02 Apr 2026 10:35:03
So Paul Joyce has said FSG will continue to back Arne Slot into next season.
He said the very same about Brendan Rodgers in September 2105. A month later he was sacked.
Showing public support to a manager under pressure before a huge few weeks of football is pretty normal.
02 Apr 2026 13:22:59
If Slot stays, then I imagine it could be the end of the road for Curtis, Harvey, Endo, Chiesa, Gomez, Ramsey.
If Slot goes, then some of the above players might get a chance and Gakpo could be the one sold to further raise the transfer budget.
02 Apr 2026 14:15:29
Him staying next season seems more likely "to me" than what he's survived already this season.
We've seen him be Backed through this complete Dross already, so anything is possible.
02 Apr 2026 14:51:17
Have the club confirmed planning on cryogenically freezing Brendan Rodgers so they can thaw him out and give him to manager's job in 79 years' time?
Or, are they planning on cloning him with leftover hairs from Melwood?
02 Apr 2026 14:52:16
JK23, I think it's the end of the road or most of them anyway, bar Curtis and Ramsey. I've no issue with the other 4 being sold off.
02 Apr 2026 15:02:25
Retaining Salah and waiting for a fee becomes nett negative over a short period given salary, bonuses, image rights etc even commanding a suggested 30 million.
We save that same figure by not having him on the books over the course of next season.
The man has earned the right to leave on his terms and I truly don't understand why anyone cannot grasp the numbers being of sense to a business.
These are men who deal with millions of pound contracts daily; they know when an asset offloading makes financial sense.
Allow him the elongated and deserved exit he has earned and the plaudits he will get.
02 Apr 2026 16:19:57
Think there's a good chance all on that list could be gone. Maybe Curtis will stay whether Arne or Xabi/Ireola is manager, but the Curtis of the last while will struggle to get minutes no matter who the manager is. Shame because when he works and moves the ball quick he's a top player.
{Ed025's Note - at his absolute best hes a bench warmer for me FM, but thats just my opinion of course..
02 Apr 2026 16:52:06
"Showing public support to a manager under pressure before a huge few weeks of football is pretty normal."
This! Let us wait and see what happens at the end of the season re/ objectives. If we get nothing achieved at that point, then we will see how much support he will be getting from the board. imo? Slot will be out the door.
02 Apr 2026 16:56:12
No, not a starter for me either Ed but a good player.Easily good enough to be a squad player in a top team, aside from recent form.
{Ed025's Note - a decent Squad player maybe yes FM, but will seriously have to up his game if he is to figure much mate..
02 Apr 2026 17:34:22
I can't see Slot here next season. We as fans are patient, but there will be a revolt if he stays and serves up the same dross.
02 Apr 2026 17:40:52
JK23, those 6 players you mentioned, none, apart from Jones as maybe a squad player, should have no future at Liverpool. If a new manager comes in and keeps them, we have appointed the wrong man.
Endo, Chiesa, Gomez and Ramsay should be nowhere near a Liverpool squad, unless you want us to give up competing for the major trophies. They would not get on the bench at any other top 10 club.
02 Apr 2026 19:47:07
Tsk, I don't pick the squad, mate, and correct me if I'm wrong, they were all in the squad last season when we won the league, which I think is a major trophy.
I can't see anywhere in my original comment where I've mentioned I would keep them.
02 Apr 2026 20:55:03
Why would it not be the end of the road for Ramsey?
02 Apr 2026 22:27:00
Chewy obviously believes he's good enough to be part of a squad trying to win titles.
02 Apr 2026 22:47:17
Irish Rover, Ramsey has youth on his side, and if we get a new manager in, he could possibly turn things around. We're massively short on RB's at the moment, and we've already been warned not to expect a big summer in terms of transfers, so he may be deemed suitable for service by whoever comes in. Only time will tell.
02 Apr 2026 23:01:29
Jones is not a top player FM. Never has been. Never will be by now.
02 Apr 2026 23:26:05
Who warned us, Chewy?
02 Apr 2026 23:29:15
I also said he's not a starter, Shanks. But he is good enough to be a squad member in a top team.
03 Apr 2026 09:21:48
He's a squad player now, and we are not good enough when we play him. At times, squad players are needed to play a lot of games. Jones and Chiesa have both been given the opportunity to break into the first eleven. Robertson declined in consistency. Gomez can't stay fit. The club virtually signed replacements for these 4 players and are now relying on them to do the job the coach didn't think they could do in the first place.
We keep hold of the wrong players to use as squad players. We need hungry players on the bench, not resentful ones.
Jones is Marmite, but surely he shouldn't be an option for right back. He can't defend.
03 Apr 2026 09:57:48
I was of that opinion too FM, but in reality Jones has now been at the club under the tutelage of both Jurgen and Slot. He's started some games, a sub in others, but there's not one game that I can remember where afterwards I've said 'that Jones had a great game today. He really changed the game today. He needs to start the next match for sure.
He's given the manager an issue with selection for the next match.' etc. etc. etc. He's a filler. That's about it and this season isn't even a very good one of those. He hasn't progressed in any way, shape or form. West Ham or similar might give him first team football. That's his level. imo of course.
03 Apr 2026 10:54:38
Jones is a liability wherever he plays. He's too casual, switches off too often, has no positional sense or awareness and cannot defend at all, and for a 6ft lad he has zero physicality.
Doesn't get stuck in. You look at Milner the other week for Brighton, he put the boot in, made a nuisance of himself and set the tone. He was a good squad player because of that kind of effort & mentality.