Thomas Gronnemark and the Ever Evolving Jürgen Klopp
When it was announced towards the tail end of last season that Jurgen Klopp’s long-time deputy, Zeljko Buvac, would stand down from his position for the foreseeable future for “personal reasons” there was a disturbingly popular school of thought that this could have a detrimental effect on both Klopp and Liverpool. Many pointed to Liverpool’s lack of trophies after the club’s last world class manager, Rafael Benitez, parted ways with his assistant manager, the popular Pako Ayestaran, as justification for …
Can a Year of Drama be Punctuated by One Decisive Night?
From entertaining spectacles on the pitch, embarrassments off of it; Liverpool has been a bigger source for drama than Netflix lately. Will the Champions League final test our cardiovascular health once more or could the punctuation mark on this season be a decisive one?
Jurgen Klopp and his team appear so relaxed in the lead up to the final it almost looks artificial, posing for stock-photo worthy pics by the beach in Marbella.
That laid-back demeanour is surprising as Liverpool …
Klopp And Lijnders Plotting Success
There's a lot of talk about spectrums these days. Sexuality, politics, autism - nearly everything, it seems, is subject to a scale or gradation. I have discovered recently, for example, that I am annoyingly close to the unpleasant end of the spectrum determining the severity of damage to one's brain as a result of migraines. Ah, you say, THAT explains so much about the column over the year, and you'd be right. It seems only natural, then, to think of ourselves …
Tactical Flexibility: Klopp's and Rodgers'
Jürgen Klopp was showered with praise on his arrival at Liverpool Football Club. The charismatic former Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05 coach was lauded for his compelling style of football and infectious enthusiasm for the game.
Despite the generally buoyant reception, there were - perhaps sensibly - some commentators who warned that the man isn't perfect.
Klopp himself said as much as the media fawned over him in his first press-conference as Liverpool manager.
“Does anyone in this room think …
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 …