New Manager [Klopp Watch]

[rodo]

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.

[SB]

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 & we have one of the best midfielders on the planet in Joe Allan . 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.

Brendan agrees

[Kenneth]

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

I can't believe people are going to the lengths of posing for these fake pics now, who has the time and inclination for this ****e?

[Kenneth]

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.

It's a piss take that there are people so sad as to go to such lengths.

[Yozza]

I can't believe people are going to the lengths of posing for these fake pics now, who has the time and inclination for this ****e?

Says the man who has Klopp prematurely as his pic....

[Kenneth]

I'm repeating myself now.

[Kenneth]

Says the man who has Klopp prematurely as his pic....

'Cause that's even vaguely equivalent.

[Vermilion]

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

[Darkon]

I'm quite split. Klopp fits better looking at our philosophy in general, but our team is quite far from the way he's set up his teams in Mainz and Dortmund. Not sure it will be an instant revelation to get him in. But must think long term etc.

Ancelotti I think would be a better solution right now, as from everything I've read about both, he seems to be the more pragmatic and tactical well founded one. He could more easily slide in and set up a tactic to fit the players rather than vice versa. Klopp might surprise this time around in that regard, and there is hoping! And Ancelotti knows the PL and a fantastic CV

Other possibilities would be Unai Emery for me, but doubt he is in a position to switch clubs right now. Bielsa would be fun but a long shot in terms of everything else. Not much else on the market atm is there? Maybe get an interim and go for Del Bosque in the summer He is just so calm and relaxed, and seems like such a nice guy - and get's results on top!

Seriously I think it will be Klopp, and good for the long term, but really think we could do with Ancelotti as things stand right now.

[Maxiedge]

It's a piss take that there are people so sad as to go to such lengths.

you blatantly sent it to your mates didn't you and only realised after it was fake

[SK]

The bearded one may have endured a bad final season at Borussia Dortmund, but the brilliant six that preceded it were only made possible by the world's most charismatic boss...

Sometimes little things can change the course of football history.

In February 2008, Hamburg came very close to signing Jürgen Klopp for the new season. In fact, the club had already reached an agreement over wages with the man who was then coaching Mainz in the second division.

But there were some other options, too, and so a group of scouts was asked to monitor the various candidates and give their opinions on them. The dossier on Klopp was damning. The scouts disliked the fact that he wore jeans with holes in them. They complained he was often badly shaved. They called him flippant.


Hamburg scouts disliked the fact that he wore jeans with holes in them. They complained he was often badly shaved. They called him flippant

Hamburg crossed Klopp's name off the list and he joined Borussia Dortmund instead. The rest, as they say, is history. Hamburg went through 13 different coaches during the next seven years, while Klopp turned Dortmund into arguably the most exciting team on the continent and became one of the most coveted managers in Europe precisely for being his own man. Oh, and he also won back-to-back Bundesliga titles, plus the domestic cup, and guided his team to the Champions League final.


Sportscaster Johannes B. Kerne once asked Klopp before a show: 'If I were one of your players, what would you do now to get my adrenaline pumping?' Klopp looked at him for a second, then gave him a resounding slap in the face

However, none of this was planned. When Dortmund approached Klopp, they didn't do it to win trophies. Only three years earlier, the club had been on the verge of bankruptcy. All Borussia were looking for was someone who could breathe new life into a team that had become old, stale and uninspired.

Klopp, meanwhile, knew there were no riches to spend in the transfer market. (In fact, when he received Dortmund's original offer, he called back and informed the club he was earning more money than that at Mainz.) All he wanted was a club where football was more than just a game or a business and where the job would be fun.

It seems silly now, but at first Dortmund's supporters were critical of Klopp. He had worked wonders at Mainz, taking the small club to the Bundesliga and keeping them there for three years. But of course, that wasn't the same as coaching a tradition-laden club with a massive fan base like Dortmund’s. Also, many dismissed him as a media darling who merely talked a good game. They said the main reason he was so popular and sought-after was his work as a pundit on television, where he was analysing internationals in a most entertaining and refreshing manner

Kloppo just wanted to have fun - and boy, did he at Dortmund

Finally, some people said his only strength was motivating people. His partner on television, the sportscaster Johannes B. Kerner, later disclosed he had once, a few seconds before the show, asked Klopp: "Everybody says you can really fire up people. If I were one of your players, what would you do now to get my adrenaline pumping?" Klopp looked at him for a second, then gave him a resounding slap in the face.

In a way, all those reservations were not unfounded. Like all really good modern coaches, Klopp is charismatic and has an innate talent for communicating with people. Whether he is talking to fans, players or someone from the media, he always makes you feel that you are the most important person in the room for as long as the conversation lasts.
This skill also makes him the sort of coach footballers want to play for. During his first two years in Dortmund, Klopp rebuilt the team by selling star players and veterans and replacing them with young, gifted hopefuls. And yet one of the veterans Klopp ousted declared: "One reason I'm sorry to leave the club is that I would have loved to work with this coach.

Hello, Pep

I have watched Bayern many times. I don't think they have played so many long balls in three years

But Klopp did a lot more than just talk a good game. He invented a new one. He took Barcelona's pressing system and combined it with a counter-attacking game based on pace, thrust and movement to arrive at an ultra-aggressive style based on what now seems to be known everywhere by the Anglo-German term Klopp always uses: gegenpressing.
Perhaps it's too much to call Klopp, as the columnist Clark Whitney has done, "the creator of a new tactical movement that has been emulated by some of Europe's strongest clubs". But it's certainly true that Dortmund's daring style posed a challenge. Teams had to find a way of dealing with such intensity and enthusiasm.


Dortmund were at times unstoppable in the Bundesliga

When Pep Guardiola first travelled to Dortmund as Bayern Munich coach in November 2013, he stunned observers by eschewing the passing game that is his trademark. In an attempt to escape Klopp's gegenpressing, his players did the unthinkable – they hoofed the ball upfield. "I have watched Bayern many times," Klopp said after the game. "I don't think they have played so many long balls in three years."

The most celebrated and innovative manager of his generation had decided to betray his principles in an effort to counter Klopp's tactical system. It was the highest compliment a coach can be paid.

Tactics corner (by Michael Cox)

Jurgen Klopp’s period with Dortmund came to an underwhelming end with a cup final defeat to Wolfsburg, at the end of a terrible league campaign when the club briefly flirted with relegation. But two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League final means Klopp remains hugely respected.

"The key to his approach is energy. At their peak, Dortmund did everything at incredible speed: their defensive transitions, their attacking transitions, their pressing high up the pitch in order to regain possession immediately. Dortmund were cohesive enough to play very compact, and yet be extremely dynamic with their collective movement across the pitch, and in full flow it was a wonderful sight.

"Initially a 4-2-3-1 man, Klopp later experimented with 4-3-3 and 4-3-1-2, and occasionally switched between a four- and a three-man defence. Sometimes, it felt like he changed too much, too often, and questions must be asked about Klopp’s expertise in the transfer market too – Robert Lewandowski’s replacements simply weren’t up to it.
"But as a training-ground coach and a tactician, Klopp is rightly revered across the continent. As with many of the managers currently regarded amongst the elite, the question is whether his methods will transfer to other clubs."

www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fourfourtwos-50-best-football-managers-world-2015-no6#:MhAzzjReUHPb1Q

[G]

Best thing I heard about all this is they were dead set against Klopp but they listened to the fans, listened to what Klopp had to say and decided based on that. Good to know they listen.

[Exiled_red]

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.

Is that even possible? I assumed if he was loaned for a season that was it - unless we put a clause into the deal that he could come back in January (or some other specified time) if that was the wish of either club.

[The_weatherman]

Is that even possible? I assumed if he was loaned for a season that was it - unless we put a clause into the deal that he could come back in January (or some other specified time) if that was the wish of either club.

Next summer he'll come back in at least and I think he'll fit in well.

[Bender]

Got to Love Klopps passion
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