Liverpool banter 9

23 Mar 2026 09:45:26
You missed the point of my post so I’ll repeat. I miss the defensive contributions of Darwin imo. If we had just some of his defensive hard work we would be in a better position many times.

I remember thinking his effort was exceptional in defence, especially for a striker, even more commendable when at the time he wasn’t on fire at the other end of the pitch.

23 Mar 2026 10:00:46
That's fair enough, Bauldy. You and a lot of other posters share the same view. I'm not one of them. He simply wasn't very good, in my opinion, and, pound for pound, was one of our biggest wastes of money.

23 Mar 2026 10:25:21
I don't buy what you say. I didn't want to sell Nunez just because I knew Isak would be a dumb signing at the price, especially as we needed more defenders and a winger.

Isak was an egoistic signing by Hughes and will probably be his final signing for us. He will leave us with his mess to clean.
We won't see Isak this season, and, well, let's be honest, we won't see him up and running next season either, with him trying to get back to fitness.

And, with the World Cup in between, Sweden will be desperate to have him, and I don't know if that's the right thing for his recovery.

As for defending from front, it's mostly a problem of pressing. We don't press at all anymore now, and just sit and hold an imaginary line. Don't think Nunez would help in the current system at all. With Wirtz in, he probably just would be isolated up top. He might have been a better winger than Gackpo though.

23 Mar 2026 10:33:47
I'll happily bet anyone that Isak will outscore Darwin's tally in his time here.

23 Mar 2026 11:04:22
Cafu = Harry, I assume.

Thank the heavens for the ignore button!!

23 Mar 2026 11:11:03
He needs to do more than beat Nunez's goal tally. LFC didn't pay £125million to beat 40 goals over 3 seasons.

23 Mar 2026 11:12:03
JK, I hope you're right. But I would say Slot has set up the team, and even if Isak was fit, it wouldn't play to his strengths. I never thought he was a good fit, in terms of attitude and playing style.

I hope you prove me wrong, mate, and I will be happy if he can stay fit and starts finding some form. I think we were wrong to pursue him like we did, and at the time I thought there were better options.

23 Mar 2026 11:34:26
Better options than Isak? Like who?

How short the memories are. Seriously embarrassing. Isak has been one of the best 3 or 4 strikers in the world before joining us. Seriously, some of our fans don't deserve Ricky Lambert, never mind Alexander Isak!

23 Mar 2026 11:55:40
Star seeker, luckily I don't set the club or player objectives, mate. If he can control a ball, pass it, and stay onside, then he'll be a step up from Darwin.

Charlies, I agree, mate, but none of our players look like they are built for Slot's set-up.

23 Mar 2026 12:11:51
Agreed, Rome. He was not good at all. But thankfully we received good money for him.

23 Mar 2026 12:13:08
To be fair, I said all summer that Alvarez, Osimhen, Joao Pedro and Lautaro were better options than Isak. I'm not saying Isak is a bad player or that he won't turn this around, to be clear, but there were definitely better options we could've pushed for than Isak. Isak, let's not forget, has always been injury-prone, and on top of that, he showed quite a poor attitude in the summer.

At his best, he's a better player than all of those above except Alvarez, but he's just so unreliable.

I do think Isak will go on to be world class still, but the concern for me is whether we get him for 20-25 games a season (a la Torres) or whether we get him for 32-38 games a season (a la Firmino).

23 Mar 2026 15:23:33
To be fair to Cafu, I don't necessarily disagree. Once we got Ekitike there was no need for Isak for me. Nunez as a backup left wing and striker may have been better than 125m(iirc) on Isak. I'd have preferred selling Nunez and chasing Doue/Barcola from PSG myself.

We should have also just stumped up the cash for Guehi.

The biggest problem I feel is that we have 4 players wanting what are essentially 3 roles available, all at the top end, with some back ups.

Do we play 2 up top next season with Wirtz as a 10, leaving us narrower in a sort of 4312, forcing Ekitike or Isak to the wing? That is pointless. They both play for me. I like Wirtz, he's creative and works.

I feel we will move away from this 433 where the third man in midfield moves into a 10 role, which leaves the midfield exposed if Gakpo and Salah choose not to get back and Wirtz can't press the entire team.

We have to move Salah and Gakpo on, and search for young hungry wingers to fill in as back up, and a change in formation when things aren't working. Personally I'd maybe move Frimpong further forward and sign a good defensive rb and relook at Doue/Barcola now that Semenyo is gone.

I'd also like an experienced CB option. Gomez is likely leaving and sadly never stepped up to the level hoped for. Leoni and Jacquet are young.

23 Mar 2026 16:48:06
Give Isak an actual chance to play before judging him.

He had no pre-season (his fault), and as he finally got up to speed he got the injury.

He will be, once again, one of the most feared strikers on the planet once fit and with a manager that can unlock the potential of this group of players.

Let's not forget how much Slot has affected players across the board -

Salah - huge drop off.


McAllister - One of the best in the world and World Cup winner.
Wirtz - Doesn't know how or where to play him.
Grav - declined on last season.
VVD - declined.
Konate - declined.
Elliot - sent him packing.
Robbo - dropped too soon for MK.

I cannot wait for a change in manager/backroom and boardroom.

23 Mar 2026 17:08:25
Look, I don't want to sound like hater, but Isak is nowhere near a recovery. He has absolutely, in his 25 years, shown any characteristic to show he is mentally strong/tough.

I would love to eat my words from gutter, but, my friends, I have seen enough football to know a player that is just not cut for big stage.

23 Mar 2026 09:16:20
I have a theory, Mr Slot will sit at the wheel as long as we're in the Champions League. The club may possibly mean that he has earned that. So, my bet on Slot leaving is after the PSG matches.

Currently we have not a chance in hell against that team.

If this is the plan, it may very well cost us next year's Champions League and I just don't get it. How can the club and the owners allow that?

23 Mar 2026 09:25:35
In fairness, our next 4 games: 3 of them are in the cups, with Fulham at home in the league.

An interim manager now would be working with the squad that haven't gone on international duty, which is predominantly the fringe players.



City & PSG away, being our next 2 fixtures, couldn't be tougher games, but at least it might encourage us to find some urgency and determination.

23 Mar 2026 10:55:01
Arne Slot is going nowhere till the season is over. The Roundtable nonsense they put out did it for me, esp. after they did not sack him after losing 9 out of 12 games in Oct./Nov. Nothing has changed since then. This is by design, imo.

23 Mar 2026 08:19:32
What pictures does Gakpo have on Slot?!?!?!

In other news, should never have sold Diaz.

At least City did the country a favour even if they are the biggest cheats of this century.

23 Mar 2026 09:11:47
Gakpo was literally the only fit striker available. Please don't come back and say Chiesa, as he should be nowhere near a Liverpool team. Gakpo gets the stick because he plays in the position of everyone's pet player, Rio, but I could name at least 5 who have been equally as bad this season.

It's hardly going to improve his confidence when he gets scapegoated every week. I think Gakpo will leave at the end of the season, but try supporting him for now.

23 Mar 2026 09:29:29
Tsk ...

Why shouldn't Chiesa be anywhere near the Liverpool team, yet Salah and Gakpo should? He gives full effort when he comes on, and if he got a few games to get up to speed, he and we would be much better for it.

Judging him on 5 or 10 minutes cameos when we are chasing a game, yet defending Gakpo for serving up constant tripe the whole game, every game, seems strange.

Judge them the same, surely.

Not sure how many players can have their heads held up high at the end of the season, but it aint many.

23 Mar 2026 10:21:39
Slot likes lazy football. Can't have Chiesa on, doing all that running. Who does he think he is?

23 Mar 2026 11:02:36
TSK, Stop the cap. It's embarrassing. Chiesa may not be your cup of tea but on that day at Brighton, he was a fit striker we could have put on cos a striker went off.

However, the genius that is Slot thought he was clever and replaced a striker with a midfielder. Then, he plays our no. 10 and creator Wirtz in the striker position, with Gakpo back out wide, all while we have a striker on the bench (Chiesa) ready to come in and run the channels till his legs go vs a team playing a high line, btw.



There is no excuse whatsoever when playing in a 4-4-2 diamond with 2 strikers that you replace one of the strikers with a midfielder and play your no. 10 in the striker position. You are literally telling the other team that we are not gonna get behind you and cause you to react.

And you wonder why Brighton played an even higher line with Wirtz in the 9 pinning us back and pressing us in our own box.

Man, give over.

23 Mar 2026 11:06:09
Speaking of Chiesa, he's apparently injured and is already on the way back to Liverpool from the Italy camp!

23 Mar 2026 11:14:26
Some people watch the game, but do not know what's going on.

23 Mar 2026 11:24:21
Let's be real. Chiesa showed earlier in the season that he very much deserved consideration for more playing time and was pushing for a starting spot, but when he got it, he showed very little besides effort. If you think that starting Chiesa over Gakpo in a 4-4-2 is the way to go, then I don't know what to tell you. I would also say that Gakpo has been far from the worst player in a red shirt the last three games; to me, he was one of the only players who tried against Spurs.

He was good when he came on against Gala, and had a few bright moments trying to be direct against Brighton, despite looking tired and not exactly what we needed up front.

I do agree that either Rio or Chiesa should have come on the moment Ekitike came off, though.

{Ed001's Note - when did Chiesa get a run of games to show whether or not he deserves a place? He hasn't had one, so to judge him on a few scattered appearances is ridiculous.}

23 Mar 2026 14:09:18
"But when he got it, he showed very little besides effort".

PB, when did that happen in football? You mean getting 10 min cameos, or even less injury time cameos, when Slot needed him to save his bacon, is now qualifying as actual ample game time?

If your sample size of games is that small, your conclusions are irrelevant. That's how this works.

23 Mar 2026 16:23:32
The support for Gakpo is unreal. He has been tripe for months. Have others? Yes, for sure they have, but I'm talking about Gakpo on this post, so saying others have been crap is irrelevant for this post.

In Gakpo we had Chiesa, a striker fit and available, and if changing Gakpo wide, then Rio is the answer, given he turns up every time he plays!

Slot is clueless, his man management is crap, his tactical awareness is useless, and his subs are terrible and senseless.



It would make sense to get XA wrapped up and employed during this break.

22 Mar 2026 23:39:51
Ed01 - is there any logical reason why Slot has not been moved on? We are very likely not going to have a champions league spot next year which will be really terminal to recruitment . What a way for some of our greats to end their careers with us. Do you see any change before the end of the season?

Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - logical? No. Hughes and Edwards hand picked him and he won the Prem last time out, that is the reasoning mainly. Unless results deteriorate again and we end up out of the cup, UCL and top 5, I expect him to see out the season.}

23 Mar 2026 06:54:04
Hi Ed. I can only see us getting 4 or 5 points from our remaining games, that means we finish on 53 or 54 points. That is just not good enough for the money invested in the summer. That will get us nowhere near minimum expectation. I can only assume who ever is in charge has ultimately decided that there is no one better available at this time. I personally think they are wrong but it does look like people are not taking accountability and are just hoping that we scrape into the CL and win a cup.

Not great but I hope they are right, I would have personally made a change months ago. I have said before these players do not need coaching, they need a kick up the arse and some conditioning. I still think SG in the short term would have done a better job and would have had a better chance of achieving the required minimum goals. Enjoy the week everyone.

23 Mar 2026 08:59:30
The only logical reason, in my opinion, is Hughes and Edwards wanting to save face.

Just my opinion, not facts. I just don't see any other explanation, with how poor our results have been.

If it wasn't because Chelsea are just as bad as us this season, United had Amorin for half+ the season, and Villa aren't used to managing CL football, we'd long be without any chance at all of a CL spot.



We're very lucky that this season's quality is extremely poor in the PL.

23 Mar 2026 08:51:30
What's the point in sacking him after both those events (this isn't me criticising your thinking ed, more the dallying) the horse has bolted 3 months ago and we are still wondering if we should close the stable door.

if anything I think we should change managers to ensure we go as deep into the UCL as we can in secure top 5. I don't think we will with Slot

23 Mar 2026 09:16:40
PBN, we're in the CL still and can qualify for next season's, so the horse hasn't quite bolted.

I think our odds in both of those are better without Slot than with atm.

23 Mar 2026 09:13:27
After The Fields post yesterday, and ED01 above, I only now believe that his tenure is secured until May. The unfortunate thing however with that situation is that fifth place might only be resolved on the last day of the league.

23 Mar 2026 09:47:13
I have to disagree there, SR. We should have been pushing 3rd or 2nd, not hoping for 5th. When Carrick roughly took over, United were 5th, 3 points behind us (iirc). We are now 6 points behind lacklustre Man United.

I honestly don't see us winning the Champions League.

I am scared about how PSG could embarrass us.

I am happy for you to disagree, but can you honestly, hand on heart, say you think we are winning the Champions League under Slot? If so, LFC are 10/1 and you should be lumping on.

23 Mar 2026 10:26:06
Replacing the manager now with a permanent one would give the new coach and his team time to assess the squad and work out what needs fixing and how to go about doing it.

23 Mar 2026 11:03:36
"The only logical reason, in my opinion, is Hughes and Edwards wanting to save face."

This!

23 Mar 2026 00:02:35
There is no upside to keeping Slot in charge, not a single one. We will not get past City and PSG in the FA Cup and CL. Not going to happen. We will not finish top 5 with him there either. Surely the board see that. Surely they realise if they don't act now, next season will be so much harder for the new manager without CL football. What do they see? Surely they don't think he will turn this around? It's baffling.

He needs to go now. As soon as the whistle went against Brighton, he was away on a plane again. It takes the mick. Whilst he's getting his tan topped up, we are left fuming at another abject performance. The players look so unfit and like they have given up. He's the worst manager ever to win a title. Wish we had never taken him on.

{Ed078's Note - tell us what you really think KKT

23 Mar 2026 03:55:40
Generational head loss. If you had told me 2 years ago that Slot would win the league in his first season, and was 5th with 7 games to go in his second season, I'd have bitten your hand off. There was a time when I thought I'd never see us win the league again, and 99% of football fans would give anything to see their team win the league.

Winning the league might mean nothing to you, but it means everything to me.

23 Mar 2026 07:14:35
I can see what you're saying, Arnie, if the day Klopp announced he was leaving I would've taken ur arm off for a 1st+5th place finish in following seasons if offered it.
It ain't the losing of games that is my problem, it's the way we are losing them and the way we are playing them. No life in the games, no energy, no fight. If it was just a 5-10 game period u could live with it and understand it, but I've seen 95% of our league and the only good, convincing performance I've seen was Sunderland away. Our last 3 leagues have been atrocious, it's worse we're getting. There's just nothing to like about us, no cohesion when attacking, no bite in midfield, defence a mess individually and collectively, not fit, opposition outwork us 90% of the time.

In Slot's 1st season we looked a slick, top coached and organised team. Now we look the worst coached team in the league. There was always going to be problems replacing Klopp/Salah/VVD/Ali, but there's no way we should be as bad as we are. If there were signs of getting better I would rather stick with a manager, particularly when not an awful lot of options out there, but our trajectory is downward and it's only going 1 way, I'm afraid.
I think winning it last year relatively easily went to Slot's head, and he thought he could almost stroll through to March and then put his foot down, and he's been caught out. He's lost the fans now and I doubt most of the players as well, and they're a long way back from that.

23 Mar 2026 07:35:58
Nothing is impossible. Some of our greatest wins have been the face of adversity. Arsenal final at Cardiff, against a top side that battered us the whole game, then Owen pops up with 2 goals that emptied the Arsenal end. West Ham at Cardiff, the Gerrard final.

Let's not forget Istanbul, a bang average Liverpool side that lifted the trophy against Europe's elite team.

Slot or not, I won't be throwing the towel in until it's done. I know it's hard to be positive at the moment, but we are still in this.

23 Mar 2026 07:37:50
Arniej, Slot will go down in history for winning the league in his first season. Unfortunately, his memory will be tarnished for the way we played in his second. You have to at least work harder than the team you're playing to beat them and we don't seem to be able to do that consistently. That blame has to fall on the coach.

23 Mar 2026 08:29:09
Some generational virtue signalling and toxic positivity from ArnieJ there. Facts are that we're playing horrendously poorly, we're far too easy to play against, we look clueless in possession and even worse out of it, we're second best all over the pitch, out fought and out thought in almost every game this season. Take away those flukey wins at the start of the season and we'd be in the thick of a relegation battle, because that has been our form since October. The reality is that we won't beat PSG playing the way Slot has us playing, nor will we beat City either, so will you still be happy to just make up the numbers, Arnie? Happy to just take part? As for 5th, we're in free fall right now, I can't see where our next league win is coming from given how woeful we are.

We've taken 1 point in the whole of March, it's entirely plausible that we'll repeat that in April with the added joy of being knocked out the champions league & FA Cup. Will you still be so happy then, Arnie? It's possible to thank Slot for last season, but accept that it's simply not working this season and that he hasn't got a clue how to put it right. It's time for him to be sacked. He should have gone after the Forest & PSV games, as they were unacceptable. Nothing has improved since then.

23 Mar 2026 08:44:08
Arnie, you're comparing an era of never winning the title again to one of our most successful modern times. If it wasn't for City, Klopp likely would have had multiple league titles to his name.
Yes, when he left, we weren't on top, but it was likely a hugely emotional time for the players, and a blip is always expected. Slot then came in and got a world-class squad challenging, and won the title in a season where City and Arsenal were not at their best. Still, that doesn't take away from what he achieved, but let's not pretend he was up against the City of old.



He then spent nearly half a billion on world-class talent. I, for one, would fully expect a title challenge and to go far in the CL; it's not like he overhauled the entire squad. He added exceptional players to the team, then decided to start playing players in random positions and sticking with out-of-form players.
I'm sorry, but at no point would I bite someone's hand off for a 5th place finish. City are awful, as is the rest of the league bar Arsenal who, even now, aren't walking it. The minimum should have been a top 3 finish with a cup and a good shot at the CL.

23 Mar 2026 08:45:39
Question is, how long does last season's success buy Slot time?

If, for example, Slot stays and we miss out on CL qualification, and we go into Spurs-style free fall next season, then will the excuse not to sack him be that he won the title in 24/25?

23 Mar 2026 09:06:24
The thing that worries me is the long-term repercussions this season could have on our players and club.

We've gone from a winning culture, breaking records at home, to losing by 3 goals at home, to relegation fodder, players downing tools, toxic culture, losing/give up/soft mentality, and allowing ineptitude from senior staff.



That's very bad, and not always easy to turn around. Look at how hard it's been for United to turn around their toxic culture from the past.

23 Mar 2026 09:13:03
JK, I like the thought of going to places like Chipping Sodbury and Malvern in the Hellenic League. I think it would take us about 8 years to get there, so we're heading in the right direction. By then, I'm sure Slot will have a full head of hair, having made several trips to Turkey, back and forth, and his teeth will be visible from outer space. We'll still be asking Ed01 when will Edwards and Hughes be sacking Slot.

As a footnote, there's a delightful Wetherspoons in Malvern that offers wonderful views of the surrounding countryside, so every cloud.

{Ed001's Note - delightful and weatherspoons in the same sentence? Well there is something I never thought I would see!}

23 Mar 2026 09:46:20
Oxymoron, Ed. Hope you're well.

{Ed001's Note - all good here mate, how are things with you? How do you know the Malvern area so well?}

23 Mar 2026 10:21:39
I'm good, thanks, Ed. Got gym kit on but seeking the enthusiasm to go.

I'm from the Black Country, so it's about 40 miles away. I live in one the most undesirable areas of the country, but we have some lovely places on our door step. Also, we have the Black Country Museum and Dudley Zoo.

I never thought the Liverpool Rumours site would be turned into a promotion for the Black Country Tourist Board! Thank you for giving me the opportunity!

{Ed001's Note - not sure you are really selling it all that well with your talk of it being "one of the most undesirable areas of the country".}

23 Mar 2026 10:34:22
Hang on, Rome - nothing wrong with Chipping Sodbury, mate!
A pub crawl in the space of 100 yards and a good curry house!

23 Mar 2026 11:04:56
"Arniej, Slot will go down in history for winning the league in his first season. Unfortunately, his memory will be tarnished for the way we played in his second."

And this will be all of his own doing. Really sad.

23 Mar 2026 11:19:37
Sounds brilliant, Bristol! I'll meet you for a curry when we're playing in the Hellenic League!! If I don't see you down Padstow beforehand!

22 Mar 2026 21:17:54
I miss Darwin's defensive contributions.

23 Mar 2026 01:11:28
Lol. We could use a bit of Darwin's fire and brimstone right now. :D

23 Mar 2026 06:30:21
It was a ridiculous decision to ship him off to Saudi to sign Isak, who would never play for us.
May he find in his heart to forgive us. He literally cried out and didn't want to leave.

He had a passion we associate with our Reds. The day we let him go, I knew our club was going to slide in a downward trajectory. I didn't expect it to be this soon.

23 Mar 2026 06:48:39
He started 8 Premier League games last season, scoring 5 times. He was hardly the beating heart of the team.

23 Mar 2026 07:00:29
His work ethic is fantastic and he would run through a brick wall but as a number 9, his finishing is below the standard required. You can't have passengers in the Premier League no matter how hard they try or how much you like them. Shame we don't have anyone with his intensity, but he was bought to score goals and didn't do that enough.

23 Mar 2026 07:21:45
Everyone was skating him last season. He wasn't even good and Slot didn't rate him. Yes, he worked tirelessly and we could do with that pace and energy upfront, but Nunez isn't the answer. The lad is being dropped on the Saudi league for crying out loud.

23 Mar 2026 07:31:05
We still banging on about Nunez?! Dear me.

23 Mar 2026 07:43:33
Isak suffered a bad injury, you can't legislate for that.

23 Mar 2026 08:45:52
Is Isak the new whipping boy now?

23 Mar 2026 08:48:45
Nunez has been dropped from the Saudi League squad, so he's hardly ripping up trees out there.

I'm not sure his enthusiasm or unpredictability (wanting to fight in the crowd, stick his head on someone, down tools, pass the ball into touch or for goal kicks, or be caught offside numerous times a game) is the answer to Slot's risk-averse football.

23 Mar 2026 10:12:32
Yes, I am on Isak's case. It was a mediocre signing at a ludicrous price at best. He had one season in which he scored half the number of goals Salah scored in a smash-and-grab system deployed by, arguably, the most clueless coach in the EPL.
But we fell for it. He was unfit when he signed. And I see those legs, those legs are no footballer legs. He is fragile, weak, and I was always wary of his stability.
I heard Shearer say that he is always falling away when hitting the ball, and lacks the base and balance that is a must for a striker.

Just a good first-touch merchant is all.

Hope I am wrong, but I won't be deluded into believing he will achieve any heights with us. Sorry for being mean and sounding like a hater, but we didn't really need to sell Nunez and get Isak when defensively we needed so many reinforcements. It was an unwise, callous and, dare I say, egotistical decision.

23 Mar 2026 10:39:32
Isak's last 2 seasons

24/25 - 27 goals, 6 assists
23/24 - 25 goals, 2 assists.

23 Mar 2026 11:06:18
Willo, that is true and I agree. However, it was Slot who was playing Isak, a striker who had no preseason. Sorry, that is the dumbest idea ever.

22 Mar 2026 20:51:12
I am actually getting really off need by the posters saying "what if we win the Champione League? @ one of my fellow Scousers is dying of cancer. He may not see the end of the season. Anyone thinking that we are going to soar like a phoenix is just trolling.

It is angering me. Stop defending Slot. This is abject football. I don't care how much of a superfan you think you are. My friend and I have 100 years of support. I think there are rival fans masquering as LFC supporters here. "We'll win the CL and the FA Cup". Horserubbish.

23 Mar 2026 01:12:30
Sorry to hear about your mate, mate.

Hopefully we win the CL and the FA Cup, whoever is in charge!

23 Mar 2026 04:35:49
Sorry to hear about your friend, but people are entitled to their own opinion.
I don't think many are actually supporting Arne Slot, but certainly a few people, myself included, think he should get until the end of the season, especially while we are in two cups.
For all the pining for an interim manager, there's no guarantee he will be any better than Arne Slot.

Change for change's sake is pointless. If Gerrard comes in and loses every game 5-0, it will be blamed on Arne Slot anyway, so better to keep with what we have until June and hope we can pull enough performances out of the bag.

23 Mar 2026 08:51:00
I also agree that I don't think Gerrard as an interim is the answer, but on the other hand, I can't stomach watching another Slot bore fest.

It's not all on the manager, as the players should hang their heads in shame as well.

No doubt, when a new person is appointed, they will find their energy and urgency again.

23 Mar 2026 09:12:48
Darwin, Slot's record since 1st October has been as rancid as Roy Hodgson, and would you have given him more time? It's not change for change's sake, it looks like Slot has lost the dressing room, and it also looks like he's checked out already, no point having someone in charge who is working on a part time basis and going through the motions.

It's entirely plausible that we could go from now until the end of the season without winning another game, looking at our fixture list. If you're genuinely telling me there's reason to believe Slot can turn this round, you're delusional or being disingenuous, take your pick which one.



He's not managed to do it in the last 6 months, and the last 3 consecutive league results have been nothing less than completely unacceptable. There is also no reason to think he can manage the team to beat either PSG or Man City, and the only likely results are more humiliating defeats. The only way forward is to kindly put an end to this farce now and hope for a new manager bounce to see us limp home.

23 Mar 2026 13:10:41
It looks like? It's entirely plausible?
Sorry, Victor, you're the one being disingenuous by using speculative guesswork as your reasoning. If you were asked in November whether we would reach the QFs of the Champions League, you would have no doubt scoffed like you are now.

Your cynical viewpoint on every transfer prospect, and every glimmer of optimism, is getting as boring as a defensive side pass.

22 Mar 2026 20:44:46.
I’ve never known a time as toxic as this at the club tbh!?

Not even the Souness and Hodgson days, but at least then when form was falling off a Cliff the boards in charge had no hesitation in pulling the plug and making the right call

My concern is this malaise within the club is really difficult to arrest and it’s spread within the playing staff and management. This could well start to be a huge task to turn around and a decline isn’t something to take lightly. You only have to look at Spurs to see how the mismanagement of a club can have pretty quick consequences! The board and I mean FSG need to act on this now imo.

I’m looking at Slot and I’m seeing a man of zero personality and warmth and he radiates no connection whatsoever between the team and the fan base - the club is unique in that aspect and we’ve lost that.



I looked at Pep today and he kicked every ball in that final, the league cup was as important a trophy as any for him and City. He’s a hard task master but the players he brings in play for him and they respond to him much like us with Klopp - we need to get that connection back and quickly!

My view is Slot is seeing the season out - CL qualification or not - the board have missed their chance weeks and even months ago to make the right call and get the season back on track so they’re backing their man until the season end and we probably need to accept it and hope the players can show some b****cks and get the results needed!

23 Mar 2026 01:01:02
This is the worst I've seen us play since Hodgson. In Hodgson's defence, he inherited a mess on and off the field and had peanuts to spend. I, too, am worried about Slot, Hughes, and Edwards undoing the progress the club has made over the last decade.

23 Mar 2026 01:13:38
Pep has also looked fatigued and non-interested in recent months, especially when they were getting pasted by Real Madrid.

Slot was looking fired up vs Gala.

23 Mar 2026 01:20:18
Mate, we live in a different world now. The entire world is toxic; it's not just about football.

People are not happy unless they feel wronged or outraged about something, and it seems your football team not winning enough games is a viable reason to air your false outrage.

People just need to accept that your football team will have bad seasons, like we always have and always will. You don't have to like it. We all love seeing Liverpool lift major trophies after all, but you have to accept it. It's not a personal attack on you. It's not embarrassing or unacceptable. It's just how football is; it always has been and always will be.

This is what happens when people have too much information thrown at them (99% of it is false information btw).

Their brains can't cope with it or make sense of it, and they are constantly being told on the same platforms where they receive the information that they should be outraged by this. It's unacceptable, it's embarrassing, you're a laughing stock.

None of this is true. The truth is the football team you support has had a bad season and not won enough games.

When you take a step back and look at it like this, your life will be better. You can enjoy the wins, the titles, the Champions Leagues, and you can just be disappointed with the bad seasons. No need for outrage or a victim complex or the doomsday scenarios. It's just a bad season, that's all.

{Ed078's Note - 99%? You can't trust statistics, 74% of people know that.

23 Mar 2026 01:59:55
Thanks for the life lesson, Varry!!

Mate, I'm probably older or as old as you, and I've been around a bit, so I don't need a bloody lecture in life disappointments!
I've had chapters in my life & devastations that far outweigh anything a football club will offer, and I've witnessed success and joyful moments in life that outweigh anything a football club will offer.

I was simply outlining my opinion & fears at this present time about the football club, and I've no doubt at some point in the future, near or far, we will be successful, as I've no doubt at some point in the future we will go down a rocky road, so please don't give me the patronising b******* about how I'm supposed to view life and accept certain situations!!

Also, try starting a thread yourself once in a while, rather than posting a reply criticising everyone else's view.

23 Mar 2026 04:39:22
If social media was as popular and ubiquitous during the Souness and Hodgson eras, this site would be even more nuclear than it is now.

23 Mar 2026 06:53:43
The irony of the poster, who spits their dummy out of the most and announces they're leaving the site every other month, to only return under a different user name, dishing out advice.

23 Mar 2026 10:10:09
I like the analogy, Varry. My observation of the current situation is that people aren't feeling connected to Slot.

It's not exactly a ride or die kind of situation, ya know.

23 Mar 2026 11:08:55
Ed078, ever heard of this one, "Do you know 85% of stats are made up"?

22 Mar 2026 23:05:11
I've not really the sort of supporter to call for the sacking of a PL winning manager.

However, I look at things really simplistically. In the future, will not regret replacing slot but there is a real chance we will regret not doing it before the season ends.