Jürgen Klopp

[Kenneth]

Brilliant stuff.

[Paul12]

I am continually reminded of the Paisley principle: replace 2 or 3 players in your team every year by players who are younger and as good (or nearly as good). Ignore that principle and you get the problem Sounness was faced with and Klopp is now faced with.

[baitman]

I am continually reminded of the Paisley principle: replace 2 or 3 players in your team every year by players who are younger and as good (or nearly as good). Ignore that principle and you get the problem Sounness was faced with and Klopp is now faced with.

Agree.
Bob Paisley the smiling assassin.

A nice article about Bob...

It is well known by those around the club at the time that Paisley thought Shankly was much too loyal to the players he had at his disposal, using the fact that players were never fined under his stewardship as example of having a touch too soft to control players, whilst seeking success on multiple stages.

Paisley could have had a point. Although Shankly forged the club into a great name in world football, during the period of 1966-73 his teams never won a trophy. Clearly, although he still won three more trophies after the above time period until he resigned during 1974, there was a stagnation between what the club needed and what the players and management were doing. Could this have been down to the players knowing their manager a little too well? We will never know with any certainty, but Paisley made sure this would never be the case under his stewardship.

Past tales from former players tell us that although he was a quiet and shy man off the field, Paisley took the approach of being able to handle his duties with ruthless efficiency and startling accuracy. A man with strong will and incredible knowledge, former midfielder Graeme Souness stated that Paisley was “the best judge of a player I have ever seen” – not bad for a man often spoken about as merely reaping Shankly’s rewards.

Full article.

https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/12/21/the-understated-unrivalled-perfection-of-bob-paisley/

[Irishnev]

Agree.
Bob Paisley the smiling assassin.

A nice article about Bob...

It is well known by those around the club at the time that Paisley thought Shankly was much too loyal to the players he had at his disposal, using the fact that players were never fined under his stewardship as example of having a touch too soft to control players, whilst seeking success on multiple stages.

Paisley could have had a point. Although Shankly forged the club into a great name in world football, during the period of 1966-73 his teams never won a trophy. Clearly, although he still won three more trophies after the above time period until he resigned during 1974, there was a stagnation between what the club needed and what the players and management were doing. Could this have been down to the players knowing their manager a little too well? We will never know with any certainty, but Paisley made sure this would never be the case under his stewardship.

Past tales from former players tell us that although he was a quiet and shy man off the field, Paisley took the approach of being able to handle his duties with ruthless efficiency and startling accuracy. A man with strong will and incredible knowledge, former midfielder Graeme Souness stated that Paisley was “the best judge of a player I have ever seen” – not bad for a man often spoken about as merely reaping Shankly’s rewards.

Full article.
https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/1...f-bob-paisley/

Am listening to his autobiography right now - most successful British manager ever

[BigChief]

Fecking awesome interview by Klopp. Puts the journalists right in their grimy, murky place.

[Slinky Skills]

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[BigChief]

https://twitter.com/david_conn/statu...51721651908609

Anyone care to dig out Conn's tweets, articles, whatever around that time and shortly after?

[The_weatherman]

Totally agree with Klopp, I see Barnay Ronay is starting to write up a bit on the Saudis and the sportswashing, but Klopp has done more to raise these issues than any other writer today really. I get what Conn means about the documentary, but there was little follow up on that really and little write up on the Saudis or when Abu Dhabi cheat the FFP. This is what journalists should do.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Anyone care to dig out Conn's tweets, articles, whatever around that time and shortly after?

https://www.theguardian.com/football...able-world-cup


https://www.theguardian.com/football...world-cup-2022



https://twitter.com/david_conn/statu...716801?lang=es

[Cormack74]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/11/11/jurgen-klopp-serve-one-match-touchline-ban-successful-fa-appeal/

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp will be banished to the stands this weekend after the Football Association successfully appealed against the punishment for his red card against Manchester City last month.

Klopp will serve a one-match ban for being sent off by referee Anthony Taylor in the latter stages of Liverpool’s 1-0 win over the champions after shouting at the assistant referee Gary Beswick.

The FA charged Klopp with improper conduct and – having accepted he behaved ‘improperly’ – there was an anticipation the coach would be exiled to the stands for at least one fixture.

However, upon considering the case an independent panel determined a £30,000 fine was adequate punishment.

That prompted criticism from several quarters and the FA immediately used their right of appeal to call for a stronger sanction.

It has now been accepted the initial decision was too lenient so Klopp will be absent from the technical area for the visit of Southampton to Anfield on Saturday.

Liverpool will accept the outcome but are understood to disappointed by the decision and also with the process that has to a verdict in such close proximity to the club’s next fixture.

Klopp lost his cool when the assistant failed to award a foul after Mohamed Salah was pulled to ground by Bernardo Silva. He expressed his regret about his behaviour immediately after the game and apologised to Beswick.

“It was my fault but it was not that it was a boring 0-0 and I stood there and went bonkers,” said Klopp when reflecting upon the incident later.

“There is no excuse, I don’t want an excuse, it happened and it was obvious as everyone saw it. That he gave me a red card is absolutely OK.”

The punishment of just a fine provoked strong criticism. Martin Cassidy, chief executive of Ref Support UK, was among those who demanded a firmer stance.

"I'm a Liverpool fan born and bred but this so-called punishment cannot be accepted," Cassidy told Telegraph Sport last month.

“We are just putting Jürgen Klopp on a naughty step and hoping he behaves.”

[BigChief]

Cassidy can call himself a Liverpool fan all he wants. Liverpool fans won't think of him as one of them. I don't.

[Mr Pink]

Cassidy can go **** himself the dirty, stinking, rat *******.

[Le Chef]

TBF here, I was gobsmacked he got off from a touchline ban, the surprise is the appeal was heard and granted less than 24 hours before a game with is harsh.

[Irishnev]

Just an all round good guy

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[Doc_Piptorious]

He is just so easy to like.


Probably has Irish blood in him