Liverpool Banter 4

04 May 2026 13:06:10
Slot's post match interview (after match not the presser) he was asked about changed for next season and he answered along the lines of 'I know what needs to change'.

Then when asked if he would give more details he said clear 'no', but an odd one for him given he is usually honest to a fault.



So, genuine question here wondering what people believe he is referring to but refusing to give away or elude to?

My take - suggestion of dis-unity between him and the recruitment team.

04 May 2026 14:36:06
My thoughts after seeing the same comments were "he doesn't know if he is going to be around or not, so better not make any definitive commitments right now". Situation seems to be in a flux, and even he doesn't know what's going to happen.

04 May 2026 14:45:28
Indeed, ArAy1969. Nobody seems to know anything about anything, not even the manager.

04 May 2026 15:03:46
I actually think you're right, because the powers that be will make up their minds after the season is over, as has been advertised and as per the usual modus operandi at LFC, Oli. There's the usual feeding frenzy over rumours and speculation, and it's fun to read it (I actually love it), but it is what it is and that's how it will play out.

04 May 2026 16:30:55
Hopefully he was referring to himself.

04 May 2026 12:16:27
Just thinking aloud and feel free to shoot me down if I'm wrong. But is it fair to say the Dutch have frauded their way into being considered a serious footballing nation off the back of one man? They've had some great players of course, but Cruyff was largely the genius behind the Total Football and the success of Ajax.

Him aside, every Dutch manager plays the same tedious, ineffective possession football and their national team have had as much success as England's.

{Ed001's Note - it was Rinus Michels who was the man behind it, not Cruyff. Cruyff did not really play total football as a manager.}

04 May 2026 13:36:00
I've mentioned this before on here. The Dutch used to produce some fantastic attacking players, but that has dried up in recent years. So many talents have come from the Eredivisie, not just Dutch players, but how many elite players have they produced over the last decade or so? Possibly Frenkie De Jong? Is it because the Dutch now believe in days off instead of training?

04 May 2026 14:09:06
And their league as well, you simply cannot take a competition seriously when there is a team called Go Ahead Eagles. Imagine a Super Sunday, with Come On Crows v Get Stuck In Pigeons as the main game.

04 May 2026 14:20:21
Sounds like a match I would watch Chicken Staff. 😅

04 May 2026 14:49:30
Rinus Michels brought his system to Barcelona as well, if I'm not mistaken.

Now, if you take the records of all the Dutch managers who have coached in the PL into account, Dutch footie simply does not work there for obvious reasons.



And, as we all know, even Slot had to play a variation of Kloppball, a proven winning system in the PL for him to win his title and deservedly so.

04 May 2026 14:59:44
Cruyff, Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Robben, Bergkamp, Koeman, Neeskens, Seedorf, Van Persie, Van Hanegem, Krol, Van Nistelrooy, Davids, Rensenbrink, Stam and Van Dijk. Just a few who come to mind and who were world-class, in my view. And all in the last 40+ years only, in a population of a mere 18-19 million people.

04 May 2026 11:57:16
Is it true that Gakpo, at full time, asked for Casemiro's shirt? Don't mean to be a curmudgeon, but we just lost to our bitter rivals in embarrassing fashion, perhaps not the best time to request his shirt immediately upon the final whistle.

These players just do not care, do they?

04 May 2026 12:18:33
Once the final whistle goes, you act like a pro and a sportsman.
When the ball is in play, you give it 100%.

I've no problem with Gakpo. I always feel he gives it 100%.

My issue is with his limitations with the ball.
Cut inside and bend it in the far corner.

There needs to be more to his game. Iraola could unlock his potential.

04 May 2026 12:51:29
Mango, it happens all the time. Even RM players do this with Barca players. It's nothing new.

Gakpo is a lovely guy if you have ever watched any of his interviews. He does great charity work with under-served kids in his father's homeland of Togo, where he goes near every summer.

As Ron says, he gives his all every time he puts on that shirt. After games, he can do whatever he wants.

{Ed001's Note - isn't he a slum landlord in Holland?}

04 May 2026 12:51:46
Curmudgeon. Great word.

Personally, I'm not a fan of players swapping shirts, it is certainly a bad look after a loss to United.

04 May 2026 14:14:54
I hadn't heard about that ed1. Just googled it and had a read about it. Absolutely shocking, his letting company even made a public statement saying that all issues were sorted, when they hadn't even done anything.

{Ed001's Note - I believe the club should have disciplined him over that. He gives all the god stuff out but shows no sign of Christianity there. Even Gary Neville can manage to be a good landlord, it is not difficult.}

04 May 2026 14:50:11
Wait what, Ed? And who? Gakpo or his dad?

{Ed001's Note - Gakpo.}

04 May 2026 15:19:49
This is eye-popping stuff. 😐

04 May 2026 17:53:53
Why is it an issue for Coady & Cas to swap shirts after the game, but when Cherki & Hugo did it during the game, it was a non-event...

I don't get it...

04 May 2026 11:51:13
Eds and fans, is Slot aware of supporters' discontent?

{Ed001's Note - yes.}

04 May 2026 12:12:18
He mentioned that last week in a presser. I no longer watch them... but read them from time to time...

He feels support from stadium fans and the higher-ups... but knows social media is rife with it... so he just ignores it.

04 May 2026 12:28:49
You no longer need to watch press conferences or player interviews due to them being so media trained. You can almost word for word reply to the question being asked before they've even opened their mouth.
They're disappointed.
They're unhappy.


They'll take learnings and move forward.
Football comes thick and fast and it's
only 3 days before they go again.
And they'll never pin point the fault and call someone out.
You can play any press conference before any game, they're so interchangeable.

04 May 2026 12:46:41
You should read Virgil's interview on BBC today. Talk about being detached from reality when asked about days off. Citing the days off that Man City have had as an excuse.
Getting caught up in semantics as to whether a city break is a holiday (that some players took during the week).


Saying things will be addressed behind the scenes but he'll "get into it when he comes back from the World Cup".
Embarrassing from a Captain.

{Ed001's Note - he is no captain unfortunately.}

04 May 2026 12:14:52
Good. How can we make sure it so gets to him that he decides to leave?

04 May 2026 12:54:52
@Cantremember, VVD must still be living in Klopp era (where we were challenging and beating City to trophies) when comparing City to LFC this season in terms of getting days off.

Someone prolly needs to pour some freezing cold water on him to wake him up and welcome him into his new reality.

04 May 2026 13:05:53
Shows how good a captain he is. I've said many times on here he's not a good captain.

04 May 2026 13:06:26
Not embarrassing at all. He stated that they had one day off last week and one day off this coming week. Good to hear from Virgil's mouth that they didn't sit around doing nothing all week as was mooted on here.
It's sad to see so many posters clutching at straws to find a stick to beat the manager with. Slot has been poor this season.

We need a change in management and soon. But abusing the bloke by labelling him a rat and a bald fraud, and making up lies about him is pathetic and vindictive. Call out his managerial shortcomings if you need to, but unless you have met him in real life, the personal abuse towards Slot is simply gutless.

04 May 2026 13:21:23
Really, Darwin??? Not embarrassing. Give me a break.
How many games have we lost under this management and his captaincy?
Strolling around the pitch. Blaming others when it's his fault.
Being shockingly bad champions.
Should be going the extra mile and doing extra trading to finish the season with some respectability rather than egging off on a break.

04 May 2026 14:23:35
Oh behave, everyone, VVD is this week's beating boy. I've zero issue with what he says, in fact I'd listen to him over Slot any day of the week.

04 May 2026 14:46:26
@Cantremember, As someone pointed out on another post, rest is part of the training regime for elite athletes. One day a week is hardly 'egging off', in fact it is essential.

04 May 2026 15:07:42
Cantremember, you can't say "give me a break." The manager n players will take you at your word, n we'll be Instagrammed all day by them in lovely sunny places, but definitely not Kikby on the training pitch.

04 May 2026 11:47:36
The season after Klopp won the title, it was followed up with a defence producing 70 points.

We could end up with 67 points which is almost the same as Klopp achieved after winning the title.

I read this recently, but the big difference is the level of our performances, which have been utter tripe for most of the season.

I don't know how we can go from where we were a year ago to a team that played relegation standard football for most of this season. It is beyond astonishing, and unbelievable that no one is taking responsibility for it.

Unfortunately, we can expect plenty more of the same with Mr Slot at the helm next season.



Obviously, the jump from Dutch football to the PL has proven to be far too big for him, but in his delusional mind, I'm sure he will celebrate finishing 4th/5th or wherever we do end up.

I bet if Anfield was empty for just 1 home game there would be action taken. Otherwise, how do we move forward without change?

What must Slot be feeling in his head? Does he actually think he has the backing of the majority of supporters? Or maybe he doesn't care because he seems to have the support of the people who employ him.

He's running the whole club into the ground.

04 May 2026 12:10:50
Klopp was using Sunday league centre backs for most of the season thanks to genius Michael Edwards. Slot was given half a billion worth of talent.

04 May 2026 12:14:12
The mentality is not one of winners, but that CL qualification is good enough. That comes from above, it's in the DNA now, including some fans.

Many players, unfortunately, are just passing through.

They don't get the importance of the shirt and are happy just to take part regardless of outcome or style of play. They don't seem to care even about win bonuses, they're paid so well it may not matter.

04 May 2026 12:15:52
Was that the season we lost all our centre backs... tried putting in midfielders... Fabinho and Henderson as CBs... didn't really work... so... hold the phone... seen it didn't work... so changed it?

That was the Alisson header to secure CL, was it not?

04 May 2026 13:04:10
@Mighty, that was the one and I seem to remember it very differently. Kbl, why are you comparing 20/21 to 25/26 all of a sudden? Or are you gonna ignore what befell this team and Klopp and Ali (esp. in his personal life losing their mom and dad resp.) during that horrific lockdown season? Sorry, not all bad seasons are created equally, so let's not act like they are.

See, this is what I will never accept and many are falling into this trap just cos Slot is a failure this season. I will never accept comparing this season to any of Klopp's seasons. Ain't having it, esp. when you look at the 400m plus spent in the summer to provide top talent (some of it) to this failing manager, whereas Klopp got nowhere near the stratosphere of such an amount.

We had tragedy that season too (see above), and both Klopp and Ali, even in grief, were able to rise above it and make that season respectful even with academy players at CB in the Run-in.

This is something we seriously need to stop doing cos we are minimising the damage this man has done to this club, while at the same time imo, reducing some of the great work Klopp did even in seasons where we were off it. None of those were this bad. Again, not all bad seasons are created equally.

04 May 2026 13:25:09
OliRed, why don't you read my post correctly, instead of trying to be the all knowing.

I didn't do the comparing of the seasons. I clearly stated that I read the comparison recently. I also went on to voice my complete dissatisfaction with what Slot has done to our club. But hey, if it makes you feel superior, carry on.

04 May 2026 14:25:43
Slot hadn't lost most of his defence and Klopp didn't spend 400m either. Klopp also played better football. At the time, FSG were rightfully getting grilled for not investing at the time.

04 May 2026 14:40:59
KBL, it's nothing personal. Oli has a way of winding posters up with his self righteous rants. He had a go at me the other day for saying something, when I hadn't even said it.

04 May 2026 14:54:22
KBL, sorry if I was a bit harsh. I had just seen stuff being posted about the very thing I was referring to and felt I needed to react.

I did read your post and indeed, you didn't do the comparison. Again, my bad.

04 May 2026 15:00:43
Rome, you do the exact same self-righteous crap whenever you try to flex about being a match-going fan hence, your opinion should matter more than non match-going fans. Remember that? Yeah, who's self-righteous now, genius? Glasshouses, and all that.

04 May 2026 15:16:58
Correct me if I am wrong, but by definition, "judgement" or "judging someone or something" is always as a comparison to someone else or something else, right? There is nothing that is an absolute truth to anything on this Planet. Everything is perception. So what's all the commotion about? 🤔

04 May 2026 16:40:45
Oli, as the saying is, opinions are like ar*e holes, we all have one. Mine is no more valid than anyone else, it's just my opinion.

What I can say, with the utmost conviction is, I'm more of a supporter of Liverpool Football Club than you are and ever will be, regardless of whether I attend games or not. And as Rafa said, "that's a fact".

04 May 2026 17:34:16
OliRed, thanks for going back over my most and re-reading it. Sometimes it is easy to react too quickly to some of the posts on here and get hold of the wrong end of the stick. I've done it myself a few times.

Keeping things civil is sometimes not easy, but it usually is the best way. Thanks.

04 May 2026 19:57:44
Rome is right. You can only be a true fan if you attend the game like he does and I do too. Otherwise you're just a web-bound mouthflapper. No offence.

04 May 2026 11:12:13
I am absolutely sick to the back teeth of watching walking football.
Walking football has its place, retired old men who want to get some gentle exercise and socialize.
Let's get some fire back into this team.
Players who want to run, tackle, win headers and second balls.

Players who want to defend and block shots.
Only a handful of players are showing this desire.
It is obvious Slot and his coaches cannot motivate this squad.
Time for change is long overdue and needs to happen as soon as the season finishes.
Please!

04 May 2026 11:52:47
We would struggle to beat Father Ted's 5 a side team atm!

04 May 2026 12:14:33
Never seen a slower team in all my life. Without a doubt the most boring team in Europe.

04 May 2026 13:05:42
Molby, I tell you what? In all my decades of following football, I did not know statistics for walking during a professional game existed until this season under Slotball. Go figure.

04 May 2026 15:40:30
As a semi-retired "old man", I object to your comment. Not everything in life has to be done with speed. There are many things that we do that are worth doing slowly. 😜

04 May 2026 10:53:48
Something is confusing me, if reports and media briefings are true that Slot is to stay and Edwards, Hughes etc want Slot to be given another chance, then why hasn't he been offered a new deal? That would be the true show of faith, surely? Everyone and their dog can see it is Slot who is the biggest problem right now, picking the same dross to play every game such as Macca and Konate, the fitness and conditioning coaches have failed to get the squad up to a decent level of fitness - probably because Slot regularly gives the players time off. But most of all, surely the highest paid, highest skilled, "elite" analysts as they claim, can see that a change in coach or manager is absolutely necessary. Surely they see that, why do they think not being proactive is the best route of action?! I don't get it. They massively gambled on getting into the top 5 this season and are incredibly lucky Chelsea are just as bad. I think we're already making a meal out of it now. I seriously do not understand what the decision makers are doing, it genuinely makes no sense. Surely I'm not missing something? All I see is excuses and "mitigating factors" which are mostly down to him.

He got Wirtz, Isak, very good wingbacks (in my opinion) and has failed to make them work. One of them being one of the most sought after talents on the planet. His man management is out the window - I constantly see quotes from him throwing players under the bus, it's always "I proved this, they failed this" it's always "I" when talking about winning the league. And then always "we, us" when it's defeat. I constantly see journalists say Slot dealt with the tragic loss of Jota, but the players who actually lost a brother, don't get the same treatment, apparently they don't get that excuse. It is utterly bizarre and I think unfair. Surely, I mean surely Edwards, Hughes and anyone who has the authority to make a decision see a change is necessary, surely?! They can't know better than fans. There is absolutely zero chance Slot turns this around, he would've done already if he could. Instead he wants half the squad to leave and to continue playing ponderous and boring football with the least amount of intensity as possible, he has made it boring and a chore to watch, he should be first out the door. Edwards and Hughes too for that matter.

04 May 2026 11:29:54
Get rid of all 3.

04 May 2026 11:31:50
At this point, Slot could be caught by JWH in flagrante delicto with Linda and he'd let Arne "finish the job" before he sacked him. Arne is the Teflon Don.

04 May 2026 11:41:41
We didn't give Salah and VVD a contract till the last few months of the deal, so if they want to extend Slot I expect them to do so in the same manner.

04 May 2026 12:04:35
CL footy is not guaranteed yet for next season.

They'll probably wait for CL footy to be confirmed before offering him a new contract.

Imagine giving him a new contract and we don't get CL footy... Imagine all the holidays the players can then have. 🤘

04 May 2026 13:07:20
@Fab, Been asking the same question for weeks now and I am yet to get a response. Maybe the oracle David Ornstien can help us out here.

04 May 2026 13:24:12
It'd be good to sort that out. I think entering 2026/27 with Slot and no indication of an extension would be de-stabilizing.

04 May 2026 10:48:46
Lots of digs at Slot, but one thing you have to hand to him, to play the most boring football we've seen in 30 years whilst simultaneously having our worst defence in 30 years is some effort.

Generally being boring goes hand-in-hand with clean sheets and being hard to beat (Rafa). Somehow we've managed to avoid that. Seriously impressive stuff. Unprecedented.

04 May 2026 11:24:14
Was randomly thinking this the other day ...

Houllier and Rafa played slow football .. It wasn't great to watch.. but at least we could see ... shape .. effort .. actual tactics...

Whatever we are witnessing is certainly a first in my 30 years supporting ...



We had not half the talent we have now ... well apart from Rafa had a good team and we choked .. Mascherano Alonso Gerrard Reina Finnan Hyypia Carra Riise Torres ... prob just the wings we were below par on .. I waffle... Yes, I agree with you, fella.

04 May 2026 11:27:00
If it was boring, but we were stingy defensively, it would be fine. I could live with that, but this is Bodgers country, lots of pointless passing, no penetration (the only penetration Bodgers had was extra marital), and loads of sloppy goals conceded.

04 May 2026 12:12:36
To be fair to Rafa, we did actually play quite fast on the counter. Particularly when we had Gerrard and Torres. At least he had a coherent plan for how we would try to score a goal, even if it was frustrating at times.

04 May 2026 13:09:05
"Generally being boring goes hand-in-hand with clean sheets and being hard to beat (Rafa)."

And if you add Houllier to that, both managers actually won multiple trophies playing such boring, wall-scraping football. Slot can't even do that.

04 May 2026 10:46:05
Who should be our signings this summer to strengthen the team and get us back challenging again?

04 May 2026 11:07:32
Diomande, one of Bowen/Barcola, a dm, and a rb.

04 May 2026 11:16:04
An absolute unit of a defensive midfielder to play alongside Szoboszlai and two fast tricky wingers as a minimum.

04 May 2026 11:16:12
Not sure who to get, but I know where we need strengthening, and that definitely is the midfield, esp 2 powerhouse midfielders, and obviously a replacement for the legend Salah.

04 May 2026 11:18:21
A new manager first. Then he decides.

04 May 2026 11:18:42
A new manager is the best signing we could get.

04 May 2026 11:26:00
We could sign prime world 11 in the history of football ...

Would not help with Slot in charge.

04 May 2026 11:48:30
Spot on Molby, that's exactly what we need.

04 May 2026 13:09:39
Cafu, I would sound like a scratched CD, so thankfully, you said it.

04 May 2026 13:37:47
For me, Anderson and Diomande as a minimum, but would cost in region of 200 million. Geertrudia would be a wise buy also due to his versatility.