09 Apr 2026 08:47:59
To the poster asking about Hogan not pulling the trigger. If he seriously believes this is a "blip" as Edward and Hughes may have told him until now, he seriously needs to go too.
This is a full blown crisis.
The PSG game was about 20 games too far. Slot should have gone back in Oct / Nov.
This is no blip and anyone turning a blind eye to it being one should be sacked for gross misconduct.
The players are not fit and have given up. Van Djik said so in his last interview. I don't believe he meant gave up against City, I think gave up in general.
We have nothing to play for and Slot has made it that way.
The players are now focused on not getting injured before the World Cup and that's all their focus is on.
Slot will go and hopefully with Alonso coming in some damn discipline is reinstalled into this team.
We don't lack depth, nor did we change too much. Klopp with this team would at least challenge for the title and the CL. We are doing neither under Slot as he's useless.
09 Apr 2026 09:27:31
Forget club links, Jurgen didn't have any, who is the best coach in world football right now that is attainable?
We should move heaven and earth to get them. Given the investment on the pitch, and in the club facilities, it seems ridiculous to accept second best in the coaching.
09 Apr 2026 09:52:11
Best fits are Hoeness and Iraola if we want pulsating football.
09 Apr 2026 09:55:42
I'm shocked how unfit Ekitike appears to be. I wouldn't say he overexerts himself closing down players, but at around the 60 minute mark he's totally gassed out.
{Ed025's Note - he ran a lot for the first hour Bigh, buts whats with all these flicks and back heels mate?, he was as bad as anybody..
09 Apr 2026 10:21:26
I'm not convinced at all with Ekitike's mentality, and that's reflected partly in his lack of work rate. I think there's a promising player there, but I'd be hoping to see more from him next season. My worry is he'll regress, as Isak will hopefully get an injury free run and he'll be first choice.
09 Apr 2026 09:10:30
Just on that note and one I agree with, ED01, let's take the if's, buts and maybe's out the equation.
I think Alonso will come in the summer, Slot will leave and I have no doubt this will happen.
Given the team we have minus Salah leaving, yes, transfers could very well change the dynamics!
What do you think Alonso will bring first and foremost that we have lacked this season based on your expertise? What will he do differently to our playing style and what areas on the pitch and within the squad do you feel he will target with the club for improvement prior to next season.
I have my own thoughts, but love the site, the insight and just wanted your opinion if possible.
Thanks in advance
JP80
{Ed001's Note - he makes the players fitter and they have to work hard for him, pressing high and working as a unit. That is the key difference.}
09 Apr 2026 10:34:20
Ekitike has been fine, he's not the player im worried about. However, when the captain acts like he is, for me, it's a worry.
Our players have zero fitness for being elite athletes, and with the manager excreting no discipline, then no one is really caring anymore. They know the season is over and they have zero chance of winning anything, so all eyes are now on the WC.
We need someone to get the players fit first and foremost and firing on all cylinders. Slot has no idea about how LFC works, he has no connection with the club and is literally treating it just as a job instead of getting invested.
The "oh we need Anfield" is said with no passion, it's like it's being used as a throw away remark to try and get some attention, but he says it so empty there is little point. The only thing Anfield will be is a sess pit if we go behind to PSG next week.
Slot should have been sacked long ago, along with Edwards, Hughes and Hogan to an extent.
09 Apr 2026 11:03:25
Kerkez getting cramp with 20 minutes to go takes the biscuit. How unfit are they?
09 Apr 2026 11:19:37
Sack Hogan? Do we then sack whoever appointed him? Where does it end?
09 Apr 2026 11:24:45
Jojo, I thought it was a mental decision to trial a back 5 with wing backs on such a huge game. Having played RB and RWB in the past, I can tell you now there is a huge difference in the amount of space you have to cover, and how many high intensity runs you have to put in. You have to be so fit to do it, even at a pub league level, never mind up against Dembele and Hakimi!
An absolutely crazy decision to take players who aren't fit enough to play in a back 4 even, and then ask them to play in a back 5 where it is a completely different work load.
Even the CBs in that set up are required to run more as they have to step out into midfield and split wider, aside from the CB in the middle.
Mental decision from Slot. He bottled it, again, and just piled the defence up as high as he could. That wasn't a tactical plan, that was desperation.
09 Apr 2026 11:50:55
Registered just to post the following.
Billy Hogan can't sack Edwards or Hughes. He is the CEO of LFC/FSG but on the commercial side of the business, while also sitting on the board of the LFC Foundation as a Vice Chairman.
Edwards is his equal from a football operations standpoint, as the CEO of Football for FSG.
I use the term equal, as FSG don't own any other clubs, so he only oversees LFC's football operations.
They work together where the two sides crossover, e.g. Budgets. Both report to Werner and Henry.
Though he could probably influence Werner and Henry into pulling the trigger on sacking Edwards
and Hughes, having worked for them for 20+ years.
On a side note, imo Hogan has done a great job since joining the club.
09 Apr 2026 12:35:09
Good post, NWA, and thanks for explaining. Like you say, given our standing, financially, in world football, Hogan is doing a brilliant job.
09 Apr 2026 12:24:19
Neva
I rated Hogan, but if he is in belief Slot is still here due to this being a blip then that is not acceptable. Why are we beating around the bush and accepting abject management?
Rome - Yes sack the lot of them, if a high sitting manager / director is not performing do they get a bye? You get rid of the weak and keep the strong, not being a "football man" is no excuse for believing this is anything but a man in the wrong position that should of been sacked long ago (Slot).
Winning the league does not give him a pass (Slot) his attitude has been shocking, his arrogance and ego is in need of a good kicking into touch.
09 Apr 2026 13:28:30
Kloppofthenortheast, I've just said, we are one of the best performing clubs, financially, in world football. Hogan is in charge of that aspect of the business. Why, therefore, would you want to get rid of him? Your opinion makes no sense at all to me.
09 Apr 2026 13:30:35
Thanks.
I don't disagree that all three need to go (Edwards, Hughes & Slot).
Slot as soon as possible, with a caretaker coming until the end of the season. Stevie being the obvious choice - he has said himself that he would do anything that the club asks of him.
Edwards as FSG's quest to acquire additional football clubs has not gone as planned, so his role becomes redundant.
Hughes for the reasons that have been discussed at length on this site.
The question is how to structure the football ops side going forward.
The Director of Football and Head Coach doesn't seem to be working for LFC.
Like many posters on here, I believe that the club needs a manager (in the more traditional sense of the role). However, there should be a level of oversight, by someone with their boots on the ground in the city not across the Atlantic, that also takes on the administrative parts of the operation (negotiation of contract extension of players the manager wants to keep, sales of players that the manager identifies as surplus to requirements, etc).
09 Apr 2026 13:44:19
Kloppofthenortheast, I haven't seen Hogan making any comments that Slot still has a job due to the current form being a blip, but may not have come across it.
Either way, I wouldn't expect him to come out and say "the man is a buffoon and needs to be relieved of his duties". When things aren't going well in any business, which is what modern football clubs are, there is typically a united front from executives and upper management that the issues are temporary and things will improve.
For all we know, Hogan could be one of the people on here posting "Enough is enough, Slot Out!"