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song for Klopp on RAWK some real stinkers but this made me laugh..
He's Red
He's lippy
His grandad bombed our chippy
Jürgen Klopp, Jürgen Klopp.
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Stan Boardman likes this.removing all the weak links makes us stronger
too many gutless players, no beef or desire. pussies everywhere... sack them all.Comment
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[ame="https://youtu.be/FjEnLrjVnR0"]LFC Fans reaction to Klopp press conference - YouTube[/ame]Comment
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Wish the Tottenham game would hurry.The times they are a changin'.Comment
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"That's how I found myself on the Kop that day I had my blue-and-white scarf safely tucked away inside my coat as I listened to Liverpool songs and swayed with the masses.
Then City scored and I screeched and this big bloke, a Liverpool supporter, made towards me and I thought he was going to throttle me. But he just pulled my scarf from under my coat so it lay on the outside, and said: "You should always be proud of your colours, lad."
Lee Chapman - Arsenal and England defenderComment
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Genuinely excited for the first time since Rafa took over. Including Rafa, all our recent managers have either been gambles or the club had no decent structural platform for them to work with. Now we have a top man and a united club to provide the scaffolding for the guy to go and do it.
Can't stop grinning. To hell with the usual pessimism and caution. This is it.Comment
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I dont think 1 week is enough time for him to make them play how he wants. Theres every chance we could get a spanking while their brains shift in and out of new and old tactics.Comment
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‘Players must feel they are ready to die in the game’
Tony Barrett
Last updated at 12:01AM, October 10 2015
Klopp says possession football of Rodgers era will be replaced by ‘full throttle’ approach
With a clap of the hands for added emphasis, the era of death by football that had been ushered in by Brendan Rodgers was brought to a brutal halt. Jürgen Klopp made no direct criticism of his predecessor, but nor did he make any secret of his divergence from the Northern Irishman’s methods. The days of resting on the ball are over. From now on, Liverpool are going “full throttle”.
This was Klopp’s St Francis of Assisi moment. Where there was possession, he is going to bring passion. Where there is defensive discord he intends to bring harmony. Where there is a reluctance to tackle, he wants a physical intensity. No longer will Liverpool win friends but not games with the quality of their football. Heavy metal is about to replace soft rock as the music of choice at Anfield.
After claiming that he would not discuss football until he had spoken with his new players, Klopp could not resist yesterday. A way of playing was not just outlined, it was detailed to the nth degree. It was not a team talk but had the feel of one, tactical nuance sprinkled with the language and gesticulations of the dressing room. If Liverpool play nearly as well as their new manager talks, they will be a team to be reckoned with.
“I am not the guy who is going to go out and shout, ‘We are going to conquer the world!’ or something like this. We will conquer the ball. Yes? Each f***ing time!” Klopp said. “We will chase the ball. We will run more, fight more. We will work more together, better together. We will have better organisation in defence than the other teams.
“We have to find our own way to play. The result is only at the end. Our performances have to be enjoyable for ourselves. I don’t want to tackle too rough, but if there is a tackle that is legal, that is a good tackle that gets the ball, it’s like a goal, if you want? Yeah! The players have to get the feeling in the game that, I don’t know, they can die in the game. What I want is to be a real special team.”
It was intensity and a win-at-all-costs attitude, as much as individual brilliance, that Rodgers’s team lost when Luis Suárez left to join Barcelona in July last year, and it never returned. Liverpool went from being the team who no one wanted to play to one who lost the idea of how they wanted to play. For all his best efforts, Rodgers could not reclaim what had gone before and ultimately he stopped believing that he could with the “tools” at his disposal.
Klopp, though, begs to differ. “I believe in the potential of this team,” he said. “There are four or five strikers you can work with when they are not injured, midfielders, defenders, the goalkeeper is really good. You can be as good as you want, but you always have to play against other teams. If they are better, you have to bring them to your level. If you can do that, you can kill every team. If they are not so good, you have to win. That is football.
“The most important thing for the development is the start. It is only important we play our own game, let the players feel the confidence and the trust of the people. It is a real important thing that the players feel the difference from now on. They have to think they can reach the expectations of all the people, of all the fans, of the press. We have to change from doubters to believers. We have to change our performance and stop thinking about money. It is only about football. If you want to enjoy the game, you have to prepare for this. If you come to the game, you want to see fighting spirit, many shots, and the result is only the result of these things.”
Having been appointed largely on the basis that he does not feel the squad he inherits requires an overhaul, Klopp’s vote of confidence in his new players was to be expected, particularly as he has no option but to work with them until January at least. But he also laid down parameters for their existence, expectations of how they go about their job that go over and above the need for instant results. Gegenpressing, the idea of winning the ball as high up the field as possible that was fundamental to his success at Borussia Dortmund, will be key. That approach, according to Klopp, will allow the synergy between crowd and team that has been lost of late to be restored.
“We will start to play very emotional football. It is important at Anfield,” Klopp said. “You can’t have the best atmosphere in the world and play like this [passing side to side]. It doesn’t work. Everyone talks about ball possession. It is time to restart.
“Everyone knows me, I don’t change in the four months I have been on sabbatical. It is emotion inside, it is speed, it is a transition game, so you will see this. We have to see how much time we need. In this time we have to win, to make points, but it is not the time to promise. Let’s start work and speak next week. Let’s be concentrated on football from now on.”
Shape up or ship out
Daniel Sturridge Having watched the Merseyside derby, Klopp will know that Sturridge’s workrate does not always match up to his finishing skills. As his fitness returns, the striker will be expected to become the spearhead of Liverpool’s pressing game, despite that being a part of his own game that doesn’t always come naturally.
Simon Mignolet Klopp described Mignolet as a great goalkeeper yesterday, a morale boosting assessment if not one that many observers would agree with, but the Belgium player will now be expected to play a higher line whenever Liverpool press, a situation he seems ill equipped to cope with.
Christian Benteke Klopp had Benteke watched while in charge of Borussia Dortmund but did not pursue his interest with one possible reason being the forward appearing unsuited to pressing and harassing.
In his own words
On his career I am the Normal One. I was a very average player, became a manager in Germany at a special club, Mainz, then I had a great opportunity to take Dortmund, a special club for seven years.
On liverpool’s illustrious past Expectations can be a really big problem, it’s like a backpack with 20 kilos more.
On discipline It is better to have 11 players do the same thing wrong than everybody doing what they want.
On making the club great again It’s the biggest challenge in world football. But I was never the guy for the easy way.
On criticism of transfer policy We have to change from doubters to believers. We have to change our performance of course but stop thinking about money.
On delegating I am not a genius. I don’t know more than the rest of the world. I need other people to get perfect information.
On the media All the people tell me about the British press so it is up to you to show me they are all liars.
On tackling I don’t want to tackle too rough but if there is a tackle that is legal, that is a good tackle that gets the ball, it’s like a goal, if you want? Yeeaaah!
On signings OK, there is much money. You don’t have to spend all the money! You can hold it and make something else.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/...cle4581815.ece
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