I don't want to think about life without this guy. As I wasn't alive, I never quite used to understand how you all used to eulogise about Shankly like he was some form of larger than life, ethereal presence at this club, surely he was just a manager, yes the best that ever lived sure, but just a manager? I finally get it with Klopp, he's got a very long way to go to emulate the success of Bill, but he is the very spirit and embodiment of this institution, you can see it in how the fans, the pundits, the neutrals all look and speak about him, everyone knows Jurgen, and all but the bitterest of cunts adore him. He's more than football, he's more than winning, he's everyone that loves to watch and play the game, there's something about him that we can all connect to on so many levels, he's so very human, yet he's such a brilliant football man. I was watching the Amazon interview after the Leicester game between the studio and Klopp, it was Gabby Logan, Henry, Macca and Lee Dixon, a completely bipartisan group, and he had them laughing and smiling the whole way through, it's like he casts a magic spell over them, and thats because he's simply a fantastic human being.
We could win every champions league, premier league, fa cup (fuck the carabao cup) between now and 2024, have a side which has all the best players in the world at the right age, playing and fighting for each other completely unselfishly, like our side currently does, we could be in the perfect situation, but the day he leaves will be one of the saddest of my footballing life, he's a colossus of this club.
There was a great quote from the Office of all things, which has always stuck with me. “I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.” - We're in the good old days people, enjoy every last minute of it, it's almost worth the 30 years of pain.
Fake edit - Fuck that was soppy, I need to get laid.