14 Apr 2026 07:03:03
Truth be told. I'd keep Slot if we turn it around and we finish 3rd and semi final of CL.
I know he is the problem and his communication is baffling, but well that's how Dutch are - calling potato a potato.
All his teams have actually played good proper attacking football including us last year, and I really fail to understand why he chose this type of football this year.
Next year no Salah, no Robbo and perhaps no Jones and Macca so more a new team that can work. (All folks that talk too much out)
I am sceptical if we get a new manager and new players it just too much of new and will take a couple of years to get going.
With Slot I think we will be back to old ways quickly next season with 3 necessary signing - RW , DM and RB
Many reasons why this season didn't work but some of it because players have just not been there when we needed them.
Next season most of them won't be here so finally a fresh start for Slot and us.
I am not sold on Alonso for two reasons
1. There will be ex players interference if he joins. (Aka United and Ole and whole 92 class thinking they are managers now)
2. He didn't choose us after Klopp despite us being the better fit for him and publicly declaring him first choice.
14 Apr 2026 07:31:31
So you are saying he might look like a potato, but he knows his onions?
Nah, I was backing Slot even up to February, but there are no excuses for not getting a better tune out of this team this season.
I think he's a good manager, but has just found his limitations at Liverpool. The tide has turned against him now, and a new manager deserves to take over in May with a full preseason to prepare.
14 Apr 2026 07:32:01
After watching last night's game, I was over the moon to see Leeds winning against the Devil's 11, and one of the worst referees, Mr Tierney, sending off Martinez for a slight hair pull. Irrespective of what Carrick says, the law says a hair pull is a red card offence. Wasn't much of a pull, but was great to see. Ha ha. Utd. ? ? ?
14 Apr 2026 07:32:05
How can you know there will be ex players interfering?
He didn't choose anyone when Klopp left. He stayed at Leverkusen to defend their title.
14 Apr 2026 08:18:05
With results going our way, we really need to kick on now and secure CL football next season. Slot has got to go.
1. He looks as though he doesn't want to be there.
2. His decision to try and build fitness throughout the season has been a huge error.
3. His non use of squad players has been detrimental to their morale, effectiveness and value.
4. Worst of all, his controlling football tactics haven't worked and his stubbornness to not adapt or change them has cost us a season of football.
Bring in Alonso, high intensity football, high level of fitness and squad players used to change games and help with overall squad fitness and morale.
14 Apr 2026 08:30:45
Keeping Slot would be the equivalent of keeping Hodgson. He's shown nothing this year to justify another year: fitness issues, boring football, no clue on subs, and a major lack of desire or leadership.
14 Apr 2026 08:31:49
Stop Cafu. There's zero redemption for Slot at Liverpool regardless of whatever happens between now and end of the season, plus he wants to return to The Netherlands himself. Time for change.
14 Apr 2026 09:25:11
I doubt he'll be staying, he's not getting a new contract and he'll be entering his last season.
He's not got the right personality in my opinion. It's a job for him, it needs to be more than that. I don't think he's got the passion. I remember the King was asked if Hansen would have made a good LFC manager.
He's said "Nah, not passionate enough."
That's where I see Slot, and even though the commuting was never a big issue for me, perhaps it reveals more about Slot. This is a job, a temporary job.
It's a reason I favour Iraola, he's got the passion to inspire the players, to demand more from them and to connect to the fans.
14 Apr 2026 09:53:07
I've read some rubbish on here over the years, but this is up there. ?
14 Apr 2026 10:16:15
There is no chance Slot will be here next year. He was great the 1st season but absolutely terrible this season, so bad that fans are bored to tears with 90% of the football served up.
Fighting for 5th place with a poor United, Chelsea n Villa teams. Ppl who think he could stay must be the same people who think Klopp would come back. Never going to happen.
14 Apr 2026 10:27:18
Slot defo not staying for the reasons identified - his methods, which have been rolled out more in this season, are detrimental to our performances and the Board can clearly see that.
Alonso, Iraola or Hoeness for me, with Hoeness being the biggest risk given his age and lack of EPL experience.
A tough call, for me, between Alonso and Iraola. Iraola has the experience of managing in the EPL. Alonso has the experience of playing in the EPL.
Alonso has the experience of managing 'big names', albeit unsuccessfully at RM, but we don't have prima donnas at Liverpool and I would hope that the Board back him, unlike the folks at RM.
Also, he does have a successful relationship having managed some of our current players at Leverkusen. I would be especially excited to see him get the best tune out of Wirtz, who I think will be key in the next few years.
However, very few managers have experience of managing big names, before they actually manage big names! So I'm not saying Iraola can't do it, just that he hasn't so far, hence a risk.
14 Apr 2026 10:44:45
Well I'll blink and lift my head above the trench line... and agree with Cafu. If Slot brings home 3rd and CL s/f or better.
He's more than 50% the reason we've had a dud year but by no means the whole reason. If he never understood how he won the league last season, he sure as hell knows now.
It's a moot point anyway, if the itks are to be believed (and I do); he's off.
I know I'm dui but I'd go:
1. Iraola (Liverpool style)
2. Slot (better the devil...)
3. Alonso (...than the one you don't)
Oops. I think that was my head.
14 Apr 2026 11:55:49
With Man Utd defeat last night, it leaves the door ajar for Slot, a chance to push the lads into a possible third place finish and walk away with his head held high.
I would thank him for completing his remit and then send him on his way. YNWA.
14 Apr 2026 12:35:27
Even if we finish third, it doesn't change the fact that the head coach has been extremely poor this season. We are unfit, lacking motivation, and have been woefully underprepared in about 90% of the games this season. If we do end up qualifying for next season's CL, it is only because the standard in the PL has plummeted in the last 2 or 3 years.
14 Apr 2026 12:54:16
We need to move on from Slot, regardless of what happens. His heart is clearly not in Liverpool and his footballing idea of control and low event football does not vibe with what the Anfield crowd needs.
Anfield is our superpower and is a non-negotiable when it comes determining the coach (and Sporting Director's) football idea.
I hope he wins every remaining game and bows out in glory, but I still think a parting of ways is right for Liverpool's long term future.
14 Apr 2026 13:06:49
He's tactically inept, I don't care if he wins the Champions League, he needs to go. I couldn't give a toss about his communication skills. This is not some further education course. He can talk pure gibberish with his back to press for all I care so long as he shows he's tactically capable of producing on the pitch, but he's incapable of getting the best out of a team that won the League under Klopp's tactics.
He's managed to revert a squad of elite athletes to the fitness level of amateur pub ballers, gassed out after 90 minutes. That fact alone is completely unforgivable in my book. Slot and Peeters have gone against decades of sports science at the top level because they think they know better, that's pure arrogance, ignorance, and stupidity on a level I cannot forgive.
14 Apr 2026 13:24:27
We've won 26 from 49 games this year despite being woefully unprepared in 90% of those games. Some magic trick. ?
14 Apr 2026 15:17:59
WDW I never said anything about how the head coach performed. Yes, he did have a very poor season, but if we get third place he has completed his remit given at the start of the season, and, taking into consideration how our season has run its course, you would have to give the man some congratulations to send him on his way.
YNWA.
{Ed025's Note - so you think finishing third with a title winning side and after spending half a billion pound that that was his remit Albey?, i wish i had bosses like that when i was working mate..
14 Apr 2026 16:55:19
You guys are far too harsh on a manager that won the title. I did expect a dip, but I think Slot still has things to prove if given the chance. We just didn't pull a rabbit out of a hat and select Slot. It was a carefully calculated decision backed by data.
Yes, this season is on him, but if he redeems the season with top 3 and a semifinal/final/win CL, I think that is enough credit to him to show character, admit he got it wrong, and build once again.
If he shows the gall to change, and gets the team together and playing once again, gets it right, he has all my support. Obviously we won't get top 3 or move ahead in CL by playing like we have been. So, Slot will have to change a lot of what he has been doing, and if he can manage that, yes I am in for more of slotball from season1.
{Ed025's Note - all i can say is that there is nothing a queer as folk Cafu mate..
14 Apr 2026 17:18:26
Cafu, you're neglecting some incredibly important points there mate. His tactics are dogs***. The players have lost their passion because they don't respect his decision making. They're frustrated by his nonsense approach. He's not committed to the club, flying home or on holidays every chance he gets. The lack of fitness is completely unacceptable. Things are so bad that players have brought it upon themselves to do extra sessions.
Doesn't matter if he wins the Champions League, Britain's Got Talent, a Nobel Prize and a Knighthood, there's way too many hurdles that he's run into, face first. He should have been sacked in November and the only reason he wasn't is because there was nobody suitable available.
We're not beating PSG by 3 goals, even if by some miracle we scraped through to extra time (which we won't), our entire squad bar Dom will be gassed after 70 minutes.
{Ed025's Note - i have to agree Chewy..
14 Apr 2026 17:33:43
At be keep him if he wins the FIFA Peace Prize.
14 Apr 2026 16:45:34
I agree, Ed25. That was not Slot's remit, at all with 450m worth of dough spent. The guy didn't even give this team a chance to actually defend the title to determine if going back to back was even remotely possible. Not a sniff of any kind.
And it's not like he had all the bad luck and injuries that befell the team and Klopp in 20/21 esp. in a lock down season. Slot failed miserably on this point on his own merit and for me CL, 3rd place or not, he should be gone. Shoot, he sould have been gone in Nov. already.
14 Apr 2026 20:02:25
Ed25 yes the remit was to win the Premier League but the last part of the remit would of been make sure if we can not win the league make sure of champions league qualification
Which as i said the season has been very poor to achieve third place would be a good end to the season taking in to account how poor we have been and Slot could leave with his head held high.
{Ed025's Note - really??..