This is something that's been repeated by people on here for a good while, as if Klopp's brand of football is particularly predictable and easy to overcome. It's not, obviously.
Did he? So why hasn't it been replicated since?
So what will happen then? An outstanding manager with experience of European football and domestic success is likely to do well.
Go ahead you scouse cnut
And nowhere have I said otherwise. He's clearly a top manager. I just don't think he'll win you the league this season or next. It's just my opinion as I stated previously.
Not like his Dortmund side found themselves fighting their way up from the foot of the table at any point of his tenure there.
Interesting that you use a tiny sample of Klopp's career (was it half a season?) to question his credentials. Am I allowed to mention Mourinho's Chelsea collapse and infer it characterises his abilities?
Black and white - like suggesting Jose 'showed the way at Anfield'. Hardly a statement steeped in nuance and complexity. Just some confirmation bias presented as analysis.
Mourinho's not known for playing the same style of football, wherever he is and whoever he's up against, whereas Klopp is. You can't find Mourinho out because there's nothing to find out. Stifle a Klopp team and that's it for them, it just happens that no one's really managed it as of yet in the PL
A incredible post given Liverpool set up tonight in a fashion I haven't seen before. Adopting the low block, letting centre backs have the ball.
It's not though is it. He showed a tactical set up that managed to nullify your attacking threats. We were the better side for the majority of the match and could have nicked it.
Really? Didn't lay a glove on Liverpool. Set up to not get beat. De Gea produced two outstanding saves. Had a single chance that went 10 yards wide. United did a good job, no question. It was a dire match and a draw was fair but your memory of it is a tad distorted.
lol, its most definitely counterable, every system is.
I think what he is arguing against is the idea that Klopp has a monolithic approach with a clear expiration date and that it is only a matter of time before he gets found out left right and centre.
Wasn't it the following season he did the reverse ? Put everything into the CL at the cost of the BL (still finished 2nd), topped their group, made the final ?
Then you really have no idea who/what Klopp is about do you.
The quality lies within the manager himself. He showed at Dortmund how he can turn ordinary players into extra-ordinary ones. He's now doing likewise with some of our lads. It's like a reverse of David Moyes. Takes over a title winning squad & turns them into dogshit.
Is it really down to us & Chelsea playing fewer games ? Or could it simply be down to the fact we both have top-notch managers who have gotten their respective sides into some sort of momentum ? Would City really be doing any better under Pep if they weren't playing in the CL ? Would United have turned those home draws against Burnley & Stoke into victories without having the exploits of the EL to contend with ? I'm pretty sure if you were to go back over the past 20 or so years you'd find that the team leading the pack at the half-way point would have been playing European football. Of course, that's not to say that over a full season playing fewer matches will be a big advantage. But we're only at the halfway point right now, so I don't believe any such advantage exists at the moment.
I think our draws came after europa league, I also know the only other time pool came close to winning the league was when they were not in europe. The extra rest does help a lot. 6 games in europa league coupled with more training and travelling will have quite an effect on any team. I dont say its the only factor but i think its a very very big factor for both you and chelsea.
5 top signings and we can win both
5 top signings and we can win both
or thatNobody saw this coming from him. Great buy.
The matches you quote were during a period when United were not firing on all cylinders. You've dropped points even when you didn't have a midweek game. Yet recently you've started to hit some good form in which you beat Spurs a few days after playing away to Zorya Luhansk, & you beat Swansea away just after playing away to Fenerbache. So there's no hard evidence, stats, or direct correlation to a side playing in Europe & not performing in the league. It's all about form. & at this moment in time Chelsea & ourselves are in very good form, whereas your side is starting to build up a head of steam.
It's definitely an advantage. Not the only difference as I think the top two are genuinely better but enough to make a difference of a few points.
Yep. He's done a brilliant job thus far.
But haven't Zlatan and Pogba been your best performers so far ? At least the Caf seems to think so.
