04 Mar 2026 19:48:30
TBH it's taken me a huge amount of time to read through today's posts!
I changed my mind on Slot after the Bournemouth away defeat - again a shocking performance that night in lousy weather against a team we should be comfortably beating, the same as last night! To me it wasn't just the same tepid, turgid tactics but Slots total inability to be able to rouse this team to perform at an elite level. The players must take a lot of this vitriol as well as to be honest, apart from a few of the new signings, Ekitike, Wirtz and Kerkez they've been a disgrace to the shirt.
I've watched every game apart from the Frankfurt game and city away but thinking back from the start of the season I had a feeling things weren't right - the first 5 games and wins masked by late goals and people talking about the mentality monsters only masked the poor chemistry between the management and players. The real warning sign for me was the awful performance away to Brentford and a display imo of the players genuine disrespect toward Slot - he couldn't get a performance out of them that night and they blatantly didn't want to perform for him!
All the talk back then of players meeting behind Slots back should of been a sign for Edwards and Hughes to ask serious questions - they let it continue and should of pulled the plug after the PSV or Forrest defeats! They're as culpable as any player or manager!
The season is petering out and if and it's a huge if we scrape a CL spot the malaise throughout the club won't be easy to turn round. Good, great players in the squad or not once this sets in it's a tough ask for any manager to reverse - we've seen it before at Liverpool and we've seen it at UTD.
I fear a "big name" manager (Alonso? ) will look at this and not want the risk of what I think is now a big task even with CL and an even bigger task without it!
I'm not an entitled fan either. I've watched the magical periods and the sad defeats and I've watched through the Souness and Roy years but they had very little to work with. The fear of Klopps brilliant work getting this club to the pinnacle of world football and watching it potentially go down the swanny is very sad!
Hope I'm wrong guys!
04 Mar 2026 22:33:16
I think a top manager will be looking at Liverpool and salivating tbh. We have all the ability and talent in the world yet we are under-performing.
A man-motivator like Simeone or an attack-minded coach like Iraola could drive this team to success with relative ease in my opinion.
We have all the tools. We just need someone to wake them tf up and get them enjoying football again.
04 Mar 2026 22:33:51
If Alonso looks at us and thinks it's too big a task, maybe he's just not the man for us. This is Liverpool Football Club we're talking about.
04 Mar 2026 23:03:46
The idea that someone can walk in and do anything in the Premier League relatively easy is everything wrong with the current narrative about the team and Slot.
04 Mar 2026 23:19:18
I'm not getting a good feeling either. Slot looks gormless. Sometimes it looks like the players are not afraid of or do not respect him. I hate that it looks like we got posers in the team. Szob, when taking free kicks, etc., knows the camera is on him, playing with his hair, and pulling his shorts up like a thong.
Same with Frimpong; he touches his hair more times than the ball. Keep them til next summer, then replace them unless stupid big offers come in this summer. We need a Hendo. And a manager who isn't afraid to use the squad, even if it is kids. Get Hendo or Milly on the coaching staff.
05 Mar 2026 00:03:11
Yes, John, let's get rid of Frimpong and our best midfielder because they play with their hair. Let's buy players who don't play with their hair. But what happens if Man City and Arsenal adopt our transfer policy of players who do not play with their hair? Then we could lose our tactical advantage.
05 Mar 2026 02:30:49
I fully agree. I was genuinely shocked during those first 5 games, firstly at how badly we were, and secondly at how everybody, pundits included, was talking about how "that's what champions do, dig deep and get last-minute winners, just wait until it comes together". I was heavily critical during this period, knowing what was around the corner, and friends thought I was mad. You could see there was something very, very wrong even in those first 5 wins.
I've also issued warnings in regards to people expecting top names like Alonso & Enrique to jump at the opportunity to manage us. We are in a transitionary period, and a rocky one at that, stability at the club is almost non-existent. There's every chance Hughes, Edwards and Slot will all get the sack come June, and rightfully so in my opinion. Nobody can tell me that a club battling for CL qualification, with so much instability both on and off the field, having had their name in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this season, is going to be first choice for top-tier managers. The likes of Alonso & Enrique are literally going to be two of the most sought-after coaches come June. They will be inundated with offers, and I can easily think of 3 or 4 clubs that present better, more secure projects for furthering their careers.
That's something most people forget: these guys have careers to worry about, that's their main focus, they don't revere the club like we do.
When Alonso first got the sack, everybody was convinced we would see an imminent return to Anfield. I told many people there's no chance (of an imminent return). He's the number 1 young managerial prospect in the world, and he's a very intelligent bloke to boot. He'll be waiting until the summer to see what offers come. Again, friends thought I was mad, but here we are 6-7 weeks later, with only 9 games to play, and there hasn't been so much as a whisper about Alonso since.
Anyway, 9 games left and 27 points on the table. Based on ppg for the season, we will likely need 20 points to secure 4th place. That is a difficult task, seen as that would be our record best in a 9-game run for the season, and getting 6 wins against teams like Utd, Everton, Chelsea, Villa, Palace and Fulham won't be easy. Hopefully, securing 5th place with about 16 points from 27 will be enough for CL. The one bit of luck we do have is that nobody above us has an easy run in.
05 Mar 2026 08:07:53
I'm with you there, Faith. The way folks on here talk, it's like Xabi or Enrique could walk into this job day one and find the Prem with the 2-minute set pieces, people throwing each other into the net in dead-ball situations, long throws, going down like they've been shot in the face with the slightest contact, low blocks, and balls over the top a piece of cake from the beginning. Apparently Slot is the only coach in the league who doesn't have a clue how the league operates, and two coaches who have zero experience in England would know how to crack the code with ease.