{"id":617622,"date":"2022-09-11T06:03:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T10:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617622"},"modified":"2022-09-11T06:11:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T10:11:21","slug":"jurgen-klopp-experiencing-the-7th-season-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/11\/jurgen-klopp-experiencing-the-7th-season-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp and the \u20187th Season Syndrome\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jurgen Klopp is considered one of the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/john-barnes-ranks-jurgen-klopp-bill-shankly-liverpoolfc-managerial-legends\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">greatest Liverpool managers of all time<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. After ending the Merseyside club\u2019s 14-year wait for a Champions League crown, he led the club to its first league title in 30 years. He has created a team befitting of a place in the debate of the greatest ever teams in\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/jurgen-klopps-liverpool-warriors-greatest-22259646\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Premier League history<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Despite all his success at Anfield, the club are experiencing a difficult start to this campaign, which has led to people talking about the &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diligentdalot\/status\/1567597553868218373\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">7th season syndrome<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Jurgen Klopp: Patterns From the Past and the 7th Season Syndrome<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another example of Jurgen Klopp 7th season syndrome?<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag might\u2019ve been speaking the truth\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dhS3aBBiHx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dhS3aBBiHx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Man Utd Fan Account (@diligentdalot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diligentdalot\/status\/1567597553868218373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The History of the 7th Season Syndrome<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/28\/manager-jurgen-klopp-talks-liverpool-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Klopp\u2019s legacy<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0may be under threat if patterns at his previous club are to be looked at. He achieved great success at Mainz and Borussia Dortmund, bringing the former into the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/07\/bundesliga-transfers-2022-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bundesliga<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, finishing 11th in their first season and then consolidating their status as a top-flight club. However, in his penultimate season, the club were relegated. He stayed on but was unable to recreate a team capable of past success, which led to him resigning at the end of his 7th season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With Dortmund, the German coach enjoyed a lot of success, winning back-to-back league titles in 2011 and 2012. In addition, the club reached the Champions League final a year later, narrowly losing out to Bayern Munich in the first-ever all-German Champions League final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/05\/liverpool-naby-keita-alex-oxlade-chamberlain\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two Liverpool Midfielders Evaluating Their Futures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In that same season, they finished a whopping 25 points behind runaway leaders Bayern. This is even more shocking, considering they were the current Bundesliga champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Klopp struggled to adapt and replace star departures such as Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski, which seems to be the very challenge that faces the German coach now at Liverpool. Having created one of the best teams ever seen in the Premier League, now he has to adapt to keep the Anfield giants challenging for trophies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Warning Signs<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/sadio-manes-bayern-munich-move-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">departures of Mane<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/psg-midfielder-wijnaldum-signs-for-roma\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gini Wijnaldum<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in recent seasons have left gaping holes, but Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz look capable replacements. Many Liverpool players are now in their 30s, and the challenge for the manager will be to replace these players. Trent Alexander-Arnold has shown a defensive vulnerability that can leave Liverpool fans feeling nervous. At the same time, there is no competition for him in the squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liverpool&#39;s WORST start to a season under Jurgen Klopp after seven games in all competitions. \ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udcc9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwKKScCMen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qwKKScCMen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1567868104452997124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The squad rejuvenation has to start now. With just 2 points out of their opening 3 games in the Premier League, the warning signs had started to appear for Liverpool. A 9-0 mauling of Bournemouth and a last-gasp 2-1 win over Newcastle since then have added fresh impetus to their campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/liverpool-reportedly-sign-arthur-melo\/\" target=\"_self\">Arthur Melo<\/a> arrived on deadline day from Juventus on loan to add depth to the Liverpool squad. Klopp has been here before and knows all about the struggles of recreating a title-winning squad. The question and the worry for Liverpool fans will now be &#8211; will the German manager get it right this time and defeat the 7th season syndrome?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp is considered one of the\u00a0greatest Liverpool managers of all time. After ending the Merseyside club\u2019s 14-year wait for a Champions League crown, he led the club to its first league title in 30 years. He has created a team befitting of a place in the debate of the greatest ever teams in\u00a0Premier League [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2709,"featured_media":617801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8383,3],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-617622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-borussia-dortmund","category-premier-league","tag-jurgen-klopp"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}