20 Oct 2025 08:44:55
To attest to Akira, my understanding also is that Slots position is not in question. The unrest off the pitch is predominantly a handful of players that aren’t particularly happy with their role in the squad currently, but that’s going to happen anywhere. The club are still happy to offer Slot an extension.
However, playing the HIGHLY hypothetical game of the club having no choice but to move Slot on - if it ever got that bad - I imagine the first choice would be Bournemouths Iraola.
The Spaniard has a great relationship with Richard Hughes.
20 Oct 2025 09:47:22
Which players would that be? Most the regulars from last season are still starting and surely the new ones would expect to have a transition period bedding in unless we bought some bad apples?
Tbh I think we have a big problem at CF and I can see Ekitike not being happy playing second fiddle to Isak. Also looked levels above Isak when he came on yesterday so deserves to start.
20 Oct 2025 10:15:45
Ekitike should be starting before isak every game for me.
He was in great form before his shirt mistake, I haven't seen anything from Isak yet that says he should be starting.
20 Oct 2025 10:21:46
Chiesa came on again and was our best player by a mile. Created a goal, put himself about.
He should be first name on the team sheet as it stands.
20 Oct 2025 10:27:10
I couldn’t agree more personally. Slot has my full backing and will continue to do so, but I cannot understand for the life of me why Chiesa is not getting starts.
20 Oct 2025 10:28:58
Its not the players you think. Think of the superstars. Slot doesn't want to start either but has no choice due to lack of options.
20 Oct 2025 10:39:05
If Salah can’t be dropped because of lack of options, then that’s ridiculous. Frimpong did more in 5 minutes yesterday than Mo has done in the last 5 games.
20 Oct 2025 10:45:49
Hi both Akira and Victor thanks for the info. I know I’m clutching but have you heard the klopp interview with Steven barlett diary of a ceo where he mentions that he could come back and coach pool. I know I’m clutching here but if slot doesn’t make it to the end of the season or we look to replace him in the summer, any chance of klopp 2.0? I might be wrong but klopp with these players could be something incredible.
20 Oct 2025 11:13:59
Salah should have been given a hero’s send off after winning the league. Virg is still ok but on the decline.
Tbh what’s not working is having 3 goal scoring forwards in gakpo, Isak and Salah. No creativity and no workrate. All just want to score and they aren’t even finishing the chances they get.
Time for slot to show his metal - play your new players and build a team. Even if we don’t win the league no problem but we need to see an identity and evolution to set us up for next year.
20 Oct 2025 12:47:25
What a load of tosh we don't have the options, the system is the problem and trying to get the new guys to play the way we did last season and not to their strengths instead, Kerkez is an awful inverted fullback, not his strength at all, Isak, Ekiteke and Wirtz have to play up top, Wirtz behind the 2 of them, Grav, Macca an Szob behind them and the fullback play as they should, providing the width.
20 Oct 2025 12:59:24
If a player is playing that badly then there are always options.
20 Oct 2025 14:42:38
Salah is a weird one. It feels like Klopp’s team and indeed last season we relied on him completely.
I actually think we did. His form was a closely correlated with our results. Luckily we had the best of Mane who would often step up when Salah was off colour.
So basically I wonder if our success over the Klopp era + 1 was largely down to Salah being so consistently brilliant.
Last season Salah had a chip on his shoulder (no new contract) and carried this team. When his form dropped off, so did ours to a large extent.
Whenever you have to move on from a player who is so pivotal, for so many years, it’s going to be very difficult. Same when Gerrard left, same to a much lesser extent when Suarez left.
I think we have recruited well this season but there are still holes. Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike are excellent signings, but the team is still trying to find its new identity.
I think Salah might go in January.
20 Oct 2025 16:22:36
For me the current state of the team is down to tactics and not players being out of form necessarily. Yes Salah is well off it. I agree w AAgenda that the system is the problem.
Isak getting some stick but he's not getting a look in. We have to play to our strengths and for me that's Wirtz behind Ekitike and Isak and we play our mid 3 behind. Like to see the full backs get up the pitch. I don't recall seeing Bradley at the byline this season. Yesterday he passed to Mo then took about 5 steps backwards to get back "into position. " Last season he would have gone beyond Mo dragging the opponent out of position and allowing Mo to move inside. Same with Gakpo on the left, just glued to the touchline. Gakpo seems undroppable and although he's not a bad player he's not as good as other options for me and he's a limited player. But he seems to be a Slot favourite which is a head scratcher for me. I think Gakpo and Mo are killing us at the minute.
We have width right now but it's static. We need to add speed and some depth behind the width. For me that's a 4-3-1-2 formation but it means we play a lot more like a Klopp team than a Slot one.
Is the manager willing to change? Not a proponent for making a change but if he can't make this squad tick I support the club first.