Arne Slot

[Barrington Womble]

17 minutes ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Like I said Vlad, I've nothing against him at all. In fact, I think for his career he's probably made the right decision. He'll always be a hero at Leverkusen now and Real's job is possibly his in a year. It's the biggest job in world football. We're one of the biggest clubs but for a Spanish lad, it makes sense. We're the level below Real.

 

I think management is mercenary in nature because any of them can be in the shit with fanbases after a handful of bad results and that includes Jurgen, Pep and Ancelloti - maybe Jurgen a lot less so because we adore him. Still, I've no doubt that Jurgen has a gigantic bond with us and Dortmund. I doubt Pep has that with City other than professional pride at winning trophies (I know I know) and it's probably the same with Ancelloti at Real. The key thing is getting someone that can be very good and someone that the fans will relate to. I mean you see how it is going so badly wrong at the Red Mancs and to be honest he walked in there with a lot of goodwill and their fans being excited by him. While their players are a horrible bunch, it is clear he's a knobhead. The anti-Klopp if you will.

 

It's funny but I listened to John Terry talking about Mourinho and how he rang him to tell him he was coming "home" to Chelsea for that second spell. He's always held up as the ultimate mercanary manager, but that somewhat surprised me. I don't see Pep ever having that emotional bond with City, other than lots of cash in his bank account. I mean I hate Mourinho, but he was a great manager in his day and it's clear he could build a rapport with the pre-Millenial players because a lot of them from the Porto/Chelsea/Inter teams seem to love him. 

 

 

He could probably build a rapport with post-millenial players too if he moved with the times tactically. If his football was still relevant and successful, I'm sure a lot of the players he could still get to run through walls for him. It's just nobody is going the extra mile for yesterday's man. I think it's been clear over the years players will do almost anything on a pitch provided they think it is winning football. 

[bossy]

I now have Benny Hill stuck in my head:

 

we called him Areneee (Arneee)

and he played the fastest football in the west

[Lee909]

6 hours ago, Saucepan said:

 

 

BUT! his assistant manager is Robin van Persie. (yes, him)

Think I`ll have some mixed feelings seeing him on the sidelines for us. That being said, if he could teach Darwin how to be more clinical in front of the goal it would be worth it

 

 

He isn't the assistant manager

Feyenoord Technical and Medical Staff- Feyenoord.com

John de Wolf is his official assistant  and Sipke Hulshoff covers both Feyenoord and the national team as a assistant to both. Van Persie is a youth coach(His son is in the youth team) and also helps with some first team stuff while he works on his badges

[Lee909]

Reports from Netherlands its done

 

Slot & Liverpool • It's happening! (1908.nl)

 

Slot & Liverpool • It's happening!

 9 mins ago

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 FeyenoordTM

Feyenoord and Liverpool are out: Arne Slot will be the new head coach of The Reds. The successful coach succeeds Jürgen Klopp, who is taking a step back after the current season. The Rotterdammers will have millions left over from the deal. Slot will go down in the books as the most expensive Dutch trainer of all time.

 

Under Slot, Feyenoord experienced a true revolution. The club was pulled out of the doldrums thanks to the coach, who was expertly brought in thanks to former technical director Frank Arnesen. In the first season under Slot, they reached the final of the UEFA Conference League. A year later, the league title was secured and another year later, good football was crowned with winning the cup.

 

Although Liverpool's first formal offer was under ten million euros, Feyenoord will get significantly more from its head coach. This is because the accepted offer is millions higher. Feyenoord has stuck to the asking price of fifteen million euros and the amount that the Rotterdammers will receive for Arne Slot has come very close to that amount.

[Scott_M]

[Lee909]

I wonder if Feyenoord will look at Lijnders and Matos as possible replacements

[Section_31]

Total support for him if he's our man, I'd be lying if I said I'm not underwhelmed, but by the same token, I can't think of anyone else for the job either. Fuck it, let's see how it goes.

[Vincent Vega]

 

[Lee909]

4 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Total support for him if he's our man, I'd be lying if I said I'm not underwhelmed, but by the same token, I can't think of anyone else for the job either. Fuck it, let's see how it goes.

 

Thats my thoughts, as soon as Alonso stayed at Leverkusen i didn't see any standout. The older bigger names(Tuchel,Conte,Mourinho) are not a fit for the club. I watched a bit of Sporting as they looked OK but far from sold, like Slot some nice things you read in the reports but not enough to think he is the guy. I do think Slot being more a 4231 guy has played a part with the club having a similar formation/style in place through the youth teams and not wanting to rip that up has played a part. Going public with the West Ham offer probably killed any hope he had of getting the job

 

Obviously wish Klopp wasn't shattered and staying but interested to see what this guy has to offer. Maybe a new voice and ideas might be what some players need,some seem a bit to comfortable at the moment

[John102]

He is gonna look like Phil Mitchell at the end of next season, when the PGMOL lads have their way with him.

[Lee909]

Just now, John102 said:

He is gonna look like Phil Mitchell at the end of next season, when the PGMOL lads have their way with him.

 

I hoping more King Pin/Wilson Fisk when he catches Howard Webb in the car park

 

 

[Dave D]

1 hour ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Like I said Vlad, I've nothing against him at all. In fact, I think for his career he's probably made the right decision. He'll always be a hero at Leverkusen now and Real's job is possibly his in a year. It's the biggest job in world football. We're one of the biggest clubs but for a Spanish lad, it makes sense. We're the level below Real.

 

I think management is mercenary in nature because any of them can be in the shit with fanbases after a handful of bad results and that includes Jurgen, Pep and Ancelloti - maybe Jurgen a lot less so because we adore him. Still, I've no doubt that Jurgen has a gigantic bond with us and Dortmund. I doubt Pep has that with City other than professional pride at winning trophies (I know I know) and it's probably the same with Ancelloti at Real. The key thing is getting someone that can be very good and someone that the fans will relate to. I mean you see how it is going so badly wrong at the Red Mancs and to be honest he walked in there with a lot of goodwill and their fans being excited by him. While their players are a horrible bunch, it is clear he's a knobhead. The anti-Klopp if you will.

 

It's funny but I listened to John Terry talking about Mourinho and how he rang him to tell him he was coming "home" to Chelsea for that second spell. He's always held up as the ultimate mercanary manager, but that somewhat surprised me. I don't see Pep ever having that emotional bond with City, other than lots of cash in his bank account. I mean I hate Mourinho, but he was a great manager in his day and it's clear he could build a rapport with the pre-Millenial players because a lot of them from the Porto/Chelsea/Inter teams seem to love him. 

 

 

Excellent post. We all hated him but despite the embarrassment of riches, Mourinho and his players and the Chelsea fans were a formidably strong force. Something Peps City can’t relate to at all

[Section_31]

Mondeling akkoord tussen

 

I've definitely had those shelves from IKEA.

[Section_31]

Just now, Dave D said:

Excellent post. We all hated him but despite the embarrassment of riches, Mourinho and his players and the Chelsea fans were a formidably strong force. Something Peps City can’t relate to at all

 

Negged for Pep.

[Dave D]

1 minute ago, Section_31 said:

 

Negged for Pep.

Negged for Pep also 

[Moo]

9 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Total support for him if he's our man, I'd be lying if I said I'm not underwhelmed, but by the same token, I can't think of anyone else for the job either. Fuck it, let's see how it goes.

 

Of course.  

I don't know about anyone else but I always think getting a new manager, and starting a new era, is [nearly] always exciting - with one obvious exception.

I'm gutted Jürgen is leaving, I think we're done as a force with his departure. But I still have hope that I'm totally wrong, that he might be great, and that's exciting. For a while at least 

[Code]

I welcome our new Dutch overlord, please dont be shite!

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

The more I read about him the more I’m starting to think that Slot could be a good appointment. 
 

It’s probably already been posted but this article portrays him in a good light. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/26/arne-slot-liverpool-feyenoord-philosophy

 

I’m intrigued to see how we adapt to the likely 4-2-3-1 formation too. Klopp’s 4-3-3 served us well. But, my one complaint about us under Klopp is that we could, at times, try to get to goal a bit too quickly. Trying to do so in 1 or 2 passes (a lot of these moves involving TAA) when maybe 3, 4 or 5 more precise and shorter passes might’ve been better. 
 

It’ll be interesting to see if we use the number 10 as a key role in building up our attacks. Trying to feed the attacking 3 higher up, rather than going for a more direct pass from deep. 

[Barrington Womble]

5 minutes ago, Nelly-Szoboszlai said:

The more I read about him the more I’m starting to think that Slot could be a good appointment. 
 

It’s probably already been posted but this article portrays him in a good light. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/26/arne-slot-liverpool-feyenoord-philosophy

 

I’m intrigued to see how we adapt to the likely 4-2-3-1 formation too. Klopp’s 4-3-3 served us well. But, my one complaint about us under Klopp is that we could, at times, try to get to goal a bit too quickly. Trying to do so in 1 or 2 passes (a lot of these moves involving TAA) when maybe 3, 4 or 5 more precise and shorter passes might’ve been better. 
 

It’ll be interesting to see if we use the number 10 as a key role in building up our attacks. Trying to feed the attacking 3 higher up, rather than going for a more direct pass from deep. 

Without getting into a whole debate about klopp's style, I think the direct nature you mention is fundamental to it. It either creates a goal scoring opportunity or a chance to press and get a turnover in an advanced position. And honestly, whenever we didn't play like that, we were generally shit. I don't think we have enough players who are good at spotting a pass to play like that, as it wasn't a requirement for klopp. 

[Captain Howdy]

16 minutes ago, Code said:

please dont be shite!

That’s all we ask 

[Ronnie Whelan]

1 hour ago, Barrington Womble said:

He could probably build a rapport with post-millenial players too if he moved with the times tactically. If his football was still relevant and successful, I'm sure a lot of the players he could still get to run through walls for him. It's just nobody is going the extra mile for yesterday's man. I think it's been clear over the years players will do almost anything on a pitch provided they think it is winning football. 

I think he's shown he can't manage a lot of the modern players. Maybe, it's a slight on them, but as you say, he's probably shown he hasn't moved with the times. I do think if they viewed him as yesterday's man, it reflects badly on them, because regardless of what you think of him, he was a winner and most of the twats at United and Spurs have won fuck all. I know if I was a player I'd look at his achievements in the game and give him respect. It was hillarious when he said coming 2nd with that Manc team was his greatest achievement in football. 

 

33 minutes ago, Dave D said:

Excellent post. We all hated him but despite the embarrassment of riches, Mourinho and his players and the Chelsea fans were a formidably strong force. Something Peps City can’t relate to at all

They were a proper team, even if they were incredibly unlikeable. 

John Terry was some defender.

[an tha]

36 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

Negged for Pep.

It is on a par with 'Boris' IMO....I just don't get why people do it myself like.

[johnsusername]

I'm excited. Are you excited? I'm excited. Can't wait for him to start. A new brush sweeps clean and all that. 

[SasaS]

I suppose at least he isn't someone we know we don't want.

[suzy]

Well it’s happening! Weird it’s come out before the season has ended though.