Klopp and Liverpool celebrating a home draw to WBA (video added to OP)

Sad Chris said:
That's bs. It's not a standard German football practice to try to push fans to celebrate a point against a very mediocre team.
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That's right. Just ignore the actual reason. Makes far more fun (though it's totally inane) to believe it's for saving a point.
 
Rafateria said:
Though that IS improvement. 4 losses in last 25 matches and 2 in the last 19 I think it is (not sure if I read that stat before or after the Newcastle match).
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That's absolutely valid if it was before the Newcastle game - they were in a great run 6 wins in 7 games or something. But the last 3... It's more like a mini crisis rather than a "momentum".
 
He has successfully lowered their expectations already then?
 
VanGaalEra said:
I swear to god I started swearing at the screen when they showed that on sky. I believed they scored and won 3-2.

Then I saw 2-2 and I burst into fits of laughter at the screen.

I did apologise to the telly for the swearing.
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:lol:
 
I've been travelling all day, so I'm just catching-up with the day's events - WTF? :lol::lol::lol:
 
Ixion said:
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That is completely different. We had just scored what we thought was a winner. Klopp celebrated a HOME draw the way teams celebrate titles or the way non league clubs celebrate a scalp.
 
Rafateria said:
That's right. Just ignore the actual reason. Makes far more fun (though it's totally inane) to believe it's for saving a point.
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:lol: Yeah right, they had their encore planned no matter the outcome of the game. :lol:
 
Wouldn't mind seeing a bit of passion like that at United tbh, even if it would have other clubs fans laughing at us.
 
Sphaero said:
the fact that so many people on here view it as such tells me more about the modern English fan culture than about Klopp or Liverpool.
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Yep.
Pretty interesting tbh, the amount of meanspirited derision towards a team going to their fans after a game, which is just a basic, self-evident act in German stadia.
It's Liverpool of course and this is a United forum, but still.

Of course, in PL it's considered an outrage and actually fine-worthy if you don't face TV cameras after a game..
 
VanGaalEra said:
Jheez, how embarassing was that?

Could you imagine if LVG and our players done the same after our draw to WHU last week?

If someone has a gif of that would be much appreciated.

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I hadn't seen or heard anything about this before seeing this post just now and thought it was a joke! How fecking cringy and embarrassing! One of the most gobsmacking things I've seen for quite some time. :lol:
 
ivaldo said:
Smashing that long ball repeatedly, leaving themselves wide open at the back and scoring through a lucky deflection sure was inspiring. In the same circumstances the LVG out thread would be heaving right now.
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I didn't say it was inspiring. You're an aggressive little one. The LVG out thread is heaving because of a combination of factors over an 18 month period. Not one game.
 
Cristiano Lell said:
Yep.
Pretty interesting tbh, the amount of meanspirited derision towards a team going to their fans after a game, which is just a basic, self-evident act in German stadia.
It's Liverpool of course and this is a United forum, but still.

Of course, in PL it's considered an outrage and actually fine-worthy if you don't face TV cameras after a game..
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Well, it's the Dippers, so mean-spirited derision is the order of the day as far as I'm concerned. The fact that this kind of show-boating is not, generally speaking, the style in the EPL requires no apology. If it's fine for the German league to have their style - hyperbolic, apparently - then it is fine for us to prefer something a little more low-key. Also, the team weren't heading to thank their fans as far as I can make out, their manager dragged them. I preferred SAF's style - sending the players over to clap when he felt it appropriate - again, I feel that's a perfectly reasonable course of action. Not all performances are identical - not all are deserving of over-the-top reactions - horses etc.
 
Sphaero said:
Not really and the fact that so many people on here view it as such tells me more about the modern English fan culture than about Klopp or Liverpool. This behaviour in Germany would have been an absolute nontopic as this is expected in pretty much every stadium. After every game you go to your support, no matter the outcome. It´s called engaging the fans, showing that the team or at least you as coach cares. It is pretty obvious that this was more about celebrating the crowd for staying and witnessing a late time qualizer than the actual result.

There is a clear lack of connection between his club and the fans, which was shown when several left early before in this season, something that Klopp voiced several times including the presser before the game. He asked them for support and later showed his gratitude for doing so. All he is trying to do is rebuild the severed connection again, to makes them feel like actually suporters and not just costumers. His ability to engage crowds and draw them in was always one of his greatest strengths, one of the reason he was so loved at Dortmund long before he won titles. The guy genuinely cares what his support thinks and acts accordingly to it.
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It's really confusing, the state of this thread. You see fans whistling and booing their players and they call it embarrassing, they should support the players no matter what. Now you have a 96 minute equaliser, after fans showed their support and didn't leave early as it happens, players and coach go and salute them. A nice gesture. Yet you get the same comments here.
 
dwd said:
If we did that you'd be pissing yourself laughing. Take the blinkers off for just a moment.
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Actually I wouldn't. He did the same thing at Dortmund, it's to thank the fans. Anyone not realising that is just oblivious of his history.
 
I don't see the issue here didn't he used to make Dortmund players do the same (win, lose or draw).

It's just his way of showing appreciation to the fans
 
Sad Chris said:
That's bs. It's not a standard German football practice to try to push fans to celebrate a point against a very mediocre team.
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That was a reference to the players doing a Mexican wave thing. Dortmund did it regularly after a home game regardless of result.
 
As if the Klopp love in from United fans isn't bad enough we have to deal with so many Bundesliga fans defending every action of Klopp. You know what this is not about football culture, people are finding it hilarious because if you didn't have a scoreboard then no one who saw what happened post full-time could genuinely have guessed that Liverpool had just drawn at home to WBA
 
Brown Toothpick said:
It's really confusing, the state of this thread. You see fans whistling and booing their players and they call it embarrassing, they should support the players no matter what. Now you have a 96 minute equaliser, after fans showed their support and didn't leave early as it happens, players and coach go and salute them. A nice gesture. Yet you get the same comments here.
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Are you surprised ? After United lost to Bournemouth any light relief is appreciated to brighten up the weekend !
 
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