20 Oct 2025 09:07:10
I must admit, I did feel we would initially struggle this season, with so many changes to the team, and some to the backroom staff too. It usually happens to teams when they bring in loads of players even without the trauma of a good team mate getting killed.
Look at Chelsea last year, loads of new players and couldn't win an argument.
We are going through a phase like City did last year too, but how things have changed for them this time around.
There has been some mention somewhere about FSG trying to tie Slot down to a longer contract, but I think it would be better to hang fire on this right now.
I think, and hope, results will improve for us once everyone is properly settled, but only time will tell.
20 Oct 2025 10:19:21
There’s struggling, then there’s not having one Decent performance all season mate.
It’s bad this.
20 Oct 2025 10:26:27
Surely the game against arsenal was a decent performance? Atletico we were good too, despite letting in two freak goals.
20 Oct 2025 10:48:43
Clearly, there is no middle ground, is there PB?
I like KBL, always knew we would have teething issues with all that has happened and the tragedy that befell the steam, fans and the club and I think many of our fan base looking at the summer critically accepted this as a key topic going in.
What I (and many who still believe in Slot) did not anticipate was for the manager to start overthinking things, over-tinkering, playing square pegs in round holes, playing a way that does not suit the system. I think this is where the frustration comes from. Really frustrated indeed.
20 Oct 2025 11:12:40
PatrikBurgher, Other than Bournemouth on the opening day of the season we've won or lost every other game by a 1 goal margin.
We're not playing as horrendously as some are making out because we're not getting battered, but we're just not winning games comfortably, and that's caught up with us now, losing 4 games in a row.
I think we've played well in passages within games, but we have little to no control of the tempo and we're too easy to carve open.
The argument that we're in transition only holds up if the performances are inconsistent. However, they're not. They're consistently poor by our standards.
20 Oct 2025 11:24:27
Most people, not just Arsenal fans, will agree that your performance against Arsenal wasn't so much a decent performance from yourselves, but rather a timid approach to the fixture by Arsenal.
20 Oct 2025 11:30:50
LFC8, I agree in part, because we have played well in parts of most games so far. The problem is we need to play well for all the game time not just in one half of each game. It's not as good as it could be that's true.
20 Oct 2025 11:52:56
I mean like a decent 3-0 win where we look comfortable and have given someone a beating the whole game. Should be standard from the champions lads, we should’ve done that by now, no excuses for at least 1 of those games.
20 Oct 2025 11:58:42
Mamardashvilli, Kerkez and Isak started yesterday that’s only 3 new players. Most teams in the league play 3 or more new players every year.
20 Oct 2025 12:00:51
There seems to be an obsession with low blocks and set-pieces, to the point where we're throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
We have fullbacks that can bomb, we have 3 forwards who are over 6'3, 4 midfielders that have great long range striking abilities and two 6'4 centrebacks.
We need to stop obsessing over creating a new magical system for how the whole league is setting up against us.
20 Oct 2025 10:30:17
At least we see energy from Chelsea even though there is no cohesion or shape. But we don't have even energy!
20 Oct 2025 13:24:42
MKS, you're my guy BUT Im going to disagree with you here. We are playing as horrendously as you see us and getting battered in terms of actual play cos we don't press, don't harry, no intensity and slow ball movement. Go watch that first half vs Palace and tell we we weren't getting the lights punched out of us.
Also, you think Utd played well? Cos I didn't. They are still as poor as you have seen them play for the last Year or more. Yet we made them look competent despite having no legs in midfield, slow defenders and couldn't muster a shot on target for the whole second half.
Us? We didn't create a single clear cut chance chance in the second half from when Gakpo hit the post till he equalised. Nah, it's as bad and last night's performance where Szobo and Macca were standing next to Isak (Wait, what? ) and with Grav going to pick up the ball from deep hence leaving a doughnut in the centre circle. For what? Only Slot can answer that. Cheers, man.
20 Oct 2025 14:14:29
Well RSharpe, a lot of our poor performances this year have to do with the timid and passive approach to the games we've been playing as well, especially in the first half of games. Also, Arsenal are timid by default and live and die by set pieces and not conceding goals. They didn't manage to do anything against us on set pieces. So what say you, Arsenal fan?
20 Oct 2025 17:24:46
Patrik, the difference here being that our approach to all other games, bar the ones against you and City, did not have us approach it timidly. Our approach made you look decent.
You go on about us being reliant on set pieces, but that's just one aspect of our game. It could be said that Liverpool are completely reliant on Salah, and without him, last season's trophy would have ended up being won by someone else.
But I'm not going to say that. You played to your strengths and finished the campaign ahead of the rest. But these things come home to roost. Without Salah firing like he did last season, you lot are in meltdown.
Arsenal are a lot more than their set pieces. If you can't see that, you're either very short sighted, very naive, or a wee bit jaded.
20 Oct 2025 17:56:50
Most of your goals have come this season from set pieces. Am I making that up? 10 goals out of 15. Have you been keeping track?