Pep Lijnders as the next Liverpool Manager
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Again, this “he failed” thing is a bit of a stretch. He took over midway through the season. Not sure why they got rid of their previous manager, because they were doing well.
The net difference was about 8 points worse off in the second half of the season from the first - they finished 3rd in the league and lost in the promotion playoffs.
Not a great result, but also not sure what could be expected going in halfway through a season. NEC go through managers A LOT.
Given him the Liverpool job would be an entirely different situation, with players that know, trust and accept his methods - there’s every chance the outcome would be completely different to the NEC experience.
Seems like a bit of a dweeb.
The closer to Shankly's fountain of wisdom the more successful the internal hires had and we had three really good ones before it failed. It wasn't random, Souness fucked it up by demolishing the boot room in his drive to sweep out the old ways. Roy had no chance after that, transmission broken. I wonder how much more Fagan would have won if fate hadn't intervened. As it is he won us the forgotten treble.
As close as Pep is to Klopp, I think he's worth a shot. Bob, Joe and Kenny had zero managerial experience between them except for what they got from Shanks. The system is everything.
Great to see you back JJ.
I just think appointing him might be the best of all the bad options. I think the players might get a lift from it. Some might feel they have to pitch in, and help the manager more/ Less of a "shock".
So less likely than a man who has categorically stated he is not interested. That sounds about right to me.
The odds simply reflect that Amorim is now the clear favorite and possibly some agreement already in place.
You think he'd spend the whole interview reading extracts from his book, don't you?
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