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Every week, we speak to a Liverpool FC fan about everything that's going on at Anfield.

This week, we speak to Andrew Beesley, who writes the excellent 'Bass Tuned to Red' blog, to look ahead to Jurgen Klopp's first game as Liverpool manager, against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

Are you still as excited about Jurgen Klopp's arrival now as you were this time last week? Or have things settled down a bit?

I think it's impossible not to still be very excited. If ever there's a good time to be a manager, it's when you breeze in to town with a grin on your face and before you play your first match!

Not that the performance or result at Spurs will tell us a great deal about how the Klopp era will go; Rodgers challenged for the league only one year after beginning with a 3-0 loss at West Brom, after all.

But at the moment, the fans can only imagine a string of endless highs under Klopp, as they've not seen his Liverpool team play yet, when obviously the reality will likely be a mixture of ups and downs.

Things may settle down after the Spurs game, though hopefully not!

You're Jurgen Klopp. You can do ONE thing to this Liverpool team. What is it?

Instill a truck load of confidence; as the man himself said, "we have to change from doubter to believer. Now".

I still don't think there was a huge amount wrong with Liverpool in most of their games this season, but they did seem incapable of putting games to bed.

The recent endless cycle of taking the lead and then conceding to the opposition's first (if not only) decent chance lead to heads dropping and no doubt there were some 'here we go again' thoughts.

I can understand why that happens, but if Klopp can make the players believe again then I think we've got a decent squad that can challenge at the top end of the table this season.

It's a fresh start for all the players. But are there some who should be worrying about their futures?

To be honest, I hope they're all worrying for their futures so that they're keen to impress the new manager.

Even if we go out of the League Cup at the next stage, there's still sixteen games between now and when the transfer window opens (and even then it's rare that much business takes place in the January window), so I expect that Klopp will give everyone a decent chance to impress him over the next few months.

As an eternal optimist, I think I'm more interested in which players will be looking forward to the future; if Klopp implements the 4-2-3-1 system he mostly used at Dortmund, will this rejuvenate the much-maligned Dejan Lovren, for instance?

Back to the football now. Tottenham has been a happy hunting ground in the last few years, but they beat City 4-1 in their last home game. Will they be a tougher proposition?

I think they're a weird side; they also put five past Chelsea last season yet have frequently struggled at home to the lesser lights of the Premier League under Pochettino, and were only three goals shy of having the joint-worst home defence in the top flight last season.

Klopp has spoken of starting by fixing Liverpool's defence (though personally I think the attack is the bigger issue at the moment, though that's also probably harder to sort out) so I would expect us to dig in and try to hit them on the counter, which could work well.

Heung-Min Son has done well for Spurs since signing, though may not be fit to play, but the new manager will have seen plenty of him in Germany so will no doubt have a plan to neutralise his threat if he plays.

Jamie Carragher kicked up a right stink the other week by suggesting Liverpool were turning into Tottenham. Is he right? And are Liverpool competing with them this season?

Whilst I don't disagree entirely with what Carra said, the appointment of a world class manager like Klopp makes a massive difference to this.

I think getting Klopp is a statement of intent that the likes of Spurs can not hope to match. As Liverpool have finished below Spurs in five of the last six seasons though, unfortunately I think we do have to consider ourselves to be competing with them at the moment.

If Klopp makes the immediate impact we all hope he will though, then hopefully the Reds can look a little higher than competing with Spurs this season.

Finally, anything else to declare?

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Is it time for the match yet?! The excitement is palpable among the fans, and my group of fellow Reds who watch matches together in the pub is guaranteed a massive turn out for this one as everyone is so eager to see Klopp's Liverpool for the first time.

Also, a thank you from me to Brendan Rodgers - it was definitely time for a change, but he also masterminded the best league campaign that I can remember, and that will be true for millions of Kopites too.