Liverpool Banter

01 May 2026 06:37:40
Only a year ago we were celebrating the title win with Slot. So many negative things have been said since, showing how superficial and game show-like manager succession is becoming. Do I think Slot has made good choices this season? No. But the success of our club isn't in its manager alone, it's in everyone getting behind the team no matter what.

The manager is included in that.
Can we stop advocating for high churn with the things we're saying? It encourages what's toxic in football these days.
We are not Manchester United, let's not become a team that has more managers than shags in a brothel.

. <3

01 May 2026 07:19:36
Why is everyone posting like Jerry Springer or The Midnight Caller this morning? Remarkable.

Yes, the rat comment was way too much, but nobody can be happy with the way the season has gone, and the repeated remarks about Jota are beginning to really annoy me. Slot is the head coach, and, first and foremost, the prep, fitness, subs, etc. have been unimpeachably bad.

01 May 2026 07:23:08
The manager isn't just another cog, he is the fulcrum of the entire club. Slot has shown he is not capable of handling that sort of responsibility and, as poor as others have been, he has been the poorest of the lot. I think fans, who spend small fortunes supporting their club, have the right to voice dissatisfaction.

Trying to say "we're United" because we criticize a clearly failing manager is utter nonsense, and I don't know why done posters try to take some imagined high ground.

01 May 2026 07:23:55
We were all shocked that we won the title last year and, with the big summer, thought we should go for it again. Minimum was top three with a title charge. First 5 games, we were top, although most of us thought hang on, it's a bit open here. Teams figured us out straight away, and we lost so many games, with shocking player performances and the manager clueless at times.

We have seen, with great results this season, what this team can do, but the current set up continues not to keep it that way. For me, there is a need for change.

30 Apr 2026 18:53:34
I see post about Iask and how we should not of signed him them comments could not be any further from the truth. Isak never got fit because of Slot and his coaches training or lack because of that he broke his leg because he was not fit and as sharp as he should have been.
Under Klopp Isak would have been fully fit by the end of September.
Anyone who thinks all this trouble is anyone else fault but Slot is off there head.
Given players 3 days off before we play United is ridiculous even when we were light years behind United never ever would Fergy do that because this fixture means too much and he knew that.

But we have a manager that does not care one percent all he cares about is his wages and getting home to Holland whenever he can he is a vile rat 🐀 that needs removing from the club before the plague he has infested destroy all the hard that Klopp did to turn this club around.

30 Apr 2026 19:26:43
Isak broke his leg because of a bad tackle.

30 Apr 2026 19:29:41
So, calling the manager a vile rat is ok now?

30 Apr 2026 19:42:29
We know that Arne's training methods are having an adverse effect on the team's fitness, but not a lot he can do about a broken leg or Isak not having a pre-season.

30 Apr 2026 19:53:36
I am personally affronted that Slot didn't dip every Liverpool player in that goo that made Wolverine have adamantium bones. For me, that was the last straw.

30 Apr 2026 20:06:00
Grino Slot as a manager has been poor this season but I'm not sure how that qualifies him to be a rat.

Criticise his management style, performance or record etc as much as you want but it's hardly worth getting personal over.

Just my 2 pence worth.

30 Apr 2026 19:19:24
Bit OTT with the vile Rat description grino.

30 Apr 2026 19:25:36
He broke his leg because Van de ven smashed into him. Resorting to name calling is ridiculous, vile rat?

30 Apr 2026 20:28:17
It was good of him to post a picture of a rat as well, because I wasn't sure what one looked like!

Like I said yesterday, I would prefer a change of Head Coach. This season hasn't been good.

However, I asked the question, if, as seems likely, Slot is still here at the start of next season, and he turns things around, are folk willing to get behind him? I certainly am. No one responded yesterday.

30 Apr 2026 20:37:18
Rats are actually very intelligent and very successful creatures.

30 Apr 2026 20:41:24
I'll still sleep at night if Arne stayed on, Rome!

It'll be what it is, & whoever is in charge, I'll be behind them.
He'll be under massive pressure from the get go, though.

30 Apr 2026 20:45:59
I had them under my sage green shed, last year, Ron. I had to do what was required. To be fair, they were easier to get rid of than our Head Coach.

30 Apr 2026 20:54:21
@Rome, I think that ship has sailed for me now. I doubt I can get behind him, I don't think it's about getting behind him, I just don't like him. I'll be behind the team all day long.

30 Apr 2026 21:06:18
That's fair enough, Scouse. Each to their own, mate. I've been giving this some thought. Has there ever been a manager who had his team winning games, playing great football, but a section of the support detested the manager? I'm struggling to think of one.

30 Apr 2026 21:07:11
I don't know, Rome, I'm a bit on the fence with that one.

30 Apr 2026 21:16:24
I actually asked the question the other day if Slot was in 100% how he would have done, because I do think he is a good coach, but he doesn't want to be here for family reasons, which I do understand, but he stayed because of money, but by no means has he given this club 100%, so if the leader is not giving that, how do you expect them below to give more than him? Even if they want to, he is blocking that with his choice of days off.

30 Apr 2026 20:57:14
I would like to respond to the main points he is a rat because he does not care about our club he has shown that by the time he takes off. He could resign but he does not want to because he will never get £6m a year at any club in Holland where he wants to be that's why he is a rat. As for the broken leg if Isak was fit Van der ven does not get near him after the shot. So yes I stand by what I said Slot is a 🐀 because he is a low life robbing the club by his actions and anyone who knows he can't do his job we give it up like King Kenny did in 1991 Klopp did when they could not carry on Shankly did the same.


Kevin Keegan did it as England manger but all that Slot cares about is that wage not this club that I have loved like many others for longer than me and I have loved this club for over 40 years. Being not good enough but trying has always been good enough at this club we respect effort but that is not Slot the 🐀.

30 Apr 2026 21:27:43
Given his lack of hair, does that make him a naked mole rat?

Slot isn't sneaking off without anyone's say so, which is a problem in itself but not one levelled squarely at Slot.

Calling him a rat is truly ridiculous and just an outpouring of hate for no reason.

30 Apr 2026 21:29:21
Hi Grino, I fully agree that the way Slot managed Isak's lack of preseason, which led to his initial minor injuries, all leading to him struggling for fitness. With you on all of that, and I agree, any manager worth his onions, let alone Klopp, would not have played Isak at all until he was fit enuff to play and get going

Klopp, or any competent manager, would have put him on a specific fitness programme with friendlies behind closed dorrs etc.

to get him on track, esp. since we were not desperate for him to play as Eki was doing bits early on.

Now, from there to calling him a vile rat is a bit much, IMO. I know his management of the team has been awful and deserved the sack months ago and should be nowhere near this team next season. However, I wouldn't call him a vile rat. That's a bit OTT for me. Just saying.

30 Apr 2026 21:29:52
I posted wrong there. I actually don't think he is a bad coach, but he is not in it 100%, what I find so much worse.

30 Apr 2026 21:50:25
Oli, didn't you call Slot a clueless knob a few weeks ago?

Your full comment below.

This is exactly what I posted in a thread today. For me, Slot sabotaged that game and put that team out to get slaughtered, cos imo, he wanted them punished for showing him up to be a clueless knob for the world to see at the Etihad.

30 Apr 2026 21:50:28
Just a thought.
If I got a job offer for the largest salary I have ever made, I would jump on it with the thought I could handle missing my kids and seeing them when I could like Slot. I'm just saying, maybe give the man and his family a little grace.

{Ed001's Note - why? Because surely he should admit he can't do the job if it is such a problem?? It is not up to us to pander to a multi-millionaire who is failing, it is up to him to do his job properly. He is set for life, he could walk away, so why should we pander to him because he can't cope with it? He could drop the greed and go home if it is such an issue.}

30 Apr 2026 22:03:56
Once it's out there, it's out there, JK! Love your detective work.

30 Apr 2026 22:03:23
420 yeah but they could move over like all the players family's do no manager would have a player doing that.
It's not a normal job and for that you get paid £6m a year let's not kid ourselves would 99% of families move country for £6m a year no sh** they would 3 years for £18m but that's not good enough he wants to do it part time I stick by my words vile rat 🐀 and just for Tome there is the 🐀 twice.

30 Apr 2026 22:14:04
Cheers Grino, and don't call me Tome!

30 Apr 2026 22:23:21
All roads lead to Slot.

Give me a break.

The gymnastics to blame everything on Slot is small club mentality and embarassing.

30 Apr 2026 22:43:31
Thank you ed001 I maybe went over the top with the rat 🐀 comment but he could walk away a rich man but he just won't out of greed not because he feels he can do better because he makes no attempt to change his effort.
My anger comes from how he feels he can treat us people work hard for a living and spend there spare money what is not a lot most of the times this day and age and he feels he can take the pi$$ out of the fans with his days off.

Is he fully to blame no them above could have stopped this months ago would Shankly have done this no because he loved the fans like they loved the club and passed that on to the players that 100% effort was the minimum you could leave on the pitch as the great man said If he had to clean a floor he made sure nobody had a cleaner floor than him Slots is filthy because effort is not there.

01 May 2026 00:44:21
Grino, man, get outside and touch some grass. At the end of a day, it is just a game.


Yes, this game can ruin our mood and our whole day when things go wrong, but to resort to being so vile about a manager who came in and won the league for us, say what you want about it being Klopp's team, but Klopp also was unable to do it with that team and it fortunately/unfortunately took Slot's tinkering with it for it to work, so some gratitude is surely deserved!!

30 Apr 2026 23:05:53
Ed001
Would you be able to walk away from his contract? The thing I know about people with money is they always want more.

{Ed001's Note - that is not the point, the point is you are asking us to have sympathy for a man whose problems are solely caused by his own greed. And yes, if I was bothered about money I wouldn't be doing this.}

01 May 2026 06:54:46
Morning, Rome. The get behind Slot scenario: if he was left in charge: if he could get the team playing good fast attack minded football: if he could organize the defenders to defend: if he could set up a midfield that can be the engine room of the team: if he could get fast transitions from defense to attack: if he could concentrate on getting the entire squad fit and firing: if he could commit fully to the club: if he could establish a relationship between him and supporters: if he could play his best players in their best positions: if he changed his coaching strategy: then perhaps I could reconsider my opinion about him.

However there's an awful lot of ifs there and we all know about ifs and aunties and uncles. Anyway, have a good Friday, Rome, and all others!!! It's a BH weekend over here in God's Country, so the local beckons about eighteen hundred. 🥳🥳🕺🕺🍻 United 1 Liverpool 1 btw.

01 May 2026 07:08:30
Morning, Shanklys Ghost, and fellow posters. Thanks for your detailed reply, mate. Like you say, there are many ifs. Enjoy the Bank Holiday, my friend.

30 Apr 2026 18:25:31
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new video entitled, C U Next Time - I Wanna Be Like You Edition}

30 Apr 2026 15:47:50
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 34 - Quick Round Up

30 Apr 2026 16:58:46
Love these Matchday Round ups Ed001!

It makes a pleasant change to read a review that does not give a damn who the player or the manager is, and says it as he see's it.

Keep up the good work!

{Ed001's Note - thank you so much kk.}

30 Apr 2026 18:59:59
Great stuff, Ed01. I absolutely look forward to reviews and match day reports now. Thank you so very much.

{Ed001's Note - thank you so much Das.}

30 Apr 2026 21:32:35
Awesome stuff, Ed. Thanks for all you do on here, mate.

{Ed001's Note - thank you Oli, really appreciate that mate.}