Blame Klopp for everything- The Injury Thread II

Damnit. He's basically been our most important and consistent player this season. A huge loss.

He'll miss 7 games - of those, 3 (Brighton, B'mouth and Watford) are games where we "should" be able to handle his absence:

30 – Brighton (H)
4 – Everton (H)
7 – Bournemouth (A)
10 - Salzburg (A)
14 – Watford (H)
26 – Leicester City (A)
29 – Wolves(H)

plus CWC
18 - Club WC game
21 - Club WC game?

If he's not back in time he could also miss
2 Sheff Utd
11 Spurs
19 Manure

 

It would be interesting to see how Keita/OC/Milner are introduced into the midfield. Fabinho is a terrible loss however I hope that the fringe players are able to take this as an opportunity to cement their place.
eg. As Matip did to displace Gomez.

 

Given our squad, the only worries from the above list of game he'll miss, only Leicester and Salzburg are worries. And we're still better than both.
We feared a bad start with Allison's injury and look how we did.

 

If we can't beat all of those teams because we're missing one player, we don't deserve to win.

 

my vote is for Hendo to take Fab's DM role, and Ox to step into hendo's place. I love Millie but don't want to see him and Hendo start games any more - Millie on the bench please.

 

possible midfield selections to cover Fab's absence, game by game

https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool...inho-injury-liverpool-midfield-klopp-17337378

 

How about giving ki-jana at rb and taa into the center midfield

 

I'm not holding my breath.

 

if Keita can stay healthy, this run of games is his best chance to establish himself -- but yeah, not holding my breath either.

 

I'd put OC in Origi's place and have Firmino and OC switching during the game

 

I'd rest Salah, and have Ox in midfield and keep the 4-3-3. His ankle needs rest and all now the RedBull game is a must win.

 

They are now saying end of January for fabinho [emoji24][emoji24][emoji24]

 

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/376930-dejan-lovren-injury-update

Jürgen Klopp doesn’t believe the issue that forced Dejan Lovren from the field during the first half of Liverpool’s 3-0 win at Bournemouth on Saturday is a serious one.

The defender was replaced by Trent Alexander-Arnold after 40 minutes at Vitality Stadium.

Lovren will continue to be assessed by the club’s medical team; however, Klopp explained the early indications suggest the injury isn’t cause for too much concern.

The manager also confirmed the knocks that ruled Georginio Wijnaldum and Adam Lallana out of the fixture are also deemed only minor.

Klopp told his post-match press conference: “Always you don’t know exactly but it looks not too serious, it looks like a little cramp. He felt something, he told us, said he for sure could go to half-time, wanted to have treatment there and carry on, but we said no and stopped it there.

“That’s the status quo, you have these kind of things in this moment of the season. It is similar to what Gini and Adam Lallana had – not serious but serious enough to keep them out.

“Now we have two days to make sure they can go again. That’s what I think at the moment but I don’t know 100 per cent.”

 

Winj left game today with injury. Any details?

 

in the post directly above yours !!

 

Tuesday - Wednesday - then Thursday not Saturday.

 

Nah, your post is from December 7th. He's asking about the injury today.