AlwaysBeClosing

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[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

What is your favourite - not necessarily the best - 3 film run of consecutive films by any Director? I think mine is John McTiernan with Predator, Die Hard and the Hunt for Red October. I love all 3 of those films.

[The Anfield Wrap @TheAnfieldWrap]

🗣️ Andoni Iraola Special | Neil & Melissa Reddy

In this weeks edition of Neil &, @Knox_Harrington speaks to @MelissaReddy_ about Andoni Iraola's appointment as Liverpool manager...

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[Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh_]

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[Paul Grech @paul_grech]

Roger Milla was a retired footballer.

Had it not been for a personal appeal from Cameroon’s president, he would never have been at Italia 90..

An extract from Echoes of an Italian Summer:

Via @PitchPublishing

https://t.co/s4ctBRIMEV

[Josh Sexton @jsexton24]

+ I helped @RobGutmann launch a podcast called The Pub Crawlers (which you should get onto if you haven’t already) 🍻

[Melissa Reddy @MelissaReddy_]

Liverpool want to be an aggressive, front-foot team led by someone who is all in, whose identity is intensity, who will immerse himself in the club through to the academy, and whose hard-working character will endear him to the city. That’s Andoni Iraola.

Yes, there are risks. There usually always are bar very rare circumstances. Jürgen Klopp thought he was a risk because he had never worked outside of Germany.

Looking at win percentages as a mark of appointing a new head coach/manager is nonsense. Klopp would have never been approached by Bayern Munich or joined Borussia Dortmund in that case.

Luis Enrique would have never gone from Celta to Barcelona.

It’s about what they’ve achieved relative to means, scaling that, plus their stylistic fit to the club and its ambitions.

[The Fanzine Red All Over The Land @TheFanzine1]

He was our first superstar. We had him at a Red All Over The Land event about 3-years ago, an absolute gent, funny and had time for everyone. He wants to go back to St James Park to say the goodbye he didn't do when he left for the 2nd time. Should get him back to Anfield as well

[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

@Carl_M79 Not all of us care just about playing fast paced football, many of us just want the best manager possible with a coherent plan that is progressing.

[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

@PaulSenior1 Good shout. Amongst his many other qualities he is a Spanish speaker too which I imagine would help at times.

[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

Saw someone at the club briefed defending last summers transfers by saying they signed good players. Few have doubted that, the questions have always been were they the right fit for what the squad/coach needed. This summer's signings need to be tailored to what the coach needs.

[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

@RobGutmann Think final say is the key thing. Think Alonso gets that at Chelsea now apparently.

[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

@PhilBlundell Who would you say is available and at our level? I think there is nobody in that bracket (other than Conte who I don't think they would work with) currently - imo that is why Bayern went with Kompany and City with Maresca. Iraola made Bournemouth more than the sum of heir parts.

[James Skelly @JamesSkellyBand]

Great article by @theliverpoolway in @guardian

https://t.co/mDJtmfLD1A

[Danny @dlmjnk]

I find it pretty odd that Richard Hughes isn’t a regular at Anfield.

[AnfieldIndex @AnfieldIndex]

@SimonBrundish: "Iraola has the fittest team in the league.”

“They do more high-speed running than anybody in the league.”

[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

@CalvLyfeson Also how comparable are the Dutch league and say the Europa to the Premier League? Still a huge gamble at the time.

[AlwaysBeClosing @JoeSimpson79]

Would Iraola be a gamble?Undoubtedly - he hasn't shown he can cope with 3 games a week, consistently facing low blocks etc.However unless Enrique is bored of winning - they are all gambles. Bayern appointed Kompany & City Maresca because there are no sure things ready & available

[The Anfield Wrap @TheAnfieldWrap]

✍ Neil's article on the sacking of Arne Slot

📲 Read here: https://t.co/MfnWTQaBLO

[Melissa Reddy @MelissaReddy_]

Arne Slot deserves immense gratitude for delivering a Premier League title, and even more so, for the care and grace he showed while guiding the club through the grief of losing Diogo Jota.

But Liverpool have made the right decision to let him go. Conditions have changed, what they need now is not the same as when he was appointed, and there wasn’t evidence that he could fix the problems nor handle the next phase.

[Hannah Pinnock @hannah_pinnock]

Liverpool’s squad planning under this current leadership is scandalous. We seem intent on leaving ourselves without any depth whatsoever & then seem confused when injuries hit & results suffer. Grim.