04 Mar 2026 13:00:41
Question for Ed001 if you are around .
Do you think the players actually get bored playing the way that we play?
Personally I'm finding us a really hard watch at the moment as a lot of the fans on here are apparently do.
I just wondered whether you think the players almost feel the same?
I'm not defending the players by the way as I believe they have been way off of this season but it must be hard in my opinion to start games in such a slow methodical way and then increase momentum and intensity when you are already as flat as a pancake?
{Ed001's Note - yes, more of a problem is training than playing, as they don't have a crowd to drive them on and give them something to enjoy. So it becomes a chore, they then don't put their heart and soul into it and their level drops.}
04 Mar 2026 13:57:04
When playing professional sports starts to become like a 9-5 job, players tend to lose interest, imo.
04 Mar 2026 14:17:09
The whole situation is now beyond a joke.
Slot, after the game, saying that it was the same old problem - exactly! How has nothing changed in our performances over the last several months, and yet he still has a job?
Virg, saying that there was no urgency and it was too sloppy - exactly! But why is he telling the press? He is supposed to be the captain. Why isn't he berating the players on the pitch instead of being lethargically eased off the ball for their first goal?
These performances leave me so angry.
I can accept the result - it happens - but that performance looked like a team that didn't care about the outcome. We got right back in the battle for 3rd, and then this happens. It wasn't purely because of selection, tactics, or performance. Every one of those things is wrong right now, and yet nothing seems to be being done to address any of these things.
04 Mar 2026 13:31:10
How is the cardboard cutout still in a job? This is getting embarrassing. Why is the club ignoring the fans Ed01?
{Ed001's Note - it shouldn't be about the fans, it should be because it is obvious he is making things worse, rather than better. Every step forward is following by 3 back. Hughes and Edwards picked him, they are giving him every possible chance to turn it around. They don't want to make a change until the end of the season.}
04 Mar 2026 14:19:19
I can go along with that Ed001. The noticable thing for me is that the players don't look sharp or fit enough this season. Gakpo, Mac Allister and Salah in particular. Even Gravenberch to a certain extent. And they are not the only ones. Obviously, they are fit individuals, but I mean that sharpness in the legs that gets you to the ball first, the endurance fitness that means you can sustain more than the 10 minute spells we see now.
Other teams with much less ability seem sharper, stronger, quicker to the ball, and can produce it over longer periods. I have been questioning what the fitness coaches have been doing but, maybe you're right, it is the sheer boredom of the training routines.
{Ed001's Note - I think it is a mix of both. The fitness and conditioning coaches are not pushing them hard enough and then that is compounded by the players not enjoying what they are doing.}
04 Mar 2026 14:48:14
LavishMctavish, do you think the support at games is baying for his blood? That's simply not the case and historically never has been. We aren't Spurs. I'm not saying that won't change, but I'd be surprised.
04 Mar 2026 14:55:11
Script for Liverpool away games.
Start off slowly, passing the ball around the back 4.
Occasionally pass it into midfield, who promptly pass it back.
Try the occasional long ball that is overhit.
Maintain the slow tempo, hoping that a gap will magically appear.
Dominate possession, but create nothing with it.
Give their keeper the first half off, as he is not required.
No need for any urgency, as there is another half to play.
Come out for the second half with a bit more urgency and tempo.
Win a couple of corners that do not beat the first man.
We miss a sitter.
The keeper makes a save that he should make.
We have another couple of corners that come to nothing.
We hit the post.
The increase in tempo lasts about 15 minutes before the game drifts into a lull again.
Everyone is ok with that, as they are sure someone will produce a bit of magic eventually.
When the game reaches the 75 minute mark and that has not happened, he throws Rio on as a sub.
In the last 10 minutes, the opposition score with their first attack of the half, usually because one of our defenders could have done better positionally or to get the block in.
Throw Chiesa on in desperation, taking off a defender.
About 5 minutes from time, we grab an equaliser, sometimes because of a defensive error.
At this point, Arsenal, City, and maybe even United now, would go on to win.
But this is Liverpool, so we have all the possession in the last third, but the ball is recycled from left to right incessantly.
Near the end of added time, the opposition break on us, with four attackers against our remaining 2 defenders, because Slot has thrown the kitchen sink at it and left us completely unbalanced.
Obviously, they score.
We have no time to come back, so we lose.
In his press conference, Slot says he was happy with possession, but it's a pity we couldn't convert it to chances.
He has been watching and saying this all season.
04 Mar 2026 17:04:59
I haven't enjoyed coming to work in lunchtime traffic today, to do a mind-numbingly boring job until 11pm tonight either, so I can see how the multi-millionaire footballers feel. Unfortunately, my boss just told me to get on with it, so that's what I'll do.