And you were proven wrong. They played their best football in the immediate aftermath of the announcement.
The team isn't the finished article and come up short at the end of the season. Do you think "not being quite good enough" for lots of complex reasons is a less accurate explanation than "Liverpool would have won it if the manager hadn't said he was leaving"
A cup (admittedly the wrong one) and champions league qualification is fine, about expectation and keeping the title challenge alive to mid April made it more fun, plenty of exciting comebacks. It's been a good season, maybe next season will be better.
I've asked this before but it wasn't taken seriously, how does it look to fans of teams that spend all their time moving between league one and two to see Liverpool fans acting like this is a bad season? Isn't that entitled and arrogant?