Liverpool banter 10

02 May 2026 17:53:35
So half the lot on here say Slots gone, and the other half say he stays.

Shall we all assume that he gets offered a part time position next season and call it a day?

02 May 2026 18:34:47
Coin toss, just like our football games.

02 May 2026 18:37:05
How do you know it's half and half?

02 May 2026 19:29:05
How do you know it's "Not" half and half!

02 May 2026 19:45:57
Makes sense, actually... he'll spend half the time with the squad around match days, and then the other half back in Holland with the family whilst the players have some much needed time off between games.

02 May 2026 21:59:10
Fowler, he has done that this year, hasn't he?

02 May 2026 17:49:33
Well done Ipswich. 🔵 John Wark came straight to mind. 🔴

02 May 2026 14:09:42
Ed001 can i ask you what you'd do in the summer transfer window.one realistic scenario and what would he your dream scenario

{Ed001's Note - the most important thing is - Slot or not? If the transfers are with Slot in charge, then the key is changing Peeters for a decent coach, that will change everything. Periodisation is a scam in football. You can get away with it in a non-competitive league like Ligue 1, because you only have to aim for the end of the season. In a league like the Prem, it is useless because you simply cannot stroll through early on. Get them fitter and working harder is all I ask.}

02 May 2026 17:12:13
Can I ask what periodisation is or means ED01???

{Ed001's Note - it is a method of training.}

02 May 2026 17:51:52
Thanks ED01.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome.}

02 May 2026 18:38:25
We all remember Raymond Verheijen spending years mocking Klopp for not adopting it. He went quiet after Klopp won the lot didn't he?

02 May 2026 18:39:13
Thanks for the tip re: Periodisation. Never heard of it. Now that I do and know what it means, good luck implementing that crap in a competitive, athletic and physical league like the PL.

02 May 2026 19:44:21
Periodisation is the scheduling of training aspects, mostly in regard to intensity and volume. The problem with Slot & Peeters' approach is that they're too heavily focused on increasing player availability by reducing injuries & fatigue. That can only be done by reducing intensity and volume. Hence, we've been struggling beyond 70 minutes for most of the season.

Might have worked at Feyenoord, but the Premier League is a completely different beast and they've made an absolute balls of it. Completely unforgivable in my book.

Basically, they're not training often or hard enough. We all know this, we can see it on the pitch, and we hear about the excessive number of days off.

02 May 2026 20:25:27
The problem is that there are random days off and no intensity in training, the players' fitness is lacking due to this, and it's causing more injuries in the longer term due to the physicality of the league, etc.

02 May 2026 21:03:47
Klopp gave Slot the blueprint, pace, work rate and physicality all over the pitch.

02 May 2026 21:41:05
He wanted to be successful doing it his way and has failed. When he came in, he gushed about Pep. Later on, he developed a crush on PSG. I don't think he knows what his football 'philosophy' is. He is indecisive.

02 May 2026 11:19:21
Interesting stat of the day - PL form table for last 10 matches sees us come in at 4th place, 5 points of City at the top and joint second top goal scorers with Arsenal, one behind City.

Not bad for a team who, going by what I've read on here, have been in relegation form for months now

YNWA.

02 May 2026 11:35:47
We're Also 4th in the 34 game PL form table.

But I doubt we'll see an end of season open top bus parade to celebrate it.

02 May 2026 11:48:28
Don't you know, Faith, that's only because all the other teams have dropped off and allowed us to pick up the points. We're only 4th in the form table because everybody else has slipped up. Also, the teams we beat or drew to showed us too much respect; if they took the game to us, they would have smashed us, because we are the easiest team to score against in the league.

Next year we will be in the relegation places from the start because every team, including Tottenham and Chelsea, struggling with issues of their own, will resolve all of their issues over the summer, make incredible transfer and executive decisions, and we will be the only team that has any problems at all.

Slot will have an AI hologram in the dugout and in the press conferences while he plays pickleball with his kids in the yard in Zwolle, and Edwards and Hughes will be so busy looking at data that they won't notice that he hasn't been in the building in months.

Let me impersonate Oli here, 'I don't need a nothing stat to distort what I can see with my own eyes. Just my take.'

02 May 2026 11:58:45
A season isn't played over 10 games, but look, if it makes you feel better, that's up to you.

02 May 2026 11:58:40
You ok Pat??

You seem like strangers who you'll never ever meet comments on the internet are really getting to you.

For someone who claimed yesterday they're posting less and less because you're offended you ain't half writing some essay replies today mate.

{Ed001's Note - and all of them just arrogant dismissals of anything that doesn't agree with him.}

02 May 2026 12:24:21
Isolated statistics.
The only thing worse than statistics!

02 May 2026 12:43:23
Our Season was over last year. Roll on summer.

02 May 2026 12:34:16
I have a day off from work and too much time on my hands, JK, as always when I have free time a lot of it gets sucked into the sinkhole of this board.

I'm sorry if my replies come across as arrogant dismissals, ed, I happen to think a lot of posts here qualify for that description just as much as my own, but you happen to look favorably on those opinions, which is perfectly your right. I feel like I take the time to explain why I feel the way I feel and it's not my intention to demean anybody else. If they come across as something else entirely then I can only apologise.

{Ed001's Note - I delete a lot of anti-Slot posts because there are many, and yes it is because of that usually. Other editors have different thresholds. I let more go from pro-Slot because there are so few of you. It is not like you to just dismiss others, usually you are better at putting your side across.}

02 May 2026 13:51:00
Using stats without a license should come with a health warning.

Arne Slot's win % is 72% in his first 50 games and 47% in his last 50 games.

Is 50 games a good sample size or not? If it is, Slot is clearly having a shocker.

A reminder that we lost at bottom placed Wolves, didn't beat any of the promoted teams at Anfield this season, gave Igor Tudor a well-deserved point, let Sean Dyche's Forest smash us 3-0 at Anfield and lost to Ruben Amorim's Man Utd team.

All normal stuff.

02 May 2026 14:02:03
They only like stats that suit them, Fly Pelican, and that's fine. The question needs to be asked: when it all ends in tears around October, will these guys say they were wrong? I'll say I was wrong, he goes past that, but I know he won't go beyond October.

02 May 2026 14:43:07
So basically, we are no better over 10 games (5 points of top 4th spot) and 34 games (15 points of top 4th spot). In fact, if you want to be really picky, we are slightly worse over the last 10 games than the previous 24.

What was the post trying to prove?

02 May 2026 15:23:23
If my posts have come across that way, then it's fair for you to expect better of me, ed, because that is never my intention. I appreciate that you expect better from me as well.

{Ed001's Note - I normally really enjoy your posts and conversing with you, because you usually don't denigrate others, just explain your thinking. I might not agree with you, but I like to read your explanation why you think things, such as your judgement on players. Sometimes it has made me reconsider and go take another look.}

02 May 2026 16:08:39
I think it's only fair to extend it to a larger sample size, the last 20 league games seems a reasonable sample size, ironically the same amount Roy Hodgson managed.

Slot managed 6 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Hodgson managed 7 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats in his 20 games.

For additional comparison, Rodgers last 20 were 7 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.

You could argue that Slot is worse than Rodgers and very comparable to Hodgson.



Either way, he deserves binning off like they both did, as he's taken less points in his last 20 games than even Hodgson managed to in his 20 games.

Take that flukey run of wins away from the start of the season and we'd be in the bottom half of the table. If somehow we do make the Champions League places it will be more luck than judgment and still a complete failure of a season.

02 May 2026 18:48:23
PB, not arsed about stats (for or against) or anything like that, esp. those with no context or lacking any form of fundamentals. The guy should have been gone months ago, and still needs to be binned. He has had a shocker of a disaster of a season.



Actually, there are dreadful stats to demonstrate how awful the team has been under Slot, if you bothered to check, but you're right on one thing. I don't need stats to demonstrate to me the absolute shambles my eyes are seeing.

02 May 2026 18:50:13
"A reminder that we lost at bottom placed Wolves, didn't beat any of the promoted teams at Anfield this season, gave Igor Tudor a well-deserved point, let Sean Dyche's Forest smash us 3-0 at Anfield and lost to Ruben Amorim's Man Utd team."


Pelican, these are actual stats as well, but depending on the rhetoric you are trying to push, these don't count. Funny, that, right?

02 May 2026 19:13:59
Oli, are you a literalist? Pelican was using those stats as a way of saying how stats can be pushed to suit any narrative. Or you just being funny? Right.

02 May 2026 22:11:42
Oli, you missed out the 4-1 defeat to the European powerhouse PSV.

02 May 2026 11:15:11
To any Slot supporters: Without repeating the same old same old ad nauseum, the mess at the club is not all Slot's fault but it's the majority percentage of what's wrong on the pitch. I do not believe in the slightest that he can do an about turn if afforded another season in charge. Nearly worse would be if on the very minimal off chance that he did, it would only reinforce my opinion that he could have adapted earlier this season and saved everyone, including himself, the embarrassment of what has befallen the team since last August. In fact it would in effect be an admittance of his stubbornness and a clear indication that he has defrauded us all of a more successful season this time around.

He doesn't belong at this football club. His ideas and vision and how he goes about achieving them are hugely negative and he has proven this time and again. These are facts and are visible to everybody. The sooner this man vacates his position the better for everyone and we can rebuild from the toxicity he has cultivated throughout the club. Any other spin to the contrary is ignoring the actual facts at hand. Slot Out. Edwards Out. Hughes Out.

02 May 2026 11:46:08
Without repeating the same, then goes on to repeat the same.

Well, it's hard to argue with your position. Even if Slot succeeds next season, it just proves your position that he is a failure. Wow.

02 May 2026 12:02:59
Look, let the Slot supporters have their moment. We'll have ours in October when he's sacked.

02 May 2026 12:15:23
I find it hard to believe there are any "Slot supporters" or whatever you want to brand people.

We all support Liverpool FC. For many people, supporting LFC means sticking together, backing the players and manager. It was, I believe, Shanks philosophy.

02 May 2026 12:30:10
Well then, we should get Rodgers back in, Ron, no? Seen as we should always back the manager? Or Hodgson?

02 May 2026 12:54:53
I'd happily back any manager who isn't an incompetent manager.

02 May 2026 13:17:07
Shanklys Ghost, just to debate this further, can we logically assume then that Slot had absolutely nothing to do with our winning the title last year? Is that how it works? A team wins the title in one of the (if not the) most competitive league in Europe, despite having an "incompetent" manager?

I'm not a supporter of Slot by any means (have wanted him out for months), but is it fair to label him the complete "zero" after the total adulation of the "hero" of last year?

02 May 2026 14:32:46
I'm just paraphrasing what I believe was Shanks' philosophy. He likened it to his understanding of socialism.

If you want to debate the rights and wrongs of it, then you need to take it up with him, not me.

02 May 2026 17:36:44
That was then, this is now. Slot winning the league last season has zero to do with this season. He deserves his praise for delivering the title, which I have readily and rightly given in the past, but he equally deserves all of the negative criticism for making such a mess of this season. This season, he is actually incompetent at his job.

That's my phrasing for it. Others can insert their own alternative description. I for one cannot or will not support any person who doesn't do their absolute very best for the club, be it manager or player alike, and Slot cannot, with any integrity, say that he does. I'd say Old Bill would agree with me on that one.

02 May 2026 18:55:46
It is perfectly possible to give Slot all the credit for dominating the league last season and winning the title by essentially eliminating the opposition completely.

It is also perfectly normal to say that for this season, Slot has been a disaster at near every level on the pitch this season.

Both are perfectly normal facts to acknowledge at the same time.

Lastly, Slot winning a title last season should not be an excuse nor should cover for all his nonsense this season. Now that is an opinion. Not a fact.

02 May 2026 19:15:41
Ron, you're the one peddling quotes. Shanks was talking about himself and the team and backed it up. If you want to be a literalist, then Chewy is correct: bring back Roy.

02 May 2026 19:51:15
You're right, no sense in debating a parrot Ron, thanks for the heads up

02 May 2026 10:53:30
Mohamed Salah’s message to everyone at the club:

“I remember when I came here first, I think nobody was working before training. I’m not saying nobody was working but Millie, Adam, and Sadio were working after training, if I’m mistaken please forgive me for that… but I came. I want to work before training, I want to work after training. I want to work all the time and then they [the players] also work before training. This is the thing that always makes me happy. This is something that makes me so proud and something if I’m being very honest because I love this place so much, I have my best years… I really want the guys to continue like that [and work all the time].

“I always tell Dom [Szoboszlai], if you win the Premier League every year, you take nothing from me. Just like I done my thing here.

But I want the guys to succeed here, I want the club to be there. And this is one of my main concerns. I spoke to a member of staff, I spoke also to guys up there, I told them when I leave, you need an example here. You need people to come early to the gym and people look at them ‘Oh he go to the gym, so I need to go.’ If that didn’t happen or doesn’t happen I think it will be tricky for this club because it’s something very very necessary. You put the standard high, like people have to come early. People have to go gym. People have to look after themselves and I don’t want that to change after I leave or anything. I just want to have that standard at the club because it’s very important for the team to keep winning things and this is one of my main concerns for me.”

02 May 2026 12:07:32
Salah is a club legend and I'll never forget what Slot did to him. I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks the same. Slot will never be a legend in my eyes.

02 May 2026 12:14:53
Mo Salah legend of the club.

02 May 2026 12:24:27
He's absolutely correct. Set the highest of standards, even for the most minimal of tasks, and you will achieve the highest rewards. Of course, the exact opposite is true also, and, unfortunately, that is what we are witnessing currently. What a disappointment it must be to one of our greatest players ever to experience this knowing the exact opposite is true.

02 May 2026 13:25:34
A true professional. And a smart man. He understood that if you give more than you take, with determination and discipline, rewards would certainly follow.

02 May 2026 13:32:28
Brilliant words, ArAy, absolutely spot on. He gave his all to the club.

02 May 2026 13:35:09
What did Slot do to him that warrants such a strong reaction, Wd40?

02 May 2026 14:34:29
So we have Salah, widely respected and accepted to be an all-time LFC legend, advocating hard work before training and hard work after training.

And then we have Slot: "have 2-3 days off training". What sort of example is this setting?

02 May 2026 15:34:31
I actually think Salah's statement is his view of why the club has had the difficulties of this season. Some may consider it a veiled dig, even, considering his upcoming departure. Either way, he is entitled to it. His record and commitment to the club allow him to voice his thoughts.

02 May 2026 15:40:01
Thank you all for the kind words, thank you very much! ;).

An absolute legend, one who will be talked about many years from now, even after we're all gone. He gave the club everything. I wish him and his family the very best.

02 May 2026 15:50:03
Which brings us to the burning question, Salah, are you changing your name after June, or keeping it?. 😉

02 May 2026 18:59:53
What a statement. Mohammed Salah is an LFC PL monument. All the things he has said are things he lived by, and he is pleading with the club to never drop such standards.

A true legend, icon and monument. A credit to himself, his profession, his team mates and this global fottballing institution named LFC.

So long, Mo. You will be sorely missed.

02 May 2026 06:53:55
Morning Eds and reds
Really disappointed by the reports we may see Slot here next year. I have never been one for knee jerk reactions and I usually very supportive of managers until it becomes clear a change is absolutely necessary.

I honestly would never want to suggest moving a manager on who won the league last season as I think it should buy some credit in the bank, however, I think the issue for Slot is three things really, I don't think the players seem to really buy into him or what he is doing, the fans as a whole don't enjoy the games and that shows in the atmosphere and I don't think he can get them back on side and finally there are no signs he can correct the issues.

Everyone can make mistakes but he honestly hasn't shown any humility to accept he is making mistakes and try to reverse things, same players who aren't running for him, don't look to be playing well, constantly effecting the team still playing week in week out all season. No work to improve the fitness of the players, no tactical tweaks to move the ball quicker.

I'm all for backing the manager but you have to be able to see what you are backing him for and I just get that.

What's your thoughts eds

02 May 2026 08:39:16
I'm not an Ed and this is not a direct reply but a general comment.
There are a lot of conflicting rumours doing the rounds.
I believe that's deliberate.
The club will review all football operations - including Slot, Edwards, Hughes and the end of the season.
Nothing has been decided by the club prior to the review

02 May 2026 08:53:26
Is it really true that the players aren't playing for him? Curtis has been playing out of position the last two games and has done the hard miles, he obviously isn't a natural defender but he has been switched on and positionally intelligent much more often than not, and he has flourished doing the things that he is good at on the pitch, keeping possession, always showing for the ball and trying to do something positive every time he has it. This is a player who was supposed to have angled for a move to Inter in the last window, is unhappy with Slot because of playing time etc. Against Everton we were up against the wall for a bit but the players didn't give up and dug deep to get the winner in a very hostile atmosphere.

I always read on here that he has lost the dressing room but I'm not sure I see that watching the team, maybe I'm blind. Yes fitness is an issue, and I do think Slot could use the squad better, surely you have to play the likes of Ramsay, Nyoni and Endo when he was fit every now and then just to give your players a chance of recovering, hammering them into the ground when they have to play so many games is hardly good squad management, and it shows whenever the fixtures have piled up.

I do think that this fact coupled with the constant injuries, big or small, disrupting momentum among the players that he does trust, has been a huge factor in our season.

I'm still not totally convinced that this is really the way that Slot wants us to play, and I'm not sure why so many posters believe that he wants us to have this passive press and ineffectual mid block off the ball and slow, toothless build up when we have the ball, with wingers who can't consistently beat their defender for skill or pace, what purpose would that serve other than to get him slated universally by Liverpool fans and neutrals alike? It wouldn't make any sense given how vastly different we set up last year, and the suggestion that he simply tweaked Klopp's system for his first year before throwing the playbook out the window to go with something entirely of his own design (and which on the evidence is substantially less effective) the second just doesn't make sense to me.

I think a lot of the season has had Slot desperately trying to get results amidst evolving circumstances and injuries and a massive dropoff in form from some of our key players, and given a forward line composed of players who either aren't caught up with how to press in our system or aren't brilliant at it (Ekitike, Wirtz, Gakpo) or just simply traditionally don't press (Isak, Salah), he's opted a lot of the time for a safety first approach that is reactive and conservative, which as Liverpool fans we are rightfully disdainful of. In possession, the loss of Trent has had Slot squeezing Curtis and Dom into the right back slot or Grav into the center half spot in a desperate bid to get us up the field from deep, and a lack of pace on the wings means we don't have an easy out ball to a wide attacking player to isolate their full back.

Get our recruitment right this year with reinforcements in the wide areas and add another midfielder or two and I'm confident we will look a very different team.

02 May 2026 09:57:56
He's managed to make the Premier League's best striker of last season, and one of the most creative, exciting talents in world football, look like pure gash.

He can't get a tune out of the team.

He should've been sacked 7 months ago and we're slipping rapidly back into obscurity. We'll be 90s Liverpool again. If he's given another season, it'll take us 10 years to get back.

02 May 2026 10:10:33
I still reckon he goes to be honest. Tomorrow is a massive game for me... Go to Old Trafford and put a marker down for next season if you're going to stay... Another limp performance tomorrow and tbh I think once you lose the majority of the fans, it's very hard to recover from.

I'll always be thankful to Slot and think some of the comments have been very disrespectful given what he achieved in his first season, but I still believe that the damage is done, unless potentially we show some serious signs of life in the next few games and finish the season like a house on fire...

Can't see it, but a win at OT would certainly not hurt his cause!

02 May 2026 10:21:50
Yeah, I don't buy the argument that the players aren't playing for him one bit.

There have been multiple examples this season where the players have stood up when the fans have been saying the dressing is lost.



I think what is closer to the truth is that we're just an ok team, building towards becoming elite again.

I've been saying this since about September, to expect ups and downs all season and it's proven to be the case.

02 May 2026 10:10:28
Ron is correct here. There are way tom many clinflicting reports coming out to believe anything concrete esp. with the new our rsident sources and Ed01 stating Slot has not settled in England and wants to go back hence, will leave via mutual consent. The end of the season is approaching and we will know more after that.

02 May 2026 10:37:32
PB, I don't think using CJ is the best example. He is a player who loves the club and will do anything for the shirt, even if that means playing to the best of his ability in an unfamiliar position. Oh, and he was more starts in his natural position, that's why he is considering moving.



The sceptic in me also doesn't believe the players are playing for Slot. They are playing for personal pride after a poor season and some have a World Cup they want to go to.

02 May 2026 10:52:10
Perhaps, the thousand and thousands of fans in the stadium that boo'd at the Spurs home game are the ones who are blind and the players are playing for Slot?

02 May 2026 11:02:46
Fully agree, Fields, Jones is playing for the badge more than anyone, hence why you can really see him turn it up for the derby games. But he definitely isn't a fan of Slot. Back in November, after the PSV game, he did a post-match interview and said:

"...it's not always about having lads who are nice on the ball that just play and play and play, go and smash someone..."

I believe this is a direct reference to Slot's possession-based passing approach and lack of press that we've all been so critical of.

He was also seen to be questioning/arguing with Slot's sideline instructions at one point during the Burnley game.

Fully agree with your last statement, it was clear months ago that Slot lost the dressing room imo, the lads are doing what they can in spite of the poor tactics. I don't believe they ever really downed tools so to speak, as you said there's too much professional pride for that, they just became frustrated with Slot's approach and deflated from the whole situation.

02 May 2026 11:21:37
Jones said that during a period where we were in dire form. He wasn't exactly smashing anyone at that time. But he was right. Does that mean the dressing room was lost?

I think that perspective really depends on whether you want the dressing room to have been lost.

02 May 2026 11:23:42
I don't see how Slot can be kept on.

I don't remember a manager in recent history being able to 'turn things around'. The club likes stats so here's a few:

17 Defeats: Liverpool have suffered 17 losses in all competitions, marking their worst campaign in over a decade. Worst Run Since 1953: At one point, the team lost nine of 12 matches, their worst run since 1953. Anfield Struggles: The team lost three home games by 3+ goals in all competitions, a feat only seen once before in 1929-30.



There is plenty more to say if you wanted to support such an argument of a change there.

The whole changing coaches thing is a worry. But there's a lot of talk at the moment, and it will continue until he is replaced, I think. This will continue to rumble on.

Tomorrow Utd away, huge game, and one I think we will be found wanting in. I was shocked at the derby result. Not complaining but I don't think we get so fortunate there.

02 May 2026 11:28:55
With all due respect, Thefields, the sceptic in you can believe whatever he likes, but that doesn't make it true. I don't personally have any clear evidence that he has lost the dressing room. The players aren't even dropping cryptic hints that this has been the case, and they haven't done anything close to doing a Chelsea.

When we begin treating speculation as fact and folks begin citing said 'facts' (such as Slot being so desperate to go back to Holland at every opportunity that he phones it in on the Liverpool job and skips training, so he can see his kids) as another reason why the coach is an evil parasite stealing a living and taking the p*** out of hard working fans, then I'm sorry, but I can't get down with that. I mean, what actual proof is there that the players are so professional that they can't bear losing and every point we win has nothing to do with Slot?

Certain posters on here have expressed fear that Slot will 'receive false credit' for any success he has achieved, and this has gone so far on here as declaring that Slot just had to sit back and coast to the title last year, with somebody suggesting that it was the players who won it, and any manager could have won it.

Effectively now people are saying that the team wins despite Slot. At the same time, people are criticising the approach to games, saying the tactics are boring despite the wins, and Slot is holding players back even though we are picking up points. So are they listening to him, or not?

02 May 2026 11:49:16
PB - People have backed themselves so far into the corner with Slot that it is going to be difficult for them to get out.

02 May 2026 11:55:13
I think it is clear they aren't playing for him. I think it's fairly well documented that he isn't a good man manager, he doesn't bring players in and give them a chance, he clearly mismanaged Ekitike just bringing Isak back in, players not getting a chance even with loads of injuries, young players not given a go.

In terms of displays, I go to every home game, and the amount of desire just all over the pitch is clear when you are there and see it live.

We are beaten for that over and over again all over the pitch, just basic desire and drive.

I also think you can see when the chips are down we don't often come back. People use the derby as an example, we were f****** abysmal and scored from a set piece, we didn't dig in and create a chance and come back, we just got one decent ball in and scored a header, they create chance after chance.

02 May 2026 11:59:12
Slotboys out in force this morning, you love to see the comradery, if nothing else. Some part of me does actually admire the level of ignorance it takes to blindly defend the Slopball. It reminds me of a loyal dog in a way.

Fair play to the lads. For the record, if Slot does stay on, as I've said before, I hope to Fowler he does recognise the error of his ways and makes the changes necessary to turn things around.

02 May 2026 12:48:39
Spot on, Chewy.

PB, with lack of respect. You don't know what or who I know. I have a window into the dressing room via a current player. So I'm pretty well placed to offer a valid opinion on the dressing room. On the players looking at the World Cup, it happens every time a World Cup comes around. It's a fact that he goes home as often as possible, that's well publicised.



Some Slot facts for you, mate. He is tactically inept to compete at the highest level consistently. He is a poor motivator, he doesn't trust the youth or players he doesn't like. Ramsey should show you that. A perfectly capable and fit RB, but puts a midfielder in there.

Aye, it seems like they are out waving their flags, Chewy.

02 May 2026 12:50:41
Anybody who disagrees with you is either ignorant, blind, doing too much drugs or Slot's loyal lapdog, Chewy, fantastic.

Alex, I don't remember them creating chance after chance. When the time added on was shown in the ground the Hill Dickinson let out a roar, but in the dying embers of the game we looked likeliest to come out winners. That takes some doing in such a hostile atmosphere. I feel like I have to give the team credit for that, I don't know why we have to be stingy with praise.

02 May 2026 14:19:11
Patrik, I'd be more than willing and have tried to entertain relevant points made by the Slot in crowd, but they aren't actually willing to make them. They don't make their arguements within the full scope of the situation. It's always just snippets of what suits them, and anytime they're challenged on the underlying context they just belittle your argument and accuse you of being biased. The evidence for which has literally been plastered all over the site for the last 7 months or more.

It's the same old arguement, "but he won us the league," being peddled at every turn, whilst completely denying the fact that Jurgen developed the team. The die-hard Slot-in crowd are, for the most part, belligerently ignorant, and downright refuse to even consider any of the facts that are given to them. They act as if the Slot-out crowd have had a personal vendetta against him since day one.

Funny thing is, they couldn't be more wrong. The Slot-out crowd have supported Arne since his arrival, with promises that he was going to bring Klopp-like-ball; we were all behind him. We were delighted with last season, for the most part.

Everyone was hoping for him to repeat his successes again this year, or at least to be challenging for trophies. He was given unprecedented levels of funding. We had a record transfer window, and we brought in some of the biggest names and most promising talents. Every single person was rooting for him.

But, unfortunately, the issues that began to creep in during the latter half of last season not only continued but grew. The tactical approach has been nothing short of abysmal; not even the pundits and ex-pros can wrap their heads around countless decisions Slot has made. If it weren't for the individual quality in the squad, we would no doubt be sitting 8th or worse, and that's being generous. The very fact that the players were not fit 7 months into the season, by the manager's own admission, is without doubt a sackable offence in itself.

At least the Slot-out crowd are willing to assess things within the full frame of the situation. The blatant denial from the Arne Army when presented with any piece of info that shows Slot in poor light is nothing short of astounding.

02 May 2026 14:39:16
The fields, I feel you're wasting your breath. The pro-Slot brigade will just say "but you don't know Slot personally though" and shoot down everything you say.

Ironically, and this is lost on them, their stance in this discussion implies that they do know Slot and everyone else is wrong.

02 May 2026 15:29:11
Is there any particular reason why you need to add the 'with lack of respect', Thefields, when I have made a gesture of extending respect towards you? Not sure why there needs to be that kind of vibe on here these days. I simply expressed my opinion, which could be totally misguided, then you come out with all this stuff about how I'm discounting your superior knowledge, which you might very possess. I'm perfectly willing to be wrong, not sure why you have to go on the offensive.

Also, Chewy, I'm not sure who you are referring to with the 'Slot in crowd', because I certainly am not of the opinion that Slot should be our coach moving forward. I also don't believe that Rome1977, West Derby Wanderer, Faithinworks, Florian, Rigsby, etc., who have expressed, to varying degrees, their objection to certain comments about the coach, feel that he needs to be kept in the job, either.

It's not like all of these posters (or myself) agree with each other on everything, either, so it's not exactly fair to lump everybody into the same bloc as though we all comprise the adversary that has to be fought on this site.

I do very much appreciate your long reply though. It's nice that you take the time to lay out your way of thinking without lacing it with snarky insults and put downs this time. I'm not being sarcastic this time, either.

02 May 2026 15:45:50
Sorry Patrik, I'll refer to them as "The crowd formerly known as Slot-in".

02 May 2026 15:56:51
Aye, I think you may be spot on there, StEtiene. My ma always says don't argue with you stupid people, because they don't know they are stupid.

PB, anyone that says, with all due respect, is trying to be disrespectful in a polite way.

I'm just not being polite about what I was saying. The same could be said about your initial reply to my post, mate. I've been open, on a couple of occasions, on how I get info on here and who I know.

02 May 2026 16:10:53
I certainly didn't mean it that way. I meant what I said as a token of respect for what you share on this board.

02 May 2026 16:38:04
Pat, everything you're accusing the other posters of doing you're also doing yourself.

Yet you're acting offended and the victim.

And, before you say you're not, why are you apologising a few posts up for it.

02 May 2026 17:11:50
Patrik, You told Thefields there's no evidence to show the dressing room wasn't lost, you said players hadn't dropped cryptic hints, in this very thread I posted one of Curtis' comments where he's clearly talking about the fact that he's fed. Then there's the fact that he was clearly seen arguing with Slot's sideline instructions. That's not cryptic; that's flat-out clear-as-day evidence right there. Let's not forget that on at least one occasion Dom was asked a question regarding the dressing room and he immediately shut it down, looking very dejected. When asked why they were underperforming, he claimed he didn't know but his body language very clearly said he was lying. There's been multiple "emergency" player meetings that no staff attended - not the kind of thing that happens when the players back the manager. Salah went from the best season in his career to completely ineffective under Slot's new tactics, not to mention his little interview with the press, and now he's leaving, for free, even though he has a year left! Robbo's also leaving, and it looks like Alisson will go too, don't be surprised if Virgil decides to jump ship if a decent offer comes in.

On top of that we've had numerous reports of tension behind closed doors and ITK's claiming there have been fallouts with multiple players and the manager, causing a clear divide. There was one more thing... hang on, I'll get it... oh yeah, the worst run of form in 70 years! That's not exactly the sort of thing that happens when the manager has the dressing room.

I mean, if you really want to just ignore all of that and make nonsense claims like "there's no evidence", then go right ahead; you'll just be proving my previous point about Slotboys being belligerently ignorant.

02 May 2026 17:28:51
...one of Curtis' comments where he's clearly talking about the fact that he's fed up with Slot's no press, possession based, pass-pass-pass style approach.**

02 May 2026 17:39:32
If that constitutes 'clear evidence' to you, Chewy, then fine, just don't expect me to agree with you. You seem pretty fixated with proving that I'm 'belligerently ignorant'. That's fine, I'm okay with that. I'm not of the opinion that all the things you listed should be put at the coach's door. I hope you're fine with me holding that opinion. I will no longer be attempting to convince you otherwise. We have different perspectives on the very points you brought up. I hope that's alright.

JK, I'm not offended or playing the victim.

All this time, I have simply been trying to state how I see things, and a few posts up I have apologised if it came across as being any other way. It is a bit frustrating that even when I try to set things straight, it's construed as me playing the victim. I don't think I have ever called anybody anything disrespectful, belittled or insulted anybody, or suggested that anybody's point of view shouldn't be taken seriously. If I have, you are perfectly within your rights to call me out on it.

Ignorant Slotboy signing out.

02 May 2026 17:47:32
Pat, not at all, mate. I take everything on here with a pinch of salt.

I actually enjoy reading yours and Chewys back and forths, and think you’re both good posters.

The difference in everyone’s opinions is what makes this site the best out there.

If everyone thought the same then it would be boring.

Keep posting, mate, and fingers crossed we get the 3 points tomorrow.

02 May 2026 20:03:22
Patrik, it seems that sufficient evidence in your book would need to be a hand-written letter of complaint against Slot, signed by the entire team. This is a rumours site. We take what we can, and we read between the lines. I respect anyone who comes on here to share their opinions, and I fully understand that not everyone will agree.

At the same time, it does say banter at the top of the page, so I will take the mickey here and there along the way. No offence is ever intended, mate. We all wear the same badge at the end of the day.

02 May 2026 02:35:24
If Slot stays and is supported in the summer with incoming players and sales of those not making a difference, then I see us doing well next season.
It would take Diomande, Barcola, Palestra, Mukiele or Kayode, and two midfielders for me so that's a big, brave summer of change again.


If that happens, we will challenge for the Prem, have a good go in the cups but we would still be a way off the CL last four I would say.

02 May 2026 09:04:02
Regardless if Slot stays or not, we should be signing that calibre of players. The squad profile needs balancing, and then it is up to whoever is in charge to get the best out of them.

02 May 2026 09:56:11
We ain't winning nothing major unless Slot changes his tactics or leaves.

02 May 2026 10:12:49
We need a new fitness regime over any player in my opinion. But we do need players also.

I like the looks of.
Angelo Stiller for the midfield (left footer and a very good one to boot).

Yan Diomande would be a very good signing.

Michael Kayode is the choice for right back for me, so athletic will bring natural fitness to that position.



Senesi on a free, to allow rest of Virg and Ibou, and Leoni and Jacquet to get up to speed, would be a sensible decision by the club.

Bart Verbruggen. Only if Alisson moves on, but if he looked to be going elsewhere, I would potentially sneak in.

But would love a new coach and backstaff.

02 May 2026 10:17:04
@Shughes, so you are essentially saying that we should give a manager who has failed miserably to get a tune out of a single top calibre player he was provided to the tune of 400m plus, even more money to spend on more players and think we will do well? You think? Sorry, I do not share your optimism.

What evidence have you seen this season under Slot that things will get better next season? If anything, we have seen evidence of the absolute contrary throughout this season.



Nah, I'm sorry, but if I had 300m to give to an LFC manager to get players in next season, it will be most defo not Slot. Just my take on the topic.

02 May 2026 10:20:22
But will we challenge Hughesy or will we have to listen to the 'transition season' excuse again like we've been listening to all this season? You can be guaranteed, if 4 or 5 players come in, it will be the same excuses for Slot that we listened to all this season about difficult to integrate that many players, they come from different leagues, their fitness isn't at PL level, they had a short preseason, they've never played in 'wind', they've never played against low blocks.

😂😂

02 May 2026 11:06:55
I see us improving whether Slot changes tactics or not, which does worry me. A couple of wingers, Isak back fit, and a settled Wirtz are all absolute game changers, even if my nan was managing.

This could be such a formidable squad with the right tactical approach. All we can do is hope that if Slot's staying, he takes the blindfold off and gets the finger out.

02 May 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Postklopp has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool's Tactical Shift Under Slot Is Not Working

02 May 2026 10:27:00
Do people not remember the years, yes years, when Klopp's teams were criticized for not being able to break down low block? The passing was laboured, sideways, and at times we'd struggle to penetrate.

More expression and dynamism up front - totally agree.

Dynamic movement takes time to develop. I've seen it in patches this season where fullbacks make underlay, then they're wide. But, too often, they ball watch. I think that is a chemistry thing.