The Official Liverpool FC Thread [Vol 20]

Until he wins a trophy over here he'll be worse than ETH lol.
Be interesting to watch how this one pans out, and how long the fans /Club stand by him if its not an immediate upturn?

Klopp is one of our great managers and lot's of people above have mentioned his qualities. He will be missed despite recent performances and body language but whilst the shock of his departure was great at the time, that has now disapated and replaced with a feeling that it's actually the right time for change, for him and for us. I'll have a go at some of his non-qualities of which he has a few IMO:

1. Stubborn - put too much faith in older players. Wanted to keep Milner and Henderson this season. Fortunately someone at boardroom level overruled him and Milner left. Thankfully Henderson had his head turned too. Continually played Karius and Moreno despite how sh!t they were. Paid the ultimate price for his stubbornness in that CL final. Only then did he finally relent and we never saw Karius again.

2. Slow decision maker - especially early on but definitely seemed to improve but still makes the odd strange decisions. I always found him to be reactive instead of proactive, slow to make decisions when we were playing badly or losing. Six home defeats in a row three years ago, which Klopp seemed to do very little to change - even formation-wise or seemingly coaching on the training ground. He'd wait and wait until it almost too late to make changes, be it tactically or subs. Bournemouth 4-3 away was one that always stuck in my head. He did seem to get much better over time but it seemed to take forever. Some recent team selections have been WTF or bringing on defenders when we need to win the game.

3. Not ruthless enough - Have already spoken about his faith in older players and not moving them on sooner or even sticking with poor players. Some would say that is actially a quality but football is a ruthless business. He could be ruthless as saw with Sakho, he just wasnt ruthless enough for me.

4. Stephen fking Caulker!

Still gave us some of best ever memories like winning our first league title in 30 years - nothing beats that. But also building a squad with a very low net spend that played some of the best football I've ever seen. Should have won more but hey ho, that's Klopp - imperfect at times but also the most human of people.

Not sure what to make of slot tbh.

His stats don't look all that great

I'm referencing this season end not the last few years. Would agree no one coming in can be expected to do as well realistically. He's got to rebuild in his own style now really.