Dirk Kuyt becomes the assistant manager/coach of Fenerbahce.
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My edition of football manager appears to have Picked up a virus and is malfunctioning
https://x.com/eurofootcom/status/2071245233640112413?s=61&t=VxX1vHU3NOwwNhlbyICG-g
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Like that whole set up 
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Reading is believing ehâŚ
ONLY FOUR GOALS CONCEDED AT HOME. CAN ANY MODERN GOALKEEPER MATCH THIS INCREDIBLE RECORD?
When the debate turns to the worldâs best goalkeepers, names like Alisson Becker naturally dominate the conversation. Yet Liverpoolâs history quietly points to one man whose numbers still defy belief: Ray Clemence.
Recently ranked No. 13 in Liverpoolâs greatest-ever players list, many Reds would argue even that feels too modest.
The 1978/79 season explains why.
Liverpool conceded just 16 league goals across 42 matches. At Anfield, opponents found the net only four times all season. Four goals. Not four gamesâfour goals.
Football has evolved. The laws have changed. Attacks are faster, pressing is relentless, and analysis is more advanced than ever.
Still, that record refuses to fade.
Signed by Bill Shankly for just ÂŁ18,000, Clemence went on to make 665 appearances and keep 323 clean sheets. Nearly every other match ended with the opposition failing to score.
His greatness wasnât built on spectacular moments alone. It was built on relentless reliability, playing 336 consecutive matches without losing his place through injury or form.
Five league titles. Three European Cups.
A legacy created by a goalkeeper who made extraordinary consistency look completely ordinary.
As Ray Clemence once said, âAs a goalkeeper, your job is to make saves look routine.â
Perhaps thatâs why his greatness is often underestimated. He never chased headlines. He simply denied them to everyone else.
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Quote:
The great and unforgettable goalscorer Billy Liddell died on 3 July 2001 at the age of 79.
Billy came first to Liverpool in July 1938 and nine months later signed a professional contract. Had it not been for a certain Sir Matt Busby, Liverpoolâs former captain and later Manchester Unitedâs manager, Billy might never have been a Liverpool player. Busby found out that representatives of Manchester City had been to see Billyâs parents with a view to getting their son to join the club. After learning that Billy had turned down the invitation to go to City, Busby rang Liverpool manager George Kay and suggested that âthis Liddell lad might be worth an enquiryâ; and indeed he wasâŚ
Photo courtesy of the Liddell family
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I met him briefly at Anfield in the 1980s. I was with my uncle and he was chatting to him. He turned to me and said, âOh, you wonât remember Billy Liddell.â Well, I certainly never saw him play, but I did know who he was and got to shake his hand.
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Do you need coaching badges to be a coach ?
I thought you did to be manager but not a necessity for coaches (the norm is to have them)
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Yes, you need that in England; otherwise, you arenât allowed to sit on the bench. We saw that with Slot, when his previous assistant manager wasnât allowed to join him at first. He eventually obtained the qualification and was supposed to join the team this season, but that never happened because Slot had to leave.
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I think he wonât be able to receive a work permit as a coach without the badges.
Itâs okay Thiago. Thereâs no Brexit in Germany. You can join JĂźrgens staff 
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Interesting! Thanks guys
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to be a senior coach in UK, yes you do.
Not sure if that carries down to youth coaches - imagine how cracking some of our youth players would be working with Thiago every day whilst he studied for his further badges
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There are formal requirements for the qualifications needed to be a #1 or #2 at a Prem club. But the named coaching group is always bigger than that and so can be filled out with people without those formal requirements. The issue for Tiago not having the top licences would be work permit related not meeting PL requirements, as was the case with Reijnen.
There are also concessions for the formal Premier League requirements that can be given for people either currently going through the qualification process or who has experience comparable to the formal licensure, but that does not fly with the home office.
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A massive own goal, if I may 
Yeah⌠that was Shankly to a tee⌠:0)
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Some forget how much of a positive impact he had on LFC 
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