06 Jan 2026 21:48:19
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Fulham v Liverpool - A Quick Liverpool Perspective
06 Jan 2026 22:28:29
If slot had not made the sub that was Gakpo for Gomez there's a good chance that Gakpo would have been close to reed and tried to block the shot. But like you said Slot panics and try's to close the game out.
06 Jan 2026 23:13:12
Thanks Ed
Pretty depressive reading - Again!
07 Jan 2026 03:42:35
I said it before Kerkez didn't become a bad player overnight. Unfortunately it's Slot's ridiculous tactics that are making him look at lot worse than he is. Brilliant review again Tris thank you ?.
07 Jan 2026 03:50:15
Surely Slot can't get critcism for players attacking too much with a lead and then criticized for trying to protect a lead
But hindsight to me.
07 Jan 2026 04:17:11
Longthing, so if we didn't bring on a defender then our left winger would have been marking a player in the right-back area?
06 Jan 2026 22:35:40
Cheers Ed, I'd agree with most of what you said other than the Wirtz goal. It looked offside if you go by the lines on the pitch but it was so tight that if those lines are just slightly off it can be misleading. We have to assume the technology is more accurate than the lawn mowing.
I also thought Ali should've saved the first goal. He got to it easily but misjudged the height of the ball and it went under his hands. Nit picking really but only because the standards he's set are so high.
{Ed001's Note - the technology said it was offside. What are you talking about? They just said it was within an acceptable tolerance of offside to not give it in case the technology was calibrated incorrectly. So they don't believe the tech is more accurate than lawn mowing as I know full well, having trained for a time as a groundsman, that the tolerance on those lines at a Premier League pitch is much smaller than the tolerance they allowed on that offside. Wirtz was off.}
06 Jan 2026 22:43:34
ED001.its like groundhog day isn't it, best just copy and paste your last 10 match reports, n put them up, saves you a bit of time . Thing what bothered me most this game was their last goal, ok it was a screamer but surely someone has to come out n challenge him, must be hard work for you re- watching these games without booting the TV in.
07 Jan 2026 07:26:07
Ok I'll bow to your better knowledge on the groundsman issue but if those lines are straight then the 6 yard box isn't because they are not in line. The white line of the 6 yard box runs slightly off the line on the grass.
Also on the semi automated offside stills I've seen it shows he's onside not offside as you stated. Maybe I've seen the wrong ones.
Whatever the case is I don't like the statement on ref watch about a tolerance on offside decisions. They've never used that before from what I've seen so why use it on this one?
I'm sure they just make it up as they go along.
07 Jan 2026 07:44:36
Darwin evolution I don't know if you actually watched this game but Gakpo played as a striker so could have quite easily have moved over to reed.
07 Jan 2026 07:08:14
Thanks Ed001…
Am I correct in saying Edwards left the club in a bit of a mess last time round?
I really can't believe we came back in for him, just look at the mess we are in now, both on and off the field….
Cheers
Drogie.
{Ed001's Note - yes, I kept saying it then, we needed the Saudis to come in and rescue us as we were absolutely bang up against FFP due to the huge wages he handed out. I know Klopp wanted those players to get new contracts, but, as I kept saying at the time, Edwards was his boss, he could have blocked the deals or just limited the salaries better in negotiations. He is not right for a management role - rose above his level of proficiency. He wasn't even the key figure in the recruitment anyway, that was Graham, who is the one we should have brought back. However, he isn't Henry's mate.}
07 Jan 2026 08:05:24
Faith in works the criticism is that we no longer play on the front foot. Under Klopp we pinned teams in recycling possession and grinding them down. Under slot every time we get a bit of momentum, we back off or make defensive subs or tactics handing the initiative back to the opponents.
Reed's goal was a wonder strike, but why was he afforded so much time? Because yet again Slot made defensive changes which puts the players in an ultra defensive mindset, of "let's sit deep and protect this lead". All that does is invite pressure as we keep seeing week in week out. You must see this?
07 Jan 2026 10:46:08
Edwards didn't have the guts to challenge Klopp. Worse, he is still not stepping in to handle the tensions btw Hughes and Slot. Weak as they come.
07 Jan 2026 11:49:52
To me slot and the team just look terrified of losing right now. I don't know how we're going to get from here to playing brave football, at least for the majority of a match, again, it looks like to me that slot is sticking with this weird mid block with a pointless press that feels and looks so uncomfortable for the players.
That being said, like I wrote yesterday, we have scored the most goals in the league from a press leading to an opposition mistake (6 I believe), so clearly the players are good at it and it is still our best way of asserting ourselves and creating chances.
07 Jan 2026 13:13:57
I agree, PB. the players can play the high tempo and high press system cos we still see them do it in moments. The issue here is that the manager has lost his way and since the players aren't fit to play the way they want or can, we get what we get.
And with the manager scared shirtless of losing his job, draws are like wins for him.
10 Jan 2026 11:08:36
I do see it, i just don't see that it is a long term change in tactics.