02 Mar 2026 17:08:43
Not to stir the pot or anything but:
If Slot wins a cup this year (Domestic or European). Surely that is absolute justification to keep him no?
If any fan had been asked on the day he signed if the league and a cup in his first 2 years would be seen as a good return on choosing him, I think most would have said yes emphatically.
This is of course dependent on him winning a cup this year.
02 Mar 2026 18:30:44
Got a feeling he's not going anywhere regardless, mate, but I'll take a trophy and Champions League place and be more than happy for Slot to continue!
02 Mar 2026 18:32:04
Yes. One hundred percent. If you asked any Liverpool supporter when Slot was coming in, would they be happy with a league and an FA Cup/CL in his 1st two seasons? Everybody would have jumped at that.
02 Mar 2026 18:33:53
No, the league performances have been appalling, and that's the bread and butter. Fluking a European Cup (because that's what it would take to win it) isn't enough, and winning the FA Cup certainly isn't enough.
02 Mar 2026 18:36:32
I am personally so much in the Slot out camp that, no matter which and how many trophies he won, I'd want him gone. But, ofc, if he did win something, one could argue that him staying is justified.
Even not winning a trophy, one could justify him seeing his contract out. But, I wouldn't want another year of the rubbishty football, players regressing, and dodgy statements in the media. But, hey, that's just me.
02 Mar 2026 18:38:32
Two very big ifs there, Red 81. We would need quite the change in performance level to win trophies this season, a change that I have seen no sign of yet.
Qualifying for the next season's Champions League is the minimum requirement for the club to justify the wage bill and signings we have made/still yet to make.
After that, it will likely be whether the relationship between him, the big players that will be staying on, and the football directors is still 100% aligned. I don't think winning the FA Cup will trump that if there is misalignment. Perhaps winning the CL might make them think twice if there is misalignment.
02 Mar 2026 18:45:12
@Red 81, Slot will have been set a number of targets and goals by the FSG that he would need to meet. If he meets the goals that FSG set, or can provide a convincing explanation as to why he wasn't able to meet one or more of his targets, then the chances of him being kept on are high. If not, then he is likely to be replaced.
I don't know what his targets are, but I get a feeling that winning a cup would not necessarily be enough to make FSG think he should be replaced.
Sadly, the FA Cup seems to be more of a 'nice to win' rather than a major goal these days, but I suppose that, from the perspective of a multi-billion dollar business, there is not really a major financial reward for winning the trophy.
I'd say he's far more likely to get the old heave-ho if we miss out on CL qualification for next season.
02 Mar 2026 18:49:30
How do you know we'd only win it if we fluked it? And winning the Champions League might make them think twice. ? If Arne won the Champions League he'd have a new 5 yr contract on his desk the next morning waiting for his signature.
02 Mar 2026 18:58:46
Meh. I'm still not convinced, to be honest, OP. He does seem to be learning that he needs to adapt from his purism that has been holding us back. But even so, there are still signs enough for me there that he isn't the man for us. Gravy is more than capable of playing CDM for us, and yet how he is utilised indicates to me that is a lesson Slot still isn't taking on board.
Obviously I'd be over the moon if we win something given how god awful we have been this season, but don't let the West Ham win make you forget how god awful we were against Forest.
This current run reminds me of how we were in those first five games, to be honest. Something still isn't right.
02 Mar 2026 19:18:56
We won't win anything, but if we do, I still want him out.
02 Mar 2026 19:27:52
Not for me. League performances have been woeful, to say the least, and that's the bread and butter. If he wins the FA Cup or Champions League, it will very much be a thanks for everything but goodbye from me.
02 Mar 2026 19:37:33
Hold on. A manager would win a Prem and CL in two years and it'd be a goodbye from you? I've heard it all now.
02 Mar 2026 19:58:33
I've been Slot out for quite some time, as I personally don't like his brand of football. However, given where we were in the league and the injuries we have had to deal with, if Slot achieves Champions League football and wins a cup, or even reaches the Champions League final, I cannot see a world where we pull the trigger, unless he himself decides he wants out.
Irrespective of my own personal feelings, if those criteria were met, it would be a tough sell to sack a manager who has won us the title. Where would that lead us, and what would future success be measured against? Suppose Alonso was to come in and replace him, would he be under pressure if he didn't immediately deliver the title or Champions League?
02 Mar 2026 20:13:57
Florian, 20 years ago, we'd all be mocking Real Madrid for doing something like that, sacking a manager who won the league in their first season and the Champions League in their second.
Which manager is going to come in having to follow that? It's laughable, I'm afraid.
02 Mar 2026 20:17:14
Not just the woeful performances, which are all down to his crap tactics and poor training, but the constant moaning in interviews is reason enough to show him the door.
02 Mar 2026 20:26:50
Not going to bother watching the Gala and the rest of the CL games now people have ruined the surprise that Slot wins it this season.
{Ed025's Note - love it JK..
02 Mar 2026 20:27:28
If we win the Champions League this season, after winning the league last season, he should get a 5 year contract.
I've been v disappointed in Slot this season 2bh, but if he wins them 2 trophies 2 years in a row, we would be a laughing stock if we sacked him. Don't think FA Cup carries all that much weight nowadays imo.
02 Mar 2026 20:28:31
Win a league and CL in your first 2 seasons and it's goodbye? Oh the state of football fans today. ??♂️
02 Mar 2026 20:30:49
I sincerely hope for the following, that we qualify for CL and win a trophy. That, come the end of the season, Slot leaves by 'mutual consent' and then Alonso or Enriquez join.
I cannot stand this dire brand of football, all when we have such a talented team.
02 Mar 2026 20:47:31
I'm not "in the know," but there is no way that Enrique is joining us in the summer. Just saying.
02 Mar 2026 20:49:22
Well said, Man of Todd.
02 Mar 2026 20:50:50
@Red, what if Slot wins the FA Cup and misses out on CL footie? Would you want him out? Serious question.
For me, the only way Slot keeps his job is if he wins the CL.
He stays because that gets us CL footie and, of course, No. 7.
However, if Slot only wins the FA Cup, with or without CL footie, then I'd still want him gone.
02 Mar 2026 20:54:19
imo there's not a hope in the world that we are winning the CL this season. I know the old adages; in knock-out football, anything can happen, the underdog, the second leg in Anfield, the usual stuff, but, looking at our defenceless defence, it would become the greatest miracle since the loaves and fishes.
02 Mar 2026 20:59:30
Man of Todd, when you say we have such a talented team, is that the team that doesn't have a fit right back, a centre back that's been useless all season, a centre midfielder who has no pace and spends most of the time rolling around, a right-sided forward who's long past his best, a left-sided forward who we should bin, and a centre forward who's never fit.
These are the opinions of the majority of posters on here. The talented side you talk about, is it a five-a-side team?
02 Mar 2026 21:10:38
You said all of that before I did, Rome.
02 Mar 2026 21:15:58
We've won a couple of games and people are getting all dreamy eyed and forgetful. The football at best has been mostly dire. I couldn't put up with another season of performances like this one. "If we win the Champions League."
02 Mar 2026 21:30:07
Or the greatest miracle since 2005, Shankly's ghost?
02 Mar 2026 21:36:40
I think the football for over a year now has been dreadful, and I don't think Slot is going to change anytime soon.
But, if he wins the Champions League, no way can he get sacked.
But I would not expect us to win it the way we are playing. But, if we somehow did, I would still not be surprised to see Slot go at the end of the season, because he wants to go home to his family.
That would be a fantastic goodbye ?♂️ from Slot, and, as much as I have not enjoyed the style of football, he will definitely then stand with our great managers of the past.
Because, in the end, it's not how you get there; it's just that you got there. That's all history says in the end.
02 Mar 2026 21:49:04
On paper, winning the league and another major trophy alongside CL qualification in your first two seasons definitely justifies him keeping his job as manager at a club run like ours. There's probably only a handful of clubs in the world that would still look at that as potential failure compared to respective expectations. The key phrase here is 'on paper'. In reality, the long term ambition of being a successful team, consistently challenging for and winning major honours to match off-field growth, looks to be something not achievable with Slot. The fact that Slot hasn't properly taken to the city, has been stubborn on his tactical approach, showing unwillingness to adapt until it is seemingly too late (behind the scenes anyway), has demonstrated that any targets met would all be short term success, even as frustrating as a process it would be in terms of performances. Long term, we would see the detrimental effects it could bring with keeping a manager like Slot, with the current set up of the club. We would fail to attract the same sort of players we once could, we wouldn't be seen as an attractive project anymore compared to our direct rivals, especially due to the style of play.
Youngsters not given the opportunity (rarely do they successfully bleed through, but most top managers are able to coach 2-3 through to be integral part of the squads, Slot has shown no desire to even attempt this, thus far), which affects the academy. I fear with our recent recruitment, all individuals in charge will put us in a position where we overspend on average talent, with one of the higher wage bills and the owners looking at it and cutting us off again, citing the lack of success overspending has brought on the pitch. Point is, a lot of this is avoided with the right manager. The right manager can literally shine a turd, and, whilst we are far off being a mess of a club like some of our rivals have been in recent years, we aren't too far off joining them with some of the people in charge at the moment. Managers like Ferguson, Wenger, Klopp etc hide the dross happening in the background, because they are able to show success in the most important part of the business, on the pitch, so I think this season, we saw a very big indicator that Slot is most likely not that guy long term, as much as I wanted him to be initially, that changed throughout the season.
02 Mar 2026 21:59:30
I think the important bit is top 4. There are so many factors on the go for whether we keep Slot or not. Although the ITKs seem to think he's by and large confirmed for the chopping block.
Whatever happens, I just wish people were fair about him. Slot gets way too much of the blame.
02 Mar 2026 22:07:41
How dare you call yourself Shankly's ghost, and then have such a defeatist attitude. One thing the great man would never do is accept defeat, no matter what the circumstances.
We are as good as anyone in the competition, but we lack consistency for many reasons. The beauty of knock out, 2 legged football is that you don't necessarily need consistency.
We have a chance.
02 Mar 2026 22:25:47
Are Ngumoha and Nyoni not being coached through? They are 17 and 18, for God's sake.
02 Mar 2026 23:43:59
It is impossible to 'fluke' a Champions League trophy. Ridiculous comment.
03 Mar 2026 06:06:35
Did Klopp win a cup each year? How was his team the season after we won the PL? There were large sections of fans shouting 'Klopp Out' for long periods. Fickle fans.
03 Mar 2026 06:46:37
All of this is assuming Slot wants to stay. Family still live in the Netherlands, flying around constantly, rumours of a fallout, etc.
Regardless of money or esteem, that's not an environment you could pay me enough to remain in. The ITK's have said he's likely to leave, but they never said why.
03 Mar 2026 06:47:50
A lot of people (mostly not Liverpool fans) were saying last season as we were on our way to winning the league because the general standard in the PL was cack. Being the wise people that we Liverpool fans are, we tended to disagree, but with hindsight, I think some of the lighters might have been onto something.
It is possible to argue that we won the league as the last team (for the present trend / fascination with set piece play) to play attacking football, perhaps Jurgen's legacy?
I think there were three things that impacted us - two internal and one external.
The first internal one was Slot doing a good impression of a rabbit caught in the headlights when we came up against PSG. It has taken a long time for us to get past his obsession.
The second one was his growing fixation with the low block - again a lot like a rabbit in the headlights.
The external one was the other clubs having a sneaky meeting that we weren't invited to, where they all swore off attacking football and decided on a set piece dominated game, with all in wrestling for corners and thrown-ins headed for the penalty area.
For whatever reason we didn't want to, or the coach was able to adapt, which, having just spent half a billion on new players, was 'disappointing'.
There is no doubt we have been crap for most of the season but, so has everybody else, although not necessarily for the same reasons.
I read a couple of days ago that from August to New Year's Eve we were the second 'worst', for want of a better word, in terms of scoring from set pieces but since New Year's Day we have scored more from set pieces than anybody else. It is possible to suggest that the coach / team have adapted? It would be funny if we had and nobody noticed because we still aren't playing well in terms of football, rather than all in wrestling.
Sorry, got carried away.
03 Mar 2026 07:14:44
WDW, to be fair, we have been adapting in multiple ways throughout the season. Sometimes it hasn't worked, and sometimes it has kind of worked, but to the detriment of the fans' enjoyment. For whatever reason on here, it has been repeated over and over that Slot is stubborn and fixated on doing the same thing, that any team with any sense can plow through us with ease and target us on set pieces, etc. I think we have to be fair to Slot and the coaching team and admit that they have tried to fix the problems we've had, and on the balance sheet they have been fairly successful at addressing most of them on the fly.
As for this comment above: 'we wouldn't be seen as an attractive project anymore compared to our direct rivals, especially due to the style of play.'
Oh really? So you'd suggest that they prefer to play for Setpiece FC? Or a City that blows hot and cold constantly and probably won't have Pep anymore next season?
03 Mar 2026 07:18:00
Like I say, we would mock Madrid fans for thinking the manager has to win the CL to keep his job. As a fan base, the money spent last summer has completely gone to our heads and we think massive investment = guaranteed success.
Ask Chelsea, it certainly does not.
03 Mar 2026 07:19:17
If, as I now expect, LFC qualify for the CL and get past Gala to reach another CL QF, does anyone think Slot has not met the minimum targets set by FSG when he was appointed?
Why are people so certain a young manager, recently sacked from RM, will be better? What is that certainty based on? I could see it if we were talking about Enrique. I just don't see it with Alonso.
Sure, some will point to RM being a basket case with prima donnas, but Alonso couldn't adapt to the situation he was in, and there is no doubt RM have an immensely talented squad that Ancelotti kept ticking along.
Will the same loons be calling for Alonso's head if he doesn't win the PL in his first season or LFC struggle? I think they will.
03 Mar 2026 08:13:06
He needs to go no matter what happens between now and the end of the season. No matter what they win or don't win.
03 Mar 2026 08:30:12
So, if LFC win a cup, qualify for the CL, or both, he has to go?
What expectations are you placing on the new manager, win the league (Slot did that), qualify for the CL (you don't care if Slot does that this season, I expect they will), or is just playing good football and winning nothing the sum of your goals for Alonso or whomever you think should be manager next season?
I just want to know, because it is going to be a stick to beat whoever calls for Slot's head, and is satisfied when whoever replaces him, if he doesn't win the league, plays "the Liverpool way".
03 Mar 2026 08:35:14
Cutting your nose off to spite your face isn't a recipe for success.
Anyone who thinks FSG would pull the trigger on Slot if he wins the CL is living in la la land.
You find out who your supporters are when the going gets tough.
03 Mar 2026 08:39:17
You're a happy soul, Endo3.
03 Mar 2026 08:53:24
Spot on, Flash. That will simply NOT happen. People talking about Real Madrid and all that need to do some research.
Real Madrid fired Jupp Heynckes after he broke their 35-year drought for the CL in 97/98 (via a Mijatovic goal vs Juventus), and still got the sack because he had already been earmarked to leave because the La Liga season was such a poop show.
The CL win did not matter.
Now, are we Real Madrid? Absolutely not; hence, FSG ain't sacking him after delivering No. 7. Not a thing, IMO.
03 Mar 2026 10:38:43
Yes, he has to go. For lots of reasons. Loss of some of the dressing room, behind-the-scenes issues, poor man management and team selection, a dull and ineffective style, a significant drop in performance, tactical failings and inability to adapt, his obsession with PSG, lack of fitness, and, so far, dropping points in as many PL games as we have won.
03 Mar 2026 11:08:39
Half of the reasons are absolutely ridiculous. That is pure guesswork from you, because it's what you want to have happened, or because the vague ITK's drop little hints without ever going into detail. Some are just your opinions, coming from a standpoint of hatred towards the guy.
They definitely should not be passed off as fact. And, who cares if our manager admires the style of another team? Every single person who loves the game admired how PSG went about their business last season. You'd swear all he does is talk about Vitinha and Dembele every week.
03 Mar 2026 11:16:56
@Endo, most of the lads with the pitchforks have put them away for the time being, and decided to give it a rest.
I think we are going to beat Wolves, Chelsea are going to beat Villa, and we go 4th with 9 games and a possible 27 points to play for.
The way we are going, I think the best bit of the season might be just about to start.
03 Mar 2026 11:49:36
I'd wager that some folks on this site are more obsessed with PSG than Slot is, considering how much they talk about Enrique and the fervor for Barcola to replace Gakpo, etc. PSG might be top of Ligue 1 right now, but for 22 games they were behind RC Lens, who have a wage bill a fifth of theirs.
03 Mar 2026 11:51:52
Which bit is not correct? Also, where is the hatred? Where have I said I hate Slot? Why are you lying?
03 Mar 2026 12:51:11
Where have I said I hate Slot? ??
03 Mar 2026 12:52:12
You mean they spent a lot more money, yet struggled, Patrik?
03 Mar 2026 13:01:17
Just answer the questions and stop deflecting.
03 Mar 2026 19:36:24
"Loss of some of the dressing room" - which part? Do you mean Salah getting angry because he had lost form and was warming the bench? That's not losing some of the dressing room, that's just an everyday disagreement at work.
"Behind the scenes issues" - putting aside the fact that there are always issues from time to time in every walk of life, can you provide evidence of what the issues were, who they involved, why they occurred, and how they were resolved, or not? I assume you must be working within the club and have access to the details of the issues that you seem to think happened.
I don't know if you are best friends with Slot, or that you like him, or dislike him, or hate him. To be honest, I don't care, but throwing out generalisations without any real evidence other than what you read on social media, which is your opinion - nothing more - isn't going to influence the club's position on Slot's job. Saying Slot should be gone every day is getting to be a bit sad now - the conversation has been had for the time being and people have moved on.