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

tastyt · 07-10-2015 10:50PM

Im a Newcastle fan and I'm so ****ing jealous.

Ye now have the coolest, maddest, scariest and most inspiring mother ****er managing ye. How could the players not run through a wall for him or the fans not get behind him.

Enjoy the ride ye jammy bastards!!!!

NukaCola · 07-10-2015 10:51PM

The old net spend doesn't get used as much as it used to back in the day.

Potential Underachiever · 07-10-2015 10:52PM

tastyt wrote: »

Im a Newcastle fan and I'm so ****ing jealous.

Ye now have the coolest, maddest, scariest and most inspiring mother ****er managing ye. How could the players not run through a wall for him or the fans not get behind him.

Enjoy the ride ye jammy bastards!!!!

It's cool, you can have Rodgers soon!

Agent Coulson · 07-10-2015 10:52PM

https://twitter.com/MrBoywunder/status/651875775113744384

MR NINE · 07-10-2015 10:55PM

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/21/jurgen-klopp-borussia-dortmund-champions-league

Seeing as it seems to be a done deal, I figured id share this interview klopp did with the guardian before the dortmund bayern final. I remember reading it at the time and finding it fascinating, all the more fascinating now. I strongly recommend reading it, gives is a great insight into the eccentricity of the man. He comes across as a very interesting and likeable guy, but also completely bonkers.

mosstin · 07-10-2015 10:56PM

5starpool wrote: »

Why do people care so much about arguing with Mr Alan? The sooner Klopp is confirmed and we have something definite else to talk about the better.

Why do people....

argue with Mr. Alan?
argue with the really annoying pro-Rodgers guy?
argue with the equally annoying anti-Rodgers guy?
tell us about what they had for breakfast?
moan about the fact that the forum ain't what it used to be?
moan about the people who moan about the fact that the forum ain't what it used to be?
make so many UFC references?
search people's history of posts just to prove someone wrong?
never use Google to find out what fucking channel we're on?
never allow for the fact that, occasioanlly, we all change our minds/opinions on things/players?
fools fall in love?

Why?

Agent Coulson · 07-10-2015 10:57PM

We are going from a manager who was 5ft5 to one who is 6ft4 that is just more imposing on the sideline as well over the 4th officials.

S. Goodspeed · 07-10-2015 10:59PM

NukaCola wrote: »

The old net spend doesn't get used as much as it used to back in the day.

Neither does our trophy cabinet!

Agent Coulson · 07-10-2015 11:00PM

S. Goodspeed wrote: »

Neither does our trophy cabinet!

It has a second place trophy in it.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 07-10-2015 11:02PM

tastyt wrote: »

Im a Newcastle fan and I'm so ****ing jealous.

Ye now have the coolest, maddest, scariest and most inspiring mother ****er managing ye. How could the players not run through a wall for him or the fans not get behind him.

Enjoy the ride ye jammy bastards!!!!

Fair point. If they don;t show motivation after Klopp, then there's really no hope for them.

The already fragile mental state of the defence, now - that could go either way...

googled eyes · 07-10-2015 11:04PM

Can you imagine buying a new cool car. A Tesla for example. Its fcuking cool, its fcuking fast. You've wanted one for ages and spent hours watching YouTube clips on the finer points of the car. No-one can believe that you have managed to buy this car.

The Jeremy Clarksons of this world, even though they know you're on to a winner will say the car's credentials are fraudulent. But you don't give a **** because its like all you're Christmas mornings at once.

AND YOU SPEND THE WHOLE NIGHT BEFORE IT ARRIVES ARGUING THE FINER POINTS OF THE MAZDA 3 YOU TRADED IN TO BUY IT WITH THE MAN DOWN THE ROAD

That's the LFC thread

MR NINE · 07-10-2015 11:04PM

A lot of people seem to be mentioning being content with 5th or 6th place this season. I understand that there shouldnt be a minimum requirement of bettering that this season and it shouldnt be until the end of next season that we start judging his performance. However, I think were in a really good position to challenge for fourth or even better this season. I think we have a pretty good squad of players, though there are a couple weaknesses admittedly. All the big teams are underperforming so far and the table is very bunched. Were 8 games in and weve already been to old trafford, emirates and goodison. I dont really know how good klopp is, but going by his record and reputation, he'll be one of the best managers in the league. I think we have a decent chance of finishing in the top four and will be slightly disappointed if we dont come very close to doing so.

monkey9 · 07-10-2015 11:07PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

But we didn't. He was just along for the ride like the rest of us. Hence why I said "maybe" I was wrong

Thankfully we are now close to having a manager any sane fan will be fully behind

He was just along for the ride :rolleyes:

This is bullsh!t, Al. You make it sound like we didn't need a manager that year. Just play Suarez and it will be grand. Fvcking bull****.

Sure Shankly was a spoofer, it was Keegan and Toshack that brought him his success. But that was them two alone. Nothing to do with the manager.

Paisley...another spoofer. Had Dalglish playing in his team. All about Dalglish, no other player on the team exists. Forget about tactics. And then the eejit did another silly thing by sticking by Ian Rush. Paisley was a sh!te manager, it was just Rush scoring goals.

As for Dalglish, don't get me started on him. That gobsh!te was playing Beardsley Barnes and Aldridge just to win a game. Yeah fine, they won stuff. But without them, how sh!t would Kenny be. It's almost like he was playing them because they were bought for a specific purpose.

monkey9 · 07-10-2015 11:10PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

Emmmm trying to bite my lip here, but no, no he didn't.

He spent nearly £300m and left the club in at best the same position it was in when he took over.

I'd argue it's a worse position when you factor in the lack of any world class talents in the team

It's quite simple, if he'd done a good job, he wouldn't have just been sacked.

Net spend and yeah, we're in a better position than when Kenny left us.

Mr Alan · 07-10-2015 11:11PM

You really talking about Rodgers in the same breath as Shankly, Paisely & Dalglish?

MD1990 · 07-10-2015 11:11PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

Emmmm trying to bite my lip here, but no, no he didn't.

He spent nearly £300m and left the club in at best the same position it was in when he took over.

I'd argue it's a worse position when you factor in the lack of any world class talents in the team

It's quite simple, if he'd done a good job, he wouldn't have just been sacked.

Our squad is alot better than it was in 2012. Maybe we had some bigger names but apart from Suarez they were all past there best. Coutinho is a potential world class talent so is Sturridge if he can remain fit. Benteke has shown some promising signs too. Firmino hasn't settled yet but under Klopp i expect him to be a very good player for us. Clyne has made a great start for & Moreno is starting to show what a good player he is. Danny Ings looks like he will be a good striker for us as well. Maybe we lack big name playes but overall I think we have a squad to challenge for the Top 4.

Mr Alan · 07-10-2015 11:13PM

MD1990 wrote: »

Our squad is alot better than it was in 2012. Maybe we had some bigger names but apart from Suarez they were all past there best. Coutinho is a potential world class talent so is Sturridge if he can remain fit. Benteke has shown some promising signs too. Firmino hasn't settled yet but under Klopp i expect him to be a very good player for us. Clyne has made a great start for & Moreno is starting to show what a good player he is. Danny Ings looks like he will be a good striker for us as well. Maybe we lack big name playes but overall I think we have a squad to challenge for the Top 4.

Which is what we had when Rodgers came....?

If I had a choice between Klopp inheriting the squad we had them or the squad we have now, if pick the one we had then. I think anyone would be mad not to tbh.

Just saw this quote from Giles earlier, sums up Rodgers perfectly;

I was very critical of him at times because I think he used to talk too much and promise too much. He had this business talk or business speak, rather than football talk. At times he was like the fella who you'd ask the time and he'd tell you how to build a clock.

rob316 · 07-10-2015 11:17PM

I don't know if I said it already but I'm so excited. We never sign high profile players so this is new territory signing a world class manager, the level of expectation I have is crazy. I definitely need to calm down. My wife is sick of me talking about Klopp the past few days.

gafferino · 07-10-2015 11:18PM

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/10019957/jurgen-klopps-liverpool-coaching-team-who-will-the-german-bring-to-anfield

MD1990 · 07-10-2015 11:19PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

Which is what we had when Rodgers came....?

If I had a choice between Klopp inheriting the squad we had them or the squad we have now, if pick the one we had then. I think anyone would be mad not to tbh.

Just saw this quote from Giles earlier, sums up Rodgers perfectly;

We finished 8th befoe Rodgers came on 52 points. 17 points behind 4th.
So no we didn't have a squad to challenge fo Top 4. We were closer to finishing in the bottom 3 than the top 4.

Knex* · 07-10-2015 11:19PM

Our squad is as good as it has been in a hell of a long time, tbh.

Yeah, I'd happily trade a few players for Suarez, or even for Gerrard of four years ago, but you can't negate time and Suarez was always going to go to Barca or Real.

I think Klopp will be quite happy with the players he has to work with, tbh. We need another CM or two, but aside from that, we're not bad.

Knex* · 07-10-2015 11:21PM

Also, I can still barely believe we are getting Jurgen Klopp.

whatawaster · 07-10-2015 11:22PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

Emmmm trying to bite my lip here, but no, no he didn't.

He spent nearly £300m and left the club in at best the same position it was in when he took over.

I'd argue it's a worse position when you factor in the lack of any world class talents in the team

It's quite simple, if he'd done a good job, he wouldn't have just been sacked.

The club averaged 69 points a season under Rodgers and average position was 5th.

In the 3 previous seasons club averaged 58 points and average position was 7th.

He had a win % of 52%, same as Gerard Houllier. Didn't work out in the end, but he is by no means a bad manager (see Roy Hodgson 42%), and overall his appointment was a worthwhile one in my opinion.

I think we are in a better position now than we were when he took over. We have a lot of exciting players, though I'd agree we are lacking a world class talent.

In his 3 years he brought us closer to a league title than any Liverpool manager could in a quarter of a century. He deserves respect for that alone.

Anyway, it's over and the whole fanbase is now behind Klopp and there are hopefully exciting times ahead.

Knex* · 07-10-2015 11:25PM

Anyway, here's my last post about Rodgers for a while. Tomorrow onwards, its all Klopp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXI5ank1tf4

Mr Alan · 07-10-2015 11:25PM

whatawaster wrote: »

The club averaged 69 points a season under Rodgers and average position was 5th.

In the 3 previous seasons club averaged 58 points and average position was 7th.

He had a win % of 52%, same as Gerard Houllier. Didn't work out in the end, but he is by no means a bad manager (see Roy Hodgson 42%), and overall his appointment was a worthwhile one in my opinion.

I think we are in a better position now than we were when he took over. We have a lot of exciting players, though I'd agree we are lacking a world class talent.

In his 3 years he brought us closer to a league title than any Liverpool manager could in a quarter of a century. He deserves respect for that alone.

Anyway, it's over and the whole fanbase is now behind Klopp and there are hopefully exciting times ahead.

So if you had a choice of Klopp inheriting the squad he will be, or the squad Rodgers inherited, which would you pick?

Demosthenese · 07-10-2015 11:31PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

So if you had a choice of Klopp inheriting the squad he will be, or the squad Rodgers inherited, which would you pick?

We've never really had a squad per se ... until we sold Suarez and made CL football cos we needed it. We have better strength in depth and funnily enough when Klopp does find his best players to play his style of football and to play FOR him we'll all be like "Oh, i cannot believe i didn't see him as a great player before" etc ...

He's got a decent panel to choose from. I love it when a manager must make something of another mans team, you get to really see what he is made of.

The expectation is the only thing that will crush him ... like, if we do not hit the ground running and he crashes and burns like ... god forbid.

martingriff · 07-10-2015 11:32PM

rob316 wrote: »

I don't know if I said it already but I'm so excited. We never sign high profile players so this is new territory signing a world class manager, the level of expectation I have is crazy. I definitely need to calm down. My wife is sick of me talking about Klopp the past few days.

AMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Suarez you remember him right???????????????????

Tipsy McSwagger · 07-10-2015 11:32PM

Let's Be Klopps

Tipsy McSwagger · 07-10-2015 11:33PM

Maniac Klopp

Agent Coulson · 07-10-2015 11:33PM

Top of the Klopps

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