I never understand managers being called frauds every time they have a bad result in England.
It's not exactly an easy league and their performance in this country shouldn't take away from what they've done elsewhere.
Whilst I'd agree that he himself isn't necessarily a fraud, because, to my knowledge, he hasn't been blowing his own trumpet any more than any other manager does, I would say that there's a case for the reputation he came in with being a false one, ergo, fraudulent.
Regardless of what Liverpool fans try and argue, Klopp was brought in so early in the season to save it and challenge for the top 4. He failed to do that, but the excuse was that he concentrated on the cups, particularly the Europa League. However, having won nothing, the effort meant nothing. Another excuse was needing a transfer window to strengthen the squad.
Klopp has now had a transfer window, and was going into a season with Liverpool having no European distraction. Expectations were again top 4, with the cup runs of the previous season encouraging something similar. You managed two lacklustre performances in the league cup semi-final, then were dumped out of the FA Cup against Wolves. You're currently sat 3rd in the league, 1 point ahead of 4th and 3 ahead of 5th, but both have two games in hand on you. United, who are 5th, have already played 12 games more than Liverpool this season, and have at least 8 more to go, compared to Liverpool's 4. As much as finishing top 4 would meet the expectations set out for this season, you've shown absolutely nothing to show that you'd be able to even remotely challenge for the Champions League, never mind doing so whilst achieving a successive top 4 finish.
If Dortmund and Liverpool fans are to be believed, Dortmund were a team in crisis when Klopp took charge there, yet even then, he went unbeaten at home in his first season, and dropped just 10 points against the bottom half sides, going unbeaten against them too. He then only dropped 14 points against the bottom half in his second, before winning the league in his third season.
I remember being told on here back at the start of the season that the loss against Burnley was a one-off. Since then you've lost to Bournemouth, Swansea, Hull, Leicester and now Palace, as well as drawing against Sunderland, and against Bournemouth and West Ham at home. Despite United's woes, they've dropped half as many points against bottom half sides as Liverpool this season, and haven't lost a single game to any of them (and should we at least draw in the home game against Swansea, will have gone the whole season without losing to the current bottom half).
Klopp dropped 20 points against bottom half teams last season, and thus far has dropped 24 points against them this season, having lost 10 games against them across the two seasons. Comparatively, Rodgers dropped 14 points against bottom half sides in his first season, 11 points in his second season, 22 points in his third season, and 4 points against them in the brief time he had in the fourth. Klopp has dropped 44 points and lost 10 times to bottom half teams in 36 games against them. Rodgers dropped 51 points and lost 6 times in 62 games against them.
It might be unfair to call him a fraud, but from my perspective at least, you've got a manager surviving on a reputation that, in two seasons at Liverpool, he's failed quite spectacularly to live up to. You show no signs of being able to compete on multiple fronts, struggle with woeful inconsistency, particularly against typically weaker sides, and seemingly have no answer to the defensive problems that have plagued you since Benitez left, yet, despite all recent evidence being to the contrary, continue to put your faith in Klopp to bring you success, based entirely on a reputation he built over a few seasons at one club in a different league. He may not be a fraud, but unless there's a dramatic turnaround next season, the reputation he came in with must surely have to be forgotten?
