De Zerbi just has Rodgers warning flags for me but Amorim could do well

I suggest Nunez for Manager for entertainment value alone

Amorin….all day!! I have a good feeling about him.

Ruben Amorim is one of the best young managers in the football world and he would be perfect for Liverpool he can bring Goncalo Inacio and Ousmane Diomande with him.

I go for Julian Nagelsmann because of flexibility and managed at top level at Bayern with a 71% win. He can handle the pressure too.

The Deep Dive is the best show you do. Love it, and Josh is awesome. Cheers, lads! I think Amorim suits us. Watched a fair bit of him.

Interesting vid as ever guys. I guess the stats don't lie but I just can't get behind De Zerbi or Nagelsmann at all. For me Amorim is the best option if you take the sentiment out of it, which isn't to be ignored, but is equally unqauntifiable. Alonso is great & I'd be more than happy if he was the next manager, but Amorim's got everything Alonso does & more as a manager if you take the LFC comnection out of it. He's also got a better CV regardless of if Alonso wins the German league or not this season. Amorim's career also has a very similar feel to Klopp at Dortmund & it just seems like a great fit to me.

Not having de Zerbi.

My worry about zerbi is that his family are living in Italy and that has to have an effect somewhere down the line.

Pep Ljinders for Continuity Klopp - maybe as Interim initially. The players love him, he’s the strategic genius behind our success and our substitutions. Plus it is Pep who had pushed the kids forward. Best option by a mile as we don’t need to CHANGE ANYTHING

The issue is like Ferguson at United it’s an impossible task to replace Klopp. The man is such a personality and is going to be a massive presence for a long time. I truly believe we need a really good communicator like Klopp.

"Think you've got enough fingers to do the 10 outfield players" 🤣🤣

Thiago motta who has transformed Bologna fc in the Italian league on an absolute show string should be getting looked at very closely

Alonso was all of our 1st choice because of the nostalgia that appointment gave, our old friend coming home. But similarly, to Jurgen, you see the human side. Jurgen doesn’t feel he has enough to carry on anymore, whereas Xabi clearly doesn’t feel he has enough to step into that role just yet & for him it makes more sense to gain more experience in Germany & in Europe next year. So leaves us realistically, with Amorim & De Zerbi. De Zerbi is a bit of a hot head as we’ve seen, but Jurgen has just as many outbursts when in the heat of the moment. I don’t think he can be totally discounted due to this season at Brighton. They exerted a lot last year & now have europe to contest too. Their defence has been poor to say the least, but injuries & key players being sold are to blame for that. Look at Jurgens’ 9 years in charge, even when we were on an upwards trajectory we had 2 awful seasons that we’d all want to forget where we were burnt out completely & could not get the energy back into the team. I think they’re 2 solid choices left to consider that are arguably ready for the step up. Don’t know enough about Amorim tbh, however it seems like only positives that come out about him. Let’s hope history repeats itself as the last great Portuguese manager to come from there turned the game on it’s head🤞🏻

If Alonso's availability is fading (as it seems to be) then I have got a good feeling about Ruben Amorim. He's also a big personality and great with both the Public and the Players.

i think we should take a shot with nagelsmann. he has the biggest upside. if it doesnt work, cut our losses and get xabi when hes ready to make the move to the prem, or go in for lijnders once he has more experience as an HC

Going onto possible formation & selection changes next season could the 4-3-3 become more of a 4-3-2-1 next season? With Jones being the LAM which for me would be his best position, Bradley as the new 1st choice RB playing more as a wing back supplying the width wide right allowing Trent to play probably his ideal/preferred RCM role? Jones has shown he has a capable goals & assists output so playing him in a attacking midfield role behind the striker with the freedom to roam wide or come in the middle, drop deep, get ahead of the striker would really make him flourish imo. Having a midfield 3 of MacAllister, Endo & Trent would be elite level, with options at RAM being Salah who can also play as the striker, Szoboszlai & Elliott. Add Carvalho as a possible option as 1 of the 2 no 10's/AM's. Morton being an cover option at DM after a impressive season at Hull City along with Bajcetic too.

Glad to see you back Josh. Missed analysing Anfield. You need to get him on the Show more boys.

Always look forward to The Deep Dive, nice content as usual gentlemen.

Great work lads. My favourite football analysis show

Great show fellas, enjoyed that. I’m hoping for Amorim. If I’m not mistaken, Sporting create lots of chances, score lots of goals, and have a tight defense. Defense wins titles! Would love to maybe see Lijnders back down the line. Nagelsman is so young, maybe just needs a bit more time to settle on a philosophy. Thiago great shout as future successful manager - seems a bit alpha, got a brilliant football brain, actually thinks about football and seems to want to manage from the interviews I’ve read with him.

Appreciate the Chris / Josh combo hugely. Can't remember any analysis so attuned in 45 years of watching.

All three including Zerbi are equally viable and credible options. No LFC fan should be disappointed if any one of these became the next manager. Alonso is the top option because of his connection with the club.

Josh and Chris are always brilliant.

Nagelsmann with a certain Mr Alcantara joining his coaching staff 😍😍

Title: Why Sergio Conceicao Should Be Liverpool's Next Manager As Liverpool FC continues its search for a successor to Jurgen Klopp, one name that deserves serious consideration is Sergio Conceicao, the current manager of Porto. While Klopp's departure leaves big shoes to fill, Conceicao possesses the qualities and experience necessary to lead Liverpool to continued success. Firstly, Conceicao brings a winning mentality to the table. During his tenure at Porto, he has guided the team to multiple domestic titles, including the Primeira Liga and Taca de Portugal. His ability to instill a culture of excellence and resilience within his squad is evident in Porto's consistent performances on the domestic front. Moreover, Conceicao's tactical acumen is well-suited to the high-intensity, pressing style of play that Liverpool is known for. His teams are organized defensively, yet dynamic and incisive in attack, traits that align perfectly with the Reds' footballing philosophy. With Klopp leaving behind a legacy of gegenpressing football, Conceicao's approach would ensure continuity in Liverpool's gameplay. Furthermore, Conceicao has experience competing at the highest level of European football. Under his guidance, Porto has consistently featured in the UEFA Champions League, facing off against some of the continent's most formidable opponents. His familiarity with the demands and pressures of elite European competition would be invaluable for Liverpool as they seek to maintain their status as contenders on the continental stage. Importantly, Conceicao's leadership style is characterized by passion, intensity, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. He commands the respect of his players and is renowned for his ability to extract the best performances from them, even in challenging circumstances. This ability to inspire and motivate would be crucial in ensuring that Liverpool's squad continues to perform at its peak. Plus his contract is up in the summer no compensation fees.

Thank you. I learnt alot from this video.

Great show as always, guys 👏🏾⚽️💫

Michel from girona and thiago motta with bologna should be looked at too ,both doing great jobs

Good show tonigh guys. Lots to think about.

Do you think that relasionism is the next big thing and is it more reliant on individual quality? Is that in keepin with the "no more specialists" theory

Roberto DeServee (De Zerbi) Ruben Amorim and Thiago Motta all are perfect for Liverpool.

Robbo's shooting has to be the worst I have seen for well over 30 years! Gets into good positions but just really poor when it comes to finding the net. Diaz another who might benefit from a visit to specsavers. No surprise the goal output from the LHS is poor.

Pep Linders. Players love him. He has the Klopp vision for tactics and the interaction with the academy. Any replacement us a risk. I simply believe in continuity at this point.

De Zerbi for me just reminds me of a Brendon Rodgers who failed in the champions league .. His lack of understanding at that level .. he was great for Swansea .. We need a manager that knows what it will take to win a title , a trophy etc Amorim fits that with ability to get the best out of the youth .. then you throw in de Zerbi has just called out his owners for not spending enough .. which FSG won’t like

Issue is with improving on Diaz is right now in the market who is attainable that could realistically add more goals to our team… no one at the top of my head

Has to have won something. Look at the history of our managers 1990s onwards... The only ones that have worked out are Klopp and Rafa (maybe Houllier to a certain extent) and they won their leagues or had trophies to their name. To succeed at Liverpool you need to have won something before. That would be my criteria. I'd go for Xabi, Nagelsmann, Amorim in that order.

I'm so proud of John on his book😊

How you get all red M&Ms? Mine's always a mix of colours

Gotta try our damndest to get Amorim in. A lot of alternatives else really creates unity in the entire fanbase(post-kloppo era). Praying for Amorim.

Another great show lads.

NOT di zerbi!

watching this after seeing Alonso said he is staying feels hard to watch. But l think Amorim formation would suit Liverpool very well

The most important thing is the new manager takes us up a level. We cant go back to the era before klopp. We need a consistent manager whos gonna keep us at the top lad. Inzaghi would be cool but the brand of football is too defensive.

Woy will be fit as a fiddle soon....can we tempt him back? Remember the glorious 8 months such as Northampton Town in the League Cup during 2010.

I´d argue Alonso wouldn´t be the right manager at this time anyway. His first true challenge as manager in Leverkusen is only now, and honestly, Leverkusen seem to be going to win the first Bundesliga -title EVER, Champion´s League await, he is just started building that project, his team, his players. One day he´ll be ready, if he goes on like this, and he might be ready for Liverpool. Many many analysts and others have pointed out, that Alonso´s current style isn´t fit with current Liverpool. It is not to say Liverpool wouldn´t change now or ever, but current players are best adapted to "Klopp-style". There seems to be some concensus that Sporting Lisbon´s Ruben Amorim could be the best fitting manager for Liverpool´s current squad and style among the most youtubers, analysts, pundits and whatnot. Could be... He has done great work at Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and Porto can´t keep their pace in the league. Interesting to see if Alonso can keep his best players after this season. I´d look into the possibility to sign Florian Wirtz for Liverpool, if he´d be interested. Of course, he might want to stay one more season there, enjoying the success he´s been building there, IF the first Bundesliga -title even cometh true. But, no panic about Alonso for me anyway, I thought it unlikely in this moment, for what my opinion is worth.

First team midfielders nder Alonso Macalister, Jones Szobozlai and Elliott maybe. Good short passers. Jones in particular would really flourish with Alonso

Alison Becker could be a manager for us one day

Seriously best nommer 2 cause he has that style of play

Edwards and FSG are looking at Toulouse as a team purchase

Adoni Ireola (Bournemouth guy excuse spelling) just a feeling........ link to hughes

I think Trent would be a great manager in 15 years. and I know hes not in the squad anymore but James Milner will be a boss coach for a long long time

Amorim for me, definitely not De Zerbi...

Very appropriately timed boys 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Well now the news is out. Alonso staying at Leverkusen. I can seriously see Liverpool going for De Zerbi. The new guy from Bournemouth, Richard Hughes, is a big fan of him..

You both talked about losing one player and went to the forward line left side. When Diaz joined in Jan 2022, he made the big difference to that season and was injured the same time as Jota in 2022/2023 season. My view is we lose Gapko, and get a faster younger Left back if Robo is leaving, so we need speed to support that left side. Both Nunez and Jota can play right side if we lose Salah plus Harvey Elliott. Alonso does not suit are style an gengapressing game. Gomez is to slow to exploit space down the left side. I would go for Rubén Amorín. Nothing against Gapko, but he lacks vision and does not pass when our players are in better positions to score than he is

Looks like Xabi is officially out. Im terrified we end up with de zerbi but looks like Edwards has his mind set on him. This will not end well for us…

Andoni Iraola is gonna be a top manager. I’d have him as an alternative to Alonso.

Arnie Slot deserves a shout

ALONSO is next liverpool manager🙌

De Zerbi 4231 suits are squad more than Almorim

Worry about De Zerbi is that he feels like a Rodgers type manager...

top show

Not sure if it’s subliminal messaging but every time you use the formation board I feel like a bag of m&m’s lads 😂

Yeah Robbo for a future manager, overdue a Scotsman. Standards are too high to rely on utility players anywhere on the pitch,, i think it will go back to a 532 formation with wing backs , or before that flat 442's, blue cards and var have to go, they are just enabling games to be fixed and you're completely clueless if you don't already realise there is a problem with that in the game

Best candidate is Gareth Southgate… chairman of FA manager association …. Reserved for you

I Thought it was too soon for xabi,less than one season as a boss,i would have liked klopps assistant to have took over and rest of backroom staff to have stayed,like old bootroom days.

Zerbi wants to go back to Italy after Brighton according to that sky interview,

If i was Xabi.. I'd change absolutely nothin.. "whats Klopp been doin? Keep doin that" And then focus on individually improvin players as a coach. Keep the philosophy. Improve the skill set of the players.

I’m surprised that Tuchel isn’t being considered

1. Xabi 2. Amorim 3. De Zerbi

I like Josh in general, but I'm not having De Zerbi at all, can't be beholden to a man that gets pumped by the likes of Everton and Luton.

Josh is a bit of a star. Just ordered his book. Love his appearances on the channel.

Sounds like a flexible workforce with transferable skills. IKEA gonna romp the league if they create a club.

We should go for Massimo alegri from juvenuts

In the words of the song, "If I can't get you, I don't want nobody, baby".

Would love to see Nunez as a manager, just not for us 😂

Endo in the centre of back three. Full backs invert

De zerbi 1, Terzic 2

If we can't get Alonso, I don't know why Gary O'Neill isn't getting more of a mention. Doing a class job with Wolves and performed miracles with Bournemouth last season. Not just that but he has his team play possession based football and has an attacking style of play. They've got the double over both Chelsea and Spurs this season, beat City, and should have beat Utd at Old Trafford if it wasn't for VAR. Quarter final of the FA Cup and could have been in the semis if they had turned up against Coventry. Aside from all that, he's got the right sort of personality, professional but not afraid to speak up. I feel he'll be managing one of the top six in the near future, most likely Chelsea, Spurs or United, and I'd put money on him doing a good job at any of those clubs. Liverpool should be considering him ahead of someone like De Zerbi with his erratic nature.

Robbo for the best Manager!

Mate. We cant get de zerbi or amorim these guys cant replace klopp. We need a proper manager thats been around the block... in all hinesty id probably prefer jose to those 2. But i think we should give nagelsman a closer look or even xavi. Xavi may be leaving barca but hes still got a brilliaint brain. And as as catolian managing barca is alot of pressure so he'll have less pressure at liverpool plus a way better team... so unpopular opinion xavi or nagelsman. De zerbi isnt the man to come in and win us trophies mate. We need real qaulity to replace klopp and compete with pep and arteta

Seems a shame promoting from within seems to have been written off these days. Bob took over from Bill - to me, Pep taking over from Jurgen has possible parallels. Rather than ripping everything up and starting again.

I just hope our toxic fanbase doesn’t shit on Xabi if we doesn’t come to LfC bc I can see that happening like some fans do anytime we are linked to a player or a player leaves. I think there’s 3 managers other than Xabi who can come in and be successful. We need to get rid of this idea of “the manager has to match the current players and formation”…NO. A new manager needs to come in a develop their own system and we have players who can adapt. Simple as that. 1) Amorim. He is class. The disrespect is crazy. 2) Thomas Frank. I think he can be successful at a club like LFC especially since it’s similar style to how Brentford runs. But now better players, more money, he can shine. 3) Nagelsmann. I like him but he has some to prove. I don’t like De Zerbi, I don’t like any old manager that gets passed around.

If he doesn't want to come now then we shouldn't want him. We need someone who wants to be here and wants to work with this squad

We never get MAIN targets do we? Should expect even more rejections when Klopp leaves.

Julian I think he is the one ❤

Come on guys Liverpool do not play 3 at the back, anyone manager playing this way is not going to end well, we dont have players and 3 at the back is a defensive system exploited by Antonio Conti, who from memory only manager who has won prem with 3 at back

I don’t see what evidence there is that de zerbi is any better than Brendan Rodgers when he was appointed Liverpool manager. Rodgers could play great attacking football, but didn’t know how to set a team up to defend, and de zerbis defensive record his entire time at Brighton has been shit. Potter couldn’t play as good attacking football, but Brighton were much better defensively under him. Until proven otherwise De Zerbi is just another Rodgers, not of the top echelon of managers.

If Robbo leaves i believe Ait Nouri will replace him

Souness for me

Liverpool need a great and high profile manager. Get Zidane in

Not that de zerbi is or isn't good enough. I don't think he's a big enough character to be able to handle the job.

Next, is no one assuming Mo is going to leave in the summer? I hope not but..

What about a combined 11?

I would want us to go for someone with experience in managing a top club. Nagelsmann would be a valuable addition considering his team plays a very offensive/Possession style of football along with good game management. This team is currently used to playing a high-intensity press kind of system, so a coach with a similar philosophy would help the players and the club continue with the gegenpress style that Klopp has implemented so successfully. Suppose the emphasis is on having a robust and hard-to-break defensive system. In that case, I don't see anyone better than Simeone who has proven to be an astute tactician when it comes to setting up teams to play defensively and on the counter. My picks are Nagelsmann, Simeone, Mourinho (Unbeateble track record when it comes to managing top clubs, serial winner )

Nagelsman

Pep lijnders

Need Alonso could see him staying for 8/10 years

Think amerin with joys is a good combo