There is a moment at Melwood each week when Peter Krawietz becomes convinced Liverpool are ready to win their next game.
Dan White had no say in the matter.
Alex Manninger's experiences of meetings between Liverpool and Arsenal as part of the away team at Anfield are largely painful.
"It's certainly not a normal 9-5 shift. But this job is incredibly rewarding. I wouldn't have it any other way."
They say travel broadens the mind. Well, it certainly occupies Philip Holliday's.
“I don’t know if you want to put this in there, but…”
Do you remember where you were just before 9pm on Thursday March 17, 2016?
The Liverpool manager leans back in his chair.
Chatting tactics over coffee with Jürgen Klopp in his Melwood office, coaching yougsters in the Liverpool Way in the United States, winning a national award and being employed by the England national team set-up. That's the story of an incredible 12 months for Vicky Jepson.
It's early afternoon on a glorious August day at Liverpool's Academy.