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Klopp's impressive start

Jurgen Klopp didn't just say all the right things in his first press conference as manager of Liverpool -- he said them in the right way.

He came across as genuine where his predecessor Brendan Rodgers often seemed scripted. That may seem like an unfair characterization to some but, particularly in his latter times, Rodgers spoke in public like someone who had spent the previous few minutes revising in the company of the ghost of Dale Carnegie, author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

It shouldn't be that way. In a perfect world it shouldn't matter if managers communicate via the media to the fans in monosyllabic grunts.