New Manager [Klopp Watch]

[topscorer]

no .. not photoshopped, look ... its definitely happening now

Hahahaha

[banditos]

I am soo Happy I could almost cry ....*but I wont

Is that supposed to be Klopp? Doesn't look much like him.

[Muddled]

Is that supposed to be Klopp? Doesn't look much like him.

Was just about to post the same. They've picked somebody's pal because they have a beard, asked him to put on a cap and some glasses and stuck him in a Citroen Picasso. Whilst Klopp is clearly a fan of the baseball cap, I'm pretty sure he'll remove it on occasion.

[kubrickscube]

Doesn't look like him

[Fosterbloke]

Where was the photo taken?

[rodo]

Was just about to post the same. They've picked somebody's pal because they have a beard, asked him to put on a cap and some glasses and stuck him in a Citroen Picasso. Whilst Klopp is clearly a fan of the baseball cap, I'm pretty sure he'll remove it on occasion.

[Cormack74]

Where was the photo taken?

In a car.

[Tee]

Such a fake photo! As if he would already be wearing a LFC cap!

[Resu]

Henning Berg is available.

[marcus50bucks]

Nicked from a respected posted on another site. I pretty much agree with everything he said about Klopp


Other managers who MAY be linked are:-
Marcelo Bielsa is currently out of work having resigned at Marseille. Is he a winner though? Would he be vocal about his perceived problems with FSG?

Harry Redknapp I think will talk himself up for the job.

Unai Emery - Only signed a 1 year contract extension in the summer when he was tipped to take over Napoli & West Ham. Have been very impressed with him in Europe for Seville. However, he was never able to break the Real & Barca stranglehold in several years at Valencia and hasn´t finished above 5th for Seville.

Cesare Prandelli Runners up in the Euros is probably his main achievement as manager. Tactically believed to be one of the best in the game.

Phillip Cocu Not entirely sure why De Boer would be on the shortlist and Cocu not. A far better coach in my opinion. Although not what we need IMO.

Roger Schmidt Impressive things in Switzerland. Seems to be continuing his work in Germany. There is a touch of Rafa about him. Control freak who seems to go into details other managers just don´t even think of. Sets his team up in the style we as fans want to see now. High, aggressive pressing. High intensity in attack also. His team took Bayern all the way before losing in penalties in the German Cup. Did the same in Europe with Simeone´s Atletico Madrid.

Out of all the names I´ve seen, Schmidt would be very high up my list if he can be tempted to leave Bayer Leverkusen.

My worries about Klopp are:-
1 - He isn´t a manager that brings instant results. His first 2 seasons in Dortmund produced 6th and 5th place finishes.
2 - I also worry that he had a supporting cast at Dortmund that worked well for him. He didn´t identify Lewandowski, Kagawa, Hummels, Reus etc Plus look at some of the quality that came through the Dortmund youth system for him too. Now MAYBE he gets the same support from the youth system here. I doubt he will get the same support in terms of transfers though.
3 - Possible clash with FSG. Regardless of what you think of the owners, whatever manager comes in will need to have their support to succeed. Klopp doesn´t seem the type who will sit quietly by while they fail to put a proper structure in place to support him.

He has a lot of qualities I love and as a man, I can see the Kop getting behind him and growing to love him. I just worry that we would expect (and need) instant success from him (be it a trophy or a top 4 finish) and he may not deliver, if nothing else because the club is a bit of a mess right now. That said, our squad is far superior to what he took over at Dortmund. So who knows.

Ancelotti seems the stand out name for me. Although people say he only succeeds where his side is the most expensive in the league, he did great things with Parma - had a weird spell with Juventus where they sacked him at half time during the final league game of the seasons despite Juventus still having a chance at winning the league - then took over a Milan who need rebuilding having gone a few years without a trophy and made them a force domestically and in europe once again building a fearsome team in the process.

Of course at Chelsea, PSG and Real, he had the best or one of the best squads in the country. That said, his win records are not to be sniffed at and he broke goal scoring records too. Finishing above Barcelona is no small achievement, nor is winning the Champions League against Barca, Bayern, Juve, Chelsea, City and others. In two years in Madrid he had a 75% win rate and a 220+ goal DIFFERENCE.

Simeone, Schmidt and Klopp would be my backups. I wouldn´t bother with any of the rest.

[SK]

Nicked from a respected posted on another site. I pretty much agree with everything he said about Klopp


Other managers who MAY be linked are:-
Marcelo Bielsa is currently out of work having resigned at Marseille. Is he a winner though? Would he be vocal about his perceived problems with FSG?

Harry Redknapp I think will talk himself up for the job.

Unai Emery - Only signed a 1 year contract extension in the summer when he was tipped to take over Napoli & West Ham. Have been very impressed with him in Europe for Seville. However, he was never able to break the Real & Barca stranglehold in several years at Valencia and hasn´t finished above 5th for Seville.

Cesare Prandelli Runners up in the Euros is probably his main achievement as manager. Tactically believed to be one of the best in the game.

Phillip Cocu Not entirely sure why De Boer would be on the shortlist and Cocu not. A far better coach in my opinion. Although not what we need IMO.

Roger Schmidt Impressive things in Switzerland. Seems to be continuing his work in Germany. There is a touch of Rafa about him. Control freak who seems to go into details other managers just don´t even think of. Sets his team up in the style we as fans want to see now. High, aggressive pressing. High intensity in attack also. His team took Bayern all the way before losing in penalties in the German Cup. Did the same in Europe with Simeone´s Atletico Madrid.

Out of all the names I´ve seen, Schmidt would be very high up my list if he can be tempted to leave Bayer Leverkusen.

My worries about Klopp are:-
1 - He isn´t a manager that brings instant results. His first 2 seasons in Dortmund produced 6th and 5th place finishes.
2 - I also worry that he had a supporting cast at Dortmund that worked well for him. He didn´t identify Lewandowski, Kagawa, Hummels, Reus etc Plus look at some of the quality that came through the Dortmund youth system for him too. Now MAYBE he gets the same support from the youth system here. I doubt he will get the same support in terms of transfers though.
3 - Possible clash with FSG. Regardless of what you think of the owners, whatever manager comes in will need to have their support to succeed. Klopp doesn´t seem the type who will sit quietly by while they fail to put a proper structure in place to support him.

He has a lot of qualities I love and as a man, I can see the Kop getting behind him and growing to love him. I just worry that we would expect (and need) instant success from him (be it a trophy or a top 4 finish) and he may not deliver, if nothing else because the club is a bit of a mess right now. That said, our squad is far superior to what he took over at Dortmund. So who knows.

Ancelotti seems the stand out name for me. Although people say he only succeeds where his side is the most expensive in the league, he did great things with Parma - had a weird spell with Juventus where they sacked him at half time during the final league game of the seasons despite Juventus still having a chance at winning the league - then took over a Milan who need rebuilding having gone a few years without a trophy and made them a force domestically and in europe once again building a fearsome team in the process.

Of course at Chelsea, PSG and Real, he had the best or one of the best squads in the country. That said, his win records are not to be sniffed at and he broke goal scoring records too. Finishing above Barcelona is no small achievement, nor is winning the Champions League against Barca, Bayern, Juve, Chelsea, City and others. In two years in Madrid he had a 75% win rate and a 220+ goal DIFFERENCE.

Simeone, Schmidt and Klopp would be my backups. I wouldn´t bother with any of the rest.

1. Schmidt worked in austria not switzerland.

2. When Klopp took the job, Dortmund have just saved them selves from bankruptcy, so it's normal that it took a few seasons to get things going.

[el matador]

There are some valid concerns about Jürgen klopp as there about any manager. It might take him time but I 100% believe that bar a good goalkeeper and a right sided centre back he has probably 80% of the tools already at his disposal.

We have on paper a very good squad. I have a feeling that Markovic will be recalled because of his pace in wide areas.

Were not that far away in terms if what he needs. What will change will be our approach to games yet we have proven under Rodgers that when asked to press the opposition we can do it almost better than anyone else.

[el matador]

Roger Schmidt - very good young manager who lacks top level experience. Similar to Thomas tuchel in that both model their high pressing game on Jürgen klopp.

Reference to Thomas tuchel yesterday he got his tactics badly wrong vs Bayern and they got drubbed 5-1. Bayern were very clinical in their finishing but they were undoubtedly helped by tuchels decisions to make so many changes in the back four and their strange use of Kagawa.

Very good manager though. Very good. But klopp outstanding candidate on that list or any. Were talking about one of the worlds elite coaches - top 10, top 5 so we should be doing everything we can to get this guy.

[fred_plasticine]

ancelotti bores me ****less. yes, he's got the cv but he doesn't excite me at all.
psg and real, that's the clubs that fit him.
klopp fits us like no other.

[Pablo]

A quick scan of Redcafe shows they are unanimously pissed off at the idea of us getting Klopp. Seems they are a little obsessed about him over there and would all swap him for LVG in an instant