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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9080 on: April 19, 2024, 11:19:44 am »
Xavi?
Get it's a joke, but interested where he ends up. Won La Liga in his first full season after turning it round after he got appointed. Best xg difference in all 3 seasons with what I'd say is a worse squad than Real Madrid's. Kind of surprised he's not been linked to any other jobs yet

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9081 on: April 19, 2024, 11:21:10 am »
Emery wpuld be a good apointment really would get the best out of our attack.
Xavi at Barca done well they have terrible recruitment

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9082 on: April 19, 2024, 11:25:45 am »
Wow, Nagelsmann has signed a new Germany deal
I sorta expected that, given their upturn in form. He would have been mad to go back to Bayern barely a year after they got rid of him.

I think it's good news for Jurgen, as he'll get a proper break now rather than jump back in to the German job next autumn. Spend some time with the family back home, boss, and if der nationalmannschaft come looking for him in 2026, that might be the one job to lure him back into work.
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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9083 on: April 19, 2024, 11:31:38 am »
Wow, Nagelsmann has signed a new Germany deal
Great news for us.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9084 on: April 19, 2024, 11:34:02 am »
wonder where will klopp go in a year?

Think he might comeback to us if we dont do too well next year.
Cant see him going to Italy maybe back to Dortmund

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9085 on: April 19, 2024, 11:35:01 am »
wonder where will klopp go in a year?

Think he might comeback to us if we dont do too well next year.
Cant see him going to Italy maybe back to Dortmund

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9086 on: April 19, 2024, 11:35:01 am »
wonder where will klopp go in a year?

Think he might comeback to us if we dont do too well next year.
Cant see him going to Italy maybe back to Dortmund



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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9087 on: April 19, 2024, 11:40:09 am »


Hopefully he's still in a spa! What a toll this job has.

He deserves so much better when you think how close he took us to multiple titles. When he goes the usual suspects will say he should have won more, not even mentioning the 115 Charges FC.
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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9088 on: April 19, 2024, 11:43:52 am »
Some mad takes on this manager, id give up one of my twins for him to stay.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9089 on: April 19, 2024, 12:27:18 pm »
Great news.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9090 on: April 19, 2024, 12:28:02 pm »
Thoughts on when we'll find out who the next manager is?  Will they wait until after the final game so that all of the attention is rightly on Klopp and the team as we try to finish strong and win the league?  Or, will we find out earlier?

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9091 on: April 19, 2024, 12:46:24 pm »
Thoughts on when we'll find out who the next manager is?  Will they wait until after the final game so that all of the attention is rightly on Klopp and the team as we try to finish strong and win the league?  Or, will we find out earlier?

I think we might get a bomba from the reliable journalists maybe next month - ala "[Insert manager] looks set/most likely to be the new Liverpool manager next season" - but I don't think we'll get an official announcement until a good few weeks after the season is finished, probably June. The club will rightly want to focus on Klopp and what he's done for us for a little while after the season is done, rather than jumping to announce his replacement. Plus, no guarantee we'll actually have someone definitively in place by the the final game of the season...

What we might see is an announcement that our top choice is standing down from their current job, so I guess maybe we'd know earlier? Mind you Sporting's last game of the season isn't until 26 May...

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9092 on: April 19, 2024, 01:01:10 pm »
Thoughts on when we'll find out who the next manager is?  Will they wait until after the final game so that all of the attention is rightly on Klopp and the team as we try to finish strong and win the league?  Or, will we find out earlier?

Think it depends more on what that manager is doing right now, then on us. He probably doesn't want to disrupt a team that's likely also at a very important point of their season.

Also I don't think we could announce a new manager before the last game. It'd undermine Klopp, if a game isn't going to plan, thede'd be loads of people asking why the new guy wasn't already involved etc.
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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9093 on: April 19, 2024, 01:19:40 pm »
Thoughts on when we'll find out who the next manager is?  Will they wait until after the final game so that all of the attention is rightly on Klopp and the team as we try to finish strong and win the league?  Or, will we find out earlier?

Amorim will have the league sown up soon, but has a cup final on 26 May (a week after Klopp's final game). I'd expect if it's him that the official announcement will come after that match with Porto, probably very early June. But I think the direction of travel will be clearer much earlier, if it isn't already.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9094 on: April 19, 2024, 01:28:55 pm »
He deserves so much better when you think how close he took us to multiple titles. When he goes the usual suspects will say he should have won more, not even mentioning the 115 Charges FC.
Most managers leave by getting fired though. That's the norm, and it's a select few that choose to leave.
He will still leave on a very positive note, although not the fairytale ending we had hoped for

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9095 on: April 19, 2024, 01:33:06 pm »
Most managers leave by getting fired though. That's the norm, and it's a select few that choose to leave.
He will still leave on a very positive note, although not the fairytale ending we had hoped for

That was never realistic considering the prime job was rebuilding the midfield, because we've been at the top of the league it feels far worse than what it actually should to my mind.
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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9096 on: April 19, 2024, 01:46:05 pm »
Well he is done, said so himself.

This is a key point that some people are overlooking. It's the reason he's leaving.

But it doesn't mean this is the reason for our current funk. Last season was terrible for us. This season was supposed to be about rebuilding, with a whole new midfield. Taking the season as a whole, we're massively overachieving, especially when you consider the injuries we've had. It does look like we've run out of steam now, but without Klopp's management this season, we'd probably be languishing around the same level as Chelsea in the table.

I do think a change will be good for us though. I've long thought that a large part of the reason for the mess United are in (for over 10 years now) is down to Ferguson staying on too long. Nine years feels like a long time for one person to be manager of a football club. Nothing lasts forever and if Klopp is at the end of his tether, things won't improve if he stays.

What makes it hard is that there clearly isn't anyone out there of Klopp's calibre who can take over. But I'm excited to see what next season brings for us. I get why some people are saying they're done with football after this season, because of the bigger picture with the corruption in the game at the highest levels and despicable nation states owning clubs, but I could never stop supporting Liverpool and I think there's lots to be optimistic about if we do get Amorim.

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But only for a year. Lots of stress taking on the cheats year after year, so a rest would do him good.

Nah, it's time for him to walk away from the game for good. As others have said, he's earned it. It's sad but I don't think we'll see Klopp in a managerial role ever again.

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Still don't see why we can't put our Pep in charge for a season and Klopp has a year off. He's still better than all the managers were linked with.

This has been gone over so many times over the past 200-odd pages. Not sure why it's still an idea in anyone's head.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9097 on: April 19, 2024, 01:53:04 pm »
Still don't see why we can't put our Pep in charge for a season and Klopp has a year off. He's still better than all the managers were linked with.

Quite a few reasons, primarily I think Pep decided to move on himself along with Klopp.

Also Pep failed in his only management job so far, he's got zero experience of managing a small club successfully let alone one of our size, that is a huge risk and I don't agree he is a better prospect v's names linked. He might be as good as a coach but as a manager and all that entails no I don't see it.

He's very wedded to the current tactical set up of inverted fullback (he implemented it at NEC) and bet his salary here on it working. It failed originaly here, he adapted it and it now works well but it's such a plan a and no plan anything else, and its too risky to build around Trent as when Trent doesn't play we look pretty lost. I just think it's too perfect a system and probably needs endless wealth to get the level of players needed to execute it perfectly.

I also (based on nothing firm) don't think he sees eye to eye with the likes of Edwards, Ward, Spearman etc. I think they disagree on what constitutes the right player for the club, especially when you look at the likes of Gakpo, Gravenberch.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9098 on: April 19, 2024, 02:00:51 pm »
wonder where will klopp go in a year?

Think he might comeback to us if we dont do too well next year.
Cant see him going to Italy maybe back to Dortmund

I think we should all just take the man on his word. He wants new perspectives and just to enjoy life and the world for an indefinite period. I don’t bloody blame the great man one bit … football is going to the absolute shitter, and he’s exiting at a good time considering his age, status and wealth. World is his oyster and he can do whatever he wants.

Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s the next German Chanceller, next Germany manager, next Japan manager, next Barcelona manager, next Stuttgart manager … all of this more likely than him making a return to us. He seems the kind of guy that closes a chapter and moves on. Returns are rarely sweet.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9099 on: April 19, 2024, 02:33:22 pm »
Rumour is things are already changing at the training ground for the specs of the next man coming in. I wonder if it still says "Klopp" on the door of the manager's office still?   :D

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9100 on: April 19, 2024, 02:37:18 pm »
Xavi?

Quite frankly shocked why nobody has brought him up as option so far
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« Reply #9101 on: April 19, 2024, 02:37:38 pm »
Great news.

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« Reply #9102 on: April 19, 2024, 02:38:36 pm »
I did not know HArry Kane posted on RAWK and pretended to be a female too.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9103 on: April 19, 2024, 02:39:15 pm »
Rumour is things are already changing at the training ground for the specs of the next man coming in. I wonder if it still says "Klopp" on the door of the manager's office still?   :D

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« Reply #9104 on: April 19, 2024, 02:40:15 pm »
I did not know HArry Kane posted on RAWK and pretended to be a female too.


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« Reply #9105 on: April 19, 2024, 02:44:45 pm »
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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9106 on: April 19, 2024, 02:54:25 pm »
I wonder if Klopp would take the Bayern job

I know obviously they were huge rivals but I don't think he necessarily ruled it out as a job

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« Reply #9107 on: April 19, 2024, 03:01:36 pm »
Did you give away the other twin to make that happen?

Im keeping one twin no matter what, but i have another on the way and that will be reserved for a future sacrifice.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
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« Reply #9109 on: April 19, 2024, 03:28:58 pm »
I wonder if Klopp would take the Bayern job

I know obviously they were huge rivals but I don't think he necessarily ruled it out as a job

Which bit of he's absolutley fucked did you not get? Do you think he's lying when he said he wants a full year out? 

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« Reply #9110 on: April 19, 2024, 03:31:44 pm »
Quite frankly shocked why nobody has brought him up as option so far

Could he be the out of left field option?  As we look around, Amorim seems to be the top option, but if that doesn’t work out, of the remaining names, Xavi doesn’t look so bad and ticks a few boxes.
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« Reply #9111 on: April 19, 2024, 03:32:01 pm »
I've not got kids, is it OK if I sacrifice someone else's kids?

I did once - then they wanted to put me in jail!!

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9112 on: April 19, 2024, 03:32:57 pm »
I wonder if Klopp would take the Bayern job

I know obviously they were huge rivals but I don't think he necessarily ruled it out as a job

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9113 on: April 19, 2024, 03:46:28 pm »
Im keeping one twin no matter what, but i have another on the way and that will be reserved for a future sacrifice.

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« Reply #9114 on: April 19, 2024, 04:27:14 pm »
Does that mean we're back in for De Zerbi? There's no one shorter than him.

We're honestly sleeping on De Zerbi. Would want Amorim first choice but I still maintain De Zerbi would wreak havoc with our players.

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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9116 on: April 19, 2024, 04:31:34 pm »
Rumours that Zidane is going to be the one Bayern want in the Summer.
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« Reply #9117 on: April 19, 2024, 04:32:25 pm »
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« Reply #9118 on: April 19, 2024, 04:46:45 pm »
Good, we don't do bald either.


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Re: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation
« Reply #9119 on: April 19, 2024, 04:50:04 pm »
Good, we don't do bald either.

What's our official position on tidy beards?