14 injuries this season. By comparison, Telles is the only one of our lot who's missed significant gametime through injury, Bailly too but he's not really a miss. Shaw's only our 2nd meaningful injury of the season, . Sure, every club faces injuries but they've been hit very hard, no denying that, it's just an observation. I'm not pretending they're the only club who've ever had injuries. I'm fully aware we've had big injury issues in the past, I even brought it up in another post.
But I initially replied to a comment talking about CB injuries.
Well to be fair, their playing style is very intensive. Only a matter of time before they started getting injuries. Amazed it has taken this long tbf.
None of those injuries were particularly meaningul as they missed 1 game or so, that's why I said meaningful. I don't know why people are so deadset on saying they haven't been unlucky when they obviously have been. Thiago has only played 2 times since he joined due to injury, Fabinho, Alisson, Henderson, Gomez and van Dijk have missed (or are set to) multiple weeks through injury.
Clearly Pickford’s telekinesis
I have never seen a team more lucky with injuries than Liverpool last season
Good call - looked it up.
yep, the fact they're conceding less goals post VVD injury than they were with him in the side just takes the piss
Transfermarkt doesn't have Fabinho as missing a single game this year to injury. Axel's still missed games this year, I don't like the juggling of stats Liverpool fans love doing. I know you're not, by the way.
Are you trying to say it isn't ruined already?
I'm on it. Wts.
I mean you can't really take their overall number as a point when you discount players from our list, whether Bailly is useful or not. They also have useless players to them who have been out injured who impact that number.
They were reportedly interested in Kabak weren’t they?
I don’t find that funny to be honest
we have had some strange CBs over the years, as you say, Carrick, Fletcher, then add in Keane, Neville, Matic recently, McT (although that Jose being Jose. I’m sure there are many more.
Which means the opposite and he will feel the need to buy. This latest injury just enhances it. Our local journo's have a track record recently of being briefed to downplay transfer interest and activity and they just hit us with it.
I still like watching World Cup, Euros.
He's already made it. 43 appearances last season in a title winning team. Won the UCL the season before (playing 9 of the UCL games).
Trents injured too for 4-6 weeks
Supposedly back for their next game
Apart from Allison what major injuries have Liverpool had over the last couple of years? The front 3 were always fit, 3 of the first choice back 4 were always fit, and I don't remember too many injuries to your first choice midfield eitherTrents injured too for 4-6 weeks
Anyways we’re majorly fecked. The narrative that we never had injuries was never true but we never had them in clusters all at once like this.
I remember that season it was ridiculous. Ferguson was some manager. Hopefully Klopp is in the same vein and can galvanise the rest of the side having your two main CB’s out for the season is terribly unlucky and your most injury prone one as the only fit one and who’s only completed 2 90 mins in 13 months.
