Quote from: NAG1 on Today at 03:01:59 PMQuote from: Turf on Today at 02:58:21 PMQuote from: NAG1 on Today at 02:45:48 PMThey hadn't won any league titles in the 30 years previous, 1 in 9 isn't bad considering!Quote from: Turf on Today at 01:17:41 PMMaybe he will stand in the centre circle and tell the fans their job now is to support the new manager aka 'the chosen one'.
Klopp is leaving Liverpool far better than he found them. If he had would nothing else apart from the Premier League he would still be considered a legend imo. The fact he won everything there was to win (apart from the Europa League obvs) means he will go down as one of the greatest managers the club has ever had.
Certainly whomever comes in has big boots to fill but they should be given time because it's probably going to take next season at the least to find his feet at such a big club.
Genuinely intrigued that Liverpool fans will hold him in such high esteem, or maybe is it recency bias? He delivered one league title in 9 years?
I get that he is an iconic figure and was box office and even fans of other teams will miss him from the EPL.
I'm actually genuinely intrigued about how someone couldn't see him as anything other than a success at the club but sure each to their own I'm not here to change anyone's opinion on him.
Liverpool fans will hold him in the highest of esteems and probably won't care what any other fans think.
I was just curious, I know he is a bit of a cult figure. Just wondered if looking back it will be with a bit of regret that it was only one title.
That being said United would take a single title at the moment any season.
There is only so much you can do when your resources are limited and those of your opponent are limitless. For example, even if he'd wanted to come, was there a remote prospect that Liverpool could afford the financial package required to attract someone like Erling Haaland? Pep is arguably the greatest coach of the modern era, but would he have done any better at Liverpool than Klopp has done in the circumstances?
From where he started, Klopp resurrected Liverpool in a manner not seen since Shankly. They were arguably the best team in the world in 2019/20, five years after ending a season and Steven Gerrard's PL career with a 1-6 loss to Stoke.
Placed in the context of what he was up against, I'd think there's a good argument to be made that Klopp is Liverpool's second best ever manager after Shankly. Third after Shankly and Paisley is a no-brainer.
And yeah, his personality and charisma helped with the fans, but surely that's also part of why he is so successful as a coach in the first place?