Liverpool banter 5

06 Dec 2025 20:07:36
Do you think Konate is being played to keep him sweet, in the hope he signs a new contract? Because it'll cost a place at the top table, and Slot his job .
Bench him and let him go . We have to have better, somewhere, even in the u16s, for a month!

06 Dec 2025 20:21:03
The boy doesn’t deserve a contract, let him sod off to PSG for me. Hopefully they bid in Jan.

06 Dec 2025 20:34:52
A lot of posters on here were upset when we were looking at buying a Konate replacement in the summer.

{Ed001's Note - very true, I got a lot of abuse for saying he could be upgraded upon easily and was told in no uncertain terms that he was top class.....}

06 Dec 2025 20:45:11
I definitely think any existing contract offer should not only be withdrawn, but also burnt just in case. Has been nothing but a liability all season.

06 Dec 2025 21:21:47
Ed1 you were right about Konate and I for one am eating humble pie. The man is a mess and becoming worse each game, maybe Madrid not going for him has made him want to play worse so more suitors stop chasing his signature….

06 Dec 2025 16:56:19
Hi Ed1 I hope your well?
Do you think Salah will leave in Jan with maybe semenyo his replacement?
What’s your thoughts on semenyo as a player!
Let’s hope for 3 points today.

{Ed001's Note - no. Semenyo is very good and would complement Isak/Ekitike well.}

06 Dec 2025 17:09:26
Thanks Ed have a great wknd.

{Ed001's Note - just need a win for that!}

06 Dec 2025 17:22:57
I’m hoping for a good win (my boss is a Leeds fan and he’ll be even more annoying if they beat us! )

06 Dec 2025 19:32:58
Slot out now we are shocking cannot defend at all surely he has too go now not sure why FSG are wasting time he won’t turn it around.

06 Dec 2025 19:39:54
Fat chance lad, with slot at the helm there is no chance, I’m sick of watching this football, he has made them all confused and playing like scared cats, and don’t get me started on konate, I’d rather play Nallo instead.

06 Dec 2025 19:00:21
Any poster that wants Slot to stay is just trolling. That was plain awful game management. I don’t blame the players for just despairing.

06 Dec 2025 20:28:01
Semeno would want his head examined for coming to lfc.

06 Dec 2025 20:37:11
Well I can assure you that Semeno will not be playing for Liverpool either in January or next August.

06 Dec 2025 20:42:53
Awful game management?
He brought on Gomez and Endo. There is a lack of defensive options in the squad. We don't have enough to start let alone bring on to see a game out.
Twice.

06 Dec 2025 16:23:05
I think the biggest takeaway from Villa winning at Arsenal is that we are beginning to see some daylight between us and what is currently the top 3. Lose today and it's 8 points. So we really are getting to a situation where top 4 is no longer the goal but 4th or 5th spot is.

7 points from our last 9 matches w little to no sign of improvement is relegation form not top 4 form. I don't see us getting anything at Leeds today. I can't listen to any more excuses the latest being deflected goals etc when we also scored w a deflected goal.

Super negative post but it's time for a change. I think we lose today by at least 2 goals and get run over by a team who wants it more than we do. Sticking my neck out here for major criticism and this post might age really poorly, but win or lose we are not on the right track w this manager.

06 Dec 2025 17:09:26
What we have seen today is Everton put away a poor Forest team, and City demolish Sunderland. That puts our two recent performances against them into context.

Tonight will be a measure of whether the slight improvements we've seen lately are being sustained or not. A loss would be a big psychological setback back, but a win and we’re into fifth with two home matches coming up.

06 Dec 2025 17:26:35
Even City lost their next two games after beating us and look vulnerable to anyone willing to have a go. We should be seeing big improvements not subtle ones. Enjoy the match.

06 Dec 2025 19:48:47
We gained another point on the top 4. 🙄.

06 Dec 2025 14:52:12
Well done Villa, have we an interest in Unai Emery Ed as a replacement for Slot if he's pumped.

06 Dec 2025 15:43:56
I hope not, Mcgov.

06 Dec 2025 15:59:54
Emery suits villa. There's clearly noone that's a great match that's available otherwise I do think slot would be gone. Unless it's loss after loss after loss slot will be manager until the end of the season.
Again I'd like to see us go for naggelsman. Enrique I don't believe is attainable next summer so naggelsman for me after the world cup.

Alonso I see nothing special about atall. His personality is as flat as his football.
Glasner is I'm hoping click bait. There's no others worth mentioning.
If fans want great football again, naggelsman is our man. We'll have the players too to sustain real challenges on all fronts.

06 Dec 2025 16:03:36
Maybe we could go for Moyes.

06 Dec 2025 17:01:43
Funny you say you see nothing special about Alonso because I see nothing special about Nagglesman, Bruce.

06 Dec 2025 17:19:39
I don't see anything special about either of them TBH.

06 Dec 2025 18:22:04
Pochettino.

06 Dec 2025 19:35:11
NOchettino.

06 Dec 2025 19:44:18
Fields
His football is exciting and suits us. He's an interesting character aswell. Nagelsmann is a top choice for me. Enrique would be my no 1 but I think there's no chance atall when a man's happy in Paris with his family.

06 Dec 2025 20:20:56
Sounds like the German version of Brodgers that mate.

06 Dec 2025 20:20:56
Hmmm, we need a manager, what about the guy that just won the champions league? I bet you guys put someone into your fantasy football the week after he scores a hattrick.

06 Dec 2025 14:44:44
Would you take Unai Emery as manager ed1?

{Ed001's Note - no.}

06 Dec 2025 16:00:31
He suits villa. Naggelsman after the world cup suits us.

06 Dec 2025 16:07:05
please no.

06 Dec 2025 16:24:52
I concur Ed.

He is a good manager don't get me wrong but I think he is at his level of club. Failed at both "big" clubs he was at previously, plus his footy is boring.

06 Dec 2025 16:25:15
I would take him over Slot no question. Don't know much about him or his playing style etc but they are winning and the form team in the league the last 2 months. Ironically we are the only team to beat them in that run and I'm amazed that Slot hasn't let us all know that in his weekly drivel fest.

06 Dec 2025 17:03:22
You think Villas football is boring?

06 Dec 2025 17:21:37
The fields
What two big clubs did he fail at?

06 Dec 2025 17:53:28
Boring may of been an exaggeration Irish, its not Palace or Citeh but more Arsenal or Chelski. He failed at Arsenal and he failed at PSG imo mate.

06 Dec 2025 18:27:26
Wasn’t it Arsenal and PSG.

06 Dec 2025 18:36:47
PSG and Arsenal.

06 Dec 2025 20:02:09
I don’t think he failed at PSG, he just didn’t win the CL but then only one coach has at that club. He won the 4 domestic trophies in his second season before he left.

06 Dec 2025 14:27:26
Would like to see Dom and gravenberch as the two in midfield and Wirtz as the attacking mid. Salah back on the right. Ekitike to start aswell.

06 Dec 2025 15:10:56
Whatever formation of players you want to see in a position it won’t happen
You know that.

06 Dec 2025 16:29:03
Team has been announced. Mo on the bench with Gomez, Robbo and Isak.

06 Dec 2025 16:30:00
I don't think it matter who plays where. I'm sorry but I don't have any fatih in this manager to get us on the edge of our seats and actually play to our considerable strengths and put fear into our opponents. We used to be everyone's weekly cup final now teams are coming to Anfield and expecting at least a point.

06 Dec 2025 10:52:16
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 14 - Quick Round Up

06 Dec 2025 12:19:01
Nice one Ed1, cheers mate.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome Salah.}

06 Dec 2025 02:30:48
Hello all!

A source close to Giovanni van Bronckhorst reveals he is open to managing Timnas (National Team) Indonesia, per Bung Harpa on YouTube

@TimnasXtra on X.

06 Dec 2025 08:08:53
A close source to me is open to cheering as soon as he f@@ks off . clueless.

06 Dec 2025 10:07:17
Bring back Lijnders, really good coach in his book ….

06 Dec 2025 12:49:45
In all seriousness, I think Lijnders was a good coach, especially as an assistant. It's only when he started getting more control did things go sideways a bit. Even Klopp said he played a key role in our title winning season. Some people are just meant to be good assistant coaches but not the head, and I think Lijnders falls under that category.

06 Dec 2025 13:41:43
So its GVB’s fault now?

06 Dec 2025 13:43:21
To be fair @Drac, I think he’s a good coach too.

City seem to have studied the ship this season since he arrived.

I read that Jurgen stepped back to let Lijnders take more of a day to day lead role but I don’t think the role suited him. Some people are more suited to a second-in-command using their strengths rather than having to deal with the ‘big picture’.

I’d have hm back as long as the role was clearly defined and managed.

06 Dec 2025 14:01:04
Well GVB wasn’t there at the back end of last season when Slot started to tinker with tactics… the problem is Slot and he needs to do one.

06 Dec 2025 15:20:23
Indonesia? I’ll drive him myself.

06 Dec 2025 15:24:15
GVB has been teasing us about the Indonesia job for weeks. Just do it, bro.

06 Dec 2025 16:30:52
I am open to GVB taking the post.

06 Dec 2025 01:43:05
I do t think Klopp would be the answer it would take 6 months to get the fitness required.

As much as id love him back I love the manager and the personality even more.

He was truly a rockstar manager.

06 Dec 2025 08:52:22
These are top level athletes, 6 months is crazy talk. I wouldn't worry about a new manager whilst we still have one, carra let us know that work is being carried out regarding suitable replacements if Slot doesn't turn things around.


Klopp was undoubtedly great but ran out of steam towards the end, the trick is where do we find the next Klopp if the current set up doesn't improve.

06 Dec 2025 11:08:52
Their are a lot of ifs but if Klopp came in on an interim basis it wouldn't be about imposing his ideas. His sole target would be top four, which with this squad any good manager should manage. Stabilising the bad feeling and handing it over in the best hands possible.

If he did come in, it has to be short term, if we start clamouring for him to stay past that it'll end in tears.

I see very few short term options other then him, long term is an even harder thing to judge. The main thing would be getting a manager who gets a tune out what we have, the second we turn to someone who says it's not my squad and I need £2-300m. We will end up in a spiral we have been on before and similar to United with a Mish mash of players for multiple different set ups.

If, although I do think it's more when, Slot goes, the next long term manager is crucial to get right. We cannot take the decision lightly especially when we have so many good players in the team. It's be horrible to see that wasted due to poor management choices.

06 Dec 2025 11:57:51
A win tonight and a win against Brighton that’s us firmly back in top four contention, and everything looks different with Wolves coming up at home. If not it starts to get away from us, and not even Jurgen could do it.

They’ll know who if anyone is coming in in terms of January transfers, and will know when a decision needs to be made to give us a chance top four wise. It’s probably after Brighton if things go badly between now and then.

06 Dec 2025 15:25:04
Less concerned about the table right now. Our performance levels are eroding by the game.

06 Dec 2025 16:30:56
Why would Klopp leave a cushy permanent job to come to us on a 6-month interim?

06 Dec 2025 16:41:07
Yep the table will take care of itself if we start to perform. But I have no idea what this team looks like if we start to play how Slot wants us to. I dread to think what it might look like. The first thing we need to see is fight and there is none of that.

06 Dec 2025 01:37:55
Very hypothetical I know.

But what would Enrique do with this squad and who would he replace.

I know I’m dreaming but I’d love him at LFC.

06 Dec 2025 09:04:17
The firstly thing would be to make them fitter.
Then replace Konate
Then buy a top number 6
And finally use tactics that work.
Oh I nearly forgot, stop macca marking the biggest player in a corner because that’s just ridiculous!

06 Dec 2025 09:11:39
@longthing: that you get taught that in junior footy, big on big and always leave a man or two on half way line when you defend a corner.

06 Dec 2025 09:43:35
How i've tried to make sense of it (but don't agree with) is that we keep the big lads for the second ball. So someone like macca picks up the deep runner if he doesn't win it VVD and Konate are in place to deal with it coming back in. See the Dan burn goal, you wouldn't want VVD that far out.

06 Dec 2025 10:24:47
That’s what they do Ernest. It’s the latest fad in the coaching manual, City do it as well. The small one is the disruptor, with the big guys behind to make the real challenge if needed.

06 Dec 2025 11:17:55
Spot on Hugo.
It's the new "style" of modern day defending.

The funny thing of this new "fad", is basically what leads to all holding, pushing, grabbing etc from corner kicks.

The officials don't really help the situation either.
I reckon, that if you take a good look, 90% of corners should result. in some sort of foul.

06 Dec 2025 12:22:52
Enrique has been fortunate that he and Luis Campos have been on the same page. Mendes, Pacho, Neves, Kvara, Doue etc were not pulled out of thin air.

But what really stands out is what Enrique has done with Vitinha and Dembele. I would never have imagined that those two could produce the physical output they do - Dembele's pressing last season was outstanding and should be an example to those who think Isak, Gakpo and Ekitike cannot be made to press.

06 Dec 2025 13:36:26
The one that makes you wonder about the sanity of modern coaching is the play out from the back into midfield and then back to defence patterns of play.

Sometimes the degree of skill needed to work it out from the back is amazing, from defenders and keeper. But then it goes into midfield and they quite often end up passing it back to a defender who ends up lumping it anyway.

We’ve ended up with some very technically skilled defenders and goalkeepers, who are less able to actually defend or save shots or crosses than their predecessors would have been. It’s madness at times.

Of course the latest fad, long throws. We’re one of the few teams who aren’t doing it, although Jo has a decent throw on him so maybe we’ll join that bandwagon next.

I predict the next tactical new wave will be right footed right wingers, and left footed left wingers. With two up front.

06 Dec 2025 13:45:00
If a player is incapable of closing down his opponent in tandem with his team mates then you have to ask what are you doing on a football pitch in the first place?

06 Dec 2025 14:15:20
Hugo, I am not sure whether we'll see traditional wingers anytime soon as the current coaches are petrified of transitions while the attack phase is in a wide and vulnerable shape.

Much of what we see in the PL right now is the result of the fear of transition, fitness/ injury concerns and the technical improvement of defenders on the ball to resist press. The Klopp style counterpress is being used sparingly, and in Slot's case, not at all.

And naturally with fear, focus shifts to small margins gained from set pieces and cynical fouls/ time wasting.

I really don't like the way its going.
Transition is what makes the Premier League a good watch.

06 Dec 2025 14:33:43
Very true that. As you say you wonder where it ends up, safety first keep the ball philosophy stifles the play. That’s Arsenals achilles heel despite them having good attacking options, and it’s become ours.

Maybe that’s why the league as a whole has become so inconsistent and compressed this year, too much fear of losing from the so called top teams which gives the lesser teams more chance.

06 Dec 2025 16:53:10
Longthing, Macca marking Dan Burn at the time seemed poor now it totally makes sense. Slot is the master of making poor decisions but standing by them and trying them over and over until they finally don't work.

I find the man totally baffling and I have no idea what his goals are. Since hearing on here that he's jogging off to Holland during the week I'm wondering if he wants the sack and the payoff. Yep absurd I know but I'd like someone to put him under pressure in a presser and try to get inside that brain of his.

06 Dec 2025 17:16:47
FPF totally agree.

05 Dec 2025 23:04:41
Ed’s
And anyone else - A genuine question and apologies if it’s been asked and answered before but I’ve not seen it .

What is the actual “chain of command” within FSG EG Henry, Werner etc and down to the board namely Edwards and Hughes and then Slott

The scenario being that you bought / invested heavily into a huge misfiring business 10 / 12 years ago and proceeded to acquire the services of a hugely influential manager.
That manager galvanised the business into being once again one of the worlds great businesses and brands, and won that business great honours although at times through a bit of a helter skelter ride but with that rejuvenated brand attracting the best employees from around the world .
The manager resigns and is replaced by someone who initially impresses beyond belief that the years of hard work and success can continue but then suddenly from nowhere his performance levels drop so dramatically and impact so badly on the core employees that the business and brand fast become a bloody laughing stock .

Basically when do the real high level guys like Henry etc get involved and say to Edwards and Hughes enough Is enough and they have to act now with Slott

I’ve gone from thinking it’s a blip, to I’m still a believer then to a doubter but still a supporter of the man to now convincing myself that he’s shot and hasn’t got enough in him to get us out of this mire, resulting in the reputation and brand of the club being damaged enough to put off possible pivotal and important future transfer targets

Sorry if it’s a bit long winded - watching the test match highlights and getting more and more incensed! 😂.

{Ed001's Note - they hired guys with more idea about football than them to run the club for a reason, they don't get involved much at all. If things got so bad they stepped in, it is likely they would then reconsider the role of those they'd appointed to deal with it as well. They will have regular conversation and get reports but they would prefer to let the club run itself.}

05 Dec 2025 23:17:56
Cheers Ed 👍

Really looking forward to tomorrow

Getting another hiding in the cricket then tuning into the 5.30 KO!

06 Dec 2025 07:49:30
Bristol red- whereabouts are you in Bristol mate?

06 Dec 2025 08:33:41
Werner is the chairman of the Board of Liverpool and part owner of fsg and lives in the US, according to his bio. So he will attend LFC board meetings and meet up with the overall CEO and set their objectives, represent the club internationally, but fairly arms length by the look of it.

Billy Hogan is overall club CEO, so would be responsible usually for oversight of all day to day operations at the business but also seems to be based in the US so in reality is probably mainly overseeing the commercial investment and just a figurehead for certain things. He speaks publicly occasionally on Liverpool club things, whereas Edwards doesn’t, so that suggests he’s the main boss.

Michael Edwards is football CEO of FSG which is overseeing us and any other clubs they buy, who then has Richard Hughes as Liverpool Sporting Director working for him. Looks like Richard is Arne’s day to day boss.

In terms of transfers and contracts it’s Hughes on most of it in terms of putting the commercials together, with a review by Edwards, and then a recommendation to the Board. Board is probably just a rubber stamp unless there’s something odd in the commercials. I doubt board would have a view footballing wise it’s more from an investment value side.

Arne and Richard would discuss staff requirements first, with Hughes making the recommendation to Edwards I’m assuming.

Although FSG are very arms length they have the Chair and overall CEO US based on the commercial side to oversee and protect their investment. The football club related oversight stuff is Edwards who’s like their rep in Europe, then Hughes day to day based at the club like a managing director in a regular business who hires and fires.

Looks like Arne is just on football coaching duties. Arne’s is the head of HR, learning and development, and talent management. Arne deals with the sick notes and back to work interviews, productivity, and resource deployment.

Not sure who manages the medical side, possibly Rich as well, rather than Arne.

All very complicated. I’m sure they understand it which is the main thing.

06 Dec 2025 09:43:41
Cheers Hugo 👍

SirBob - At the mo we are down in sunny Padstow, Cornwall but our general abode is in Downend.

06 Dec 2025 10:04:43
No problem Bristol. I forgot GVB, he’s on cone and bib management. He splits his time between the UK and Indonesia apparently.

06 Dec 2025 10:06:48
“Let the club run itself” what a great business model. Explains a lot!

Will we adding “into the ground” in a couple of years time?

06 Dec 2025 10:10:39
What does Ward do?

06 Dec 2025 10:10:56
Very envious, Bristol. Padstow is one of my favourite places. Have one for me in the Custom House. Cheers to you, mate.

06 Dec 2025 10:46:14
Ward is on youth and academy and technical innovation in player development. Whatever that means.

You can imagine the conversation in the country club in greater Boston. How’s the franchise going in the UK, amazing it’s tripled in value in the last five years, now worth 5bn. More than the Penguins or the Red Sox. When are we buying the next one. End of conversation.

06 Dec 2025 10:49:30
In there last night Rome after the padstow brewing tasting session!
Xmas food week here atm and loads of live music - booked in for the party boat at 2.00 then out in time for the KO!

Actually might stay in the party boat!

05 Dec 2025 19:47:11
If we do sack slot I'd hope we'd get an interim manager until the end of the season if we couldn't get who we really wanted now.
Naggelsmann is top of my list to take over. I think he's potentially special. I don't want Glasners football. Zidane, alonso, ariola I'm not fond on atall for many reasons.

05 Dec 2025 20:51:44
Do you think an interim manager will come in and turn things around? I don't think you've really thought this through. Forgive my ignorance, when was the last time an interim manager stepped in, turned the fortunes around, and then stepped down for an incoming manager.

To be honest, unless there's a permanent solution to our problems, I suggest we stick with what we've got; and I'd guess that's precisely what Edwards and Hughes are doing.

{Ed025's Note - Martin O,Neill at Celtic Rome?..

05 Dec 2025 21:06:02
Evening Ed025. With respect, does Scottish football count! Even Gerrard did ok up there!

{Ed025's Note - it was the only one i could remember Rome, mind you at my age i cant remember if iv put sugar in my tea mate.. :)

05 Dec 2025 21:17:24
To be fair my mate, you shut me up with O'Neil! I never claim to always be right. I'm often proven wrong.

I've stopped taking sugar in my tea for that very reason!

{Ed025's Note - i dont think anyone can shut you up Rome...and i can certainly live with that mate.. :)

05 Dec 2025 21:20:36
Gus hiddink, not Liverpool related but he done well at Chelsea as interim.

05 Dec 2025 21:37:24
Scouse, you've shut me up as well, mate! I'll get me coat!

05 Dec 2025 21:55:14
Remains to be seen, but we should be good enough to make top 4 whether we keep Slot or not.

The real question is what is best for the medium to long term.

05 Dec 2025 21:57:09
Not really a fan of interim managers as well, Rome but sometimes, they are necessary. Whether they take the job full time afterwards, is another story.

05 Dec 2025 22:10:24
Didn't Rafa do a decent job at Chelsea too.

{Ed025's Note - and at Everton Keith....oh wait no he never because he was an absolute bag of crap who has not got a jar of glue mate..

05 Dec 2025 22:11:39
You never know. Di Matteo won the Champions League as interim manager, with Chelsea.

I remember it well, even though I forgot the year. Chelsea was doing very well under Villas-Boas. Then he lost 2 or 3 consecutive games, and Abramovich's trigger happy fingers did the rest. Di Matteo took over as interim for the remainder od the season.

05 Dec 2025 22:48:30
Faith you really believe were good enough for top 4 if we keep Slot . it looks nowhere near top 4 for me . hope im wrong because im a Liverpool fan but think if we keep him on . can only see 6th to 8th myself.

05 Dec 2025 22:54:19
ArAy1969, and got sacked which is what saw Rafa getting the interim job.

05 Dec 2025 22:57:48
What did Rome do for us.

05 Dec 2025 22:56:39
Ed25, slow down on the Rafa slander. Even you said at the time that Rafa should never have taken the job cos his affiliation with LFC would always be his downfall whenever things went south, which eventually happened cos we all knew it would.

You were very gracious with him at the time and I agreed with you that Rafa at Everton was a lose/ lose situation. Now you are changing your tune and calling him all types of names. Not a good look, mate.

{Ed025's Note - i was full of expectation at the start Oli, turned out he was a bit of a numpty mate, after Liverpool he never seemed to keep a job down mate...i think that tells you all you need to know about the clown...just my opinion of course..

05 Dec 2025 23:21:50
This is the real conundrum and I’d guess the reason why Slot is still in situ. Sack the manager and bring in what would clearly be the clubs 2nd or 3rd choice replacement or give Slot till the summer and get there preferred option who they obviously believe is a higher caliber than what is available now. Question is can we afford to wait ie can slot achieve champions league football.

Jury is currently out! In terms of an interim I actually think the only viable option is Klopp as he would most likely be happy to do the job for a short period however that would make the next managers job even tougher kinda like when Fergie stepped down but was always lurking the corridors of old Trafford.

06 Dec 2025 00:13:03
I know everyone is clutching at pearls at the moment but we are literally 2 points away from top 4.

06 Dec 2025 02:06:30
Ed25 - You don't criticize anyone like that. but why take it all on Rafa?

Was surprised with your rant.

{Ed025's Note - a bit of it is tongue in cheek Sami but he was really awful at Everton mate, not only was the football abysmal but the players he brought to the club were not worth a carrot and cost a fortune, add to that his miserable demeanor and it adds up to a marriage made in hell..

06 Dec 2025 04:48:39
Yeah but Ron, we are two points from fourth on a downward trajectory. Im sure we’d all love to win the majority of the next 20 odd games and be close to the top, but all the signs of this season suggest we will have a tough time staying above mid-table.

06 Dec 2025 08:05:51
Darwin, we are “close” to top 4 now.

Maybe I should stop reading Stromsgodset’s posts.

06 Dec 2025 08:46:23
To be fair ed25, Everton were a basket case 😂.

{Ed025's Note - we were Irish, but he made it worse..

06 Dec 2025 09:47:32
In that case we should be fairly optimistic for the season, Ron. The treble is still on regardless of how awful we have looked.

06 Dec 2025 10:05:10
Yes the fall out from Rafa at Everton lasted for years, as the "fans" were willing the team to lose hoping for Rafa to get sacked.
That gave the players the message that losing week in week out was ok and until Moysey came back that is what they did, and flirted with relegation for a couple of years.

{Ed025's Note - i dont know anyone who wanted us to lose Langland, but it was a very dark time in our history when the fat Spanish waiter came to our club mate..

06 Dec 2025 12:18:32
We’re on an upward Darwin, points wise. Performance wise slightly up as well. Tonight though is as always the key game. If we win it’s definitely onward and upwards, if we lose its a bit back to square one.

I think we’ll win tonight, Isak and Wirtz to score. No interim required and a decision will be made in the summer on Arne. That’s what I’m hoping anyway.

06 Dec 2025 13:02:49
Ron, if you stop reading my posts, your life will be a lot duller . embrace my posts ha.