Why did Liverpool choose Arne Slot?

Joggen Klopp's last season at Liverpool has not been the fairy tale that some fans will have fed him, but today we look forward and to do so, I am joined by John McKenzie and JJ Bull and specifically we will be looking forward to his new manager Anna, who will arrive in the summer will be good, who will stay and who will leave. I don't know, but I hope to do so at the end of today's video. I guess the first question, JJ is, who is he? this guy Arna

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Arna slot is a 45 year old Dutch football coach he used to be a footballer he was a midfielder he was quite slow apparently he was on FIFA 13 that makes me feel a bit old please carry on well.

I have even more for you here is the CV of him who sent us his CV V that is correct yes as you can see he is the skins manager at the moment but soon he won't be because he will go to Liverpool before that . It was AZ or azed Almar azed alar yes, yes, and this is what he has done. He won the Dutch FA Cup last week. He won a league title. He was in the final of the Europe conference. Okay, some things he's done and how he plays. John. I have a very good Athletics Mark Kry playing style wheel in front of me here and this just gives us a good idea of ​​what kind of things his team is doing that Liverpool will be looking at when trying to determine if they want the space to be in the lateral, attacking shot, creating quality chances, this is a guy who is creating good chances and good quality chances and then defensively he can look very strong here, which is interesting for Liverpool, the intensity is very high, just as we know Liverpool. without possession of a very intense team, so these are already signs of a good coach, so when we start to look at some of the perhaps more stylistic things in terms of what they're trying to do to create these good numbers, the things that They stand out the possession team tells me so he's going to maintain possession of the ball to try to create opportunities and what we see here is a deep build up so what that means is essentially building around the goalkeeper so we see a lot of that, but actually when you see these types of metrics, you might usually expect them to be a team that could be patient in attack, but as we can see, patient attack is a useful metric, isn't it? ?

If you're talking about patients in attack, you can that's a little bit lower, so what this means is that when they bring the ball forward, they're taking shots pretty quickly, so what we're getting is a deep buildup with possession. , but then the fairly direct attack circulates here is interesting because this You look at the relationship between the progressive passes and then more lateral passes and you can see that they are quite central to this, so they do a lot of lateral passes at the beginning to try to move the ball through the opponent's lines of pressure once they achieve it. through that pressure, then they attack quite quickly, so this is what we expect from an Aror place, elite football, but with a lot of dynamism, so the kind of things you might expect from Guardiola, the kind of things that you could wait of Klopp is also fine, I suppose that some of the things that JN is showing us here in this wheel are the same reasons why he would have appeared on Liverpool's list, well, yes, I think the data will have appeared when When they look for his coach, they will look for coaches who play a certain style, so this will show and that is why he is one of the ones they are watching, but the important thing is that with all these numbers he wins things. he has taken teams and improved them, that is one of the things he has done and he has done it on a really low budget and he has a history of improving young players as well, for example when he reached the final of the Europa Conference League and In the summer season they basically sold all the players, so we only had four left from the starting 11 of that final.

The following season he signed players aged 24 and under, so working with young players tries to build for the future, which is obviously something you would like, it's not just Brighton who buy low and sell high, everyone wants to do that, the other thing is that he is charismatic and good with the media and that will be relevant for Liverpool, especially coming from Jurgen. Klopp who is the best at it unless he has lost and is very mean to you then there are stuff guys here who will adapt to what Liverpool want but he only managed in the year divisions where he didn't He fixed things in the Elite league and things may not. climb any way you want, he's only had five seasons as a manager and one of them is in the Dutch second division, it's not a bad thing, but you know it's still unproven and managing Liverpool is a big problem, it's a b, Yes, it's a big jump.

I mean, it sounds like you know, from the style of play, that there are some elements of continuity, but there are definitely questions about scalability, John, yes, because we are talking about a manager who is clearly very good in the hallway and we have seen managers which they are. Very good, I arrived in the Premier League shortly and there have been problems with the transfer. I'm talking about Eric Tenh, but the question of scalability is whether what Liverpool are looking for is not a manager who can perform at the highest levels. AA level divis is looking for a coach who can perform at the highest level of the Premier League.

It would be strange if they were looking for a coach who could perform at the highest level of the big question that needs to be asked. The question is what are the various trade-offs that these coaches will make and what I mean by this is that if you were a coach in the hallway you could, for example, throw more players forward on attack knowing that, although you are more exposed, it is possible that they don't punish you as much as in another league and for me the success of the coaches depends on their ability to modify their compensation when they move to other clubs and possibly Eric tenh.

Har has not managed to do so well at Manchester United. I only have a couple of examples from the Champions League where one did something like this. They are playing against Atlético de Madrid. This is the first leg of their group stage. In the matchup against them there were, I think, big problems in the way they structured themselves without possession. I just want to talk about them, so normally when Fino plays, they play in a 4-2, 3-1, so they have two midfielders. and then a midfielder forward in this game they played with a flatter midfield three, so with a six they have the number six here and then two eights on each side, which is a little bit different than what they usually do, I think it's the reason why they did it because Atlético de Madrid have Antoine Griezmann who likes to stay between the lines so I think they wanted to have a more central defensive game to be able to cover him and what this essentially means is that they have one less player . in their forward pressing, so here we have three forwards pressing, usually they would have a number 10 behind with two sixes behind and against this build-up structure for Atlético Madrid we can see that they have their three defenders and then Kok comes in as pivot player. and it's actually pretty easy to move the ball through 4 V3 matchups.

The other problem on top of that is that in the central midfield area the F order goes quite man to man and the reason why this becomes a problem is because Atlético play with full backs so big. The big question is how do you cover to the sides? Do you cover it with a central midfield going outwards or did you push your full back up and as you can see here, this is Guda, the full back pushing towards the full back and that? It opens up a lot of space between the centre-back and the defender, so if the opposing midfielder drops into space, as we call it, you have to decide whether the centre-back will cross over. and cover, you now have a huge amount of space between your two central defenders, you are not doubling their striker, so what they have decided to do is drop the eight, so this is Mata dropping towards the back line and covering .

That player now, the problem here is that you have now opened up a lot of space because the other two midfielders are marking quite close to their men, so you have two problems here, one is that it is quite easy to build. through this set up unit through the three pressing players so if this ball bounces off this player's front foot and he can roll it, he gets into this space and he can move the ball forward and the other problem is that there is a large amount. of space that has to be covered between the centre-back and the full-back and in fact the first goal in this game came from having to cover a lot of space when the ball was played, he couldn't stifle it I think. like I can see Sandre Bullock in a 10 can in the movie Gravity, yes, because of how much space there is, that's exactly what I thought when I saw this screenshot.

J, yeah, this presents problems because you say, well, you know, at the top. On a level level, not necessarily being able to solve problems, this continued throughout the game, so it's not something I thought was a problem from the first minute, but they didn't do anything to change that, presumably because they didn't want to, yeah I guess . so or they didn't want to do it on the fly um, which raises questions, oh, if it's going to create this kind of problems in the Premier League, what will it be like though, when we get to the next game, so this is In the second game of the group stage against Atlético de Madrid they changed things, so they went from that six with two eights in front to two sixes and a 10 in front, so Calvin sings um and what's happening now is that you have your front three , but now also your 10 covering, so you have four players ahead in the pressure and that makes it much easier because then you can cover the pivot play, so it is much more difficult for the opponent to overcome that early pressure, they still did something.

There are other deeper things on the field, but because they are not as open, you can't be punished for them as much, so I think this gives an indication that there is an awareness that you have to change your compensations when we are playing against higher level opponents, so there are also good signs. I think the slot will be able to make those kinds of concessions if it moves to the Premier League. Well, I mean, it's interesting with the two examples of Champions League games that we've used here is against Atlético Madrid, a producer on this show, Chris Hamill, who's too scared to say this on camera, tells us. said beforehand that he used one word to describe his Play Fire Lords game against Celtic, a word Shan repeated. here, um, but he's a coward because he doesn't go on camera and say it himself, okay, well, let's talk about what Anna Slot could be inheriting in Liverpool in the form of pros and cons.

JJ Ball, uh, hit me with a pro. a pro is that Liverpool are good and have very talented players, yes this is the team, there are a few others that I haven't put here, but this is a really good out of possession structure, by the way, it is quite difficult to get, Actually I think there are spaces. There are holes somewhere, there is quite a central hole here, yes, but I don't care, so this is what we have, we have a lot of great players here, probably the best centre-back in the league, possibly the best goalkeeper in the league. league.

And I will argue that you have the best left back in the world. Maybe that's too much, but he's playing against Scotland. Yes, why not try it? That's exactly what I did. Alexander Arnold is very, very good, so are we. We have great individual players here, so he is a great professional, and this team that we know is capable of challenging in all competitions and the total points you need to win the Premier League now that we work is an average of around 86 points . or something like that and they can get there, they can do it.

I think that's a really key point. John, what is a professional? Yes. I just mentioned it, but Alex Arnold we talked about how Hos Slot likes his teams to attack directly with progressive passes. Alexander Arnold is probably the best progressive passer in world football, so the ability to make a play like that, put him in your team and have him play exactly the type of football you want, is a huge professional advantage, although he hit me with a fraud. Well, Jorgen Klopp is leaving, yes, and he was also very good, yes, and the problem you have with that is that often at the end of an era things, well, teams decline, there are just little changes and things here and there where people adapt to each other. another Maybe the team chemistry will change because there will be certain things that will come will be inevitable, not inevitable, uh, what is the opposite of inevitable, avoidable, avoidable, there will be a possibly avoidable, uh?

Decline and I also think that the opponents, like other teams, might feel a little bit of weakness and might attack him like a jungle cat yeah, yeah, that's fair, no, I think so, I mean, I'm curious to see it because I feel that there are many things that enter into the end of the age. What is difficult, it is not statistical, it is more of an opinion, but you have seen it many times,as if the most obvious ones were Arsenal and the united man when they left a small change and what they have is the benefit they have.

An advantage too is that because the slots style is similar to Klopp's, there is that consistency. Because Liverpool are so data driven it makes sense that this has come in and given some continuity to avoid going from one Stell to another which is where you would definitely run into problems, yeah okay John what's your With? Well, my con actually follows my Pro because when you have Alexander AR in possession you have a lot of good things. possession poses some problems, so if you're going to build a team around him, the big question is how do I cover his possession drawbacks.

And this has obviously been the conversation that has taken place during Alexander Arnold's time at Liverpool, so yes. I think this will be one of the problems that slot would have to solve if they are going to build their team around Alexander. Do you think he would put him as the right side defender and move inside like Gero does or plays? his right back most of the time is correct too so I suppose he could do it this season anyway, he has invested his right back on the right side so maybe we could see that happen again though guda, a profile quite different from that of Alexander Arnold they treat you like people who don't know that you can play anywhere as a defender Central defense Midfield you can also play as a right back he is more of a defensive player I would say yes Alexander Arnold, he is an attacking player in a defensive position, but that's what I've seen some people talk about how Alexander Arnold could be moved to midfield.

I'm still not completely convinced that's the solution for him. I think also when they play with the fullback. On the inside, it's much more like what Manchester City do when they invert their defence, so it's all about being able to develop the first lines of pressure, whereas with Liverpool, Alexander Arnold feels more like a quarterback , so he moves towards a center. space just because it opens up the amount of passing lanes he has, like we've said he's a great progressive passer so if you move him to Central it just opens up the field a little bit more for him so he has slightly different roles as well .

The interesting thing about Alexander R for me is that where he plays in the team tends to change the way Liverpool have possession. And on that note, this week we sent Ruben Pinder to an undisclosed location in London, it was the Fham stadium, to ask if people really know how Liverpool play this is what he discovered today we are outside Craven Cottage asking the fans if you can guess which of the top three in the Premier League has the average most possession city with the most Arsenal with the second Liverpool with the third was going to di Liverpool at the bottom I think you think Arsenal Man City Liverpool you are the Arsenal most yes Arsenal one Liverpool 2 and City 3 City Arsenal Liverpool Liverpool Arsenal City City Arsenal Liverpool Arsenal City Liverpool Liverpool W City Arsenal um pep and Etta Similar playing styles but maybe this is what they want you to think yes it's a question yes yes Arsenal City Liverpool Yes I think so that's right sounds good I agree yes Arsenal City Liverpool I would say arsenal number one um Liverpool probably number two and Man City number three maybe maybe Arsenal a city 2 Liverpool 3 Yes, go ahead, yes, I want three.

I'm going to say Man City, yes, then Liverpool, then Arsenal, place in a nice city one. Liverpool 2 Arsenal three. In no way did I think Liverpool were fighting back, but there you too, thanks Ruben Pinder and, uh, some misconceptions John, as we've already heard from JJ in the V syllabus section of this video, um, Anna, it's a little continuity, uh, hire. From a technical perspective, I think that since I and the British public no longer know how Liverpool play, it's probably worth taking a look at what might or might not change in the slot. I'm going back to the original.

Playstyle wheel I shared with you. I emphasized a few things. They're obviously good at a lot of things, but they don't have a lot of patient attack and circulation, which suggests they're making a lot of lateral passes but also direct passes if we move forward quickly. Look at Liverpool's fast forward, but if we look at Liverpool's St game wheel, you can see very similar things, like the first one, yes, maybe it's not as good in certain areas, so the quality of the clash slightly decreases the possibility of prevention, the intensity slightly decreases, as we mentioned. but here we go, we have a patient attack with a fairly low circulation around the same type of figure, so what we are getting from Liverpool this season is very similar from a playing style point of view to what Anna Slot is doing, but back to Ruben's point.

Why don't people understand what Liverpool are doing? I think everyone knows that Man City and Arsenal play a positional game. We talked about this a few weeks ago and what I mean by this is that they use the position of their players. the players move the ball to create free players between the lines and uh and move the ball across the lines they press and they do it deliberately yeah, so let's say van dijk has the ball here, what he wants to do is move it. through this first line of pressure and you know the opposition is making it difficult for Endo to pass um this is a risky pass to Mallister etc so what we are going to see we will see in these teams who like to build . deep and moving the ball through those pressure lines is the movement of the players and the structural configurations to be able to make that process easier so that we can see Mallister drop here so that he can play a bounce pass to Endo even if the players run with him and what you have done then is simply use the positional players to move the ball through lines of pressure, you found a free man in the middle Endo looks like he is not free in this situation because there is a marker, but because McAllister's move, you can then overcome him, so Liverpool are very similar to Arsenal and Man City in that they will try to build from Deep, move the ball through the initial lines of pressure, but once Once you've overcome those first lines of pressure, that's when Liverpool starts to look quite different because, as we talked about before, Manchester City in particular are quite risk averse, so what they're going to do is play to retain possession, So if there is a player between the lines and it is a risky pass, they probably won't try it, they will probably play outside the block and make sure they retain possession of the ball, whereas with Liverpool what we get is that they overcome the first lines of pressure and then the pace picks up and they're going to try to make a fairly direct attack.

We've already talked about Alexander Arnold being a really good progressive passer. He can probably find those risky passes better than anyone in the world, but they are still risky passes and obviously with the opposition. They have more players in their defensive half and then the defensive half is their half, right? Yeah, their half, their half, um, they swap halves at half-time, they do it, they do it and then it becomes the other team's defensive half, right, yeah, yeah, um, but what were they? Are you saying I was saying you know they are much less risk averse that means they can lose the ball and that is why Liverpool have to have such a good counterpress because if they don't have a good counterpress when the ball is turned ?

Above the opponent you can attack him at high speed and that is also similar to Fard, so we have seen Fard slowly build up through the first lines of pressure, then increase the pace of direct attack and then a strong counterattack if you lose The ball that you mentioned before, uh, the final was preparing in a 4231 in the Champions League. Let's see Liverpool's formation change. Do you think so? I guess this is another advantage of having someone like that in a slot because of the buildup patterns he uses. they are quite similar to what we see at Liverpool, you can build from a 42 shape like this, sometimes we see Liverpool inverting their fullback, that allows you to push the eight forward and create a square midfield, we also see Pho doing that a little bit.

This season as well, so I think you know there won't be a huge amount of changes in terms of what Liverpool expect in terms of tactics. Liverpool have tended to play like a classic number six and then two eights. but even when you build with a six and two eights, often one of the other eights falls and you're forming a double pivot anyway, so the same kind of ideas will be there. I think you know that's another thing to recommend. Slot as a potential manager, there are other things he likes to do as well. One of the things the Slot team likes is having depth runs, people running from deep into positions, it's very difficult to track them that way, so players like SOAS will thrive on this. something like that because he likes to do that, you know, so what you'll see will say that Nunes is up here, so he'll start here, but he'll end up being the furthest player just running away from Deep, so it's very difficult to continue where. they're going to be nice, yeah, just like their two midfielders, all three midfielders will make those runs, they kind of swap out who does it so it can be any one of them that does it and, again, that kind of unpredictability is really useful. , especially when people are also trying to get manto man on the counterattack.

It's also interesting because Liverpool fell a couple of years ago with this, they had a change of players that when they lost for two years it didn't happen. It was last year, right? But Forino Fabinho and Manny were when everyone left and changed the way they played a little bit because this is similar, we see that the numbers are very similar to what Finer would do, but his counterpressing . um, John and I over the last few years have made videos watching Liverpool go down, we think it was the counterpressing that was really weakened by the changes they made, so there will be something there for the slot to test. and fix what's not working for them there right now, you know what's interesting to me?

We spent 15 minutes talking about Liverpool and tactics and neither of you mentioned Muhammad Salah, which is interesting because this comes in a week where Salah and Klopp had a very exciting sideline bust um Alex Barker although thankfully he has responded to the idea that Salah could be washed is what the kids say washed washed here washed is washed Alex Muhammad Salah is set to finish this Premier League campaign with his worst goal return in seven years, which has led some fans to wondering if he is still an elite player; There has certainly been a decline in his goal scoring and he is currently experiencing the worst form of him at Liverpool when you look at the underlying numbers as shown.

Here, during the start of his Anfield career, Salah has scored more goals than his expected goals suggested by the blue area over the last three seasons, although Salah has underperformed his expected goals more frequently, a trend that suggests a Quite a worrying conclusion for Liverpool fans. Salah's finishing is getting worse and while that judgment may be a little premature and Jurgen Klopp himself has said he is not worried about Salah's missed opportunities this season, there is one aspect of his profile that appears to have weakened his shooting power. Salago trademark, you probably imagine something similar to his 2018 winning pucast against Everton, where he cuts it in from right kicks from his left and the ball flies before the goalkeeper can react, but when Salah has been in similar scenarios recently , goalkeepers have found it easier to stop his shots, this shot against Manchester United is one of those cases where Salah creates space to shoot towards the top left corner and with the ball in front of him there is potential to drive a lot of power on this shot and Andre Onana comfortably stops it there.

There are some statistics that may also indicate a problem with shot power or at least shot quality. Salah's expected goals on goal, a metric that OA uses to measure the quality of a shot, has been below his expected goals tally in recent years or, in other words, Salah is not able to convert chances of low quality on high quality shots as often as he used to, of course Salah is not a striker, his contribution is not just about scoring goals, he is also a winger who creates opportunities by taking defenders in 1 V one at least. that's what he's done historically for Liverpool starting in 2024.

Salah's successful dribbles per 90 are an all-time low, while his dribbling success rate has continued to decline season after season, reaching just 34%. on the surface. This may not seem like a big revelation. Salah has already passed the maximum age of an average wingerPremier League which, according to Athletics Mark Kry, is around 26 years old. We could say that Salah has lost some speed and explosiveness and that is why he is not beating his man as effectively as he is. accustomed, but there have been multiple occasions this season where Salah has left Premier League defenders in the dust, suggesting that a physical deterioration may not be playing a major role here, what could be the problem is the Salah's predictability.

We've already talked about Salah's signature finish. where he cuts from the right and shoots from the left, but he also follows a similar pattern when crossing. Of the 46 crosses the Egyptian has attempted this season, only 13 have arrived with the right foot and only three of them have found a His teammate sometimes even looks more comfortable using the outside of his strong foot to cross in these wide areas, but most of the time Salah cuts it to cross with his left foot, which makes him more predictable in wide areas and as such makes it easier. to defend, consequently, it is not surprising that some Liverpool fans feel the attack could be more potent without Salah on the wing, this does not mean that Salah should be moved forward, as while we focus a lot on what Salah has been getting worse, it's time to draw attention to what you've been doing better.

Salah is the best. of the Premier League in expected assisted goals per 90, that figure being the all-time personal best in his Liverpool career. His live passes leading to one shot per 90 are also an all-time high and many of these smart passes come from more central areas, a good example of this was seen during the afcon where Salah received the ball a little deeper before making a first pass that put his teammate in 1 V. Here's another situation in front of me where Salah leads a Liverpool and Darwin Nunes counterattack. is advancing towards the goal Salah waits for the pass perfectly and if Nunes avoids hitting the crossbar it is another assist on his account, so while Salah may have declined as a footballer in some areas and may even be past his best years, he is clearly still He has a lot to offer at the highest level and perhaps some adjustments to his role or even a change in position could help cover these shortcomings while making more use of his evolving skill set.

What do you think I mean? Do you agree with Alex Barker? JJ can Could he move himself more centrally? I think it's very interesting about the dribble numbers because one of the things that the slot likes is to have his Wingers 1 V with a winger, so he would like to have this type of situation. Sal no Really that type of player now maybe plays more inside, it makes everything else a domino effect. Everything changes a bit more, so maybe if they were to bring in someone in the summer transfer window you'd possibly be looking at a right winger, but they already have Harvey Elas there, I don't think he's too similar to Salah for me , uh, and maybe a right outside back, but they've got Ben, who's a really decent young Scottish winger who could also play there, come on, Ben, um, but. like some of the things that you like when you look at the players that they have and what the slot would like to deal with one of the big problems that I would say that they have is that Darwin Nunes has not become so far has been the player that you expected it to be, especially for the money, you know.

The other day I was listening to the stadium football podcast, they had Ken as a special guest and I'm going to quote him directly. and I'm probably wrong but he said something like D Nunes could be Klopp's biggest mistake, well they wanted a goal scoring number nine and Nunes was a decent player there and he's a decent player but you can play. Overall he's not the number nine and what H Slots has been working with at Fer is a young Mexican called Santiago Himz who is a very good center forward obviously again it's like the skill with the way the coach adapts his tactics to different leagues.

I can't tell until he moves how good Jenez is like some players you can tell like Suarez in the division you can tell he was amazing just tell him Jimenez looks great but he's a completely different type of player but I would trust more in it. his first touch and if he was face to face with the goalkeeper, then he would

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Darwin Nunes, but the problem Liverpool have is that Darwin's unit is so expensive that no one is going to buy him for the amount of money they would want to sell him for. So you have a unit that you also have, maybe Cody Gak could play this position or Joo J, the other options you have, you don't really have the fox type in the Box, maybe J is the closest to him, probably that .

He would come into that position injured a lot this season, right? Yes, a lot of injuries, but that is one of the problems that Klopp has had, but that is one of the things they will be analyzing. Another is that, when looking at this pair of midfielders, the most important thing. Most likely what they've already been doing is Mallister reaching out to someone like Endo a few times. I wouldn't put soas there. You might like the 10s better because they press well. They defend mainly as a 442 and S possession, be good at that, you move around, that's a useful thing, but they might consider taking a defensive midfielder, possibly I mean continue with this, so, um, expectations, what Do you think for next season?

The instinct is that a lot of fans are still going to think that Liverpool should compete for the league and you said that the team of players they have here are capable of doing that, but is it really feasible that they are able to do that? Man City and Arsenal are not good, yes, they have a team that should be in the Champions League, a team that can score 86 points, if everything goes their way, there may not be any problems with the tee because, as we have said. consistency between management styles and he is meant to be a coach that the players like and adopt quite quickly so that will benefit them and should be an easy transition, it depends on what he brings with him if he wants to bring in more players that interrupt.

Any of the chemistry you have when you want to build, but the expectations for Liverpool fans should be that they are competing for every trophy to the point that the problem is like with any manager if let's say he has a bit of a displeasure in the Caribo Cup and you go in the first or third round, that's going to look bad if you go to the F cup early, although it doesn't matter right now, it really doesn't, uh, it's going to look bad, you know, so you start. get that bad push that pulls you away instead of the good one that comes from winning games, but also maybe win every game, yes, maybe every game you play.

I mean, that could happen from now until the end of time, what's up? Do you think John, I'm sorry, what's the question not about? I don't answer that but I mean the expectations for Liverpool fans next season, yes well I think there is potentially a tendency here for debates about slots to follow the same course as debates about A Poog Has Taken this season, um, we all know that with Poogle he has divided the fan base because on one hand, he has made things better than they were, but on the other hand, there is a group of fans who think that he is not winging things . level that they expect, um and the debate has become quite tedious, but I could see the same thing happening with slot machines.

He could play competent football, as the team may have a tactical identity and the big question could be whether this is enough for this. The manager will really challenge right at the top right if you've just had Jurgen Klopp who came in, took a side relatively in the middle of the table that he chose and finally you know it was the challenges against Man City then the expectation should be Well, we brought in another coach we've used data to find this coach. He is very similar to our previous coach, so DET logic assumes he should be a challenge for the league.

Logic, the enemy of football, in fact, um, so yeah, I think that's the That will be the big question: whether or not the slot has been successful, but it has been successful in the eyes of the people who watch the game and assume that you know that success does not. it's not made up of oh okay well we've got the top four, it's going to have to be at some point, there's got to be an upward trajectory to get to the top of the Premier League, yeah I really think about what he's like with the conferences press and journalists.

Usually when he talks we give him a little time if things don't go exactly as planned because he's pretty good on camera, he's fun to watch as an entertainer, he's just smart and doesn't give cliché answers to everything you're asked, which I think makes you brand yourself with someone who doesn't really think outside the box because, ironically, it's a cliché, but it's different than how G CL would say things that you wouldn't expect from a football coach and say, oh Speak well, Don't you like a person, not a robot, who has read every line of the script?

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