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Master Tactician
Just to try and lift a bit of the doom and gloom, I thought it would be nice to remember the day Jurgen Klopp walked through the door!
10 Years! It has flown by.
The one thing that has stuck with me is when people say 'it takes time for a manager to implement his ideas/style'. We saw in the very first game vs Spurs what it was all about. It was absolutely night and day from what we'd been served up months earlier.
And the rest as they say is history...
Last edited by jozza800; 8th October 2025 at 11:21 AM.
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Rowdy Yates
Yep.. the man who changed the entire fabric of the club from top to bottom.
‘Doubters to believers’ has since taken on iconic connotations of its own but we hadn’t truly recognised ourselves as doubters in the first place, we had just become comfortable enough with accepting mediocrity.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2025/10/we-didnt-recognise-ourselves-as-doubters-but-jurgen-klopp-changed-our-ways/
Master Tactician
Think it was between him and Ancelotti after Rodgers. I remember thinking at the time we were in a no lose situation, either would be great appointments.
Thinking about it now, I don't think we'd be where we are now if it had been Ancelotti.
As good a manager as Don Carlo is, I don't he would have been the all encompasing leader taht we needed. We needed 'root and branch' surgery.
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
First Team
Honestly, what's happened at utd was more likely if we had CarloOriginally Posted by jozza800
Managers are best at different things... not saying Ancelotti is bad but in the situation we was in, I don't think it would've worked out very well.
Rowdy Yates
The fella was brilliant at buying ready made world class players. Be funny to see that work in 2015 and that bang average squad. Ahem... John.. I am going to need to spend Ł250,000,000 NET..!!!
No - you're right. It was Klopp or almost certainly another 10 years of trying to get there. Let's hope we can build on the foundations he laid. Klopp - a once in a lifetime manager. Ferguson met him once and instantly new United were in big trouble.
Last edited by Steveo; 8th October 2025 at 12:22 PM.
First Team
I remember at the time I didn't know what all the fuss was about, thought he was overhyped, happy to be proved wrong!
First Team
One of our greatest ever signings. Sad that he didn't get a few more titles which he deserved.
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it. Groucho Marx
Rowdy Yates
To be fair there were plenty on here calling for him a good few years before we got him..The clamour got really intense when he took his sabbatical. The summer before he arrived someone on here was posting about hearing the sound of KlippetyKlopp...?I remember at the time I didn't know what all the fuss was about, thought he was overhyped, happy to be proved wrong!
He was the obvious choice and thankfully - and in no small part due to his wife Ulla - he gave United a pass and came here.
First Team
Yeah I remember the excitement, I was just averse to the hype, not really knowing much about him except for the headlines. Thankfully he lived up to it.
First Team
An amazing manager then handed the reigns over to Arne to get us the league title.
Jurgen had bumps in the road and we all got behind him, Arne deserves the same and Jurgen would agree.
The memories Jurgen has given me following his team will live with me forever, it was a hell of a ride.
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