Klopp

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Only last weekend it was all Benitez to City in the Irish Rag Tops. Now it's Klopp. Somebody else by this weekend no doubt.

i'm expecting Alan Ball to be disinterred by Friday.

[PeterParker]

If you had to choose between Simeone, Kloop and Ancelotti. Who would be your choice and why?

[Mase]

If you had to choose between Simeone, Kloop and Ancelotti. Who would be your choice and why?

Simeone all day long. Saying that, my favourite ever City player is Tiatto. That tells you a lot.

[Blue Since 76]

If you had to choose between Simeone, Kloop and Ancelotti. Who would be your choice and why?

Klopp. He's cool looking whereas Ancelotti is too fat for me and I just don't think Simeone would be gentle with me for my first time. Although I'd rather just stick with the wife.

[Blue Since 76]

Lots of the papers seem to be going with articles saying we're not interested in him. Or Ancelotti. Or Benitez. Or Simeone.

Get the feeling the Spaniards are love sick for Pep, which could be a problem if the current performance under Pellegrini continues or if Pep doesn't want to come. Eggs basket.

[PrezIke]

Everyone's favourite, Jamie Jackson, saying we are not interested.

[Slim]

If you had to choose between Simeone, Kloop and Ancelotti. Who would be your choice and why?

Simeone all day long. Saying that, my favourite ever City player is Tiatto. That tells you a lot.

You've just got a thing for leftbacks, no doubt you have a Stephen Jordan poster up in your bedroom.

[Dameerto]

It could be an interesting summer after a season full of shite. Maybe if Klopp does that manic gurn at the players in the same way as he was caught on camera doing at an official he could get our slack fuckers to perform like they're paid to do.

[Mase]

If you had to choose between Simeone, Kloop and Ancelotti. Who would be your choice and why?

Simeone all day long. Saying that, my favourite ever City player is Tiatto. That tells you a lot.

You've just got a thing for leftbacks, no doubt you have a Stephen Jordan poster up in your bedroom.

No. Danny Granville.

[Cocacolajojo1]

Could Klopp do it again though or was it a perfect storm? An ardent Dortmund fan that I know thinks that Klopp has been found out and while he deserves credit for bringing so many young players through, it does seem like Dortmund had a good generation coming through and Klopp came in at the right time to manage the transition from youth teams to senior squad.

With that said, I value Klopp much higher than Guardiola. Klopp did not have a Messi or Iniesta hitting their peaks, nor did he have one of the world's three biggest football budgets to stand on.

[Im_Spartacus]

Could Klopp do it again though or was it a perfect storm? An ardent Dortmund fan that I know thinks that Klopp has been found out and while he deserves credit for bringing so many young players through, it does seem like Dortmund had a good generation coming through and Klopp came in at the right time to manage the transition from youth teams to senior squad.

With that said, I value Klopp much higher than Guardiola. Klopp did not have a Messi or Iniesta hitting their peaks, nor did he have one of the world's three biggest football budgets to stand on.

It's an interesting debate isn't it? Much the same as the Guardiola thread, where things just fall into place, right person at the right time.

David O'Leary had a similar situation at Leeds, an incredibly talented group of lads either coming through the system or bought in to develop, yet it was Howard Wilkinson who did all the hard yards to get them to that point and of course he's now faded into obscurity.

I like Klopp, but I do wonder about whether he actually is all that good, or whether it just all came together at the right time. If city are interested, I'd prefer they let him go elsewhere first to see what he is like under different conditions and consider him as a possible candidate in the future. I'm not sure sacking Pellers for him would give us any guarantee of moving forwards next season

[Ted Hughes]

Could Klopp do it again though or was it a perfect storm? An ardent Dortmund fan that I know thinks that Klopp has been found out and while he deserves credit for bringing so many young players through, it does seem like Dortmund had a good generation coming through and Klopp came in at the right time to manage the transition from youth teams to senior squad.

With that said, I value Klopp much higher than Guardiola. Klopp did not have a Messi or Iniesta hitting their peaks, nor did he have one of the world's three biggest football budgets to stand on.

It's an interesting debate isn't it? Much the same as the Guardiola thread, where things just fall into place, right person at the right time.

David O'Leary had a similar situation at Leeds, an incredibly talented group of lads either coming through the system or bought in to develop, yet it was Howard Wilkinson who did all the hard yards to get them to that point and of course he's now faded into obscurity.

I like Klopp, but I do wonder about whether he actually is all that good, or whether it just all came together at the right time. If city are interested, I'd prefer they let him go elsewhere first to see what he is like under different conditions and consider him as a possible candidate in the future. I'm not sure sacking Pellers for him would give us any guarantee of moving forwards next season

I don't think anybody gives us that guarantee. People screaming and shouting about sacking Pellegrini because 'anything is an improvement' are completely ignoring the history of the club.

Traditionally 'anything' has actually been much worse. It's when we have given a bit of thought to the situation, that we have come up with improvement.

I don't know what Klopp would do, but I feel he is a good manager. But he is leaving a situation similar to ours; team needs refreshing. Only difference is he has struggled much more than Pellegrini. There is no guarantee that Pellegrini leaving, is better than Pellegrini staying or that Klopp or Ancelotti, or even Pep, will do better.

I guarantee who will do better; the next bloke who gets the same freedom to sign players as Mancini had in his early years.

[lets all have a disco]

IF we haven't even given his agent a call and asked if he is interested or what direction he things he could take us then our board are fools.

[Ted Hughes]

If they are planning on someone else then there is no point.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Everyone's favourite, Jamie Jackson, saying we are not interested.

Klopp it is, then.

[sheblue]

He is not taking time off so where else will he end up?
PSG might be a possibility.

[lets all have a disco]

If they are planning on someone else then there is no point.

You should ALWAYS get different quotes for projects.

[Cocacolajojo1]

It's an interesting debate isn't it? Much the same as the Guardiola thread, where things just fall into place, right person at the right time.

David O'Leary had a similar situation at Leeds, an incredibly talented group of lads either coming through the system or bought in to develop, yet it was Howard Wilkinson who did all the hard yards to get them to that point and of course he's now faded into obscurity.

I like Klopp, but I do wonder about whether he actually is all that good, or whether it just all came together at the right time. If city are interested, I'd prefer they let him go elsewhere first to see what he is like under different conditions and consider him as a possible candidate in the future. I'm not sure sacking Pellers for him would give us any guarantee of moving forwards next season

I agree, and we need to take that into consideration. Tbf to Klopp, although I don't know how controls the transfer policy at Dortmund, the club made quite a lot of good purchases of players besides bringing through people like Sahin and Götze. The purchases made under Guardiola on the other hand were a bit iffy, the purchase of Ibrahimovich for a record fee and then flogging him off to AC Milan the next season being the most conspicious.

I guess the argument for Klopp is that even if he came in at the right time, he made it happen. A lot of managers would've blown it and made Sahin shell shocked with too much and the wrong type of exposure, for example.

[Hazy2]

Mancini, and Vierra what a partnership.

[Wonderwall]

It's an interesting debate isn't it? Much the same as the Guardiola thread, where things just fall into place, right person at the right time.

David O'Leary had a similar situation at Leeds, an incredibly talented group of lads either coming through the system or bought in to develop, yet it was Howard Wilkinson who did all the hard yards to get them to that point and of course he's now faded into obscurity.

I like Klopp, but I do wonder about whether he actually is all that good, or whether it just all came together at the right time. If city are interested, I'd prefer they let him go elsewhere first to see what he is like under different conditions and consider him as a possible candidate in the future. I'm not sure sacking Pellers for him would give us any guarantee of moving forwards next season

I agree, and we need to take that into consideration. Tbf to Klopp, although I don't know how controls the transfer policy at Dortmund, the club made quite a lot of good purchases of players besides bringing through people like Sahin and Götze. The purchases made under Guardiola on the other hand were a bit iffy, the purchase of Ibrahimovich for a record fee and then flogging him off to AC Milan the next season being the most conspicious.

I guess the argument for Klopp is that even if he came in at the right time, he made it happen. A lot of managers would've blown it and made Sahin shell shocked with too much and the wrong type of exposure, for example.

Whoever controls the transfer policy needed a good kicking for getting rid of Reus for nothing and then having to buy him back