04 Mar 2026 05:34:13
What excuses will the Slot apologists like Florian Musula have today I wonder! The dog ate Slots tactics board?
04 Mar 2026 06:04:43
Probably has a different take to you. Is that not acceptable to you?
04 Mar 2026 06:26:42
I'm with Florian and others - they are not Slot apologists, but they do have a balanced perspective. Unlike a number on here that said, 'Geez, that was awful.'
04 Mar 2026 06:37:13
Players can't score basic goals. Salah not passing to Szobo for a simple goal, Gackpo clearing goals, and, well, that 94th-minute brainfart almost half of the team had. Yes, we have been awful, and Slot has been to blame because he doesn't pick the team on merit.
But yesterday it was completely on the players. 100% on the players in this one.
We should have easily won. There was a 3 min timeline in the game when every LFC player just kept slipping! We had enough chances. Gackpo, what are you even doing at that corner?! Salah, poor, so, so poor. Macca, poor. Gravy, oh god, didn't want to run. Frimpong, effing hell, man!
Players are ageing, and it's just the reality.
04 Mar 2026 06:49:57
The easier thing to say is "Slot out." That requires less energy and thought.
04 Mar 2026 06:54:05
They don't have a balanced perspective. We play atrocious, and it's not condemned. Instead, we harp back to last season, which feels so far away, we may as well talk about Shanks.
04 Mar 2026 06:55:30
Slot and the players did fantastic in the league last season. This season has been shocking in comparison. The fact we're 22 points worse off than last season proves that.
Same, I think we'll win the CL, but at the moment we are showing no consistency and Slot has never been further than the last 16 with any of his clubs.
We do have a favourable draw, though, but if we do get through, whoever gets to the final will have our side's work cut out.
04 Mar 2026 07:10:44
100 % on the players. Are you ok in the head? Slot coaches the team. Slot chooses the tactics. Slot picks the team. Not the players. It's down to Slot.
04 Mar 2026 08:11:33
It's not a balanced view, it's delusional, denial of reality, and nothing more than toxic positivity. Same issues week in, week out; there's literally no centre midfield, and we're devoid of any organisation in the middle of the pitch. Curtis Jones again proved why he's simply not up to it by playing a suicidal pass to the keeper, and with Slot's now patented tactic of not actually playing with a centre midfield, it goes straight back to Wolves for a free shot on goal. Not the first time that kind of thing has happened this season either; we have conceded a number of goals needlessly from long shots, where opposition midfielders are free to look up, pick their spot, and have a dig because there's no midfield to stop them.
I'm not sure what was worse, Forest at Anfield, or the dross served up last night. Either way, Slot can go. He hasn't the capacity to change things and just comes up with endless, pathetic excuses.
Big clear out needed in the summer. Slot can go first, followed by Gakpo, Jones, Elliott, Mac Allister, Gomez, and I think time has caught up with Salah, unfortunately.
04 Mar 2026 08:47:00
Do you think Slot tells Salah to miss every duel, lose all possession, miss sitters, and not pass to the man who is free?
Do you think Slot trains Gakpo to miss obvious goals?
Do you think Slot trains players to commit seppuku in the dying minutes of every game?
It's easy to blame the coach when the whole team is crap and dire, and is clutching at straws.
04 Mar 2026 09:01:07
Cafu
So, why do you think the whole team is crap and dire, then? Think about what you've just said? Has each individual player turned bad overnight, or is it something collective that's not right? If it is a collective thing, then that has to be on Slot.
04 Mar 2026 09:44:39
Slot seems to be responsible for the players' fitness, the players' attitude, the players' commitment, the players' passing, the players' tackling, the players' shooting.
Why do we bother signing good players when the head coach has such an influence on how they kick a ball?
I'm not happy about last night.
It was pathetic, but I'm not excusing anyone from responsibility - the players are not robots that Slot programs before the match. They know how to pass, they know how to shoot, they know how to tackle, they know how to head a ball, they know when they're training hard enough, and they know when they're putting in 100%.
04 Mar 2026 10:07:02
You could say all those things about Utds players under Amorim, and most on here did say that every United player was awful and useless. New manager comes in, and they look like different players, now they're 3rd in the league. Maybe it was the manager.
04 Mar 2026 10:07:14
What is 'putting in 100%' in Slot's style? I don't know what that would entail. Slow build-up? We're doing that. The only time we look threatening is when we're avoiding it. Sideways passing? We do that a lot.
The lads don't look fit at all, from the fittest team in the league to being outrun by a lot of the opposition.
04 Mar 2026 10:08:35
No but he picks them week on week when even a blind man can see what's wrong.
04 Mar 2026 10:21:23
The common denominator is Slot. He was happy to take the plaudits last season. So the buck stops with him.
04 Mar 2026 10:39:35
Of course, everyone has some level of responsibility, but this team has gone from world class to unable to beat the bottom team who's already relegated.
Players have responsibility in not fighting hard, of course, but to me that's a by-product of Slot's shortcomings, as well as Hughes and Edwards shortcomings.
This is the case in any job or circumstance in life. Anyone who's experienced a toxic work environment or rubbish boss in the past will know that. Things almost always stem from the top.
You can see it sooo clearly on these players. They were a world class team less than a year ago and over the last few months have gotten worse and worse with each game, pretty much, with some ebb and flow and some flashes of old quality appearing from time to time.
You have to recognise a lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of the coach. Yes, Edwards and Hughes left us in a terrible place short of personnel, but I've seen worse depth in mid table teams and they're still playing much better with the quality available to them/their budget.
The coach picks the players and the tactics. The coach drops out-of-form players. The coach motivates players.
Our coach clearly lost the players and the plot a long time ago and should've been gone long ago.
04 Mar 2026 11:29:47
Like most things in life, and certainly in football, it's never all one person's fault.
But if you think that way, then you will fall back to that as a default.
So, if you think it's all on Slot, then it is only Slot's tactics as to why Mo consistently passes the ball to the opposition. Even though Mo has actually been doing that for years, including under Klopp.
If you think it's all on Slot, then anything else is just an excuse.
For me, Slot deserves a portion of the blame pie, but not the biggest. And I think that is a lot closer to the truth than taking the easy and lazy route of just blaming it all on him.
Ultimately, he will bear the ultimate consequence, but I don't think it's fair to then conclude that he is the ultimate factor.
04 Mar 2026 11:55:44
And when things don't go well at a club who normally gets the sack, Faith? Maybe all the clubs, for decades, have got it wrong, and the manager doesn't deserve the biggest portion of the blame. ?♂️
04 Mar 2026 19:19:02
Irish Rover, Well, your reply to my comment beautifully demonstrates the ridiculousness in yours and others' angle to slam this all on Slot without considering anything else.
Because I literally ended my point by saying "Ultimately, he will bear the ultimate consequence, but I don't think it's fair to then conclude that he is the ultimate factor."
That was my attempt to tie in two truths -> 1. Slot will be held ultimately responsible, and 2.
He is just one portion of the blame pie.
I think as well that saying Slot deserves the biggest portion is a bit disingenuous. I wouldn't even disagree with that.
But from what I am reading, what the Slot Out brigade are actually saying is that the Blame Pie is just one giant piece of Slot.
That isn't right to me, and it's leading to a really imbalanced narrative.