Daddy Cool - Klopp's Solid Liverpool Start
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." Sigmund Freud, the only man whose slips are more famous than Gerrard'sWhen noted head-shrinker, Sigismund Schlomo Freud, developed his theory of treating psychopathology by engaging in dialogue with his patients, the cocaine fancying Austrian quickly established himself as the father of psychoanalysis. This clinical method, which stressed the importance of the father in the development of …
Liverpool's Great Scoring Crisis
The past week has seen one of the most meteoric rises in optimism and excitement within the Liverpool FC community in recent memory. The source of this is obviously the appointment of charismatic German Jürgen Klopp, and a very quick glance at my Twitter feed will prove that I’ve been as swept along with the hype as pretty much everyone else.
However, I feel it is important to remember why we have had this change of manager: there are currently …
Tottenham 0 Liverpool 0: Player Ratings
The last two weeks have been about Liverpool's new manager, Jurgen Klopp. The attention on him has been extreme without his team having even kicked a ball so it was a relief to get an actual game going. Though it was a scoreless draw, we saw a few glimpses of what Klopp's approach towards the game would be, with team work coming out as the biggest positive.
Simon Mignolet - 6.5 The manager might have changed, but Mignolet followed up …
Spurs vs Liverpool: LIVE Post Match Call In!
Hello and welcome to the first ever LIVE post match call in on the AnfieldIndex Channel!
Today on the Nina Kauser Show, Nina welcomes Gags Tandon and Andy Wales to discuss all the major events on the game at White Hart Lane! Not only that the LIVE show will have callers joining in to ask questions to the panel to discuss Jurgen Klopp's first game in charge!
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The "Fun In Their Eyes" - Klopp Wants Confident Reds
"Let’s run and fight and shoot, defend together and attack together, like your best dream about what football looks like." Jürgen Klopp, bearded German football mentalist/philosopher "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go." Oscar Wilde, unbearded Irish literary genius/philosopherEarly this morning, on the eve of Jürgen Klopp’s first match as the new leader of the Redmen, and as this column was being conceived, your scribbler was part of a giddily whimsical Twitter exchange with …
Tottenham vs Liverpool Preview: Stats, Tactics and Team News
The Jürgen Klopp International Break of epic proportions. It was all going so well. Undefeated for a start, aced his opening press conference, hates the paparazzi and spends too much time in city centre restaurants and bars. Then the news started filtering through about Danny Ings' knee injury, compounded by the news on Wednesday evening that Joe Gomez was also out for the rest of the season. It is devastating news for both players, and just imagine for a second …
Comparing Defence and Attack - Klopp Against Rodgers
A lot has been written over the past week or so about what Jurgen Klopp brings to Liverpool and how he compares to the recently departed, not from this Earth, Brendan Rodgers. Their styles have been looked at and analysed, lots of theories have been discussed about how the German messiah may evolve Liverpool into a gegenpressing machine and it's been taken for granted, almost viewed as a given, that Jurgen Klopp will improve Liverpool. The man himself has acknowledged …
Jurgen Klopp's Tactical Permutations & Pellegrini: Links 4-2-3-1
Back in 2013, Jürgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund made it all the way to the Champions League final at Wembley. For many this was the season which defined him.
The increased visibility offered by their impressive run in the world's most coveted football competition, made people sit up and take note of the man, his team, and his tactics.
Prior to this, the German coach had won consecutive Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012, and also picked up the German Cup …
Divock Origi: To Be Saved By The Boss?
The arrival of Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool has kick-started a sense of euphoria surrounding the club and it's hard not to understand why. The German boss seems to have all the answers to Liverpool’s on-field problems and there's a sense of hope returning to the forgotten fortress of Anfield.
Under Brendan Rodgers, there was often some lost players in the squad; players who were always over-looked, utilised ineffectively or simply disliked by Rodgers. Divock Origi, the young forward, was signed …
The Power of Youth: Klopp's Transfer Magic
With a clamour and a beaming grin, most Liverpool supporters now have a horizon to look to. Where the dark shroud engulfed the fields of Anfield Road, a descent into limbo embodied by a broken regime, the inverse has now created a sense of real optimism about Liverpool Football Club, for what seems like the first time in a long time.
In reality, it was a mere two years ago that a revolution was seemingly tearing through Anfield; its leader …