Klopp's squads

[mark1975]

Admittedly I don't follow alot of German football, I catch bits and like watching alot of the teams, they play some good football, technically good while they possess a similar work ethic to English sides.

Anyway.. that's one reason I'm hopeful that Klopp will translate his German success to the Premiership. He's been given a raw deal in terms of fixtures and injuries, but it's something he'll have to acclimatize to, fast.

What I don't know about Klopp is where he stood between having a squad and having a "team". Is he like his predecessors here, building numbers (with varying results), or is he more Mourinho-like in terms of building an actual "team" that more or less picks itself, give or take three or four players on the fringe of that? I know Mourinho, or Chelsea rather, have big squads, but he was fairly rigid with his selections.

Before someone goes off all chalk board about the days of "first XI's" being done with, I'm sure most of you will get my point. Does he go for quality over quantity?

Few would probably argue that that's what we're crying out for, but by the same token, an injury ravaged squad with plentiful games to play presents a different slant on things.

 

[leftpeg]

Given how poor we are at off-loading players I guess the quantity issue will take care of itself for a while...so he has to go for quality if not in this window then in the next. We're in danger of being left behind by more than just the traditional top four now so we urgently have to keep up. The summer window is huge, not just for Klopp but for the immediate future of the club.

 

[rurikbird]

His rotation policy at Dortmund was pretty balanced – the back 4 was generally pretty stable, the front 6 gets rotated from time to time, depending on form/injuries/competition, but rarely more than 1-2 positions at once. And certain key attacking players like Lewandowski or Reus played in almost every game when fit. So he's certainly not a rotation maniac like Rafa and also not someone who exclusively relies on a small core of trusted players like Mourinho.

 

[beejay]

Klopp's early selections followed the same pattern, trying to keep stability at the back and in centre midfield but injuries and the fixture list congestion has changed all of that.

He must be thinking that either the medical & fitness departments need overhauling or we have to bulk up the squad.

 

[Dreambeliever]

I think he will bring a truck load of players for next season.

 

[mark1975]

I think he will bring a truck load of players for next season.

I'd only be happy with that if a truck load of players leave, but even still, it's not ideal and it's pretty much what's fucked us up over the last couple of seasons, mass overhauls instead of minor adjustments.