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26 Mar 2026 10:00:01
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26 Mar 2026 07:39:02
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26 Mar 2026 00:17:04
ED 001, I know you have answered part of the question but I wanted to get your thoughts on whether or not Salah should have at least waited to see the managerial change before making a decision, yes I get that he wants to play every game but surely that can't be the only factor.

Hypothetically could he not have played a role under say Alonso next year in a style that is suited to him.

{Ed001's Note - I doubt the option would have been there then to do this.}

26 Mar 2026 06:14:11
What if there are no plans for a managerial change?

26 Mar 2026 06:55:20
Then the end is here.

26 Mar 2026 07:27:15
Imagine if Slot were to stay...

Gakpo, Macca, Grav, Konate, VVD, Alison would get improved contracts.

Hugo, Jones, Robbo, Chiesa, Gomez, Ramsey would most likely leave with Salah.

Szobo would be our new RB.

Grav would replace Hugo as our number 9.

We'd buy a new RB to challenge Szobo for the spot.
Rio would go on loan, along with Nyoni.

Then Slot would have a further 450m to buy his own players?

That seems possible? 🫣🫣🫣🫣

26 Mar 2026 09:05:47
Regretfully I'd stop watching this assgas and just follow the results. Dire football.

26 Mar 2026 09:13:56
I knew Salah wouldn't stay the moment the whole Salah outburst happened and the fact (cos no one from the club has denied it till this day) that they wanted to sell him in Jan.

As soon as that happened, I knew something had broken. When you acknowledge that in addition to his form this season (part of it is on him and the other part is on the manager's tactics), no one should be surprised about this news.

As to when Mo should have announced it, there is Never a good time hence, not bothered.

25 Mar 2026
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25 Mar 2026 23:37:19
That suggests that Liverpool are not the only team mindlessly passing the ball around the defence.

26 Mar 2026 07:29:25
Do these stats take into account the pass from the defender to the goalie from a goal kick????

That alone would put VVD at the top of the list.

25 Mar 2026
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25 Mar 2026 23:35:05
Incredible.

26 Mar 2026 00:41:08
Now that is cool.

26 Mar 2026 07:53:37
Incredible. However, most goals in a 38 game season should be Holland with 34 goals, if I am correct.

26 Mar 2026 09:14:57
Astounding.

26 Mar 2026 09:41:20
Love it.

25 Mar 2026 22:32:18
So, Jurgen Klopp is back as coach at Anfield at the weekend for the LFC Legends game.

I wonder how many of our current coaches and football directors will attend that match?

To be a fly on the wall!

26 Mar 2026 03:39:40
Jurgen as the Head of Football is the way the club should go.
Not the multi-club approach that now seems to have lost its appeal, but more an inter-club relations thing, Red Bull, Dortmund as examples.
Jurgen would also provide countless streams of knowledge about the recruitment needs of the club (noted he got some transfers wrong too but they wouldn’t be solely his choices).

Jurgen would automatically instill belief in those around him and in the board of directors that the club can now adapt and start a phase 3.0, if you like, with Xabi at the helm and leading the team on the pitch and having a big say in the players he wants.

26 Mar 2026 09:15:32
Gonna be watching the for sure.

25 Mar 2026
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25 Mar 2026 21:32:47
ED 001, what are your thoughts on Mo leaving? I know he is nearing the end but I feel like it would have been best to stay another year with so much change at the club.

{Ed001's Note - he wants to play every minute of every game, I think it is best he left to find somewhere he can get that.}

25 Mar 2026 22:24:37
I haven't said anything about Salah yet cos I'm kind of p'd off about it to be honest.

I've been pretty consistent in my view that if you can criticise the form of nearly every individual player in the team, then maybe the players aren't the problem. That goes for basically all of them with the possible exception of Konate, who doesn't seem to know what a football is (yes, even Mac Allister. I get he gets knocked over by a stiff breeze, but we previously mitigated that by not playing him as the 6).

For Salah specifically, if you have a player's output in terms of goals and assists gets cut by more than half from the previous season, I'm inclined to look at the tactics, and not assume the player has catastrophically declined in ability and physicality.

I get he had to go some time, but considering how well he looks after himself, I think if Slot hadn't lost his marbles tactically this season, he'd still be putting up good enough numbers. And I definitely think he still has the ability to play, and play regularly, at this level. As it is, he's our third highest scorer behind Szoboszlai and Ekitike, and I believe has the most assists? Not exactly horrifying stats for someone who's apparently been awful.

It's not as extreme as Gerrard and Rodgers, but I think he's been handled badly by Slot, and things really could've been different.

25 Mar 2026 22:35:15
That. 👆

25 Mar 2026 22:37:55
Something Red, spot on.

25 Mar 2026 22:48:56
Bit of a conspiracy theory here from me, but I wonder if the negotiations with a new manager have included this?

I wonder if they want to start afresh, maybe a different formation, maybe Salah wouldn't fit into that plan, and keeping him as a sub would cause too much dressing room drama?

It seems a bit of a coincidence that Werner is over, the new manager rumours have ramped up and this has happened.

I've no doubt Werner's agreement was required to progress a decision of this cost/magnitude.

25 Mar 2026 23:08:34
SomethingRed, the third highest goalscorer is admirable at Salah's age, but the stats miss the fact that he has been one of our worst performers this season. You can argue that the tactics haven't suited him, but that doesn't explain his inability to make simple passes or come close to beating his man. He has been largely anonymous and spooned goalscoring chances when, in the past, he's buried them.

Salah's own high standards have highlighted how badly he has dropped off this season and the time is right for him to move on.

It reminds me of Gerrard's final season when the ability was still there but the sharpness had dulled a little, and, in the Premier League, even half a second of uncertainty gets punished.

Mo Salah, thanks for your service. Forever a legend.

26 Mar 2026 02:39:57
ED 001, I know you have answered part of the question but I wanted to get your thoughts on whether or not Salah should have at least waited to see the managerial change before making a decision, yes I get that he wants to play every game but surely that can't be the only factor.

Hypothetically could he not have played a role under say Alonso next year in a style that gets the best out of him

{Ed001's Note - I very much doubt the option to walk away would be available to him in the summer.}

26 Mar 2026 06:57:08
Agree, Something Red.

26 Mar 2026 07:33:30
3rd highest goal scorer, and most assists - and yet some say that he is one of the worst performers because he can't dribble past a player????

What am I missing?

26 Mar 2026 09:17:16
Fully agree, SR esp. that second to last paragraph.

26 Mar 2026 09:46:47
Spot on, SR! And Ron too!

26 Mar 2026 09:48:12
JLC, you are missing that he has performed as bad as the much-maligned Gakpo, who everyone wants sold. Stats mean whatever you want them to mean, but anyone with half a clue can see that Salah has either been anonymous or borderline atrocious this season.
It says a lot about him as a player that he still bags a few goals whilst having a poor season.

25 Mar 2026 19:47:27
Ed001 when we lose to city in the fa cup and psg in the first leg of the champions league do you think they might finally grow a pair and try to save the very last part of the season or will part time slot keep going.

{Ed001's Note - if that were to happen, they would still be looking at a top 5 place.}

26 Mar 2026 06:57:51
Disgusting that the club are gambling on this season and essentially the future of the club to back that fraud.

26 Mar 2026 07:08:07
Remind me the last time a top club got rid of their manager with a handful of games to go in a season?

26 Mar 2026 09:22:31
@Frode, I had been saying it. The fact that these two clowns backed Slot in that Roundtable debacle, it meant that they literally didn't care if CL footie was not achieved because frankly, that was a more than logical outcome IF the manager didn't buck up his ideas in the PL. That much was clear with the way the results and perfs. were going, no?

But as many like ED01 had said, these are stats guys to the core and to them as long as we were in the CL places despite poor results, all was good.

How anyone can put their heads that far down in the sand (stats) and put our ambitions in jeopardy is beyond me. I guess this is what you get when you have mates running the show and no one is accountable to no one for anything, IMO.

25 Mar 2026 19:00:39
Some sick individual has been posting on Twitter that Kevin Keegan only has a few days to live - it's fake news, thankfully. He's actually responding well to treatment which bodes well.

25 Mar 2026 21:33:29
I don't know why people do it. They must be wrong in the head. I saw a King Kenny post a while back saying he had passed away and I fell for it. Some really bizarre people about these days.