EFL and non league fans slam ‘moany’ Jurgen Klopp over his pre-match comments complaining over the fixture congestion his side faces again.
The Liverpool manager has launched another plea for the ‘five sub’ rule to be introduced in the Premier League, with the Reds among the clubs facing a “horrible schedule.”
Klopp has been one of the main advocates for five substitutions being permitted in the top tier of English football, as is the case in the majority of Europe’s major leagues.
In England, five changes are already allowed in both the FA Cup and League Cup, while the same rule is in place in the Champions League.
Klopp has had to rotate his side both between games and during, but prior to the visit of Inter Milan in the Champions League, he reiterated his backing for the rule to be brought in by the league.
“We played now the final on Sunday, then Wednesday, then Saturday, now Tuesday. That’s actually a horrible schedule,” he said when asked about more changes to his side.
“If we can make changes on decisive positions, like the machine room, midfield, and these kinds of things, then it’s possible [to maintain form]. If not, then not.
“Maybe I start out of the blue with it, but it’s essential that, at one point, we go again for the five subs in the Premier League.
“It is, because we have three competitions where we have five subs and one we don’t have that.
“But even for the teams that don’t have three competitions [with it], only two, it makes so much difference.
“I don’t understand why it takes that long to understand it. Because the Premier League has to save their top-class players as well.
“It cannot be that we [don’t] do it because some clubs think it will be an advantage for the bigger clubs. It’s not about an advantage, it’s about the game.
“You keep the players in a better place, you would get much less injuries, definitely, over the years – we will see that if we finally introduce it.
“We had five subs in the final, five in the FA Cup and three now at the weekend. That’s really important.
“The schedule is fine for us, we are used to a tough rhythm, that’s not a problem.
“But Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday is really tough and it’s not perfect. But we could make changes, that’s why we will be ready again.”
Despite “horrid” fixture congestion, Liverpool are on a 12-game winning streak and a 15-game unbeaten run and the side have also played 120 minutes and penalties in the League Cup final against Chelsea, with the “unbelievable intensity” of that tie, and the spectacle it offered supporters, convincing Klopp further.
“This game we played there was a completely different level. Unbelievable intensity, 120 minutes like this – that’s because Liverpool and Chelsea face each other,” he continued.
“It’s great for the supporters, it’s great for everybody involved in football that you can have games like this.
“Usually, finals are kind of…not so exciting, a lot of tactics, stuff like this. But when [teams of] this calibre face each other then it’s ‘all in’, and I think that’s really good for football.
“And that’s why we need five subs, I tell you. I don’t know why you (journalists in the room) are laughing – it’s not funny. We need five subs.”
Well off the back of this, fans – including many of the EFL and non league community – slam ‘moany’ Jurgen Klopp over his pre-match comments…
@faroukoj: Incoming “he complains too much” as if he’s not right 🤣
@michaelhowe9: He’s not wrong but it’s also not wrong to state that his 5 subs would be of much higher quality than most other teams 5 subs, no matter what anyone says it will widen the quality gap from top teams to bottom teams
@Rogwilloughby: Says the man who made one sub Saturday before 90 minutes
@PointlessKits: In lower end of the pyramid towards end of season. Most teams play every 2nd day, to get season finished, struggling to get a full squad. Those men also work 9-5 to food on table for their families. They can do it without complaining, yet klopp with 22 great players cant?
@ChesnoidGaming:
Jurgen clearly not familiar with the lower league schedules in England.
46 League Games
FA Cup
League Cup
Papa John’s Trophy.
It’s relentless, especially considering the clubs in question can’t afford 25+ man squads like them and no-one complains anywhere near the way he does.
@danbutterbean: Perhaps part of the reason you’re paid astronomical amounts as a top manager is because you have the skill and knowledge required to navigate a season with a group of 25 players at your disposal. Just get on with it.
@ScottCLawrence: So you’re playing 2 games a week……. Teams with Champions League and Fa or Carabao Cup runs have literally been doing this for 10+ years. He’s spent half a billion on players since hes been at Liverpool. Get on with it.
@CJ_Randell: Normal for any side in England outside of the Premier League. The only difference is that the other clubs don’t have the money and academies available to have strength in depth to the level Liverpool do. Klopp 🤝🏻 Crying
@guvpaul1: Most people work a lot harder than footballers and only get between 10000 and 50000 a year. Premier league footballers get 50000 every couple of days for kicking a bag of air about. You will never get the sympathy from the normal person
@andysharratt: Didn’t make a change on Saturday until the 79th minute, then made more two more in the 90th and 96th. Might strengthen his argument if he made changes earlier.
@Wppsreborn: EFL teams with 1/20 of your resources do it every week lads
@sarah_WBAx: So does every single team in the champ and I ain’t seen one manager in that league whinge half as much as he does, boring now 😴😴
@rayraybanks86: The prem should never have a 5 sub rule as it gives the bigger teams more of an advantage. SIMPLE!
@John_THFC1993: Except when 5 subs were available previously you never used them. No one seemed to care last season when spurs were playing Sunday Tuesday Thursday Sunday some weeks
@mullet_90: Would be a massive disadvantage to the lower league teams. Also would he be saying this is the 5 subs wasn’t brought in during the covid period. Never been a problem for the last 100 years having 3 subs
@RuaridhScott: This is a normal week in the championship.
@zakl99: Championship clubs have 5 games in a 14 day period in the next two weeks, which happens fairly frequently in this league. Shut up and get on with it
@smit112: Non league clubs play saturday/tuesday/saturday/tuesday with an 18 man squad. Start in the qualifying rounds of the fa cup, play five plus games to get to where Liverpool join. Not much training or recovery. On less that 1k a week. Get the fuck on with it Klopp.
@ashleyarnell3: Forfeit the games then if its that much for your millionaire elite athletes. Never been a problem before he arrived. Bored of his constant moans when he has atleast 2 starting elevens that would be top 4 in the league 🤷🏻♂️
Try being a semi professional side playing catch up with fixtures. I appreciate football went from no subs, 1 sub? To 3 substitutes. But suggesting 5? Getting daft for me. pic.twitter.com/zsMZyFqzCP
— Robert McQueen ‘Uhtceare’ ‘Ya’aburnee’ (@RobertJMcqueen) March 8, 2022
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