Liverpool FC

[Gerro]

Nije Fabinho toliki levat da prelazi u duplo slabiji klub.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

#LFC bank a £2.5m loan fee with the possibility of a further £500k in bonuses as Harry Wilson completes a season-long loan move to Bournemouth. No option to buy on a player who has a chance to establish himself in the Premier League this season.

Klopp still sees Wilson’s long-term future at Anfield. But player and manager agreed that this loan in everyone’s best interests so he can play regularly at PL level this season #LFC

3m za pozajmicu, dobar posao.

[Vitoo]

Nije Fabinho toliki levat da prelazi u duplo slabiji klub.

Monako je finu svotu novca dobio za ovog flopa.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Ode i Kent za Leeds, kaže Jones da razgovori idu ubrzanim tokom.

Znači šarena laža za tog versatile napadača. Brewster i Origi samo kao rotacija za trozubac. Bajno.

[BHF_Manijak]

Nek' se Klopp dobro napusi kurca za ovo trollanje "Klopp still sees Wilson’s long-term future at Anfield."

A i svi u kompletu za ocajan prelazni rok. Kad kakva povreda pukne, bice hvatanja za glavu, moroni.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Nek' se Klopp dobro napusi kurca za ovo trollanje "Klopp still sees Wilson’s long-term future at Anfield."

A i svi u kompletu za ocajan prelazni rok. Kad kakva povreda pukne, bice hvatanja za glavu, moroni.

[BHF_Manijak]

Pa stare mi moje, frajer konta degenerici ga prate i citaju. Dvije godine jedna te ista prica, za sve i jedno dijete.
Sto neko rece prodaj ih vise, nosi se u picku materinu i rijesi se muka, sta bezveze lozis raju okolo...

Evo recimo vratit cu se na Origija. Svaka cast za finale prosle sezone, 5-6 utakmica, ali gledam frajera protiv Citya, ma drvo ostaje drvo. Nikakvog vica u igri, trom, nema ideju, posebno kad ga na krilo zavale. Bas nikakve koristi tamo od lika.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Nema Origi hljeba u sebi više za krilo, gdje ga se forsira. To je mogao nekad, onaj period kad je razvaljivao jedno vrijeme do one povrede je baš bilo na krilu. Sad nije to to i više mu leži isturenija pozicija. Ima osjećaj za prostor, zna se naći na pravom mjestu u pravo vrijeme tako da bi ga ja više uzimao za rotaciju Firminu nego Maneu. A sudeći po prošloj sezoni i Klopp nešto slično misli.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

"Klopp is convinced there’s more, much more to come from Shaqiri this season. It’s one of the main reasons why the manager decided not to bolster his attacking options in the transfer market. " - James Pearce on Shaqiri

Iskren da budem mislim i ja da se Shaqiri itekako može uklopiti u ovu ekipu, bacao je hintove prošle sezone da bi mogao.

[Gandalf]

Salah, Firmino, Mane

zamjene :

Origi, Shaqiri, Brewster

ne izgleda to loše, ali opet barem jedan kvalitetan igrač se trebao dovesti u prvih 11

[zomri]

Još malo informacija iz komentara na onaj tekst na The Athleticu:

Bryan C.
Aug 6, 4:38am
34 likes
Nice interview with someone who is obviously a big part of Liverpool’s success but gets little exposure. This 2017-18 focus made me wonder....Will whatever happened with Buvac become public? Is this an open secret among journalists or are klopp and crew extremely private and tight lipped about it?

Paul N.
Aug 6, 7:05am
37 likes
I was told that they’d always had a very frank relationship (which Klopp appreciated) but that it came to a head over fitness issues. He felt Klopp was rushing players back when they weren’t right and this reached boiling point over Joe Gomez who was asked to play when not fully fit (can’t remember the match, sorry), subsequently suffering a fitness setback.

Buvac supposedly then spat his dummy out and resigned, which had happened several times over the years and preceded Liverpool. If you recall the original line in the press was something about time out or personal leave. This was to give him a cooling off period to come back. However, the rapprochement never happened this time and they drew a line under it and moved on with Pep Ljinders stepping up.

Regardless of the whys and wherefores though, we’ve barely looked back, have we? In some ways that whole “The Brain” label for Buvac did Klopp a huge disservice and contributed to the gross underestimation of his tactical acumen. His leadership qualities are incredibly obvious (and no less impressive for it), but his intelligence and ability to find tactical solutions is barely acknowledged when it’s actually just as great a strength as his ability to get inside players’ heads.

I don’t doubt Buvac made a significant contribution, but Klopp is superb at that stuff in his own right and also both a skilled and humble enough leader to find other voices to complement his team.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

To za Gomeza je zadnje što sam uopšte mogao imati na umu

22-year-old Nathaniel Phillips has joined VfB Stuttgart on loan today. The academy defender signed a new long-term contract before leaving for Germany.

[zomri]

MA sumnjam i ja ali eto nek ima i ova teorija

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Nešto se pričalo da se Monaco interesuje za Xherdana, Pooper je adekvatno reagovao:

Some speculation today about Shaqiri’s future but been told there’s zero chance of #LFC offloading him.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

U21 večeras počeli sa ovim EFL Kupom, Sepp, Larouci i Elliott između ostalih počeli. Poveli su ali već gube 2-1 od Oldhama.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Lijep gol Elliotta. 2-2.

[King_Kenny]

Sve upratiš

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Bude zanimljivih utakmica u mlađim kategorijama a ovo je sinoć posebno zanimljivo bilo jer je skroz novo takmičenje, a svakako i zanimljive dječurlije ima. Na kraju izgubili 3-2 ali krajnje diskutabilan pobjedonosni gol Oldhama.

Elem, još jedan igrač ide za Njemačku na pozajmicu, Taiwo u Mainzu.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Told it's currently looking 'highly unlikely' that Ryan Kent will make a move to Leeds United before the close of the window. Things can change quickly and there's still time left but it's running out. #LFC happy to keep the player for now if no permanent move materialises.

Znači moguće da ostane Kent.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Klopp: “No answer,” when asked if he had the chance to bring Coutinho back.
Asked about potential new signings today, “Not likely so if you have something else to do, go and do it.” #LFC

[BHF_Manijak]

Hehehehe, e jesi simpatican nabijem te... Kad ga popusis opet u sezoni bice nakukavanja i pravdanja kako je City ipak jaci, jebo te City...

[zomri]

Drugi dio intervjua sa Krawietzom:

‘The dressing room in Kiev was like a sick bay and the refs were next door partying with beer’

In the second part of his in-depth interview on what makes Liverpool tick, Jurgen Klopp’s No 2 Peter Krawietz dissects last year’s Champions League final defeat.

Following Philippe Coutinho’s departure, you mostly played a 4-3-3 and improved a lot during the second half of that season. The Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City marked a big step up, would you agree?

Perhaps, with the exception of the final stages in the home game, when we were trying to hang on to the result. But then came the second leg.

At the Etihad, our defensive behaviour was top notch in terms of compactness and patience. We played with a mixture of high pressing and midfield pressing.

There were some spells when we were really pushed back, but we remained stable and active. That was a great sign of the team’s progress. We kept a high pace in attacking transitions. It was efficiency, paired with organisation and defensive acuteness. The way we remained calm under pressure was very impressive.

Some of the moves looked almost pre-programmed…

In those two games, it was about keeping our formation “closed“ for as long as possible. But you still need to find the right moments to apply active defending all the time. When you use terms like “patience” and “compactness”, it may sound like you are playing passively. But we see it as the preparation that’s required for the next impulse – the moment when you break out. It worked really well in those matches.

Against Roma in the semi-finals you were lethal in attack. It felt as if you could have scored 20 goals at Anfield when they tried to play one-vs-one at the back.

But in the second leg, we were not good, not active enough. Roma realised they could hurt us.

We felt like we needed to defend our lead. That’s typical of the arithmetic in the European Cup. You go into the second game with a lead and, deep down, you want to hang on to that more than you want to create. That was the difficulty for us in that match, combined with the early goal we scored. We only defended the way we wanted to in the first few minutes.

You find yourself thinking: “Ref, blow the whistle already, it’s all over anyway.” But that wasn’t the case. Instead, the referee awards them a penalty late on and all of a sudden it’s game on again…

But we had produced a really good team performance in the home match. We found a different way to defend in that match. We left Mo Salah in an exposed position so we could have him ready for breaks, instantly. It wasn’t the classic set-up for counter-attacking forward. He was positioned in the half-space instead. But we were always compact enough to win a lot of balls and we could then use him in attacking transitions. It was a bit special, but it worked incredibly well.

You seem to have a highly intelligent team.

This team are intelligent, in many different ways. They combine social skills, ambition and companionship. They are determined, but capable of remaining patient. And they are willing to learn, and are eager to develop as a group.

We can give them a lot of instructions, but we also have a lot of players who are happy to lead others, to show the way, to sort things out among themselves. The group dynamics within the different sections of the team and positional groups, the coordination and the willingness to truly be there for each other and to play with each other are very pronounced in this team.

Let’s talk about the final against Real Madrid. Your best player, Salah, is off injured early on and your goalkeeper makes two huge blunders – albeit in circumstances that only became clear several days later. How tough was that defeat to take?

Firstly, we had reached the final with a lot of injuries and a decimated squad. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was out with a damaged knee, we had lost Emre Can. Other players were therefore overextended and had problems themselves as a result. All of that came during an incredibly intense Premier League spell when we fought hard to finish fourth. It required a massive amount of energy to achieve that target.

For the final, we knew there were certain procedures which worked for us and which would allow us to be competitive. But we also knew that, if we were forced to make changes early on, it would become very difficult. In my opinion, we played well during the first 20 or 30 minutes. We produced a lot of the stuff that we had prepared.

Losing Mo meant a complete change in balance. That was a huge factor. The balance wasn’t there any more. There were no quick fixes we could apply and things deteriorated from there. Our game was broken.

We got it going again, to an extent, but not at the same level of quality as before. Then those other things happened on top of that. Things that were completely unforeseeable. Only later we learned that Karius had suffered concussion. It’s a huge challenge for a team to deal with mistakes that seem wholly inexplicable.

It’s ridiculously easy to enjoy yourself and say, “Oh, what a great team” when you’re winning and tasting success. Success is always the best team-building measure. In Kiev, the dressing room was like a sick bay. Imagine that you get in there and one guy has already been to the hospital and is now back, in pain and crying. And then you hear your opponents celebrating. And in the dressing room next door, the referees are celebrating as well.

Really?

I don’t know why, but they were singing and partying, with a case of beer…

For us, it was awful. Finding the right reaction is tough. But that’s all part of it. You have to show strength and greatness in defeat. And the right reaction. “Yes, they really hurt us, but they haven’t knocked us out. We’re down, but it’s not over.”

It’s about drawing strength, determination and the readiness to fight – even more than before, if that’s possible. That’s what this is about, as far as we’re concerned. The minute such a bad defeat comes along, that’s the big challenge, the big stress test. They passed it. We saw that the team were ready to go again. That helped us a lot ahead of the 2018-19 season.

Klopp has suffered some big defeats before. How did that one affect him?

He wasn’t much different from the others. These moments are an ordeal, they put you on trial. The disappointment is incredible. It’s important to be honest with yourself. Don’t shut off the pain, but make sure you don’t reduce all the things that got you to the verge of a big success to rubble.

Respect the opposition, don’t blame others. Keep your head on your shoulders, and use that defeat to be even more hungry for success. It’s what you make it. That is sport. And that’s the solution: if you’re not successful, keep going. The next chance will come.

I got the sense it took rather a long time for Klopp and the other players to console Karius after the game.

You have to allow for the fact that everybody needed a moment or two to get to grips with the situation. If I want to help someone else, I need to be ready myself. That’s key – not making a public gesture that lacks genuine empathy in that very second. That’s not us. I can’t even remember my own reaction. We were all gone, miles away. We just could not believe what happened to us. It defied explanation. We only found out later…

Did it annoy Klopp to have his series of lost finals brought up so often?

None of us are really stupid, we know our history. I’ve read somewhere that we had developed a “final phobia”. If that were true, if we were really afraid of finals, we’d have done everything to avoid them. And yet we get there, every year, even though we don’t really want to or would be better off not getting there? Total nonsense.

Above everything, we are motivated by the incredible desire to be successful. The desire to achieve what you have worked for the whole year, every single day. That desire is stronger than anything else, stronger than any memory or any fear that it might not work out again for one reason or another. It outweighs everything from the outside, the things they say about us or Jurgen. The desire is stronger. That’s the basis for being a winner.

[Gerro]

Bruno Fernandes do godine u Liverpoolu.

[AmiĐa_Idriz]

Ovie Ejaria has today completed a season-long loan switch to Reading with an agreement for the move to become permanent next summer.