Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16 (*EVERYONE READ MOD POST in OP)

Lads Klopp hasn't even managed to win a game yet as liverpool manager, we deserve better than that, i'm sick of being the patient club... Klopp out...

A)How long should he be given before a decision is made as to him being successful or not?

I really don't get this line of questioning or thinking. We haven't even appointed a new manager and we're already discussing how long he's got before calling for him to be sacked? I don't understand how fans think like that?

Anytime a new manager is appointed, i'm automatically looking to the next two or three seasons. I'm not sitting round in judgement laying down imaginary laws to a manager i have no influence over. I'm just looking forward to the next chapter.

bennyineire wrote: »

What's this US business, I'm an Irish man as are most here but if your English then please excuse me

Ah don't be nitpicking now, you know what I meant.

Well spotted though.

billymitchell wrote: »

Is the site still fcuked for anybody?

A fair bit better but still having new pages with half the last page's posts on it and stuff like that.

monkey9 wrote: »

A)How long should he be given before a decision is made as to him being successful or not?

I really don't get this line of questioning or thinking. We haven't even appointed a new manager and we're already discussing how long he's got before calling for him to be sacked? I don't understand how fans think like that?

Anytime a new manager is appointed, i'm automatically looking to the next two or three seasons. I'm not sitting round in judgement laying down imaginary laws to a manager i have no influence over. I'm just looking forward to the next chapter.

Indeed. It's time to stop these hypathetical scenarios.

bennyineire wrote: »

What's this US business, I'm an Irish man as are most here but if your English then please excuse me

An apt username.

monkey9 wrote: »

A)How long should he be given before a decision is made as to him being successful or not?

I really don't get this line of questioning or thinking. We haven't even appointed a new manager and we're already discussing how long he's got before calling for him to be sacked? I don't understand how fans think like that?

Some people certainly set their stall out like that with Rodgers but they were wrong then and you'd be wrong to do it now.

I wasn't excited when Rodgers was appointed - we'd gotten rid of Kenny as well so things were generally grim at the time.

But if we get this lunatic in there's great prospect for craic.

You can't really predict whether it'll be successful, but at this stage, we can probably guess that it'll be a bit of fun for the rest of the season, where, looking at our current positon as a club (if not in the table given that we're not miles off), we don't have anything to lose and neither will the manager of a team of another man's players.

Ultimately for me it's about progression.

I don't expect top 4 this year. Or even next for that matter. We do have to remember that we are playing against the odds financially and it is correct to say par is 5th.

Like everyone, ultimately what i want is for Liverpool to be amongst the top 8 teams in Europe again. For the idea of reaching a quarter or semi final of the CL to be a pretty normal season, like in the days of Rafa. With this you would expect league challenges too. This is where we all want to be. The first step is consistent CL qualification so this should be the first aim.

However, we need to realise just how far away we are/have been from that level in the last 5 years. We have to accept that at the moment there's no strong argument to say we are not in a tier of top 4 pretenders along with Spurs, Everton, Southampton. You can spout all that "we are liverpool, we should aim for number 1" stuff, but let's be realistic when it comes to judging a new manager - we are a long way from challenging for a league and he shouldn't be expected to do so off the bat.

For me, as long as I see progression every year, as long as I see us a little further down that road towards establishing ourselves as a giant of Europe once more, then a manager will have my backing.

For this year, as he's coming into a new team in a new league with players not necessarily of his chosing, it would take a monumental failure for me to consider sacking him in the summer. A decent go in the Europa league is something that can reasonably be expected of him so that would be good to see - the quality in our squad is good enough to go far there.

Next season you would want to see progression in tge league, but again for me no knives will be out if top 4 doesn't happen. There has to be a sense of progression and a sense that we are on the right path, even if it takes over 5 years to be truly where we want to be

When FSG sacked Kenny we were in the running for Rodgers or Martinez.

Now when they sack Rodgers we are in the running for Klopp or Ancelotti.

We have come along way under FSG's ownership.

I don't care if the new guys makes a bags of rest of the season trying new things, as long as it start looking like it's coming together in some shape or form, by the end.

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