"Popular narratives and conventional wisdom are sometimes right. Heck, Occam's razor suggests that the simplest explanation is more likely than the more complex one to be correct. Of course, Occam -- who wasn't actually called Occam, but was rather a 14th-century Franciscan monk who happened to be from a village named Ockham, a few miles down the road from Chelsea's training ground -- lived in a world without sports and, specifically, football. So take it with a pinch of salt."
"So what's changed? Well, the guys playing. Liverpool said goodbye to Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez (not everyone's cup of tea, but still a mainstay who ate up a lot of minutes) among others in the transfer window, while adding two brand-spanking-new fullbacks ( Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong), two new strikers ( Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak) and Florian Wirtz, a huge talent of the sort you build your team around."
Liverpool's early-season results and performances have been noticeably poorer compared with the previous title-winning campaign. Several established players departed in the transfer window, including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez, while multiple high-quality starters arrived. The club added two fullbacks, two strikers and a generational attacking talent in Florian Wirtz. Relying on late winners produced unconvincing displays, revealing tactical and cohesion issues. Adding roughly five starter-level players at once is highly disruptive to a championship team. Sudden personnel changes help explain the drop-off in consistency and effectiveness.
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