02 Apr 2026 16:06:08
Heard from someone closely connected with the Club that Alonso has agreed a four year deal, starting in June.
Also heard that Bradley is out until 2027, so right back is a priority for this summer.
Given the circumstances of the season, would personally have liked to see Slot given more time, but understand why others wouldn't - Spurs and 2nd half of Brighton were unacceptable.
02 Apr 2026 16:41:03
Palestra being linked again.
02 Apr 2026 16:59:56
More time? He should have been sacked in November, he's been given 7 months more than any other club on the planet would give him. Why should he get more time? Genuine question.
Say we do give him more time, we give him another £200 million, but Edwards gets his way, of course, so more confusion about the direction the team needs to go, Slot doesn't get who he wants for his system, whatever that word means to him, we continue to churn out dross, struggle to stay in top 5 all season, and we're right back where we are in 6 or 12 months time.
Then what? We sign a second rate manager after missing out on Alonso, Virgil and Ali are gone, top players will get fed up, Isak goes to Barca, Dom goes to Madrid, Ekitike back to PSG... No thanks.
02 Apr 2026 19:18:48
JoeBuck, More time to prove what? To turn what around? What else do we need to see that we haven't seen already after months of this crap? I can keep going, but I'll leave it there.
02 Apr 2026 19:18:52
Ah, c'mon Chewy, 7 months ago was September, the bloke only won the title in May. ? I would hope the lessons of last year have been learned. I strongly believe whether Slot, Xabi, Ireola, Jack Charlton are at the helm, LFC are one good summer window from having a complete squad.
The weaknesses in our squad should be addressed, and we should be back challenging on all fronts next season. Think it's gonna be another big spend though.
02 Apr 2026 19:19:39
Slot has sucked out every ounce of football joy. We as fans give him thanks for what he achieved last year. But I just can't think of him staying with us anymore. But who knows.
02 Apr 2026 19:56:00
@ Florian, Sick of hearing how we got a "weak squad", nearly all through Klopp's time we had a first 11-14, the drop off in quality was evident after the first team, but the performances didn't drop too far. Face it, Slot is not that good.
02 Apr 2026 20:15:34
Would the lack of desire and determination in the team not concern u, Florian? At the end of the day that's the manager's job to get them motivated and prepared to give everything to the cause. We can say players get paid fortunes and should do that anyway, but sport/football doesn't work like that as we all know.
No doubt issues in squad depth and ability, but it aint going to matter who we sign if we so lacklustre and disinterested looking as we have been for virtually all season.
To me something has gone v badly wrong with Slot +his staff and the players.
By the way I'm not having a go at u, I respect your opinion on manager and u make some good points on management issue.
02 Apr 2026 20:33:29
This season has been one of the worst in recent times because it's the hope that kills you. The players look like they can't be bothered, and the manager looks like he is clueless.
Parting of the ways seems like the only solution, and if a new manager comes in and can't put a rocket up these players a##es, then we'll likely see a similar outcome next season.
02 Apr 2026 20:36:04
My post was more about Chewy's concerns about how the upcoming transfer window would be handled than who the manager will be, Digger. But since you asked about the lack of desire and determination in the team I'll say what I've said all season. Desire and determination should be a given and a minimum every time a player pulls on that shirt no matter their relationship with the manager.
As for a player looking disinterested, he shouldn't be here then. I remember the football under Rafa and Houllier could be terrible. Much worse than this season, but the players still, for the most part, tried every week so I don't buy into this modern pandering to the feelings of the poor players.
02 Apr 2026 21:18:27
I get what you say about the players, Florian, but if them players have told Slot that they are not fit enough, that their strengths are playing fast paced attacking football and Slot decides to slow the play, making it a passing game and lack intensity, totally different to the way ee won the league, then they can only go so long before they can offer little for the shirt.
02 Apr 2026 21:35:24
Where has it been suggested the players told Slot they are not fit enough? Have to say I've never seen that reported anywhere, not even on here, which, let's face it, is Slot-hate Central.
Scouse John, do we not still have a first 11-14 now? I'd argue a lot of the players looked at as squad players under Klopp were better than their counterparts in this squad.
02 Apr 2026 21:44:49
Florian, unless they've made changes to the calendar, November through May is 7 months. "One good summer from having a complete squad" yet last season we won the league and significantly strengthened the squad during the summer, but now it's incomplete, something doesn't add up there. There's zero trust left for the fools in charge to appropriately strengthen the squad this summer after the complete balls that's been made of the last 12 months. You said yourself we need another big spend, most would agree, but we've already been told that won't be happening.
Good point you make about some of Rafa's football being poor to watch, but yet the players still gave it socks, nobody ever questioned their commitment or efforts. Rafa was a tactician, and although he didn't always play the most beautiful football he knew how to get results, the players could see that, hence the passion they retained through difficult periods. Yet, this season we're also seeing a ''tactician'' do what he feels is best to get results, but on the opposite end of the spectrum we've got players looking totally deflated and fed up, very clearly lacking the passion we're so used to seeing. Why?
We're talking about two similar scenarios, we should be seeing similar results, but the players' attitudes tell two very different stories.
Because unlike with Rafa, the players under Slot don't see the vision, his choices don't make sense, he continues to implement the same old ineffective tactics week after week, players played out of position, crazy substitution calls, wild excuses in the pressers. Players very quickly take notice of a manager who's out of his depth, his choices become the talk of the town amongst the squad, doubts become rumours, tactical decisions become jokes, and very quickly the manager becomes a bit of a laughing stock when he's out of earshot. The doubts in the manager's ability, the questioning of his approach, judgment passed on his poor decision making, all of that has a huge effect on the players, and it shows through a lack of drive and passion, players look beaten and lost. To an untrained eye it might look like a bad attitude, but it's not.
Bad attitudes develop in individuals, they stick out like sore thumbs, Garnacho springs to mind. We don't have any Garnachos. What we have is the majority of the squad very evidently displaying the tell tale signs of a team that has long lost faith in their manager.
02 Apr 2026 22:14:50
Sorry Chewy, I went back 7 months from 2day, seen as the post was written on the 2nd of April. Would you not say the squad is incomplete, Chewy? I think most fans would. Who said a big spend won't happen again? A big spend doesn't have to be over 400m, but it would have to be sizable. Rafa got results according to yourself. I loved Rafa, but he did finish 37, 21 and 23 points behind the eventual winners in his time here.
He made some weird choices himself in his time here. As for the rest of your post, you talk some game with "to the untrained eye it might look like a bad attitude but it's not", in particular getting a giggle out of me, but it's all hearsay and your own opinion.
03 Apr 2026 00:04:52
Florian, you are wrong about the football being worse under Rafa. He had a very limited budget, he also had H&G fighting an internal battle, but Rafa had the squad fighting for the 90 mins. Slot has had all the tools n fumbled aimlessly into games.
He has lost the support of the players n fans. In fact, the only one who idolises him is you... You argue with everyone who comments against him. Now it's getting a bit worrying.
03 Apr 2026 01:50:12
I would absolutely say the squad is lacking. Unlike a lot of people I wasn't fooled by the big money summer signings, we didn't replace like for like, we weren't buying for a system that's worked perfectly for 8 years, and we didn't actually spend big, just as many outgoings as we had coming in and recouped half of what we spent. We're still owed a full summer transfer budget from '24, FSG got away with murder there, and it annoys me that nobody talks about it. Now we see articles last week talking about how Liverpool won't be spending big this Summer. I never bothered looking into who the originator was, but it seems like the kind of piece the club would put out given our current situation.
But the point I was trying to make was that last summer, outside of Jotta and Trent, we didn't really need to strengthen the squad. We had a winning formula, a little more depth would have been nice as always. On paper we certainly did seem to strengthen, some huge signings, but only to go backwards. You say now the squad is incomplete, I agree. What I don't agree with is having the same fools in charge of strengthen this squad, who somehow managed to make a title winning side weaker than it was in the first place, and somehow, they managed to do that by signing players who are actually better than the ones that left, it's mindboggling.
Leaving the three muppeteers in charge for another window is just a disaster waiting to happen. If you can't toast bread you shouldn't be let roast the turkey.
Rafa got results according to everybody, he's got a Champions League, FA Cup and UEFA Cup to prove it. He also finished 3rd on two occasions and 2nd behind Utd, missing out on a Premier League title by only 4 points and taking the team to no less than 6 cup finals. Let's not forget he was dealing with a s***house of a club back then, a lacklustre squad in many regards, nightmare owners and a board who was only delighted to sell our top players for profit. We were a stepping stone for a lot of players for a long time. If Slot had to deal with all of that we'd be battling relegation.
It is my opinion, but unlike some people, it's actually based on facts.
03 Apr 2026 04:39:47
Is what other clubs do really a measure for what we should do?
03 Apr 2026 07:37:11
I think the 1st thing we need to do next season, whoever may be the manager, is make us a horrible team to play against again. I don't mean horrible in an 'Arsenal' way of playing, I mean us playing, particularly at Anfield, on the front foot, aggressive in the tackle, and in the 1st 10-15mins of the game, the opposition shouldn't have time to lift their heads.
A player in midfield who sets the tone.
I get the impression teams see us as a soft touch, get stuck into them and they fold. We started well at Brighton, Milner hit our lads couple of good whacks in 50/50s and we folded like a deck of cards.
03 Apr 2026 08:38:44
Florian you're just a liar, the football was not worse under Rafa or Houllier. This blaming of the players is folly too. If you think another manager wouldn't get a better tune out of the players then you're deluded. Well I know you're deluded. He's got a squad most would kill for. You're just trolling as usual no one can be that thick.
03 Apr 2026 11:51:55
So Rafa and Ged are now being thrown under the bus to save your boy, Flo? You've hit rock bottom, man. Sad.
03 Apr 2026 12:21:56
I agree chewy all you hear about is what Slot has spent yet since he got here we've spent less than all of our rivals i'd imagine.We also had to replace Diaz who was hugely important and Nunez who although not a patch on Isak contributed more last year than Isak contributed this year because of isaks injury.Jota and Nunez provided 11 goals and 7 assists last season to 13 goals and 5 assists from the front two this term.And its not as if the forward whoever its been hasn't had chances.Hopefully we get a few outa Isak between now and seasons end. Did Rafa win the UEFA Cup with us? And the 6 finals is a bit of a stretch seen as we qualified for two of them automatically?Look i loved Rafa and realise what he had to deal with but is Slot not also dealing with a lacklustre squad in many regards, and according to many on here two absolute imbeciles in Hughes and Edwards? As i said i loved Rafa and will always be thankful for the good times he gave us but he also had his poor seasons like Slot is having now.Thats definitely facts.And i would have backed him then the same as i back the manager now, thats just the way i am.I keep saying that i think Arne is gone in May but if somehow we won a trophy over the next few weeks he would leave with the same amount of major trophies as Rafa won in his time here.He might win more than Arteta and Pep manage since he came in too.
03 Apr 2026 12:25:50
Frode, it was worse. We were a counter attacking team under Ged against any half decent side. At least Slot goes out to play football against the big sides. Takes them on. Rafa was also known as a defensive coach. Would you class Slot as a defensive coach, Frode?
03 Apr 2026 12:39:38
Oli, as I just said to Chewy, I supported Rafa through his bad seasons. If the new manager comes in and struggles, I will back him. I've backed Slot. Can you see the pattern here? I will back the LFC manager (especially one who delivered a title in his one season) through hard times. It's not for everyone, especially not this generation, it seems.
{Ed025's Note - thats called bind faith mate..
03 Apr 2026 13:40:45
So if the new guy comes in and struggles do we slaughter him Ed? Or do we get behind him? Thats what i do with our managers.If a new guy does struggle initially people will say its a transition season but this right NOW is a transition season.I don't know, do people only expect good times with no bad with the answer always to sack the manager? And people wonder why players have so much power these days.
{Ed025's Note - no FM you just tell the truth. if he is poor you say he is poor, and if he is very good you laud him up to your hearts content mate...its not rocket science..
03 Apr 2026 15:03:32
True. Although I suppose it all depends on your definition of good.