30 Mar 2026 17:28:11
Has anybody seen The Breakdown's video posted a few days ago on Liverpool or even Carragher's analysis a couple of weeks ago?
It's painfully bad tbh, worse than I thought. I know by the sounds of it, Slot is going in the Summer, but it's a disgrace he's still in the job. PSG are going to murder us. 21 points behind Arsenal, 10 games lost in the league. He needs to go now.
30 Mar 2026 19:23:27
What's the point of him going now? Personally, I don't think PSG will "murder" us.
30 Mar 2026 19:25:13
I think we will beat PSG, and then, when we finally start believing, he will throw out a complete s*** show against a Bayern or Madrid.
30 Mar 2026 20:01:38
Looking forward to May more than a kid does X-Mas to be honest.
30 Mar 2026 20:04:16
Me too, Westwood. May 30th, Budapest.
30 Mar 2026 20:11:46
Be just like LFC to finish a season like this one with No.7.
30 Mar 2026 20:28:44
I agree with Rome. What is the point?
It's far too late. He should've been sacked 5 months ago. We might aswel just die on our swords and see what happens.
No interim manager is gonna come in now and make any difference at all.
30 Mar 2026 21:11:14
LFC8 - The point is we're poor. And it's clear from the few times we've had a good performance this season (RM, Galatasaray, I think there might've been one in the league), and immediately followed it up with a bad one that Slot either doesn't learn from good performances or has conditioned the team to the point where they either physically or mentally can't string two good performances together.
Therefore, the question is whether keeping him is as much of a gamble with both our top 5 status and the CL this year as getting a caretaker.
Based on what I've seen, I'd be surprised if we finished in the top 5 whilst keeping Slot, and even more surprised if we progress past PSG with him. I'll be *happy*, but I'm not expecting it.
30 Mar 2026 23:13:15
Sometimes you can feel the momentum leading up to old Big Ears. In 2005 we were underdogs in every game, but we got stronger n stronger as the comp went on, but I definitely don't feel anything like that this year. ppl who think we can beat PSG esp over 2 legs are in dreamland.
31 Mar 2026 00:41:45
I have a crazy idea. With only a few games left, why don't we support the manager and team until the end of the season? It looks nailed on that Slot will be gone in the summer and we are still in with a chance in the cups. What's the point in posting endless 'Slot Out' posts when he is obviously going anyway?
31 Mar 2026 06:06:03
Ahhh 2005, to go back in time to that year. The team was absolute dross, and yet there was something so special about it at the same time, a complete band of misfits. Probably the most special Champions League win in the club's history imo. Had no right to be there. ?
31 Mar 2026 06:06:16
Rome, the point is it gives us a better chance of top 6 if Slot goes.
His part time work ethic is just dragging us down, and if we miss out on Champions League football, that's longer lasting than just one season.
31 Mar 2026 08:11:16
On the whole, "murder" thing maybe worth noting Chelsea got beat 8-2 across both legs and have a better defensive record in the league than we do.
This Liverpool have a decent defensive performance in them (Arsenal at home) and they have a dire one in them (PSV at home).
If we defend like we did against Brighton, we will get battered.
31 Mar 2026 08:26:22
2005 was an amazing fluke, by far one of the worst teams in the competition and a game of days, one of the most amazing games that's ever been played.
31 Mar 2026 08:34:49
Your last 2 paragraphs sum things up, Wassa. I'm not saying we will go through against PSG, chances are we won't. I just don't think we will get hammered. I certainly hope we still have a chance going into the 2nd leg as I've got a ticket.
31 Mar 2026 08:52:16
"What's the point of him going now?"
We're playing appallingly.
We're still in the FA Cup.
We're still in the CL.
And top five ain't locked off.
He's scraped to this point and a new manager bounce could change that because as much as Florian will tell you we ain't winning number 7.
As for 2005 being a fluke, yeah there were far better teams but we actually played well. We played well in the two legs against Chelsea and we destroyed a decent Juventus side. Put it that way that side played better than Slot's crap this season and Slot has a much better squad.
31 Mar 2026 09:20:57
Wow, calling 2005 a fluke is wild and highly disrespectful. You don't fluke your way to a win from 3-0 down, or through the 12 previous games. Rafa was a good tactician, and we had some great performances in that run, not to mention winning what was arguably the greatest final in the history of the competition.
The squad was lacklustre on paper, but they were a more than capable team. They finished 3rd in the league the following season and got to the CL final again the season after that. That's some fluke, 3 seasons worth at least.
31 Mar 2026 09:30:58
Liverpool are 10/1 to win the CL. For people that don't bet that means if you put £20 on Liverpool to win the CL at 10/1 you will lose £20.
All joking aside, that's pretty high odds and definitely worth a few quid. I'd imagine with how confident some are we'll win it. I bet they've really lumped on.
31 Mar 2026 09:51:40
Defying the odds in a one-off game is one thing. To defy the odds from the QF stage, when the players have consistently shown they are blowing out of their backsides by 70 mins, is another. You're better off buying a EuroMillions ticket.
31 Mar 2026 10:05:19
2005 Raffa must be given a large amount of credit for us winning the Champions League, to beat the teams we did, and most had won their leagues, outstanding by Raffa. YNWA.
31 Mar 2026 11:50:04
@Fatwallet, you can't fluke a CL victory. Sorry, that's not a thing esp. going against one of the greatest AC Milan teams of all time and full of All-Timers. I love your posts but I'm not having this one esp. coming back from a 3 goal deficit again that collection of legends and Ballon D'Or winners. And btw, the team we had may not have been flashy but were very experienced in winning trophies both in England and in Europe (some won the Cup treble a few years before) and had a manager who also knew how to win domestically and in Europe.
We won that CL final cos we had nothing to lose in the second half and believed that we could get something. We played hard, rode our luck (I grant you that) and remained focused, things that crushed Milan's spirit, as Genaro Gatuso would later admit in his interview years after.
As for Slot, I agree with LFC08 and I admit to being a broken record. What's the point, really? The time to rescue the season and sack this manager was right there and his bros. protected him. Sacking him now would do nothing cos we are already in a downward spiral, imo.
As for the PSG game, you can always win a game or a tie in Europe against the odds but right now with the shambles that we are now? I don't see it. I'll believe it when I see it but I'm not putting my mental/emotional health on the line getting all my hopes up with no evidence in sight to support doing that.
31 Mar 2026 12:20:14
Never once stated we'd win the Champions League. I just don't sit around moaning, proclaiming we can't win it.
31 Mar 2026 12:26:31
Albert, I could disagree anymore with you on Rafa needs credit. He caused most of the first half issues by playing Kewell and dropping Hamann. Same in 2007, not playing Crouch was a massive misjudgment by Rafa.
Crouch had been great that season, in the Champions League teams really struggled with him. I thought Rafa cost us the league too, with his negativity against weak teams at home.
31 Mar 2026 12:36:22
Guys, if we can't hope as a football fan, then what else can we do. I think Slot's time with us has come to an end, but in no way do I go into an important game expecting/wishing for defeat. Yes, hope often ends in disappointment.
I hoped against hope that City will drop points after the Gerrard slip against Chelsea. And they almost did. Until Vito Mannone spilled that shot in the 89th minute.
I hoped against hope that City will drop points in the final game against Brighton in 2018/19. And for a good five minutes when they conceded first I was in dreamland.
Alas, not to be.
I hoped against hope for us to actually make the scoreline reflective of the actual performance in the CL final in 2022. But again, it was not to be.
But the few times it does happen, those are the strongest, happiest memories I have of watching us.
The Coutinho screamer after Kompany's sliced clearance in 2014.
The Lovren goal against Dortmund.
Corner taken quickly against Barca.
So, I for one will keep on hoping and believing.
31 Mar 2026 13:00:00
Whereas I don't think it's a fluke winning a Champions League. People forget it took a Gerrard 25-yard hit in the 86th minute to qualify from a poor group.
Against Juve, I am pretty sure Delp Pierro was on side for his disallowed goal, which would have seen us out the cup.
We had a ghost goal vs Chelsea. But, tbf, it would have been a red for Cech, but Chelsea would have had to play more attacking.
AC Milan should have been out of sight in that final.
Rafa was going for completely different tactics in the 2nd half until Finnan said he was injured. It's also well noted Rafa had 12 men on his tactics board at half time.
I guess you don't fluke your way to a Champions League, but we definitely had some luck along the way.
31 Mar 2026 13:11:53
I have an idea, Darwin, you can support the team and still acknowledge and discuss that there are serious shortcomings with the manager that, based on experience to date this season, are unlikely to change.
I can't get to matches so my vocal support is irrelevant and I'm 99% sure that the players aren't scrolling through here going "Oh no, Something Red doesn't rate Slot. I guess I won't bother today."
31 Mar 2026 14:03:04
Good post, Koparmy.
31 Mar 2026 15:01:56
The 2005 CL run itself was as good as the final. I remember going to a sports bar in Fuengirola to watch the Olympiaos match, only ones in there. 15mins in the owner turns up, a Manc, and turned all the channels over, so we left and the only place nearby was a Spanish restaurant that was showing it on a small TV in the corner, and when the famous 'what a hit son' happened our table blew up.
The rest of the restaurant didn't have a clue what was going on. Magic times.
31 Mar 2026 21:35:16
@SR, For some, things are only analysed in binary terms. Sad.
01 Apr 2026 07:42:11
No-one thought we'd win number 6 having been trounced 3-0 by a Messi inspired Barcelona in the semis. In the return leg, we had Big Div up front and Shaqiri in for Salah.
Strange things happen in this tournament, and you don't have to win both legs.