Originally Posted by
3underpar
Safe to say he’s the biggest disappointment of the new transfers in the league this year, especially for the price. Havertz also. Hard to know how much is coaching compared to what they could get from Klopp.
......or it just could be the old conventional wisdom, that it normally takes players from other leagues in Europe (at least) a season to acclimatize to the Premier League, which as we all know is more demanding.
They have the talent (certainly in Werner's case where we've seen it); they will come good eventually.
You just have to get used to the pace and the physicality in this league which is nothing like the Bundesliga (or La Liga, or Serie A....)
I do think it was a bit short-sighted and silly to predicate their team-building this season on bringing in so many foreign players at the same time to go along with mostly low experienced youngsters.
You do need some Premier league veterans to go in with your mix of youth and talent.
And you've seen that a lot with Chelsea this season where no one seems to know what to do on the field when things start falling apart like they are now.
Getting down 2-0 to the Sheikhs in under 20 mins is not a good place to be.
'I got told there's an English phrase, 'You don't win trophies with kids'. I didn't know that' ... - Jurgen Klopp
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