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[kazza]

This stinks of the Media and if it's true that the media got wind of it and forced the club into the announcement then there's only one thing we can be sure of...  The f@kking Saudi's (invested interest in City!) have been tipped off by the media about Klopp leaving and there's been a stack of brown envelopes passed around to expose this story and derail the Liverpool charge to the title thus allowing City a clear run through while we sulk around dis-functionally and our season fizzles out.

No other reason the media would hold us to ransom - Saudi cash involved. Mark my words.

I think you mean Emirati cash, the Saudi’s own Newcastle United not Manchester City…. Or maybe you mean Qatari cash, they own PSG. Then again you could mean Kuwaiti cash, they owns Nottingham Forest. Or perhaps Bahraini cash who own Córdoba Club de Fútbol, a Spanish second division club 

[7_Kewell]

There's a rumour he was caught with his pants down.

Eh?

[kazza]

I wish we could just convince Klopp’s staff to stay to give us a year of continuity, surely the staff have the same contract duration as  and will have 18 months left. If it doesn’t work out then we gave it the logical try, then we have a year to assess. I just feel losing Klopp would be awful but losing the staff as well could be too disruptive. I think let Klopp leave, keep the staff and let Pep manage on a caretaker basis and see how it goes, I think that is the smartest move.

Curiously by the coaching staff resigning does that mean they don’t get paid?

[leeroy74]

This stinks of the Media and if it's true that the media got wind of it and forced the club into the announcement then there's only one thing we can be sure of...  The f@kking Saudi's (invested interest in City!) have been tipped off by the media about Klopp leaving and there's been a stack of brown envelopes passed around to expose this story and derail the Liverpool charge to the title thus allowing City a clear run through while we sulk around dis-functionally and our season fizzles out.

No other reason the media would hold us to ransom - Saudi cash involved. Mark my words.

I think you mean Emirati cash, the Saudi’s own Newcastle United not Manchester City…. Or maybe you mean Qatari cash, they own PSG. Then again you could mean Kuwaiti cash, they owns Nottingham Forest. Or perhaps Bahraini cash who own Córdoba Club de Fútbol, a Spanish second division club 

It stinks of the Middle East corruption - trying to derail us so City win it. Either that or it's the media trying to upset us so City win, after all, City are the media darlings.

[red till i die!!]

What will we do without this guy!!

[kazza]

He deserves a stand named after him.

As great as he is I think he will miss us as much if not more than we will miss him. I think this is his pinnacle and Klopp, Liverpool Football Club (and the owners to be fair) are a match made in heaven. I don’t think he will ever have this special a relationship with any other football club. I think he deserves to go down in our history as a legend.

I remember when we knocked Dortmund out of the cup their fans booed him, I cannot see any Liverpool supporter ever booing Klopp.

[damjan193]

Miracle worker.

We are a club known for its miracles though. As kazza says it's a match made in heaven between Liverpool and Klopp.

[bunglemark2]

I don't think Klopp is immune to criticism. Not sure why he made the subs he did against the filth on Sunday, I can only imagine it was because of injuries.
I do think though that the team should have been fired up for this game and Klopp was for me anyway a bit too subdued on the sideline. Maybe he realised the players were jaded, maybe he was simply stunned by how passive they were...
But I was waiting for him to go ballistic at the performances of some out on the pitch..... And he didn't

[woof woof !]

I don't think Klopp is immune to criticism. Not sure why he made the subs he did against the filth on Sunday, I can only imagine it was because of injuries.
I do think though that the team should have been fired up for this game and Klopp was for me anyway a bit too subdued on the sideline. Maybe he realised the players were jaded, maybe he was simply stunned by how passive they were...
But I was waiting for him to go ballistic at the performances of some out on the pitch..... And he didn't

Agree with much of that. As for him being subdued, in the post match press conference he looked absolutely shattered, had me thinking he really wasn't well .

[7_Kewell]

I don't think Klopp is immune to criticism. Not sure why he made the subs he did against the filth on Sunday, I can only imagine it was because of injuries.
I do think though that the team should have been fired up for this game and Klopp was for me anyway a bit too subdued on the sideline. Maybe he realised the players were jaded, maybe he was simply stunned by how passive they were...
But I was waiting for him to go ballistic at the performances of some out on the pitch..... And he didn't

Agree with much of that. As for him being subdued, in the post match press conference he looked absolutely shattered, had me thinking he really wasn't well .

This is what worries me, Klopp is leaving due to health issues.

Hopefully that isn't thr case (and he's simply worn out). But I think the true reasons for him stepping will be revealed after he's gone.

[bunglemark2]

I don't think Klopp is immune to criticism. Not sure why he made the subs he did against the filth on Sunday, I can only imagine it was because of injuries.
I do think though that the team should have been fired up for this game and Klopp was for me anyway a bit too subdued on the sideline. Maybe he realised the players were jaded, maybe he was simply stunned by how passive they were...
But I was waiting for him to go ballistic at the performances of some out on the pitch..... And he didn't

Agree with much of that. As for him being subdued, in the post match press conference he looked absolutely shattered, had me thinking he really wasn't well .

This is what worries me, Klopp is leaving due to health issues.

Hopefully that isn't thr case (and he's simply worn out). But I think the true reasons for him stepping will be revealed after he's gone.

This thread is going to go very quiet very soon.
Have to admit, I was a bit emotional watching the start of the game and the ceremony at the end.
Of course I'm biased, but I believe he brought a whole lot more to the club, to the league, to European football nights, maybe to the game as a whole.
There's not another manager I liked listening to as much as Klopp. I can't think of anyone who has a similar character in a long long time. Maybe Brian Clough in his heyday (yes, I'm that old).
He will be missed on a whole range of levels.
I wish him well.
And nice touch to wish the incoming manager well.
I wonder was Xabi nervous about trying to follow such an enigma?

[kazza]

I think specifically he brought integrity into football. He was honest and said what we were all thinking and in this day and age, in this world of media, that is a super rare thing. He was confident enough in his personality and level of integrity that he didn’t have to pretend, he trusted the process of being himself.

Similar to Klopp is he seems to be a straight shooter and as Klopp is loved by his supporters and players, so it seems is Slot. It seems Slot is warm with his players so that transition could be organic despite the change in playing style. We don’t need someone to try to be Klopp but we need to have a manager with Klopp like qualities and his own personality, and we may get that.

I read somewhere that shanks built the foundation and Paisley won the trophies, I see a parallel with Klopp and Shanks as Liverpool was certainly rebuilt…. Hopefully Slot can exploit what Klopp did and play the role Paisley did and win us some trophies. As Paisley did, I hope Slot can handle the weight of expectations and believe in the process.

Sad Klopp is leaving, I have nothing but love and respect for Klopp and will always remember how he brought us back. We are forced to move on and so must we move on. Next year will be a mix of uncertainty and excitement.

[Reg]

That was a roller coaster 9 years wasn't it? What memories. Origi's crucial goals, Bobby's teeth, Mane, Mo, Virg at his best, wingbacks.  BOOM! it's over. 

[kazza]

That was a roller coaster 9 years wasn't it? What memories. Origi's crucial goals, Bobby's teeth, Mane, Mo, Virg at his best, wingbacks.  BOOM! it's over. 

Allison’s goal in the dying seconds to get CL football

[damjan193]

Apparently 61% of Skysports viewers were watching Klopp's farewell and only 23% were watching City's title celebration.