da luck： Here in the Transfer Tavern the Liverpool fans are hoping for a new successful era under Jurgen Klopp.
da spicy bet： The German manager has had a full pre-season now for the first time with the Reds squad and the Anfield faithful are hoping that his ideas will now be carried out on the pitch.
These ideas brought him the league title in Germany twice for Borussia Dortmund and that ultimately is what the Reds fans want.
Whether Klopp can do it or not remains to be seen but with a six-year contract, he certainly has the time to make some kind of mark and you can see signs of his work on the training ground coming through.
Liverpool are now one of the most attacking and hard-working teams in the league and if they can sort their defence out things will be looking good.
That’s a familiar story though from the last few years and our landlord thinks that and these SEVEN things only come with being a Liverpool supporter…
Patience really is a virtue
Liverpool are still waiting for their first Premier League title – a fact that delights every other opposition fan in the country.
They’ve seen their record number of league victories overhauled and the wait is now longer than Manchester United’s was until their first title under Sir Alex Ferguson and that just makes things even worse.
No matter though, ever the optimists this year really could be their year under the German Klopp. Couldn’t it?
That final key signing? He won’t be
The amount of times Liverpool have come second or third and just felt that with a couple of extra names, or that one superstar player next season the trophy would be theirs is countless.
From El Hadji Diouf being the Reds missing striker under Gerard Houllier to Alberto Aquilani supposedly being as good a replacement for Xabi Alonso, the examples just keep on coming.
For the Reds’ fans sakes let’s hope the current batch of new players perform.
The Champions League is all that matters
Liverpool aren’t even in the Champions League but their fans will happily remind you they’ve still won it more than any other British club, especially if you support Manchester United.
Who cares about winning the league the most times when you’ve been the Kings of Europe five times? Exactly.
The Reds fans are naturally huge Champions League desirers and long for the opportunity to play those famous knockout games under the Anfield lights once again.
If any team can throw something away it’s Liverpool
The 2013/14 Premier League title certainly springs to mind.
The Reds had their fate in their hands and well, you know what happened. In 2008/09 they lost just two games but conspired to finish second behind United, with the highest points tally of any second placed Premier League team and even on a game to game basis a lead is never safe.
3-0 up and cruising? Not if you’re a Liverpool fan, there’s no sweeter sound than the final whistle.
If any team can salvage something from the depths it’s Liverpool
Equally the Reds seem to have a knack of saving their bacon sometimes.
A certain, it’s that buzzword again, Champions League victory springs to mind in 2005 and in fact large portions of the run to that final were hugely dramatic.
Then you have the 2006 FA Cup final against West Ham which they only just took to penalties and the 2012 League Cup final against Cardiff, which was made much harder than it should have been.
It’s just cruel on the fans really.
Missing Xabi Alonso is like nothing else
Rafa Benitez masterminded arguably the greatest night in the club’s history, but he was also at the heart of one of the club’s biggest mistakes in letting Alonso go.
His career since leaving Liverpool has shown just how good a player he was and it can be no coincidence that the Reds went from second to seventh after he left.
An awful decision, and one that still leaves its mark today given where the Reds still find themselves, floundering outside the top four.
No last minute goal will ever be as good as one of Steven Gerrard’s
The man for the big occasion.
When you needed a last minute goal this is who you went to.
The amount of times Steven Gerrard saved the club from a loss, got them the victory or crashed them brilliantly into a Champions League knockout or to help win the FA Cup will live long in the memory.
A truly gifted footballer who is still being missed in the Reds squad and no matter what Reds fan you ask no last minute goal will be as good as the one in the 2006 FA Cup final. Solskjaer who?