Gegenpressing has become a buzzword in football. It's one of those words that makes people think you're a football hipster if you know what it means
"Why are you saying Gegenpressing? Why not just call it pressing?"
I'm sure many of you are familiar with the term now but for those that aren't the term...
“I am the normal one” - the words that endeared every Liverpool fan to Klopp. Not that it was needed. Jurgen had already arrived with much acclaim. It’s been a long time since a Liverpool manager was so revered.
The smile, the turned up jeans, the funky glasses. The moment he grabbed Ian Ayre and...
For those of you who are unaware, I spent many of my formative years in Germany, growing up with the British Army, where I was lovingly known as a ‘Pad Brat’. It was during my time there that I formed a soft spot for two Bundesliga clubs: Hamburger SV and Borussia Dortmund.
The interest with...
"We have to change from doubter to believer. Now!"
Jürgen Klopp, clever German bloke
"I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief."
Immanuel Kant, another clever German bloke
When it comes to carving out a unique niche in the over-congested world of football 'personalities,' Jürgen Norbert Klopp has it down. His predecessor, Brendan...
When many think of Jurgen Klopp they think of counter attacking football. They think of a team in yellow buzzing around the final third of the pitch in the hunt for the ball. They think of a 4231 formation. It's what he was famed for as he took a mid-table Dortmund side and transformed...
At White Hart Lane on Tottenham’s High Road, Liverpool’s latest hotly anticipated football revolution will begin again. Perhaps not in the sparkling splendour of the blistering sunshine of August 2004, when a trim and sharply dressed Rafa Benitez first stepped out into the away dugout as the new LFC manager, embarking on his mission...
Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
Iago, Othello
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Buddha
Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.
Malcolm X
When Moses wandered back down off...
I’ll start by saying he’s not a Zanussi washing machine!
What can make us different from our competitors? We have the same view of all the players, managers, staff and other things out there as the next club so what are the dividing lines that make us what we are? Theoretically, it is a combination...
I’ve ummed and aaarghed about writing this. It’s a personal tale really, but that’s sometimes what’s needed to express thanks to someone.
Many years ago, in 2008 to be precise, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. That illness effects my heart and the initial prognosis wasn’t great. As you can imagine, the news shook...
“I like the total intensification , when there are crashes and bangs everywhere, a sense of all of nothing, pure adrenaline and no one being able to breathe."
Jürgen Klopp, Die Zeit, 2012
"He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy."
Brian's Mother, The Life of Brian
There's a reasonably well known anecdote from the world's biggest...
