I've been thinking this quite a lot recently.
We've come out of the whole thing suspiciously unscathed. Maybe Klopp wasn't available immediately and they saw an opportunity to give Rodgers one final chance almost as a free hit.
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I've been thinking this quite a lot recently.
We've come out of the whole thing suspiciously unscathed. Maybe Klopp wasn't available immediately and they saw an opportunity to give Rodgers one final chance almost as a free hit.
Which you pretty much ruled out with aplomb when myself & others suggested it a while back.
Not trying it be a 'I told you so' cos it was only a theory I threw out there, but pointing out that you aren't always right & shouldn't be quite so quick to rule shit out.
We've entered the age of humility and left the one of hubris behind.
I'm sure pete is on board the Humility Bus of Mortals with Jurgen and the rest of us.
It's the obvious conclusion to draw. One cannot then take that one step further & consider whether that's in Klopp's thinking too, or if they outlined their longer term plans or potential suitors with him when approaching him.
I didn't know that, but it doesn't make a difference. It isn't what I'd have expected, but in any case what I particularly like about them is precisely that they aren't beholden to any one party or school of thought. Better that than the Grauniad's reflex right-onnery, which overshadows too many good points by (a) overstating them and (b) being so drearily predictable.
I think that's why he prefers it.
Always?
Not on this site. It's incredibly right wing for an LFC site. Just check any politics thread.
Wow. Genuinely surprised.
I literally have no recollection of that.
Maybe find the quote so I can at least know what I'm withdrawing?
I'm fucked if I'm looking back through everything. It's really not worth it.
Forget I said it, I withdraw the statement cos I don't want to start arguing, let's wait until we have something worthwhile to argue over again!
Forget I said it, I withdraw the statement cos I don't want to start arguing, let's wait until we have something worthwhile to argue over again!
You're probably right.
I just literally don't remember anything about it, which is strange cos my memory is usually good.
Fwiw the Benteke move was always the big problem for me believing anything like this theory. It still is to some extent (suggestions are that Klopp had actually decided against him due to a lack of energy), as well as the loans of Markovic and Ilori, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was SOME element of this kind of thinking behind what FSG were doing.
But Jesus was it agony for me to live through it thinking of this opportunity I thought we were wasting.
I just literally don't remember anything about it, which is strange cos my memory is usually good.
Fwiw the Benteke move was always the big problem for me believing anything like this theory. It still is to some extent (suggestions are that Klopp had actually decided against him due to a lack of energy), as well as the loans of Markovic and Ilori, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was SOME element of this kind of thinking behind what FSG were doing.
But Jesus was it agony for me to live through it thinking of this opportunity I thought we were wasting.
I can believe that's when they made a firm job offer. I don't believe that was their first contact though.
Whatever they want! Same as any other jobless person.
Perusing the classifieds with a few million $$ in the bank? ... 🙂
As well as births and deaths. Always kills an hour or two
Oh boy. Do you think Rodgers briefings initiated the "anti transfer committee" articles from spring and summer onwards.?
I seem to recall in the "she's dead" thread it was pretty much Peter against the rest. Maybe one or two others who thought dancing on the bitch's grave was out of order, but the vast majority were demonstrating a revolutionary posture
I like to believe uncle JJ is a dyed in the wool socialist. Maybe he frowns at the extremes us young (50ish) trots roll out, but cut him and his blood runs a deep red.
It's probably about 70/30 left wing on here. Which, by the ultra conformist standard of LFC fans, is fairly right wing, I suppose.
I'm impossible to pigeonhole TBH. In terms of domestic politics and international economics I would place myself on the left, but in terms of overall UK foreign and defence policy I definitely do not buy into the anti-US/NATO/nukes approved wisdom of the left. Voting is often a real problem for me and I tend to end up voting for candidates rather than parties.
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