Liverpool have released their new kit for the 2016/17 season, and it has brought a new wave of hope.
The 2015/16 campaign was more or less a wash from the get-go, with Jurgen Klopp given licence to determine his best team in the knowledge that anything beyond consolidation would be a bonus.
And that bonus has arrived in the form of two cup finals and a chance of Champions League football returning to Anfield if the club can defeat perennial Europa League winners Sevilla in Basel on May 18.
PIC: Liverpool's new kit is red, which is a good start https://t.co/qhM3UY5Tee pic.twitter.com/F3VVnLYDHt
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) May 9, 2016
When combined with the symbolic new leaf of a shiny new kit, Reds fans are daring to dream.
Of course, the ‘next year will be our year’ sentiment is nothing new.
So ready for Liverpool to start playing this is our year son!
— enriquejsalazar.eth (@enriquejsalazar) July 27, 2010
So much so that it was the subject of mockery as long ago as 2010.
Joe Cole to Liverpool? Time to start dusting off the "It'll be our year" banners
— Will Nichols (@WillNicholsEsq) July 19, 2010
That didn’t stop it continuing in 2011/12…
#LFC & #YNWA Nation this is our year. The #EPL title is coming to #Anfield! P
— Panko (@myomonaija) August 27, 2011
2012/13…
The Premier League is back! I have a feeling this year is going to be our year! @liverpool YNWA!
— Enam ⭕ (@EnamDarknight) August 18, 2012
And 2013/14.
I can't stop thinking about how different this season feels to the last 5. I can't put my finger on it but this year is our year #YNWA #LFC
— Kurt (@kurt6388) August 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/Dking139/status/371341975661707265
Although it had begun to get a little tongue-in-cheek by then.
Top of the table at last! This is our year. 🙂 YNWA pic.twitter.com/5miLjlLIDV
— JohnM75 or @beneadir on Post or @johnm75@mas.to (@JohnM75) August 17, 2013
After the second-place finish in 2014 there was cause for optimism last season.
Best coach, best captain and a great squad and did I mention the best supporters. Maybe this is our year. #YNWA
— Conor Hawkins (@conorhawkins17) August 17, 2014
Really feeling ready for this.. you know, waited long enough.. one can only hope and believe that this will finally be our year. #lfc #ynwa
— Heinrich (@Heinrich_90) August 17, 2014
But it was too much to expect more of the same this season. Oh, wait.
https://twitter.com/RKT_YNWA/status/636940005072609280
You can’t fault their optimism.
Klopp's got us to two finals within less than a year, next year is our year lads
— Joshua (@josh_fairburn98) May 5, 2016
