Jürgen Klopp - LFC Manager (Part 2)

I think Van Dijk is going to start no matter what, unless we have unearthed the next Van Dijk in this window. Neither Matip or Gomez are good enough to replace him as a permanent first choice centre half.

Konate is potentially world class but is still prone to the odd error and only looks really assured when partnering Van Dijk.

As for Phillips, I rate him as well but not enough to say he's going to replace Van Dijk. I would keep him over Gomez (though I don't think Klopp would) but he's below Matip in the pecking order for me.

So unless we do sign a top quality, world class centre half this summer, I think when possible our centre half pairing will be Konate & Van Dijk, which I'm not against in the slightest, especially if both can get somewhere close to their best.

Whether we change system slightly with Trent moving more into the midfield role and play Robbo on the left of a back three, leaving Van Dijk to just worry about the 18 yard box and not having to cover out wide would actually help the Dutchman, I don't know.

My eyes tell me Virgil's best days are behind him...not to say he is finished... hopefully far from it, but there is a fair amount of ongoing concern about his pace, stamina and judgement....Not just with us but when playing for the Dutch National team.

Sky have got a documentary series that starts airing tonight after the end of today's Ashes play called "Secrets of Success" where former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain is interviewing a number of high profile "leaders" including our very own Jürgen.

Sky have got a documentary series that starts airing tonight after the end of today's Ashes play called "Secrets of Success" where former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain is interviewing a number of high profile "leaders" including our very own Jürgen.

https://twitter.com/menacesingh/status/1674118945681584128?s=46&t=_4uI6CiVRqge8WqM7F37Iw

My eyes tell me Virgil's best days are behind him...not to say he is finished... hopefully far from it, but there is a fair amount of ongoing concern about his pace, stamina and judgement....Not just with us but when playing for the Dutch National team.

On the money there mate. I watched van dijk in the summer internationals ... out of boredom really waiting for the cricket to start. He was simply dreadful and looked like the van dijk we've seen all season.

He's lost alot of things ... the main one being his aura. Players are targeting him now ... as a weak link. Who would have thought it.

People will see it differently of course. But I don't see virgil getting any better next season and I think we've serious issues at CB. A world class no6 who's job it is to sit and protect will help ... but we've serious issues at right back as well. All needs to be looked at and van dijk and gomez still have value in terms of sale and the sooner we sell the more we will get to find our next kingpin. Harsh maybe ... but this business waits for nobody.

I remember fergie bombing stam out years ago. Seemed strange but he was proven right. Same with Ince, Beckham etc ... the levels drop and you're out. Hate to use him as an example ... but they're ones I remember.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Gzm37cmZv6w?feature=share

Class. Klopp some man.

Terrible clobber. l o l

Jürgen looked like a man on a mission on his first day back.  I think he is an angry man and he is going to channel that anger 38 times in the EPL.  Even before the new signings I was confident we would improve dramatically on last seasons overall performance just cant wait to get the league started.

Jürgen looked like a man on a mission on his first day back.  I think he is an angry man and he is going to channel that anger 38 times in the EPL.  Even before the new signings I was confident we would improve dramatically on last seasons overall performance just cant wait to get the league started.

yup, proper summer break this season and a good pre-season, himself and the lads will be back at it, raring to go.

All of the newish lads now have a season under their belt too, expecting much more from diaz & nunez this season.

And then Jones and elliott will be buzzing after that win at the weekend.

Jürgen looked like a man on a mission on his first day back.  I think he is an angry man and he is going to channel that anger 38 times in the EPL.  Even before the new signings I was confident we would improve dramatically on last seasons overall performance just cant wait to get the league started.

Not so sure he’ll be angry mate, just ultra determined, with two in already I think two more will arrive forthwith, lots of rumours and the usual click bait bollocks, but needless to say a high end quality cb, another for midfield and I reckon we’re done for this window,

No surprise that the pundits & the media have hard on’s for the fraudsters & Arse and perhaps a semi for the Chavs under Poch, for us we won’t be considered contenders but will be for top 4, and that suits us just fine,  they won’t consider last season’s impressive run in, nor will they imagine that Jürgen can turn things around so quickly, but we all know that only ageing legs, the usual injuries to key players and a relatively short pre -season all contributed to our mini fall from grace, and a possible top three finish, we ran out of games, another two or three wins I believe we would have had CL football and relegated the Scummy Fuckpigs into the Europa League,

At the moment I’m nursing a semi over the arrival of both Mac & Szob, and like you mentioned a more settled Nunez, Diaz with a full pre season, the maturity of Curtis Jones, the emergence of young Bacjetic, Trent’s metamorphosis, and hopefully a fully fit and healthy Thiago, throw all of that into the mix and what we then have is the makings of a side capable of bringing home the whole f***in shebang ,

Feel a twitch in yer pants yet ??



YNWA

Look forward to see what Jürgen can produce, in what should be a much improved season, for the Reds.

Congratulations to Jürgen for becoming a Grandad for the first time 

Congratulations to Jürgen for becoming a Grandad for the first time 

Grandad we love you we do !! 🤣🤣


You’ll remember that won’t ye Cas, bet you sung it too ?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣


YNWA

Grandad we love you we do !! 🤣🤣


You’ll remember that won’t ye Cas, bet you sung it too ?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣


YNWA

l o l

That song done my heed back then, cringefest. We had to sing it for my gran, think I just stood there not saying anything. huge noped it.

l o l

That song done my heed back then, cringefest. We had to sing it for my gran, think I just stood there not saying anything. huge noped it.

I was the same mate but my cringiness was borne out of having to rub cream into my grandad’s haemorrhoids whilst singing it with gay abandon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


YNWA

I was the same mate but my cringiness was borne out of having to rub cream into my grandad’s haemorrhoids whilst singing it with gay abandon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


YNWA

TMI   

Grandad we love you we do !! 🤣🤣


You’ll remember that won’t ye Cas, bet you sung it too ?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣


YNWA

OMG don't I just  what a god damn awful song that was.,

OMG don't I just  what a god damn awful song that was.,

We seem to have hit a lull of Liverpool football news....

We seem to have hit a lull of Liverpool football news....

Aw come on Robby, I’ve just told the world about my Grandad’s “Grapes of Wrath”, should be headline news that, much more interesting than that boring click bait Bollocks 🤣🤣🤣


YNWA

OMG don't I just  what a god damn awful song that was.,

It's a shocker. I hate it. L o l

I was the same mate but my cringiness was borne out of having to rub cream into my grandad’s haemorrhoids whilst singing it with gay abandon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


YNWA

Hehe.

Brilliant,  we're all one club and we hate the same song. 🤣🤣🤣

Klopp needs a fast, good start of the season.

He has new blood in the team: Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo and obviously Szobo and Mac Allister.

All of them should give Klopp energy to re-succeed.

I’ve been thinking about just how much more vibrant we will be compared to last season, our recovery came just a couple of wins too late to secure CL football, but even with aged legs and tired minds we almost, almost pulled it off,

I think the whole structure of the team was fragmented due to the lack of energy, cohesion was lax, as too was some of our defending and the usual supply of quality was miles off, we missed Diaz Jota, Nunez finding his feet, as well as trying to curb his enthusiasm, and Mo was Mo, but couldn’t do it on his own, truth be told in two thirds of the season we were bang average, injuries of course played their part too but we aren’t the only club that has suffered with injuries, so it’s a bit of a lame excuse, but all of the above has been consigned to history, we’ve all turned a corner, a few usual suspects have moved on and we have a new exciting prospect ahead of us,


I may be getting ahead of myself here but i can’t help thinking that we, along with Citeh of course and Arse will fight it out for the title, and I’m sticking my head on the block and saying we will win it, …
…Now we all know that our resident Fat MUtant Keith will take great delight and remind us how we like to wear our Red tints, and that’s fine by me cos it won’t alter the fact that his lot will be in mid table mediocrity enjoying the view of our spectacular arses, that’s where our own delight outshines his,


No one here has a scooby how or what will pan out, all I know is that Jürgen Klopp has/ is rebuilding and we should all be very excited by that alone, I certainly am…even if right now on the eve of the first 45 mins of preseason gets under way, none of us know how we will set up, no one knows who will be involved,..in those first 45 mins, will it be the basis of the new system, or just a case of everyone just building minutes on the pitch, we’ll have a structure of sorts of course, and will try differing ways and means to eventually bring about a more settled routine, everyone will have their own ideas and opinions, so just for fun let’s all pick what you believe will be a starting point for the season ahead…….assuming all is fit & good to go…..

First 45….
                                                   Allison
                                Trent   Konate.   Virgil(c). Robbo
                                                  Bajcetic
                                    Szoboslai.            Jones
                                   Salah.        Gary.      Diaz


Second 45…..                              Kelleher
                                     Bradley. Gomez   Matip.  Kostas
                                                   Morton
                                          Hendo  Gakpo.  Thiago
                                            Jota           Nunez



The point being to give the players minutes on the pitch, the first 45 will be the closest to finding the X1 who may or may not form the basis of our new look,
the second 45 along with plenty of rotation with Subs, remember these are only suggestions and opinions, so fill yer boots ppl, post your ideas and thoughts, just so we can add to the excitement.



YNWA

I’ve been thinking about just how much more vibrant we will be compared to last season, our recovery came just a couple of wins too late to secure CL football, but even with aged legs and tired minds we almost, almost pulled it off,

I think the whole structure of the team was fragmented due to the lack of energy, cohesion was lax, as too was some of our defending and the usual supply of quality was miles off, we missed Diaz Jota, Nunez finding his feet, as well as trying to curb his enthusiasm, and Mo was Mo, but couldn’t do it on his own, truth be told in two thirds of the season we were bang average, injuries of course played their part too but we aren’t the only club that has suffered with injuries, so it’s a bit of a lame excuse, but all of the above has been consigned to history, we’ve all turned a corner, a few usual suspects have moved on and we have a new exciting prospect ahead of us,


I may be getting ahead of myself here but i can’t help thinking that we, along with Citeh of course and Arse will fight it out for the title, and I’m sticking my head on the block and saying we will win it, …
…Now we all know that our resident Fat MUtant Keith will take great delight and remind us how we like to wear our Red tints, and that’s fine by me cos it won’t alter the fact that his lot will be in mid table mediocrity enjoying the view of our spectacular arses, that’s where our own delight outshines his,


No one here has a scooby how or what will pan out, all I know is that Jürgen Klopp has/ is rebuilding and we should all be very excited by that alone, I certainly am…even if right now on the eve of the first 45 mins of preseason gets under way, none of us know how we will set up, no one knows who will be involved,..in those first 45 mins, will it be the basis of the new system, or just a case of everyone just building minutes on the pitch, we’ll have a structure of sorts of course, and will try differing ways and means to eventually bring about a more settled routine, everyone will have their own ideas and opinions, so just for fun let’s all pick what you believe will be a starting point for the season ahead…….assuming all is fit & good to go…..

First 45….
                                                   Allison
                                Trent   Konate.   Virgil(c). Robbo
                                                  Bajcetic
                                    Szoboslai.            Jones
                                   Salah.        Gary.      Diaz


Second 45…..                              Kelleher
                                     Bradley. Gomez   Matip.  Kostas
                                                   Morton
                                          Hendo  Gakpo.  Thiago
                                            Jota           Nunez



The point being to give the players minutes on the pitch, the first 45 will be the closest to finding the X1 who may or may not form the basis of our new look,
the second 45 along with plenty of rotation with Subs, remember these are only suggestions and opinions, so fill yer boots ppl, post your ideas and thoughts, just so we can add to the excitement.



YNWA

You're forgetting we signed 'Gary'