Liverpool banter 10

15 Mar 2026 22:40:38
Mother's Day so didn't see the match - What did I miss?

15 Mar 2026 23:52:31
Nothing spectacular. The usual. 🙄

16 Mar 2026 04:48:30
The usual would have meant that we played better than what we actually did, Barry.

Yesterday was abysmal.

To have a team in the state of Spurs come and make us look that poor, on our own patch, is diabolical.

Everyone, from Ward and Hughes to Slot and the players, should be ashamed of themselves.

16 Mar 2026 11:25:54
JLC, you can't shame the shameless, mate. Just look at Trump.

15 Mar 2026 22:01:07
ED001, I know yourself like most on here wanted Slot gone a few months ago, my question is, is it too late to get rid now n bring Gerrard in for the rest of the season, is the remaining games not enough for someone else to get a tune out of this squad, in my opinion Gerrard would at least have them fired up.

{Ed001's Note - it is never too late, you can make a difference in one game just by bringing something fresh to the players and getting them excited to play again.}

15 Mar 2026 23:44:44
ED001 I agree, i'd have got rid in November myself, but think Gerrard could rally them round now, the people who make these decisions are incompetent n it needs seriously looking into, we're limped from game to game with no plan, like we've gave up this season with no additions in jan, maybe they could have told us fans who pay ( to us ) fortunes for tickets etc n maybe we could've gave up this season aswel

16 Mar 2026 11:29:09
Strom, I was saying it back then, hence why I gave up. Slot should have gotten his walking papers right after the PSV and Forrest batterings. 9 losses in 12, and the man still kept a job?

As for him being sacked now, I don't see it.

Not cos things couldn't change for the better. I just think Hughes and Edwards have put themselves out there in support of Slot, and that it would be bad PR for them to sack him now. Many said it. That Roundtable BS would all end in tears.

16 Mar 2026 12:15:05
Oli, them games you mentioned summed it up for me. I knew he'd lost what ever he had the season bfr. If we all could see it, why couldn't the ppl who get paid vast amounts see it... Embarrassing.

15 Mar 2026 21:17:39
Question for the Eds, where do you believe this team is going wrong and how can it be fixed?
I believe Slot has to take a lot of blame with his tactics, team selections and from what I have read coaching. The players must also take the blame, with the exception of Szobo non of them are playing with any intensity on a consistent basis, the simple passes are ponderous and miss the intended target or they make the wrong pass.

Tracking back and holding on to the ball way too long is also a problem.
We are so frustrating to watch at the minute and it doesn't feel like I am watching a team who won the league last year, that is full of international players on thousands of pounds a week.

{Ed001's Note - change the coaching staff, replace Hughes and Edwards and we should improve. The tactics and lack of fitness are both shocking.}

15 Mar 2026 23:29:58
I have long believed the problem is not just Slot, although Slot is the main reason. Edwards and Hughes must shoulder quite a bit of the blame.
They will try to keep Slot in situ, because if Slot goes, Hughes and Edwards will go as well.

Over to you FSG...!!!

16 Mar 2026 11:29:51
Yuri, at this point, Edwards and Hughes are fully to blame.

15 Mar 2026 21:27:40
Have to say our fitness as professional football team in March is truly shocking. How are so many of our players so off it in terms of fitness? I can see midweek us getting to 1 all on aggregate, going to extra time and being dead on our feet.

I don't think I've seen our team so unfit at this stage of the season, truly alarming. Opposition teams must know if you hang injuntil around 65-70 mins and we will fold.

16 Mar 2026 00:35:46
I thought Ed001 was joking earlier in the season when he mentioned how unfit they were and that the fitness and conditioning were a joke. Well, guess what, you probably feel vindicated Ed001, because I remember people on here saying it's because Slot wants to play controlled blah blah. It's like clockwork: every game, the team will drop off and be second to everything. We are likely getting far more injuries this year because the players' bodies can't handle the workload due to poor conditioning. They are probably tired from having to keep up with teams who have fitness levels above theirs.

Ed001, surely there's a reason he keeps giving them days off training, and if you go to the players' Instagram profiles, you see them jetting off two days before games?! That is a sackable offense in itself, the way he has handled the training of the first team. I've never before seen a top-level side have this many days off training. The trip to Ibiza before the league ended was the biggest red flag, as I know for sure Klopp or even Pep would never allow that to happen.

{Ed001's Note - yes, the reason is so he can have some time off to visit his family as being manager of Liverpool is just a part time job to this man.}

16 Mar 2026 06:52:34
Brilliant, ed001. It's clear Slot is a salt piel, as the South Africans say - one leg in England, the other in his homeland, and his "lad" in the salty sea!

16 Mar 2026 10:34:11
EDs If and when Mr Slot goes, will the new coach whoever they may be bring their own fitness and conditioning coaches in? Or will we need a stronger minded coach like Klopp who ignores the fitness coaches to a large extent and gets these boys fitter.

{Ed001's Note - I would expect the staff to be overhauled after their dismal performance this season.}

15 Mar 2026 21:27:30
Don't go to Anfield so much these days, only my 4th game this season today. What a poor crowd we've become, and yes I know it's because we have nothing to cheer. Final straw for me today with Slot, the quality is there so it must be down to the manager at this point.

Never left the ground before the final whistle, but as soon as they scored I thought sodd it. I'm going home!
Rio was very good. Outside of that, can't think of many other positives from today.
Arne, you really have broken this club.

16 Mar 2026 00:10:09
I was never firmly in either camp this season until today. He is clearly a good manager, and he's had his hands tied for most of it, and he's had to deal with a lot in a short space of time.

I've actually agreed with Florian on here 70% of the time, tbh. But, yeah, I think he needs to go now. Sounds like Xabi is done if Carra is to be believed.

16 Mar 2026 06:34:17
"A good manager with his hands tied" utter rubbish. He's got a squad most teams would kill for and like the Ed said his tactics are shocking and the fitness the resides over the squad is even worse. That is nothing to do with Hughes and Edwards.

15 Mar 2026 21:19:46
I’d like to say what a disappointment the result was, but it was so predictable. Hopefully we can do something in the CL but I’m ready for this season to be over.

16 Mar 2026 02:06:12
Galatasaray will get a draw out of us on Wednesday.

15 Mar 2026 21:10:52
Salah is supremely fit and keeps himself in top condition. Don't the other players?

15 Mar 2026 22:57:16
It's not helping him play any better though so it's surely how he - and the rest of the team - is being asked to play

15 Mar 2026 21:07:58
Just watched the David Lynch post match review and one thing he said for me shows that Slot needs to go because he clearly doesn't care enough and is just putting himself first when he stated he gives the players a lot of days off that is clearly so he gets days off to go home.
He stated that thousands of season tickets where returned for today's game and you could get a ticket with only one game from last season and anyone who has tried to get tickets over the last 10 years now's how hard it has been.

If that does not show FSG that they need to fire Slot because it quite clearly what he wants.

15 Mar 2026 22:38:13
2 seats next to me today were empty. Never seen that before in the league.

15 Mar 2026 20:52:11
Whatever happens, the focus has to be on next season. It should be about preparation and getting the club back into the right shape — attracting the players we need and the staff who play the right style of football to match the players we have and the ones we bring in.
Getting into the Champions League is important, but you can't have full faith in the current situation that we'll achieve that.

We could easily end up with no Champions League and then it's too late to put the right things in place for next season.
It has to be about acting now. It's clear things aren't right and a change of direction is needed.
Right now it feels like there are too many chefs in the kitchen trying to make the decisions. It should be one man, and one man only, making the final calls.