Jürgen Klopp

[Fan65]

Sky are going to sign up "Big Sam" next, his experience on players contracts will be invaluable on the panel.

He's also an expert on greed, stupidity & self destruction

[RedReet]

Just paste the address of that tweet into a post and send it out.

Not much else too it

Not working for me.

Wasn't even a particularly interesting Tweet, but seeing as I am this far, it basically said our shots on target ratio for this season is 69.4% (Basically, on average we have 7 shots on target per game and our opponent 3).

He linked this article from when Klopp joined for comparison:

https://tomkinstimes.com/2015/10/jurgen-klopp-can-balance-defence-and-attack/

[Irishnev]

Shame he rarely showed that sharpness and lack of cliches on Irish tv then. Back in the Rafa days all he seemed to do during CL coverage was stick the knife into Rafa and point out all the "mistakes" Rafa was making as a manager.

Whelan was the same back then. Constantly sniping about Rafa and bringing up fabricated transfer figures to make his point.


Was laughable to listen to Houghton and Whelan snipe about Rafa during the CL coverage when it was a comp that Rafa was doing well in more often than not for us. Was made funnier when those two showed how clueless they were about the other teams in the competition.


Great players in their own day, but just a pair of "back in my day" merchants now. Although one thing I will say about Houghton is that he can be very good when it comes to turning up for charity based events and lending his name to increase interest in those events.

They all sniped at Rafa - Houghton included, my point was that he was more intelligent than the other oafs he was bundled in with

[Doc_Piptorious]

They all sniped at Rafa - Houghton included, my point was that he was more intelligent than the other oafs he was bundled in with

I never really noticed that side to him. He seemed pretty clueless on CL nights when talking about teams outside of England, and seemed to fall back on cliches like how English teams have more spirit and fight than "foreign" teams.


He never really stood out to me on Irish tv in terms of being savvy, and that is saying something given some of the guys that would have been on with him at that time.


If anything he came across as a low rent version of some of the "experts" that were on Sky at the time.

[Liverpel]

That's all I saw too. Ronnie Whelan saying something similar, didn't think it was a good idea and you wouldn't catch Ferguson, Guardiola etc doing it. But Whelan is a ****.

Whelan's article was in the Irish Independent on Monday, before Klopp appeared on tv. He could at least have waited until after he'd seen him.

[dom9]

Sky are going to sign up "Big Sam" next, his experience on players contracts will be invaluable on the panel.

He's also an expert on greed, stupidity & self destruction

'Im 'n' 'Arry are perfect for expert analysis on transfer deadline day.

[Irishnev]

I never really noticed that side to him. He seemed pretty clueless on CL nights when talking about teams outside of England, and seemed to fall back on cliches like how English teams have more spirit and fight than "foreign" teams.


He never really stood out to me on Irish tv in terms of being savvy, and that is saying something given some of the guys that would have been on with him at that time.


If anything he came across as a low rent version of some of the "experts" that were on Sky at the time.

Still more articulate than the muppets he was mentioned with JP, I like the low rent sky sports line though

[Daniel 7]

Houghton is one of the biggest fools to ever be allowed to comment on football. He should be banned for idiocy. His stupidity far outweighs anything he might be able to contribute just because he played professional football. I think he's my least favourite ex Red pundit type.

[Irishnev]

Houghton is one of the biggest fools to ever be allowed to comment on football. He should be banned for idiocy. His stupidity far outweighs anything he might be able to contribute just because he played professional football. I think he's my least favourite ex Red pundit type.

I'd put Lawrenson, Whelan and McMahon way ahead of Houghton in terms of annoyance. Whelan the worst of the lot.

I really liked Ray H as a player - maybe it is blinding me!

[Oberon]

So is this thread now a bunch of never was complaining about how some has beens comment?

[spud_gun]

to be fair Houghton is really Scottish

Nope, The Irish are welcome to the wee Judas ****.

[Alex]

So is this thread now a bunch of never was complaining about how some has beens comment?

and now you are commenting on them.

[calvoboy]

Retiring within ten years apparently...

Yeah, they all say that until they get to that age!

[meffin]

He'll have won us 5 league titles and another 5 champions leagues by then, so he'll deserve it

[Oberon]

and now you are commenting on them.

No, asking a question.