04 Mar 2026 14:29:16
It's just hilarious to me how 2 days ago Arne Slot talked about football being boring and tepid in the league, and not "a joy to watch", and then his team plays like THAT ?
Facilitated by his ridiculous insistence to keep playing Salah and Gakpo (2 players who offer NOTHING). a normal manager would maybe keep playing a constant team because they're all performing and he wants consistency. However these players have been poor AND you keep playing them!? so that they're tired AND poor?
You can't blame the players without blaming the coach! As the coach continues to pick the same players.
Get this manager out. He's entirely clueless.
04 Mar 2026 14:39:30
He could be the dumbest manager we have ever had. Slot, nice but dim should be his name from now on.
04 Mar 2026 15:18:36
Come on, don't forget the Owl.
04 Mar 2026 15:22:35
@Wethereds, I thought about the exact same thing when it was discussed on here a couple of days back.
Man is complaining that PL footie is boring, while forgetting that his team, via his pathetic tactics, is contributing to the same boring PL standard he is complaining about.
Even the SNL/The Daily Show skit writers couldn't come up with such stuff.
04 Mar 2026 15:33:22
Maybe Slot doesn't think we are boring?
04 Mar 2026 15:50:07
I honestly can't blame a single player when they are all having a terrible season. When 90% of your starting 11 is garbage (all class players), then it's 100% on the manager and the tactics. How can you not see and understand this? It's not rocket science.
Could have sworn Salah scored a very good goal and was coming into good form before Ramadan. Gakpo, on the other hand, has been shocking, just as 90% of the team.
04 Mar 2026 16:20:50
It's not just Slot. I'm sick of Van Dyke coming out and saying how poor we are, making mistakes, not controlling the game, etc.
He rolls the same drivel every couple of games.
04 Mar 2026 16:49:48
I'd imagine Slot is seeing Gakpo and Salah offering nothing, but still thinks they are better options to start than Chiesa and Rio, which they are. What that says about our squad I'll leave up to other people. Chiesa on a good day is equally as bad as Mo, without the history of being a Prem icon, and Rio, as much as I love the kid, would be out on his feet long before half time.
He was too knackered, it seemed, to try to stop the Wolves player getting a shot off for the winner after what, 20 mins on the pitch? Not excuses, just what I see. If we had better options I would, and I'd imagine Arne too would have Salah and Gakpo on the bench till season's end.
04 Mar 2026 19:13:22
Why the name calling, Lavish? Is it not possible to get your point across without being personal?
04 Mar 2026 21:26:38
Van Dijk has to bear the responsibility, and rather than face up to how crap a skipper he is, he tows the party line like a politician.
All those clamouring for new contracts for VvD and Salah last season: how does the saying go? You reap what you sow?
Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but equally, having Slot for brains doesn't make one a vessel for prophecy.