2019-2020 Football / Calcio / Futbol / Fußball Thread

[goonster]

Originally Posted by martl

Klopp left the BVB team he created and led to great achievemensts completely exhausted. I don't watch Pool enough to judge if that has changed, certainly they have better financial resources to feather the effect with fresh talent intake.

They do have a deeper squad, but also a different class of player. Klopp took BVB to two league titles and a Champs league final by squeezing every last drop of life essence out of the likes of Kevin Grosskreutz and Kuba Blaszczykowski. If Liverpool have an equivalent to them it's Hendo, but I get the sense he's working smarter, not harder.

(I say that as someone who once though that Stewart Downing hat greater potential.)

[echappist]

Originally Posted by goonster

They do have a deeper squad, but also a different class of player. Klopp took BVB to two league titles and a Champs league final by squeezing every last drop of life essence out of the likes of Kevin Grosskreutz and Kuba Blaszczykowski. If Liverpool have an equivalent to them it's Hendo, but I get the sense he's working smarter, not harder.

(I say that as someone who once though that Stewart Downing hat greater potential.)

Don't forget James "Ribener" Milner, true jack of all trades

[axel23]

Yes, we will be demanding the utmost of each player. I've never experienced a season quite like this one. Or been more afraid of jinxing it!

[goonster]

Milner is different, because he was considered a whiz-kid prodigy, somewhat of the Joe Cole type, coming up at Leeds. Made his first team debut at 16.

His career suffered from the demise of Leeds, and managerial turnover at other clubs, but he's a player who was understood to have a very high talent ceiling.