Topic: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

[Barefoot Doctor]

Betfair is interesting.  Alonso now out to 8-1, Amorim is favourite with DeZebri 2nd,
Gary O’Neil is 3rd favourite….lol..or am I missing something.
He’s 15-1 mind.

Hughes binned him last summer so that feels a particularly outlandish shout even before you get to questioning his actual credentials.

[Andar]

Beyond him it's looking very weak and it's a case of begging Ljinders to take it.

Think i might just take that over Amorim actually.

Let's just carry on with our current blueprint and see where it leads us.

[amir87]

Betfair is interesting.  Alonso now out to 8-1, Amorim is favourite with DeZebri 2nd,
Gary O’Neil is 3rd favourite….lol..or am I missing something.
He’s 15-1 mind.

Since our impending Sporting Director sacked O’Neil it would certainly be something if he thinks he’s the right man for us a year later. More chance of us going to Bournemouth and approaching Iraola.

[cheesemason]

Call me crazy but I would be up for Stevie over all these other names being mentioned now

Okay, you’re crazy

[Evil Red]

What's so funny lol if it doesn't work out he can be Xabi's assistant the following season!

[Eeyore]

He’s managed one club.  It was an unmitigated disaster.  I can see why they’d want someone with more experience as a number one.

Ljinders won 11 of his 22 games at NEC and lost in the playoff semi-final. I think calling it an unmitigated disaster is a bit of a stretch.

[Dim Glas]

What's so funny lol if it doesn't work out he can be Xabi's assistant the following season!

At Madrid? 

He’s shite.

[TepidT2O]

Ljinders won 11 of his 22 games at NEC and lost in the playoff semi-final. I think calling it an unmitigated disaster is a bit of a stretch.

fair cop Al.

 But it’s didn’t go great

[Fromola]

Think i might just take that over Amorim actually.

Let's just carry on with our current blueprint and see where it leads us.

I know he's adamant he's leaving with Klopp but Klopp could talk him into it if it was on the cards.

Not exactly ideal anyway but preferable to a lot of the no-marks being banded about.

[skipper757]

Knows the PL.  Shown admiration for our support even after leaving the league.  Proven track record.  Available this summer.

Step right up, Jose Mourinho.

[Garlic Red]

And the final is 14th July. Germany may not make the final (or semis only a few days earlier) but we need a manager in place for the start of pre-season and in situ preparing for the job in June.

It could be difficult but not unthinkable that we’re OK with that and wait for him. I’m sure he’ll bring a team of people in and he can let them start pre season if he ends up having a deep run with Germany. I agree it’s not ideal but if the club think he’s the best candidate, they’ll wait a few weeks rather than dismiss him because he has to start a few weeks later than preferred.

[DelTrotter]

Not to downplay Amorim's achievement of winning the league

And posts yet another essay doing just that 

You sound like a Benfica fan

[TipTopKop]

Fuck it, time to go to plan B (which to me was always plan A).

Where's Chopper?

[Evil Red]

Knows the PL.  Shown admiration for our support even after leaving the league.  Proven track record.  Available this summer.

Step right up, Jose Mourinho.

Now that is crazy 😂

[amir87]

But thats exactly it, with Amorim he is young and has a league title under his belt in a weak league. If our ability to be a top side is what everyone is worried about then everyone should fill you with dread.

I’m not expecting us to compete for the title next season if I’m being completely honest. Jurgen’s a once in a generation Manager and whilst we have a very good group of players, he’s undoubtedly the main reason we’ve still been able to compete, despite having significantly less resources then the cheats.

[danm77]

Disappointing news about Alonso. Should make him an offer he can’t refuse.

[Fromola]

Links to the likes of O'Neil and De Zerbi. I think i'd rather Marco Silva from a PL club if it's that desperate.

[Bread]

Honestly, beyond Amorim, it's looking pretty bleak out there. I'd be intrigued by Inzaghi if he was an option. I also don't hate Nagelsmann as much as a lot of others on here, but he'd be my reluctant 4th choice.

De Zerbi fills me with pessimism, and everyone beyond that feels like a rogue shout at best. Can't say any one of Thomas Frank, Unai Emery or Ange Postecoglu fill me with excitement either.

For anyone looking for the roguest of shouts, Bet365 currently have Abel Xavier at 40/1 for some reason. His last managerial job was the Mozambique national team in 2019, if anyone's still pining for a former player to make a glorious return.

[Samie]

Ain;t a tax dodger.

[Draex]

Links to the likes of O'Neil and De Zerbi. I think i'd rather Marco Silva from a PL club if it's that desperate.

What’s our doctor up to these days?

Dr dr, I feel a pair of curtains..

O do fucking pull yourself together

[killer-heels]

I’m not expecting us to compete for the title next season if I’m being completely honest. Jurgen’s a once in a generation Manager and whilst we have a very good group of players, he’s undoubtedly the main reason we’ve still been able to compete, despite having significantly less resources then the cheats.

Yep. To add to that, a lot of our top level players are the wrong side of 30. I think people are underestimating the level of transition the side is due for in the next two-three seasons.

The good thing is presumably there will still be a lot of people behind the scenes who know what they are doing apart from the new Sporting Director (in the sense he isnt proven here).

[Draex]

Ain;t a tax dodger.

And his house is still standing.

[alonsoisared]

And posts yet another essay doing just that 

You sound like a Benfica fan

you really hate it when people post more than a few words don't you?

[Samie]

you really hate it when people post more than a few words don't you?

The guy shits on Liverpool FC evreytime. Weird fucker.

[jc68]

Paging Rafa Benitez ?

[Samie]

Paging Rafa Benitez ?

This isn't the 00's anymore my friend.

[Samie]

Ruben Amorim is now the strong front-runner for the Liverpool job.

[@LewisSteele_]

[DelTrotter]

you really hate it when people post more than a few words don't you?

When it contains some of the grim shit you write in the chants thread absolutely!

[Wabaloolah]

Media briefing that Alonso not on our shortlist, as we don’t think he will be available this summer 

maybe that's what we are telling them, that Times article also claims that Michael Edwards is now CEO of FSG not CEO of football.

It may be true it may not but until we announce our next manager nothing is yet certain.

We might know more when Leverkusen seal the Bundesliga

[calvin]

Call me crazy but I would be up for Stevie over all these other names being mentioned now

You're batshit crazy

[Andar]

Seriously what the effin hell is wrong with Klopp!? We have a good thing going and he's packing it in like a twat. Actually annoyed at him for the first time.

Take some anti-aging supplements or something. Top up on B12 for energy. Apparently it's good for an energy boost.

Ginseng, Zinc, Ashwaganda, L-Citrulline, Beetroot powder, L-Tyrosine, Maca powder, CoQ10. I mean this is just a lazy google search, but i'm sure there must be something out there.

Fucks sake.

[Samie]

Michael Edwards first choice was going to be Amorim anyway I think. 

[duvva 💅]

I’m not expecting us to compete for the title next season if I’m being completely honest. Jurgen’s a once in a generation Manager and whilst we have a very good group of players, he’s undoubtedly the main reason we’ve still been able to compete, despite having significantly less resources then the cheats.

I think if we get the right guy whoever that is, we’ll be in excellent shape to keep challenging for things.

Yes it might be too much to expect us to win things straight away, but equally I don’t think there should be a big drop off. That might indicate we’ve got the wrong person in.

There’s so much potential in this squad that I really don’t see us falling away. As long as we get the right person we could be better than we are now within a couple of seasons

[danm77]

If not Alonso, then it has to be Amorim. No one else ticks enough boxes.

[eddiedingle]

I'm a petty bastid so I hope Leverkusen fall apart and throw the league away and we trounce them in the Europa league final if we both get there.

[alonsoisared]

This isn't the 00's anymore my friend.

send him a WhatsApp?

[MBL?]

I really doubt the amorim buyout is as much as rumoured. Would love to know what klopps is.

[killer-heels]

If not Alonso, then it has to be Amorim. No one else ticks enough boxes.

What box does Amorim tick? Are you an avid Portuguese League watcher?

[Samie]

What box does Amorim tick? Are you an avid Portuguese League watcher?

There's numeorus articles and matches for you to watch of Sporting Lisbon if you could be bothered to watch and read.

[killer-heels]

I think if we get the right guy whoever that is, we’ll be in excellent shape to keep challenging for things.

Yes it might be too much to expect us to win things straight away, but equally I don’t think there should be a big drop off. That might indicate we’ve got the wrong person in.

There’s so much potential in this squad that I really don’t see us falling away. As long as we get the right person we could be better than we are now within a couple of seasons

I think one thing to factor in is that whilst we have some excellent footballers, our best ones are actually quite old now and our youngest of that cohort having some contract questions. Any new manager may have to move this side forward with the likes of Salah, Van Dijk, Robertson etc starting to be past their top level form.

Its a big challenge.