03 Dec 2015 10:19:33
Great team performance last night! My heart dropped when Lovren was getting booed at the start, I thought he would let it get to him, but credit where it's due he was very good. Hard to believe what players can do when played in their actual positions!

1.) 03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015 11:20:33
He's a different player with a manager who can actually tactically organise a team to defend 🙌.

2.) 03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015 12:59:43
Apart from playing players out of their position (Emre Can, Sterling, Ibe, Markovic) and pandering to certain players and playing them in certain positions (Milner, Sturridge) Brendan's biggest issue was his inability to organise a defence. I can only assume from his interviews and what has been said by certain players who have left since that he had a bit too much ego. I wanted him gone after Stoke away last season but, I do feel for the guy. That being said he may be a great manager in terms of setting up a team to attack, but without the ability to organise a defence he won't last long anywhere.

3.) 03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015 14:08:58
Brendan didn't allow the players to play their own game. It's as simple as that. Too many times under Brendan new players were asked to play in positions that made them look Sh**. Why he did this? Only he knows. Our new manager simplifies things the way Shanks did, He makes the players feel that they are all good enough to play for Liverpool. Last season Brendan Loaned out 2 Right Backs and then played Markovic and Can there. Last night Clyne was given a rest and fair do's to Klopp he played the only other fit right back we have on the books. I remember a game against Southampton at Anfield when Rodgers played 4 Centre Backs Toure Agger Skrtle and Sakho. We lost the game 1.0 to a Lovren goal. Shanks, when he was stopped by police, told them that sitting next to him was young Emlyn Hughes, the future Captain of Liverpool and England, and that was before he'd kicked a ball for the club. Klopp is a lot like Shanks in the way, when they talked they made everyone listen, Brendan made us all cringe with embarrassment.

4.) 03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015 15:16:58
Spot on, terry MC. Klopp said himself that he was not a magician nor genius. He is a football manager that loves the game. he said in his firts presser that football is the same ANYWHERE you play it. it is also a simple game. BR was too busyu trying to look like a good coach instead of actually working hard to BE a good coach. His ego will be his own downfall and his anability to simplify the game as well. Klopp makes the game simple and loves his players and as players, they don`t care how much you know until they know how much you care. BR never cared about them. Klopp does and genuinely wants them to succeed here or elsewhere.

5.) 03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015 10:54:54
Lovren has improved great. But one thing that strikes me, The Central defenders should mark the most important players. Mane for example.
Moreno is short and there is every chance someone could get the better of him in the air.

6.) 03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015 10:40:15
Not that I'm a BR fan but in fairness, when was Lovren not played in position?

7.) 03 Dec 2015
03 Dec 2015 18:34:29
Lovrens confidence was shattered, by Rodgers tactics pushing the full backs on and having the 2 at the back split Leaving him Skrtle and an ageing Gerrard to start the play. When that didn't work he went to a back 3.Lovren is now being asked to play in a back 4 and looks more like the player we bought. Klopp said that Lovren was a beast in the friendly against Dortmund at Anfield, that was before Rodgers tried to turn him into something he's not.

8.) 04 Dec 2015
04 Dec 2015 03:05:22
Hjikle I had finished my point about Lovren and was talking about the players in general, although I can see where the confusion came from. I might need to work on separating my points more clearly!