06 Jun 2026 13:51:43
Some debate over Slot v Rodgers atm so I'm keen to know how people think Slot would have done if he had to take over a team in the same state that Rodgers did?
Slot benefited massively from walking into a side that was ready to challenge for a title, whereas Rodgers took on a team struggling to stay in the top half of the table.
So, does Slot take Dalglish's side from 8th to a close 2nd, playing the football we saw this year?
06 Jun 2026 14:29:35
It's a good question, Chewy. My take on it is, it was Suarez who took us from 8th to 2nd. He almost single handedly won us the title.
06 Jun 2026 14:39:21
I view Chewy, if Slot was up against that City side, we don't win the league, and if Rodgers was up against the teams from last season and this season, we win it easy and look good doing it.
But, personally, I did not like Rodgers; professionally, I did not like Slot.
So, am just glad to move on and finally start looking forward to the games again after 18 months of terrible football.
06 Jun 2026 14:44:45
Then did Mo single handedly win us the title last year with the epic season he had?
06 Jun 2026 14:52:40
imo:
Slot might get the Rodgers team into the top 4 because of Suarez, but doesn't win the league.
Rodgers doesn't win the league with Slot's 24/25 team. The man had no concept of how to set up a defence.
06 Jun 2026 14:54:40
Good question, that McGoveb.
In my opinion, Salah last season was the tip of the spear in what was a very good team that complimented each other.
Suarez, despite his flaws, was unbelievable for us on the pitch. The guy could nut meg a mermaid.
You put Suarez's Liverpool up against last season's a 100 times, I reckon last season's wins 90% of the time.
06 Jun 2026 14:56:37
He certainly played a huge part, Mcgov. Pity his form went down the hill this last season.
06 Jun 2026 14:59:29
Or, if Rodgers won the league, would he now be classed as a great manager? He wasn't too far away, but he is now ridiculed on here regularly.
06 Jun 2026 15:02:35
I see your point, McGoverb, it's a team effort, but without Mo there's no way Slot wins the league. I know that much, but we're getting slightly off topic here. Do you think Slot takes Rodgers' side from 8th to 2nd, considering what we've seen this year?
06 Jun 2026 15:14:32
What about what we've seen last year? It must be a really slow news day.
06 Jun 2026 15:25:17
No one can possibly say whether Rodgers would have managed it. The only definite is Slot won a title (on his own merit) and Rodgers didn't. By everyone's admission, Klopp had the same team Slot did the season before and failed to win the title.
Again. Move on, people. Say thanks for only our 2nd league title in 30 odd years, and then say thank feck we've got a new exciting coach in (which was what we all craved).
06 Jun 2026 15:25:58
Florian, my question is based on the fact that Slot walked into a much better situation, he was smart enough not to mess with Klopp's formula at the beginning. If he inherited Dallish's team, there's none of Klopp's influence, which was a massive factor in our success last season.
This season was the one for Slot to really prove himself, to implement his own ideas and show that it wasn't 'Klopp's team', yet he failed to do so.
06 Jun 2026 15:39:22
Suarez is incredible and for me the predominant reason we nearly won it under Brendan. But we had a world class Sturridge that season, a top quality Sterling, Gerrard, Coutinho and Hendo. It wasn't solely on Suarez.
06 Jun 2026 16:24:01
Have you considered that the Prem was much less competitive back then? Yes games against the big teams were always hard, but there were definitely games that were pretty much bankers for us and the bigger teams. Suarez looked like he could score 10 against the likes of Norwich every time he faced them, I suspect that as good as he was he wouldn't find it anywhere near as easy against the supposedly 'worst' teams in today's Prem. He would still come up with incredible numbers and make the difference in tight games with quality, but he wouldn't be steamrolling over teams like a one man dynamo nutmegging every defender in sight.
Of course you could say that we could scale for the amount of money that has been poured into the Prem, which has meant that every single Prem team has at least two players of top quality in their squad to punish whichever team they play when they can exploit an opening, but it's not just a matter of quality, what makes the biggest difference in today's Premier League is the fitness of the players and their ability to sustain man to man marking all over the pitch to deny space. Arteta himself said that (and you can take or leave what he says or consider it an excuse) it's this aspect of the game that has made him chase marginal gains and set pieces as a reliable path to goal rather than open play.
Anybody's argument about Slot's unsuitability for the Prem only stands if you believe that the way Slot set the team up last year is really the way that he wanted us to play. To me, the abomination that was last season was him desperately scrambling to make something of the season after his original vision, for various reasons- some not of his own making- failed to correspond to reality. But who's to say that the flaws of that vision would still be flaws in the Prem of Brendan's time? I'd wager that those flaws wouldn't have been exposed in such a cruel way back then, because the gulf in quality between teams would be so much vaster.
Jurgen himself found the Prem to be a culture shock the first two years he was here, and it hadn't even evolved to the point of nastiness that it has now. Brendan's defensive structure was, in my opinion, arguably worse than Slot's last year, but goals papered over the cracks, if Salah and Gakpo hit the numbers they did the previous year, then I'm sure goals would have papered over (some of) the cracks last season too.
You could say Slot walked into a much better situation, but it's only in hindsight that anybody could plausibly argue that this team was poised to win the title. I personally can't abide folks suggesting that Klopp had primed this team to win a title and that he could have handed it to anybody half competent to finish the job. That would be to ignore all the points Slot won with in game management and clever tweaks across 90 minutes. Brendan, on the other hand, has never really shown anything to suggest that he's a semi-decent tactical mind, and the less said about his preferences when it came to buying players the better. If you gave Brendan a say in spending 500 million pounds, I'd shudder to think what we would have ended up with.
06 Jun 2026 16:36:18
Changing, comparing players, teams, tactics and managers is a huge part of discussing football, so as you said, 'move on'.
I haven't seen anybody admit on here that Klopp failed anything, so don't push your nonsense opinions on anyone else.
Klopp didn't win with the same squad because he was rebuilding. By the time he handed the reins to Slot there had been major changes to the squad, with only 5 remaining title winners in the starting 11, and only 3 squad players.
So just 8 players from Klopp's Premier League-winning squad were still there when he left. And he managed to leave one hell of a team. They had shown excellent progression, both as a team and as individuals, moving from 5th to 3rd, and there's no doubt that Jurgen would have won the 24/25 season. The fact that Klopp signed a brand new midfield (Dom, Macca, Endo & Grav) in his final season, and still improved from 5th to 3rd, shows his immense quality.
06 Jun 2026 16:37:04
Oh sweet Jesus who let Patrik in? ?
06 Jun 2026 16:54:48
Let me know which opinion I gave that is nonsense? I'm pretty sure I spoke facts.
Slot won a title.
Brendan didn't.
Slot and Klopp had the same squad of players and Klopp didn't win the title with them.
Slot and Klopp have the same no of Premier League titles.
Tell which part of any of that isn't true, Chewy?
06 Jun 2026 16:55:33
I took the time to think about and articulate an answer to your question. Maybe next time I'll just step aside because I'm not welcome to reply to your posts, Chewy.
06 Jun 2026 17:06:03
It's just a joke, Patrik, remember it says banter at the top of the page, all opinions are appreciated, mate.
06 Jun 2026 17:07:40
I notice you completely sidestepped 99% of my response, Changing, care to comment on any of it, no?
06 Jun 2026 19:13:44
One manager wins big leagues. The other doesn't.
07 Jun 2026 06:38:53
I think you were, as always, @Chewy, spot on. Is that regular answer you wanted?
Ironic that you pointed out that is all about opinions.