Klopp has destroyed you.
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Klopp has no more worlds left to conquer. Another title would be âniceâ, a cherry on top
Well I guess Liverpoolâs fan ideas of success is relatively low. One league title is a very poor return.
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Plus a Champions League and World Championshiop.
Coach Ole will get you there too pal.
And a Champions League title, along with a Club World Cup. Heâs won the Big 2 of a Champions League and A Premier League with a club who were very much 6th in the pecking order (just in England)when he took change. Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho didnât even manage those feats. In fact only the likes of managerial greats such as Alex Ferguson, Brian Clough and Bob Paisley has previously.
Thatâs a very good point, he buys one world record signing after another and just has the one league title to show for it. Liverpool fans have drank the klop-aid.
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Itâs deliciously cool.
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cc @backinatracksuit from the Times today
Chance meeting that led to CaoimhĂn Kelleher keeping goal at Anfield
âHeâs worked extremely hard at goalkeeping since he was 14, to improve all aspectsâ
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Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher made his Champions League debut aged 22 on Tuesday night, keeping a clean sheet against Ajax. Photograph: Getty Images
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As Ringmahon Rangers Under-14 striker CaoimhĂn Kelleher prepared to take on Corinthian Boys early in the 2011-12 season, little did he know that his future would be decided by a chance discussion on the sideline that day.
When Stephen Bermingham, who has an impressive track record as a coach, bumped into Kelleherâs mother Jacqueline, he set in motion a chain of events that led to the now-22-year-old starting a game for Liverpool in the Champions League against Ajax last Tuesday night, keeping a clean sheet in the process.
âI met his mother at Corinthians Park and I asked if heâd ever try playing in goal,â Bermingham said. âIâd have coached Fiacre, his older brother [now with Wrexham] and I was aware of his other brothers, who are great sportspeople.
âShe said that he might give it a go so we worked with him as part of the FAIâs Emerging Talent Programme for a number of weeks. He was getting better and better and then, when Ringmahon needed a goalkeeper, his late father Ray rang me and asked if I thought he was ready.
Because he was a striker himself, he was able to anticipate what a striker was going to do
âI said I felt he was but, obviously, given how good he was outfield, Ringmahon were concerned that he might be a loss there but his manager Eddie Harrington was excellent with him and he got better and better.
âHe was actually still on the Cork squad as an outfielder and they let him go but I was speaking to the coaches there and I told them that theyâd have him back as a goalkeeper. They were kind of shocked but they did end up calling him up again!
âHis attitude, his commitment, determination, athleticism, everything - you could see his calmness against Ajax, he was like that from the minute he became a goalkeeper.â
Raw materials
Having made the move back the field, Kelleherâs progress was swift. From the start, Bermingham sensed that there were strong raw materials to work with.
âBecause he was a very good outfielder, he has that strong distribution,â he said.
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âThat was a great starting point and he was just so calm and relaxed. He always took in the information - youâd say something to him once and heâd get it.
âThat was probably why it was a bit easier to coach him from scratch, because he had no bad habits. That was in October, he started for Cork in the Kennedy Cup in June and he was on the Irish international development squad in July. The family all have a great work ethic and huge focus and they were great components to have before heâd even started.â
Caoimhin Kelleher has represented Ireland at Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level. File photograph: Inpho
Having had trials with Aston Villa, Kelleher was recommended to Manchester City by their scout in Cork but no move was made. When he impressed with Ireland, another City scout wondered why he wasnât on their radar but by then, it was too late as Liverpool had pounced.
SeĂĄn Fitzgerald, the secretary of Ringmahon, wasnât surprised that the former outfield player advanced at such a rate.
âBecause he was a striker himself, he was able to anticipate what a striker was going to do,â he said.
âHe had no fear, either - a ball would bounce in the six-yard box and heâd pounce on it. You just knew straightaway that he was one of these naturally gifted fellas.â
He hasnât forgotten his roots, either.
âLike any former player whoâd come down, he throws in his âŹ2 if itâs a senior game and heâs just one of the lads, thereâs no airs or graces about him,â Fitzgerald said.
âA few small kids might want a photo or a picture and heâs a great role model that way. Last year, Axa, who sponsor Liverpoolâs training gear, were down with us doing a video and I got the jersey he had had for the Club World Cup final against Flamengo from his mother. I brought it down to show the kids and they were afraid to touch it.
âItâs brilliant for those kids to look up to guys like that and to want to be the next CaoimhĂn Kelleher or Alan Browne or Adam OâReilly [both with Preston North End].
âThatâs all down to the coaches, the volunteers going down two nights a week for training and a match at the weekend.â
And, while he received widespread praise after Tuesday, Bermingham doesnât expect it to go to his head.
âHeâs confident and he trusts his ability,â he said. âAgainst Ajax, you could see it, being able to have the confidence to kick with his weaker foot over an attacking player on the big stage shows that.
âObviously, JĂźrgen Klopp rates him very highly because he has seen the qualities that CaoimhĂn has shown over the years and heâs well-deserving of the praise heâs getting but heâll stay grounded.
âHe has worked extremely hard at goalkeeping since he was 14, to improve all aspects of his game.â
One mediocre game in his career to date
Calm down
I was trying to be nice.
The greatest Irish footballer that ever came out of Cork
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I see the OTB crowd on board too, saying sure yet man let in 7 v Villa. Maybe they should check last weekend u23 results
it reminds me of when stokes signed for Sunderland and his old manager from some schoolboy club in Dublin was on newstalk saying Wegner didnt know how to use him correctly
He took up goalkeeping when he was 14 and now heâs playing in the Champions League. Itâs like something youâd hear in ladies rugby.
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Strange one alright
The answer you seek is right there in front of you.
Exactly.
TBF, most of the better u23s are now with the first team due to the injury crisis.
He had a good game the other night and thatâs about it, one game. Lads need to relax⌠Adrian might be done so there could be more chances for him. He did look comfortable with the ball at his feet and he made two decent saves⌠A lot still to do.
Stop, heâs the best keeper in the world playing for the best team in the world
Glad you recognize it.
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