14 Feb 2026 11:56:42
Seeing people comparing past lfc managers got me thinking how Slot has done compared to his rivals on some key points
Premier League wins since Slot took over
LFC 37 WINS
CITY 37 WINS
Arsenal 37 WINS
CHELSEA 32 WINS
MAN United 23 WINS
Premier League goals since Slot took over
LFC 127 goals
CITY 126 goals
Arsenal 119 goals
CHELSEA 111 goals
MAN United 91 goals
Net Spend since Slot took over
LFC €258M
CITY €330M
Arsenal €330M
CHELSEA €50M
MAN United €330M
All in all the facts are Slot has done a good job.
No other manager has more Premier League wins, Lfc are the top scorers in the Premier League in his time here and all while only Chelsea of the teams above have a lower Net Spend. And let's not forget No.20.
14 Feb 2026 12:28:01
He did a very good job last season. If you run those numbers again, since pre-season, it will show why people are currently disappointed.
14 Feb 2026 12:35:32
But Slot is on a downward trajectory. And not many people are enjoying the football.
14 Feb 2026 12:41:40
All in all, the facts are he's done little this season, FM.
14 Feb 2026 12:42:34
In any situation, stats are stats. You can view them as you wish, and derive the result to suit your point. But they do not ever tell the whole story.
14 Feb 2026 12:43:14
But that's like saying, if you ran the numbers after the first 7 games of the season, everyone would have been beyond ecstatic. These are the facts of Slot's reign as a whole. It's everyone's right to either like or dislike Arne, support or not support him, but when looking at these facts, it's hard to understand why he's so despised among his own fanbase.
So many teams would be delighted with the job he's done so far.
14 Feb 2026 12:56:20
Ah, c'mon Shankly, you can derive the result to suit your point on ridiculous stats like assists or "high quality chances", and guff like that. These are wins and goals scored (for a man with such a poor brand of football, by the way), while having a lesser net spend than his rivals as well.
14 Feb 2026 12:58:41
You don't even need to go back to pre-season. The calendar year, Feb 25 to Feb 26, has been dire. Let's not forget, in the last 20 games he has a worse record than Hodgson. I bet if Hodgson had this squad, he wouldn't be shy about getting better results.
14 Feb 2026 13:02:18
We're tracking as a 67-point team over an entire calendar year. We are essentially a 5th/6th-place team. At what stage does the bright start (Aug-Dec 24) to his Liverpool coaching career become the exception?
14 Feb 2026 13:02:55
The league season is played over 38 games. Last season has nothing to do with this season's league. As it stands, we are the 6th best team in England. Florian, I'm starting to wonder if you're Slot's agent or even Slot himself.
14 Feb 2026 13:04:14
Another great stat for Slot is that, at Liverpool, he has the highest win percentage in the CL of any manager ever. However, on the other side of the coin, the furthest he's been with Liverpool in the competition to date is the last-16 round.
14 Feb 2026 13:12:47
Come on, mighty, no one can be worse than Hodgson, can they?
14 Feb 2026 13:15:03
We were the only team to lay a glove on them, JK. Ok, lads. Should have known even facts like I listed wouldn't be good enough. ?
14 Feb 2026 13:23:08
Your optimism regarding Slot is admirable, Florian. However, the style of play, the results, the league position, the apparent lack of fitness of the squad, the early League Cup exit, the embarrassing home defeats, the public slating of players that don't deserve it, and the stubbornness to continue in the same vein despite it not working, have left many wanting a change. Add to that the talent already in the squad, plus the need for a few more faces, and many want a new manager with fresh ideas to make the most of what we have and those yet to sign.
We could look at Klopp's bad run, but he had a lot more credit in the bank than Arne, and there was always the belief of a turnaround. If you have that same belief in Slot, then again I take my hat off to you. I would be as happy as you if we win the next 10 on the bounce, but unfortunately I don't see it happening.
14 Feb 2026 13:24:25
Only team to lay a glove on who? Since when have 64 games over 2 separate seasons counted towards a single league campaign?
14 Feb 2026 13:34:10
It does make you think, why change what was working so well from his first season? The players must have wondered what was going on in preseason fitness and tactics-wise. I do think losing JH has had a big impact on the team as well.
14 Feb 2026 13:34:22
PSG. They strolled past everyone else.
14 Feb 2026 14:14:26
Well, that's not entirely true, Florian. They did not find Aston Villa easy either. I watched the games against Villa, and they gave them a proper scare too. As for the comparisons with Hodgson, as much as I think Slot may not be the man to lead us going forward, unlike Hodgson, Slot has said on multiple occasions that he thinks the football has not been good enough, and that his aspiration is to have us playing the best football on the biggest stage. He has said that the criticism of the style of play from the fans hurts him, because he can see why fans might think that, and that he agrees with them to a point.
He insists at every opportunity that Liverpool are one of the best and biggest teams in the world, and that they should play the best football. Maybe his plan has not worked out the way he thought it would. Maybe it still will not, even if given time and the circumstances are favourable with getting the players he needs and injuries, etc., but at least he knows what he is supposed to be doing in this job and what the aim is, for himself and for the fans. You could never say that about the likes of Hodgson.
14 Feb 2026 14:36:12
Think it was 5-1 on aggregate at one stage, PB, then PSG started taking some serious liberties. And with Arsenal it was 3-0 on agg until Arsenal got a late consolation. The final was a procession.
14 Feb 2026 15:04:56
Give over the nonsense. A season is decided over 9 months, not 2 years. Worst run of form in 70 years, lost 9 in 12, 45% win rate for the season, worst set piece record in the league, top 5 lowest club goal differences all time, top 5 worst title defences of all time, complete refusal to adapt his highly ineffective tactics, a glaringly apparent inability to motivate the players, and a barrage of absolutely delusional comments in every presser.
14 Feb 2026 15:09:32
@Florian, that's just not true. If you are referring to the first 7 PL games, we lost the 6th and 7th. We also somehow lost away to Gala in between. So, no one was or would have been ecstatic. Also, anyone who actually watches us or goes to the match could see we have been garbage since Feb last year. This isn't a 'this season' problem.
I have not heard or seen anyone 'despise' Slot. Far from it. More baseless comments. And, yes, lesser teams would be fine with the last 12 months of pretty much consistent rubbish. We shouldn't be, and a scrappy win at Sunderland doesn't change a thing imo. This nonsense shows exactly how far our standards have dropped.
14 Feb 2026 15:20:31
No, Runcorn, first 7 all comps. Won them all.
14 Feb 2026 15:26:24
Net spend is a bit of a duck egg, really. That's for the accountant. What does matter is how much has been spent on new players.
14 Feb 2026 15:26:32
I'd class someone who calls him a 'bald moron' or an 'imbecile' as someone who despises him, in fairness. I'd also class someone who can't see the good, even when presented with facts, as despising him, because their minds are just made up no matter what you show them. Also, why do people keep saying a season's 9 months, not 2 years? I never mentioned this season; I simply posted his body of work at the club.
It's undeniably comparable to any other manager in the league, a league that has Pep Guardiola among its coaches. Dislike him if you want, but facts are facts.
14 Feb 2026 15:34:14
Florian Gakpo, we were all at the celebrations last season, and he got his just rewards and his reams of plaudits. We're in this season. Now run those numbers again, and you'll see a side that, for large portions, is demonstrating relegation form. If I want to live off past glory, I'll chart back to when we had a better manager.
14 Feb 2026 15:46:47
Pep still has his team in the title race; we're just about hanging on to the top five. Despite last season's stats propping up this year's, it's what's happening on the pitch that people are most concerned about. Best to revisit this at the end of May.
14 Feb 2026 15:52:22
All the facts, stats, net spend figures, etc. in the world cannot take away from the situation whereby we should have progressed from last season and not regressed as we have. I agree with you on some aspects, though FM and I, for one, would never describe Slot as an imbecile or anything like it that others may do.
He did great in winning 20. Absolutely, and I viewed him as our new long-term manager. He has made a total balls of it since then, unfortunately.
14 Feb 2026 15:54:39
Does it matter how many players also left Irish? Or are we left with a bench full of kids every week because we strengthened on top of what we already had, like Arsenal? Retaining their best players. We lost as many as we signed to a squad that had majorly over achieved to win the league the season before.
14 Feb 2026 16:07:19
Lol, what I do love here is how much FM is trying to stick to his guns. Fair play, mate, I know you love your new little statistics, but it means absolutely nothing. ?
14 Feb 2026 16:25:55
How did the team overachieve? What is your basis for this, and do you think they should have won?
14 Feb 2026 16:27:11
Of course it matters who left. Most fans would suggest we improved on the players we replaced. Do you think differently?
14 Feb 2026 16:37:02
Well, we were 3rd favourites behind City and Arsenal at 7/1 Irish, and the bookies rarely get it wrong. A lot of people in the game had us struggling for top 4, in fact, if my memory serves me, after Jurgen left. It certainly wasn't the feeling on here that we had a chance of winning the league.
14 Feb 2026 17:04:10
Didn't we lose to Palace in the season curtain-opener, the Charity Shield?
14 Feb 2026 17:08:57
Can't believe you're quoting what the bookies say. ? It makes absolutely no difference. The facts are that the best team over 38 games wins the League. It's very difficult to over achieve over such a long period of time. We faltered over the last month and a bit in the previous campaign under Klopp. That had me knowing we had a League-winning team.
14 Feb 2026 16:29:35
I wish this site had a Facebook style button I could push to just not show certain posters anymore.
{Ed033's Note - If you go to the My Profile page, you can add up to 5 usernames to ignore their posts on the main pages on here.
14 Feb 2026 17:58:19
I know, Chicago, that JK fella is an awful annoyance.
14 Feb 2026 18:06:26
Well, we lost our best winger, who orchestrated the press, Irish, and a right-back who had "changed the game" and left to win his Ballon d'Or. We gained a couple of top players in Wirtz and Ekitike, although it took up until recently to see the best of Wirtz. We haven't had the real Isak yet, so he hasn't really been an improvement on Darwin, although when fit he will be an infinitely better player.
Same can be said of Frimpong and Leoni. So, while I think in the long term we will be stronger for last summer's window when everyone's fit (three of them have spent most of the season on the sidelines), up until this point it hasn't left us much stronger than last year.
14 Feb 2026 18:08:35
If you ever get to a game, Florian, let me know and I'll get the beers in and bring my ear plugs.
14 Feb 2026 19:54:31
You are basing your view on what you know now, Florian. Injuries happen. Was Isak a better option than Nunez at the start of the season? Was Leoni a better option than Quansah, and was Kerkez a better option than Robbo? Sure, we lost 2 really good players, but we improved in 5 positions when the new season started.
14 Feb 2026 20:00:03
Can we stop this? He's been poor. We won the league, and fair play to all involved, but if we're honest, football on a global level is at a generational low point in terms of quality, with last season being only marginally higher. Klopp would have 100% won last season, and I don't doubt he would have us top this season.
14 Feb 2026 20:55:34
Florian Musiala, you argue for Slot using two years' worth of data in a sport where you're only as good as your last game. That's like arguing Rodgers never should have been sacked after he got us 2nd place in '14. Mourinho should have never been sacked after winning the League in '15.
I could go on, but I won't. Since you like stats, I'll give you some that are actually relevant. See if you can spot the similarities, and please, I would genuinely love to hear your opinion on them. Rodgers' last 38 games: 17W-10D-11L. Slot's last 38 games: 19W-9D-10L.
14 Feb 2026 22:25:10
I can only have one opinion, in fairness, Chewy: the bloke who oversaw our worst run in 70 years could have easily been sacked. I was surprised he wasn't, but I didn't want him sacked as I thought he'd earned some backing after No.20. Since then we've had to tighten up, it's been a bit of a slog at times, but after tonight's win it's now 2 defeats in 19 games.
It's 4 wins in 5, and we are getting there. That terrible run is now nearly 3 months ago (the PSV game was the 26th November), and I think we should be starting to get behind the manager and the team. We started the season in 4 comps, we still have a chance in 2. Let's stop moaning like babies and support the team.