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      Jürgen Klopp - Liverpool FC Manager

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      Reply #17273: May 08, 2018 08:10:34 am
      Interesting and frankly chastening read about the job Jürgen is doing.

      He’s already turning water into wine - big help required from the board to feed the masses (few loaves and fishes ain’t gonna get it done!) going forward........

      https://tomkinstimes.com/2018/05/klopp-performing-miracles-that-some-liverpool-fans-dont-deserve/
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      Reply #17274: May 08, 2018 09:31:08 pm
      I'm pretty sure Klopp has lost his last 6 Finals, remember reading that somewhere, some time ago....

      So a journo asked him about it and this is his response, F***ing hilarious from Kloppo!

      https://www.facebook.com/thisisanfieldlfc/videos/10155343963760846/

      Means he's due a win then mate. ;D

      A manc I know never fails to remind me that Jürgen "always loses finals".
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      Reply #17275: May 08, 2018 09:40:16 pm
      Means he's due a win then mate. ;D

      A manc I know never fails to remind me that Jürgen "always loses finals".

      Ha ha - that’s why he should parachute in Wagner for Buvac.......

      Specialist assistants for finals - like changing keepers for penalties
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      Reply #17276: May 08, 2018 09:57:59 pm
      Maybe Buvac has been bad luck for him time for that to change
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      Reply #17277: May 09, 2018 05:39:24 pm
      Maybe Buvac has been bad luck for him time for that to change
      Hope not, because Buvac is back now. The same source who leaked the line ups days in advance has stated it. Fekir is done deal too apparently.
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      Reply #17278: May 09, 2018 05:46:44 pm
      Hope not, because Buvac is back now. The same source who leaked the line ups days in advance has stated it. Fekir is done deal too apparently.

      They reported he was back in the city...not returning to Melwood or the club.
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      Reply #17279: May 10, 2018 01:06:12 pm
      Interesting and frankly chastening read about the job Jürgen is doing.

      He’s already turning water into wine - big help required from the board to feed the masses (few loaves and fishes ain’t gonna get it done!) going forward........

      https://tomkinstimes.com/2018/05/klopp-performing-miracles-that-some-liverpool-fans-dont-deserve/

      Just these first two paragraphs should be required reading (and understanding) for everyone on here:

      "How many English clubs have reached the Champions League final in the last seven seasons and also finished in the top four at the same time? None. Mostly because they haven’t reached the Champions League final, of course. But when Chelsea did way back in 2012, they finished 6th, despite having the biggest squad in the country.

      Does this give a hint of just how hard it is to be competitive on both fronts? Remember, this is a league with six strong teams: a Rich Three (Man City, Man United and Chelsea), and a poorer three, although Arsenal’s turnover has been huge since they’ve emerged from the financial difficulties of funding a new stadium (although maybe the Reds’ European adventures can close the gap). It’s a league where the financially poorer sides tend not to try and play with style (as they might in Spain or France), but with bruising physicality. Spain probably has the best players, but England is the toughest test. It’s a brutal league.
      " - Tompkins (emphasis added)
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      Reply #17280: May 13, 2018 12:49:07 pm
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43966264

      What makes a Jürgen Klopp player?

      Liverpool boss on the qualities he looks for ...

       
       

      Who fits the Jürgen Klopp mould?

      The Liverpool manager has brought in 13 players for a total of £225m since taking charge at Anfield and developed a team once again competing for top European honours.

      Klopp's recruits have included Mohamed Salah, signed for what now looks a bargain £34m and picking up player of the year awards after scoring 43 goals in all competitions.

      So what does it take to work for the charismatic German?

         
      Young and confident

      Players with potential, a point to prove and capable of raising their game have attracted the former Borussia Dortmund manager.

      Only two of his signings since arriving at Anfield in October 2015 have been over the age of 27.

      "I like confident but not too confident," Klopp tells BBC Sport before Liverpool take a 5-2 lead into their Champions League semi-final second leg away to Roma on Wednesday.

      "[They need to be] ready for development because when we talk to a player because of the moment he's at in his career, the quality that he brings on the pitch, we expect more.

      "We kind of don't want to remain on that level so we want to make the next steps together. So you need to be not a special character but you cannot [sign someone] if it looks a bit tired when you are talking about it. Then you know pretty early that it could be a little bit difficult."

      Klopp signings (Player, Age when signed, Fee)

      Marko Grujic, 18, £5.1m   Alex Manninger, 39, Free transfer
      Kamil Grabara, 18, £250,000   Georginio Wijnaldum, 25, £25m
      Sadio Mane, 24, £34m   Mohamed Salah, 25, £34m
      Loris Karius, 22, £4.7m   Dominic Solanke, 19, Fee to be decided by a tribunal
      Joel Matip, 24, Free transfer   Andy Robertson, 23, £8m
      Ragnar Klavan, 30, £4.2m   Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 25, £35m
         Virgil van Dijk, 26, £75m

      Greed and ambition required

      Gorging on goals has become Salah's forte since working under Klopp, helping Liverpool to within touching distance of a first Champions League final for a decade.

      And his proficiency alongside Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane has led to him collecting both the Football Writers' Association footballer of the year and Professional Footballers' Association player of the year awards in the same season.

      "They need to still have this greed and ambition and all this stuff. I really want that," Klopp continues.

      "I want that they understand, or have the tools to understand, the size of club, that it's not too big for them but they can use it for their next step.

      "The first thing that makes sense is he's a really good football player otherwise it's a waste of time, but then it's what kind of feeling do you get when you talk to him.

      "I didn't know Bobby [Firmino] before I came in. I knew him as a player but not as a person and he's even better as a person than as a player so that makes it quite a nice package."

      Klopp tells players as much about himself as he asks them.

      "That's how it is. They should know who they are working with. We all know each other from television so that's fine. Probably the first thing that people always think when they see me is you're taller than on TV and that helps to get the conversation started.

      "It's a start of a relationship. We have a relationship, we work together, quite intense, and I work for a long period of time and that's why I want to know who I'm working with.

      "I don't think I'm a mind-reader, I've just never forgotten how it feels to be as a player," adds Klopp, who says his own undistinguished 11-year career as a player at Mainz has enabled him to empathise with those who work under him.

      "You don't have to be a good player to know what a player thinks and I'm a father since I'm 20 so I don't think I had a lot of knowledge about being a father or a leader of a group of young boys at that age, but I learned.

      "They are very important to me and not because they have to deliver performance after performance after performance. No, because I know everybody needs help in life - so a little advice here, a word here, maybe a hug from time to time."


      Jürgen Klopp was speaking to the BBC's Juliette Ferrington

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      Reply #17281: May 13, 2018 05:00:36 pm
      This isn't a trophy and shouldn't be celebrated as but the figures below perfectly contextualises the phenomenal effort Jürgen has done under financial conditions far more prudent to those around us. Fair play to FSG for hiring the guy when he became available but the amount of drinks they owe this man would be too much to fill a brewery. 



      Rewind back to August and I'll be honest, I predicted us to finish 5th. I didn't think we had the squad to compete on two highly competitive fronts in Europe and the league and after that defeat to Tottenham back in October it only strengthened such negative outlooks. But the gradual changes he made - introducing Robertson into the squad after some hard training and cementing Karius and VVD after Christmas transformed us. Moving AOO into midfield and seeing him prosper was another added bonus that not many of us saw. And he did so without reacting to the panic of the early part of the season. And that's not even mentioning the fact that he's seen us through to the Champions League final.

      We are blessed to have this man in the dugout for us.
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      Reply #17282: May 13, 2018 05:31:35 pm
      This isn't a trophy and shouldn't be celebrated as but the figures below perfectly contextualises the phenomenal effort Jürgen has done under financial conditions far more prudent to those around us. Fair play to FSG for hiring the guy when he became available but the amount of drinks they owe this man would be too much to fill a brewery. 



      Rewind back to August and I'll be honest, I predicted us to finish 5th. I didn't think we had the squad to compete on two highly competitive fronts in Europe and the league and after that defeat to Tottenham back in October it only strengthened such negative outlooks. But the gradual changes he made - introducing Robertson into the squad after some hard training and cementing Karius and VVD after Christmas transformed us. Moving AOO into midfield and seeing him prosper was another added bonus that not many of us saw. And he did so without reacting to the panic of the early part of the season. And that's not even mentioning the fact that he's seen us through to the Champions League final.

      We are blessed to have this man in the dugout for us.
      Really puts it into context what an incredible manager he is.
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      Reply #17283: May 13, 2018 07:30:07 pm
      This isn't a trophy and shouldn't be celebrated as but the figures below perfectly contextualises the phenomenal effort Jürgen has done under financial conditions far more prudent to those around us. Fair play to FSG for hiring the guy when he became available but the amount of drinks they owe this man would be too much to fill a brewery. 



      Rewind back to August and I'll be honest, I predicted us to finish 5th. I didn't think we had the squad to compete on two highly competitive fronts in Europe and the league and after that defeat to Tottenham back in October it only strengthened such negative outlooks. But the gradual changes he made - introducing Robertson into the squad after some hard training and cementing Karius and VVD after Christmas transformed us. Moving AOO into midfield and seeing him prosper was another added bonus that not many of us saw. And he did so without reacting to the panic of the early part of the season. And that's not even mentioning the fact that he's seen us through to the Champions League final.

      We are blessed to have this man in the dugout for us.

      I knew there was a gap but never though it was that big. Less than half Tottenham’s spend, 9 times less than Arsenal and like 25 times less than the Manchester teams. Jürgen has done nothing short of an amazing job here.
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      Reply #17284: May 13, 2018 07:59:03 pm
      I love this man!!
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      Reply #17285: May 13, 2018 09:48:24 pm

      A lot of supporters of other clubs love him too. But he's ours ;)
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      Reply #17286: May 13, 2018 10:09:21 pm
      Contract extension should be in the works. Pay him whatever he wants, but lock him up for as long as you can.
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      Reply #17287: May 13, 2018 10:49:45 pm
      Bit of a wobble the last few weeks but that aside, to secure back to back CL football and a final in Kiev on the back of selling Coutinho in January and not replacing him is mighty, mighty impressive.
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      Reply #17288: May 13, 2018 11:00:16 pm
      Thanks Boss, no matter what happens in Kiev.. Your the best..
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      Reply #17289: May 13, 2018 11:09:53 pm
      Thanks Boss, no matter what happens in Kiev.. Your the best..

      And we will still love you when we beat Real Madrid and bring the cup back to Anfield.
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      Reply #17290: May 13, 2018 11:27:33 pm
      Contract extension should be in the works. Pay him whatever he wants, but lock him up for as long as you can.

      He said it many times that he doesn't see himself staying for a really long time at Liverpool
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      Reply #17291: May 13, 2018 11:33:22 pm
      He said it many times that he doesn't see himself staying for a really long time at Liverpool
      cut the crap
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      Reply #17292: May 14, 2018 01:57:14 am
      I knew there was a gap but never though it was that big. Less than half Tottenham’s spend, 9 times less than Arsenal and like 25 times less than the Manchester teams. Jürgen has done nothing short of an amazing job here.

      It's a number very distorted by having to sell that quitter Coutinho. Klopp is not exactly having to do things with a bunch of kids, and has brought in top class like VVD, Salah, Keita, etc.

      What Spurs have done to Poch has been almost criminal with only 50M spend despite basically keeping all their players and not since Bale has a big name (ie. big $ sale) left that i can recall. That's why Poch threw Levy and Spurs management under the bus today saying they need to invest as the other teams are getting big players and they're getting Davinson Sanchez.
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      Reply #17293: May 14, 2018 02:02:53 am
      He said it many times that he doesn't see himself staying for a really long time at Liverpool

      Signed til 2022 which would be 7yrs, the same he stayed at Mainz and Dortmund. By then he'd be in his mid 50s and the way he looks after a game like he just had a stroke makes me think that will be it. The man puts so much heart into it and you can see the toll it takes on him. If you look at highlights / pictures of the 2013 CL final with Dortmund and compare to today, you'd think that was 10yrs ago and not 5. That's why i want us to win the CL and Premier League under him, because i want him to be idolized forever in Liverpool but we need trophies under him to do that. I'd personally give him a life-time contract, i love having him on the team so much.
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      Reply #17294: May 14, 2018 07:51:17 am

      But he has said it mate....and a few times as that. He said he doesn't stay at places too long, so I expect maybe 6 years at the Club and then onto pastures new, which will be a damn shame.
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      Reply #17295: May 14, 2018 08:28:36 am
      But he has said it mate....and a few times as that. He said he doesn't stay at places too long, so I expect maybe 6 years at the Club and then onto pastures new, which will be a damn shame.
      I think at other clubs perhaps because he wasn't winning enough or finished his project. If he wins the league it's understandable he'd want to leave on a high or if he's doing badly, maybe someone else can do better. I think it's circumstances over time probably. It's what I'm hoping.

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