In the rush to identify the root cause of Liverpool's problems this term, Pep Lijnders has been caught in plenty of friendly fire.
The Reds' assistant manager has, at times, been bizarrely criticised for releasing a book on the eve of the current Premier League campaign by many without any real insight into the inner workings behind the scenes.
"The alarm bells should have been ringing for @LFC fans when the current assistant manager wrote a book while still employed by the club." tweeted 2005 Champions League winner Didi Hamann in early September. "How he was allowed to do it I’m not too sure."