Lallana in Pyjamas » Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:56 pm wrote:ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:55 pm wrote:As others have mentioned Rafa had a lot on his plate when he first arrived (e.g the man who brought him to the club Moores having to sell up because he had no money, Owen and Gerrard wanting out, inheriting a squad full of overpriced flops like Diouf, Diao, Cheyrou, Biscan, Vignal, Le Tallec, Pongolle etc etc) so it's difficult to compare.
Jurgen's teams definitely play a more exciting brand of football I'd say that. Rafa did let the fans know that the club had been bought by a pair of carpetbaggers when he could have easily sat there and taken a wage though.
They are both great managers, we've been very lucky on that score.
Hopefully the club won't make the same mistake that we did with Rafa and let Jurgen slip through our fingers. They should build a Shankly-esque dynasty around him.
Do you not remember the squad Klopp had when he arrived? The club had just spent £32 mil on Benteke !!
Klopp improved EVERYONE he trains. He lifts them mentally and technically And that's reflected by the fact that his first game (against Spurs of all people
) featured some of the players who won us the CL and notched up 97 points.
Liverpool’s starting 11 v Spurs 2015 (we drew 0-0)
Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Sakho, Moreno, Leiva, Can, Milner, Lallana, Coutinho, Origi
Subs: Toure, Allen, Ibe, Bogdan, Sinclair, Vilaca Teixeira, Randall
But we were rudderless. No direction on the field and or with transfers. We had wasted over 100 million on Benteke, Markovic, Balotelli, Sakho and Ings.
Klopp had his work cut out