Just to pick up on three points as the rest reads fairly :Thanks buddy.
I agree that the squad is missing some obvious star quality. No one that immediately pops out; however, Klopp is not about buying stars, more into turning players into stars.
For me, the obvious areas that you guys are lacking in are LB,CB & Striker. Read that you guys are after Jonas Hector, so LB may get solved soon. I am not sure about the CB combination; looks weak to me. Shame that Gomes is injured again. Really liked the look of him last season. As for striker, cannot see Sturridge's body lasting Klopp's punishing style of football. Origi and Ings wouldn't inspire me with confidence if I was a Liverpool fan.
Your style of play is coming along nicely, though. You guys were impressive in whatever little I saw of your game last night. The question remains whether your squad can last the entire season putting in so much work each game.
1. The CB combination needs solidifying and developing of course as we have two new arrivals. However Matip undoubtedly looks to be a massive upgrade on any of the incumbents from last season (inc. Skrtel) and once they are fit (a bit unusual to have 3-4 injured at one time) then there is decent back-up too. Even Ragnar is fulfilling Klopp's forecast that he is not here only to be #4 on the list. Very solid and excellent at reading the game, lacks pace though.
2. I don't agree we need another striker. Origi is going to be our #1 by the end of the season, he continues to progress in leaps and bounds and his goals per minutes played was excellent last season, I think it will be even better this. Sturridge (when fit) and Ings are very good strikers too and we have Firmino who scored 6 goals and had 5 assists in 11 matches as CF last season so is more than capable if we hit an injury crisis again.
3. CM looks to be our weakest area (LB aside) however it has been very comforting to see that some of our best players in pre-season have been Stewart, Grujic & Ejaria. All young players who could find this season is their chance to break through and establish themselves. At the very least I would not be worried about throwing them into the first team as they have proved they can acquit themselves against tough opposition. I would love to see Dahoud join though