28 Nov 2017 18:17:50
Cue the outrage- I know he was a disaster off the pitch for us with his antics and foolishness with diet pills but with all the misery amid centre backs and overrated purchases, anyone think we could have handled sakho better. I say this because yep, he really had/ has problems but as a player I feel we would have been far better this season with him at the back if he was fit. Just seems that klopp had enough with his attitude- fair enough but is klopp not supposed to be an excellent man manager? Could he not have worked with the lad. Personally before the pills fiasco, I was a huge fan. He was certainly ungainly in appearance but read the game far better than what we have for us know. This isn't knocking klopp- I just wonder where we'd be if he'd handled things differently.

1.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 18:39:17
sakho has lot of passion, big heart, i like him, but he lacks capacity. he lost his mind very often, and we need someone like Carragher, Hippya. A tough CB who can defend, organize his players, and brave against strikers.
I hope Van Dijk or someone better than him comes in january, and most important, this team NEEDS a Defensive Midfielder. Because of this is why our CB´s aren't good enough. They need support. Neither Henderson, Can, are DM. hopefully Goretzka can come in january. saludos.

2.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 18:42:47
I have to say I agree with you, but I would go a bit further tbh. He is way better than all of our CB's and I find it hard to imagine exactly what he must have done to be sent packing like that. Surely it can't just be for being late a few times and such. If we were mown out with good cb's then fair enough, but we have been kind of desperate in that department, partly because Klopp banished him.

I hope there is some other reason for the whole saga, cus from where I am sat it's like having a porsche in the garage but choosing to cycle to work in the rain.

3.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 20:13:10
I think you're suffering from a case of lusting after that you don't have.
Sakho was no better than what we have currently. people really forgot how terrible he was, but again I think it becomes more about fans looking for any alternative rather than the right choice.

In terms of being an excellent man manager, it doesn't mean that Klopp has some kind of magic wand that turns around every relationship he has. Sakho was here for ages before he was cut, maybe the wick ran dry. for me, if it gets to that point then fair play to klopp and co.

4.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 21:35:09
Klopp won't tolerate any player with a big ego or bigger than him .

5.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 23:12:01
Happy and OP, Klopp has an ego. So what? You think Pep and Mou and Wenger don't? But it's ok for them to have one and not be challenged BUT Klopp should not? Nonsense. Tell me, so you are fine with a player who continues to disrespect the manager's orders, turns up to meetings and meals late, causes unrest in the DR and trashing the manager on social media? If that is fine with you then okay. Klopp does not have to ascribe to any of that nonsense. Also, take this from a Sahko fan. He is NOT as good as many think he is and NEVER was. He was part of the defence that conceded 150 goals in his 3 seasons here and unlike your Klopp gave him ample chances to redeem himself by asking him to go out on loan to get games at Stoke and WBA BUT he refused and chose to stay w/ the U23's.

For someone who was in the dog house, he showed no remorse for his actions and took no responsibility for them. Had he knuckled down and did a Moreno, he's prolly still be here. That is HIS fault and no one else's.

6.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 23:19:22
Sakho was better than what we have, but not by much. Whatever he did he must regret it as I doubt he’ll play for a top club again. Shame.

7.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 23:23:04
Nick, we know what happened btw Klopp and Sahko as the Ed's kept us informed. So sick and tired of people always taking the players' side of things. It is for the same pathetic reasoning that many would still take Suarez back even tho in some way, he cost KK his job and dragged ours and his name thru the gutter BUT it's okay cos he can can play. Aubameyang is giving BVB hell on a daily basis and they are fed up with him. Do you want him too?

Sahko was an unrepentant and un-remorseful bell and got exactly what his shameless actions deserved. For me, it is not the dumb things he was doing. It was the fact that he was doing them in public and showed no intention of mending his ways and trying to make it back onto the manager's good graces. Klopp is a strict disciplinarian and does not take crap from anyone who continuously disrespects him on social media and flouts his orders and why should he? To please an average CB who is as error prone as the rest of them? Pep, Poch, Wenger and Fergie get hailed for their discipline BUT everything changes when it is Klopp, right?

If people like Sahko so much (and they talk like he was Paolo Maldini or some crap) then Palace and their fan base will be happy to have you. I commend Klopp for dealing w/ Shko appropriately cos we cannot have such players causing havoc in the DR.

8.) 29 Nov 2017
29 Nov 2017 06:46:04
Sakho was captain at PSG. He had issues with his attitude there and got sold to LFC. He had attitude problem with Rodgers and was on the verge of being bombed out at LFC.
Then Klopp came and gave him another chance. He took it and played well, he was our best defender for a while.
Then he failed a drugs test and was left out of the side for some key matches. He was exonerated after UEFA admitted they had messed up and the drug wasn't on their banned list - it was on WADA.
Then Sakho turned up late for the pre-season tour and apparently had attitude problems on the tour.

I'm sorry, blaming Klopp and saying he could have handled it better is burying your head in the sand. Like Ballotelli, these are talented players who are totally unmanageable and will not bring you sustained success at a club.
Good luck to Sakho at Palace, but I can't see him staying there long term.

9.) 29 Nov 2017
29 Nov 2017 10:44:48
Ron, whilst I agree with your general point summarised at the end - what Klopp did do was make selling Sakho very difficult, getting our asking price for him even more so and turning a character who was a clown behind the scenes into a media circus. Should the outcome have been different? Probably not. But that doesn't mean the road Klopp took to the outcome was the best one avaliable.

10.) 29 Nov 2017
29 Nov 2017 13:44:21
Hijkle, I disagree. If anyone made it a media circus, it was Sahko. It was not Klopp who was mouthing off on social media, doing that dis respectful handshake with Benteke (who can do what he likes as he was no longer an LFC player) while being an LFC player nor playing pranks when Klopp was doing a presser in the States on tour. This was all Sahko and Klopp had to act as Sahko had put him on blast publicly so he had to comment on things when asked. Klopp had nothing to do with it. The road Klopp took to getting rid of Sahko is the one Sahko chose all by himself. It is ALL his fault.