Tomo

Klopp not stubborn? The guy that gave Lovren, Mingolet and Henderson years worth of second chances and didn't adress defensive weaknesses until his 5th transfer window?Also he doesn't really have a plan B either and stuck to his brand of football religiously even when results weren't going well, the key difference this season compared to the last three is he now has the squad to pull it off consistently. The reason the Sarri, Klopp and Pep comparisons are made is because it's believed that like those two Sarri is being a lot held back by unsuitable players for their brand of football, Napoli fans on Reddit are convinced thats the main cause and they are the best placed to judge. Now no one's saying he will definitely hit the same trajectory going forward but the early day comparison's are valid.

We have a serious mental problem when we have a setback especially when we fall behind, this season it seems to be the case more than ever. Yesterday was a major example of what I'm talking about, first half I thought we were actually very good, we should have been ahead and I was actually quite relaxed because we were in total control bar one misshap for the King counter chance and I felt we would eventually grind them down and win relitevely comfortably. Then we conceded early in the second half and we started panicking and second guessing ourselves and got beat comfortably, it happened similar in the Leicester game only on that occasion we didn't concede any more. I'm not sure why it's such a problem this year, but we seem to fall apart after a setback in ways I have never seen us do before.

He's back up here when everybody is fit.

Why not? Pedro is higher than him in the pecking order.

If you're referring to those 0-3 and 4-1 games this time last year he only played like half an hour of the first game while it was still 0-0.

No way,that type of approach was what started the decline at Arsenal.

I've liked it for the Eto'o and Costa bit but I couldn't disagree more with Torres,all things considered he's our worse signing in the modern era.

Ampadu played RB against PAOK.

Agree to sell if we can find a replacement and Bayern pay full asking price.

While i'd agree Sarri hasn't helped the situation, CHO would have likely had a move like this in his mind for quite a while and this would have likely occured even if he was made a regular (if he has decided on such a drastic career change based on not getting a few extra Europa, EFL Cup and cameo league appearances then he's an idiot who will likely fall short mentality wise ala Ben Afra or even Ballotelli).

Nothing to do with Sarri, if they were set on staying they would have signed deals before Sarri even arrived.

It is done (as good as) https://twitter.com/hlninengeland/status/1089472523304165382?s=21

He was very good for us last season because he suited Conte's football down to the ground, now he's back in the same position he was at Arsenal, while capable of moments of quality doesn't really fit in with the style.

The fact he's come here on a record breaking fee for a keeper and the media, pundits and opposition fans are leaving him alone is the biggest compliment he can get. The narratives wrote themselves for the anti Chelsea brigade, if he was even as much as needing adaption time they would have banged on about how he's a downgrade on Courtois (like they done with Baka/Matic even when the former was playing allright) while constantly citing Alisson as how to spend big money on a keeper properly.

Sorry my mistake got the dates wrong. Pogba rage quit United and went back, few years from now the circumstances could be completely different. Hypothetically we could have Lamps in charge who wants to centre his entire project around Callum, for a boyhood Chelsea fan that would be hard to turn down.

Klopp only "expieremented" with other players when he was given better options in the market. Have you forgotten how long Lovren and Henderson survived in his side as undisputed starters? Or how long Moreno and Klavan were playing a lot more than their quality deserved? The one positioned he tried to change was keeper and alas, Mignolet's replacement was even worse which only added to the issue. If Sarri buys a new LB and Alonso is still undisputed #1 then yes serious questions need to be asked but for now he deserves the benefit of the doubt because lets be real, Emerson has looked wack himself in most of his appearances.

Funny you mention Mbappe, as at the same age as CHO is now he made 11 appearances, Callum could well surpass that number as early as this coming weekend.

55 roughly in the stands behind the goal, 70 ish on the side stands but if you're relying on general sale you will likely be in the West Stand if you get a ticket atall. Have you already booked your flights? If not it may be worth holding fire until you know if we have made the Europa quarters as that would be another option on the 2nd if we get the home tie then. To give yourself the best possible chance of getting a ticket i would advice buying a membership or failing that create an account on the Shed End as they have many reliable sellers of tickets.

The plane believed to be carrying Cardiff's new record signing has vanished without a trace :/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-46954922

He would have slowly been introduced as Fernandinho's succesor like what happened with the two Silva's.

One post from a Napoli fan, reading the link below they they seem fairly confident that our current problems are personnel more than structural. https://www.reddit.com/r/sscnapoli/comments/ahqt5a/questions_about_sarri_and_jorginho/#ampf=undefined

As much as he is an aesthetically pleasing player i would rather we didn't get him. He tends to hold on to the ball too long and always wants to make things happen himself, for Sarri to work here we need less of those profile not more.

Small sample size but he coped quite well against Spurs when he faced them in CL just under a year ago and they are arguably the most physical side in the league. I'm not 100% convinced he will work but unlike with our current pair atleast we have some form of hope.

Tbh at this point we don't even need prime Higuain (although that version would obviously be very welcome). Sarri's system requires running of the channels and good movement and it's a killer only having 2 out of the front 5 that do those type of runs. I think/hope an extra body to make those runs alone would be an improvement. The minimum requirement for Higuain will be to have an impact similar to what Eto'o did, and i think he's capable of such.

We were maybe more cautious in approach but bar maybe the last 20 minutes vs Liverpool it wasn't the same from a tactical POV as Jose/Conte. After the Liverpool game the Pool fans i was with that night and who's opinions i saw on forums and social media were widely full of praise with how we played with the ball and that we were probably the best team they have faced under Klopp to date in terms of how well we coped with their "gengen" pressing, a system that has even blown away Pep's finished product for perspective.