Yeh I remember that, think it may have been Jeff (thfccambs) could be wrong though.
Also wasn't he just a German version of Ramos
The team he has built at Liverpool will go down as one of the great Liverpool teams imo.
I'm back to work so playing catch-up on the thread but I just want to clarify the Ramos comparison given that some find it hilarious. As has already been said, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but when used to rubbish someone's opinion 5 yrs after the event I think it's worth explaining (again).
Ramos joined Spurs of the back of 2 successive European trophies. He had also mixed it up with the old established teams in La Liga. His stock was very high at that time, much like Klopp on the back of his successes in Germany.
He then joined Spurs at the end of October and took us to the Carling Cup in Feb, where we beat a very good Chelsea side in the final. Klopp came up a bit short in his attempt, but just by getting to the final in his first season, it was a comparable feat to Ramos.
Ramos, for a short period at least, brought the feel good factor back to the fans, winning a trophy and beating Arsenal 5-1 was testament to that. Again this is something the Liverpool fans can relate to with Klopp.
Unlike Klopp, he wasn't given any time and at the 1st sign of trouble, Levy did what Levy does and sacked him.
So to say at the time of his appointment and early career at Liverpool that Klopp could be a German version of Ramos I was hardly going out on a limb. There were obvious similarities to each appointment. The big difference was Liverpool backed their manager and didn't have a knee jerk reaction to a bad run of form like Levy did (8 games into a new season).