Jürgen has been a breath of fresh air to this club and it genuinely pains me to see some of our own hanging out to dry, and for what reason i genuinely cant tell
I have waited most of my life to see us win the league again and legends of this club haven't been able to give us that, let this sink in, since Kenny won it last time in '91 the following have managed us and this is what they have won
Graeme Souness
1 FA cup
Roy Evans
1 League cup
Gerard Houllier
1 FA cup
2 League cups
1 UEFA cup
1 Super cup
Rafa Benitez
1 Champions League
1 FA cup
1 Super cup
Roy Hodgson
F**k all
Kenny Dalglish
1 League cup
Brendan Rodgers
Nothing
So in the 30 years since our last title we had won in total 11 trophies, we were habitually failing in the league, we had essentially challenged for that title 3 times, the pressure of that was mounting, it was starting to get the feeling that it was never going to happen, the times we challenged we fell away under the pressure, teams like Blackburn and Leicester had won it when we couldnt.
Then Jürgen walked through the door, into a league that was probably harder to win than at any point in those 30 years with the oil money and state backed sides spending money we simply didnt have. He then built us to the point where people were calling his side one of the best sides ever to play in English football, he got us to a points total that would have won all league title in history apart from one in any other season, he won us our 6th European cup and then won us the club world cup for the first time in our illustrious history and a super cup that season.. we truly had conquered the world and topped European football
Did he let them drop off? did he let their heads drop having missed out on the title again having got 97 points? Because that whats happened in the last 30 years, everytime we have got close we have fallen away again and taken years to put together another go at the league.. Did he? No he got them firing from day one the next season, we won 27 of our first 28 games in the league and broke the hearts of everyone else in the league and he brought home that first league title in 30 years, we won it at a canter
People say hes one dimensional, hes not, hes pragmatic like any other top manager, he plays a formation to suit the players he has, he didnt play the formation he plays here at Dortmund because he had different players with different skill sets
Hes a winner, he did what i was starting to think may never happen again and some "fans" question that? Question him? Ask for him to go or suggest hes a fraud or that he a mad or lucky or that he even throws games
You dont deserve him, but we do
Lets hope you dont get what you wish for
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