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I thought we’d struggle at Hull but by that I mean, I thought we might labour to a 1-1 all draw but the run that we’ve had is unacceptable.

We’ve got to man up. You don’t become a bad side overnight.

Hull to be fair have been playing really well of late so nothing should have been taken for granted but when you’re playing these so-called lesser sides you’ve got to earn your right to play but we look like we haven’t got too many battlers at the moment.

They look like they’re just willing to roll over and for a manager that’s worrying.

It’s happening all the time but for me they’ve just got to win ugly.

We can’t keep a clean sheet but we’ve got to try and instil that because you’re going to struggle to win games when you keep conceding goals.

They’ve got to roll their sleeves up and they can’t feel sorry for themselves.

These players are on ridiculous amounts of money and for all the joy they gave us up to Christmas the last month has been unbearable to be a Liverpool fan.

Can I put my finger on it? I don’t think even the manager is able to do that.

The players have got to be mentally stronger.

People have been saying they’re not tough enough and can’t play against the ‘easy’ sides but they’re just underlining these criticisms.

Let’s ram their words down their throats and show them that we can.

They should be getting together to prove the doubters wrong. There are ways and means that managers can use but it’s down to the players and do they want it enough.

The players have got to show more willingness to work hard in order to win games.

Simon Mignolet knows the first goal is a really bad mistake. You’re going to get punished if you don’t come out.

You’ve just got to try and take it and clatter the forward so he doesn’t do it again to you but he got caught in between.

To be fair he’s only made two mistakes since he came back but unfortunately they’ve been the David Luiz goal and now the Hull goal from the corner.

But it’s a collective responsibility between the goalkeeper and the defence.

They’re a unit and they’ve got to stick together – now more than ever before.

We always look vulnerable from set pieces and if you can’t defend them you’re going to struggle.

Spurs are my 'second team' in the Premier League now - but this is a cup final

The Tottenham game is huge now, it’s a bit of a cup final for us.

Jurgen Klopp has got to go into the Tottenham game thinking ‘we’ve got to get a clean sheet here.’

You want to have a mentality of not giving away any silly fouls and if you concede a corner you’ve got to be prepared to defend it properly.

They’re a very good side with some talented players so it’s going to be hard to stop them scoring.

They’ve got a decent defence, their form is excellent and I’d go as far as saying they’re everyone’s second team at the moment.

If you don’t do well, you want them to do well out of all the teams up at the top of the table.

At least they’ll give us a little bit more of a chance because they play progressively and don’t come to defend like so many of the others do when they’re at Anfield.

It will be similar to Chelsea in that respect.

Antonio Conte had a tough run at the start of the season and he switched to a 3-5-2 formation.

He changed everything and got a reaction. Can Jurgen do something similar?

Something needs to be done to restore the belief of the players because they don’t seem to have any belief at the moment.

They don’t seem to be up for a fight. There are a lot of players having a nightmare.

Reds must splash the cash like Manchester United and Chelsea

There was a piece in the ECHO over the weekend about Liverpool not spending the kind of money that our rivals like Manchester United and Chelsea do but we’re going to have to.

Come the summer we’ve got to splash the cash.

If you look at the figures last summer, the outlay just more or less covered the funds raised from the players we sold which is ridiculously fantastic.

We’ve got a better squad with what Jurgen has brought in but next year if we’re in Europe we’re going to need a fair number of players.

It’s not going to be tinkering with one or two, there’s going to have to be a few so the money has got to be made available absolutely.

However, I wasn’t concerned about the manager not bringing in anyone in January though because there’s nothing out there at this time of year really.

You can’t just buy for the sake of it, none of the big teams were spending.

Klopp must unearth a goalscorer

We need an out-and-out goalscorer. Look across the Park at Romelu Lukaku. He doesn’t give you a lot outside the penalty box but hey he’s scored 16 goals.

That’s exactly what we need.

When we had four players all scoring it was great but you need your match-winner up front.

I think we’ve got to find one. Daniel Sturridge is not going to do it because the manager is not playing him.

We need to unearth a 20-goal-a-season man.

Tottenham have got Harry Kane. He’s been through a lean spell but has come through it with flying colours and that shows his strong mental attitude to prove people wrong.