12 Nov 2025 17:50:21
Ed001 and Ed025 would you say that Slot is stubborn? Like are Dutch people stubborn by nature or is he actually out of his depth?
{Ed025's Note - i dont think you can define stubbornness by where people are from Barry, most managers are stubborn and stick to their guns when it comes to style and set ups, he done very well last season and guided Liverpool to the league win even though some would suggest it was due to what Klopp had left him, i dont know if he is out of his depth mate but a lot of the new signings have not lived up to expectation (yet) but im not sure how much input he had into the purchases, the next few weeks will be pivotal as to whether he gets to lead the team through this very poor patch because the owners will expect better than is being served up at the moment i expect..
12 Nov 2025 18:43:12
Thanks Ed025.
{Ed025's Note - no problem mate..
12 Nov 2025 19:11:43
I think you can totally generalize people based on where they're from. As long as you know it doesn't apply to every single person lol but in general Dutch people tend to be very direct and whether that includes being stubborn or not is up to how you interpret that.
And before people start jumping down my throat, Mo Salah, Sepp van den Berg at the least have said in interviews that Slot is Dutch and very direct lol I had a dutch woman on my team and she was very difficult to manage lol I've also worked with other dutch people who were very affable but still very direct in comparison to say other people.
12 Nov 2025 20:41:42
I had a Dutch woman on my lap once she was very direct too.
12 Nov 2025 21:20:40
I don't know if Slot is naive or out of his depth. It has to be one of the two. If he's naive, he can figure it out. If he's out of his depth, then he won't.
The whole "insanity" narrative is in play since March or so of last season: trying the same thing and expecting a different outcome. We can sort of look over the form at the end of the season as the league was wrapped up, but it's continued into this season.
We have a run of games until Christmas that last season we would be expected to win. Let's see where we are when we take the pitch at the Emirates in Jan probably minus Salah. By then we'll know a lot more about Slot.
12 Nov 2025 21:23:08
I managed a Dutch office and can confirm. it varied. I did find the majority were taller than me though!
14 Nov 2025 07:19:00
You can’t really generalise people’s characteristics based on nationality, well, apart from the Welsh and the Scottish and the Irish and, of course, the French, Spanish, Italian and Germans, oh yes, and all those Eastern European countries ….
{Ed078's Note - you forgot the English mate. Scousers too, but the generalisations are all sound.