Liverpool assistant manager, Pepijn Lijnders, has been scrutinised by former Reds midfielder, Dietmar Hamann for writing a book while still being employed by the club.
The alarm bells should have been ringing for @LFC fans when the current assistant manager wrote a book while still employed by the club. How he was allowed to do it I’m not too sure
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) September 8, 2022
He tweeted this: “The alarm bells should have been ringing for @LFC fans when the current assistant manager wrote a book while still employed by the club. How he was allowed to do it I’m not too sure.”
Lijnder’s book, Intensity, is an inside story of how he helped develop an incredible 21/22 season for Liverpool as they nearly won an iconic quadruple. The book includes insight into training, tactics and team talks during the season.
Hamann isn’t a fan of the book as it reveals instant access to Liverpool’s tactics which could be used by rivals to beat the team. He believes it has something to do with Liverpool’s drop in form.
Fowler Defends Pep Lijnders
Not many people agree with Hamann’s comments, including another Liverpool legend, Robbie Fowler.
https://twitter.com/Robbie9Fowler/status/1567819151200206849
Fowler tweeted, “I hear ya. But take it you haven’t seen any of the all-or-nothing series with city/leeds/ Arsenal kais?”
Arsenal started the season miraculously, winning five out of the first six Premier League fixtures. The Gunners came into this amazing start alongside their own documentary, All Or Nothing: Arsenal.
The Amazon documentary revealed video footage of tactics and team talks but has not resulted in a drop in form. Instead, Arsenal improved since. Manchester City had their own Amazon documentary as well but didn’t suffer a drop in form.
Based on previous case studies, revealing previous tactics doesn’t necessarily result in a drop in form. We’re hoping that Jurgen Klopp and Lijnders find the solution to their form, but I don’t think it has anything to do with this new book.
What do you think about Hamann’s comments? Should Pep Lijnders have been allowed to write this book?
