26 Jan 2026 18:24:56
So all I have been able to gather from this afternoons meeting, is very little to be honest.
Slot, Michael Edwards, and Billy Hogan attended, They basically sat down, and discussed the recent run of of form, and how Slot intends to change things going forward.
Apparently sour faces all around afterwards, but no mention of him being sacked yet.
But i've been told he doesn't have long to change things.
26 Jan 2026 19:17:31
Odd. He should have been sacked by now, if we win mid week then draw against NUFC, get beat off City and draw against Sunderland we'll be saying the same thing - 'he doesn't have long to change things around'.
Cheers for the info Robbo.
26 Jan 2026 19:17:41
Thanks for the update Robbo.
26 Jan 2026 19:18:20
We've been listening to he hasn't long since before Christmas.
26 Jan 2026 19:20:33
Was Hughes not there?
26 Jan 2026 19:20:51
Absolutely ridiculous, I mean how is he still in a job. We are literally going to miss out on CL next season because they have no back bone and won't sack him. We are a joke right now.
26 Jan 2026 19:23:06
Thanks Robbo, do feel they will give him Wednesday nights game and depending how that goes. Possibly Newcastle but after then we don't play until Sunday. Time to remove Slot and get Alonso in?
I will certainly be watching how Slot is with the crowd after the game on Wednesday and Saturday, if he gets to that game.
26 Jan 2026 19:23:26
Nothings going to change, at least not in the league, I'd expect Newcastle and City to give us a slapping.
26 Jan 2026 19:25:05
Thanks Robbo
He should have gone in November.
26 Jan 2026 19:25:48
An absolute disgrace to keep giving him chances at this point.
26 Jan 2026 19:33:43
Well either Xabi is not ready to commit, or the club are considering other options. The obvious one being Luis Enrique who won't be available until the end of the season.
Therefore it's a case of Slot vs. a caretaker being the call right now. Personally, I don't see Slot changing what he's doing and therefore see little scope of turning it around.
But I don't have to make these decision and live with the consequences of them going badly, so it's easy for me to say, I guess.
26 Jan 2026 19:34:33
Well that was s waste of time. A meeting that ends with the plan to fall further behind CL qualification. Brilliant management.
26 Jan 2026 19:38:45
I'm speaking rhetorically here not directly to robbo.
What's there to "change"?.
Any wise man/ woman looks at what's transpired now for six months. Dreadful performances, mid table results and the same application every week now for months.
Key players significantly underperforming, no leadership shown anywhere on or off the pitch. What are we waiting on here?
A few lucky wins or an unlucky draw until yet again, we hit a spell of losses because we are awful? A season, future income and potential future signings are being thrown to the wind here.
Imo, if this season continues and finishes as with what we've had to endure now for six months, It would be justified in sacking those too who kept this misery ongoing.
Failure to sign another CB should warrant atleast Hughes seeing the door aswell.
26 Jan 2026 19:39:12
That's disappointing i have to say. not ypur rumour. the outcome.
I fear this season will be a write off. both man u and chelsea have made changes and reaped immediate responses.
Just feels we have learned nothing from past mistakes and this decision will set us back years with the new found money from CL and what it brings. let's not forget if we make Europe. Thursday Sunday games tend to be a season killer for most teams. unless you win it. 15 games to go. prob need 11 or 12 wins. way we are at the moment. not confident on getting 12 points!.
If fields predicted 5 games hunch comes to fruit. will be 10 games to will enough points be available to catch those above.
Just feels wrong. We can all see it. apart from. those who make the decisions.
26 Jan 2026 19:39:33
Thanks Robbo. Any info on the future of STC?
26 Jan 2026 19:48:40
Sounds not at all dysfunctional for a late Jan conversation after many months of poor form. Wonder if the subject of buying any defenders was raised.
26 Jan 2026 19:51:39
Thanks Robbo. Appreciate the info.
26 Jan 2026 19:55:06
No Hughes?
26 Jan 2026 19:57:30
No champions league next season then.
26 Jan 2026 20:10:00
I really can't see how they expect slot to change things when all season he's had multiple chances to change tactics, formation but all he does is the same old… us as fans can all see what needs changing so why not the people in charge, the longer they wait the further we will be from the top 4/ 5, just get Stevie G in until the summer and see where that takes us.
26 Jan 2026 20:27:37
Suspect the CL form is just about keeping him afloat right now. His form in the league is similar to how Amorim's was. He should be in big trouble and the excuses have to end. He simply needs to find a way to win in the PL.
26 Jan 2026 20:46:39
starting to wonder waiting till transfer window closes buy no one week or two in sack slot then say didn't want to sign players for him saving money for new coach?
26 Jan 2026 20:49:32
It's just negligence at this point if that is indeed true. I mean, how many meetings do you need? This whole situation has been handled horribly. Slot should have been sacked weeks ago and now United have found form, top 4 is in serious danger.
26 Jan 2026 20:51:15
Great news. 2 more weeks and 2 more losses in the league and we will be out the top 4 running. Weak leadership from the club here.
26 Jan 2026 21:27:51
This was just a regular meeting so not surprising no big news off the back of it. The situation tends to make you think they're taking collective responsibility for our problems.
I'd suspect eventually they may take action, and one or other of Arne or Richard would go, but it would take the crowd to turn probably or a run of losses for that to happen.
26 Jan 2026 21:31:50
Have seen the minutes of the meeting? Nobody knows anything.
26 Jan 2026 21:32:16
Just asking a question, would winning the Champions League change people's view on Slot? Let's say a 5th or even 6th place finish and Champions League trophy come May. Do we still sack him?
26 Jan 2026 21:52:06
Well let's hope he turns things around and we go on a unbeaten run with just wins now on.
Alonso can then come in the summer. Football has been shocking from liverpool after the amount of money spent. however the other 2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th places have been only better.
26 Jan 2026 22:09:15
JohnnyNo6, Slot can't get us to beat Burnley, Forest or Leeds, I'd suggest the champions league is way beyond the limit or his ability.
26 Jan 2026 22:15:50
There is no way we will the CL. I don't know why people think this is a real possibility.
26 Jan 2026 22:22:41
Thankfully Burnley, Forest and Leeds don't play in the Champions League. To win the Champions League you probably need to beat teams like Real Madrid, Inter or Atletico Madrid.
26 Jan 2026 22:22:41
Theory (don't shoot me) : I deal with a lot of companies with overseas owners, sometimes they defer decisions until representatives of the parent company are in the UK. And I wonder if FSG are looking at the whole set-up* with utter dismay and are going to deal with it in one visit.
Can't see us not beating Carrierbag, but if Newcastle come at us with attitude we could be in for a 3-4 and more pressure piling on from next Sunday.
*it's been such a clusterfk that surely Hogan, Edwards and Hughes are all under scrutiny as well? How can you spend this much money and be as bad as Brentford or Fulham? Takes some doing that!
26 Jan 2026 22:29:05
The hill I'll die on. Gerrard and a half decent assistant manager will do better for us currently than slot.
26 Jan 2026 23:05:57
It's funny how people keep giving our owners smarts as if they understand fans and how the club should proceed. They've a history of incompetence and everyone trusts they'll do the right thing. They'll do things that suit them not the general consensus.
27 Jan 2026 01:06:36
Although i do not defend fsg in everything they have done, we are in a completely different stratosphere to where we was under hicks n gillet. Also they have backed AS with in excess of 400m in the oast summer, totally unheard of in their tenure, if not ever in our history. What has let them down is maybe being slow to recognise that our manager has a seriously inflated ego from last year.
Yes we won the title with relative ease, however, this relied mainly on muscle memory and fitness levels from JKs reign, this season with lots of new players that wasnt in the JK teams, they would have different levels of fitnes to rely on in comparison.
AS has fIMO ignored this basic fact, has relied on a less fitness based regime and allowed our team to be slow/ complacent/ lazy this season and has in fact been found out. Its all well and good last season bringing on subs that had been trained to the nth degree physically, but now he is having to rely on subs trained by his relaxed and lazy coavhes, they do not have the same impact, nor does the first team have the energy levels of previous seasons to rely on and claw any defecits back.
This is where i feel fsg have been a little amiss ion not seeing this sooner and taking action.
I also feel a little (not much) sympathy for higher ups i. e. edwards n hughes.
Last summer was a dream team transfer window, however, after the players was brought in, AS had decided that the tactics from the year begore was no longer relevent and implemented his own style which none of the new players, or the stars we had, were used to the new playing style that was expected of them.
At no point did i ever see slot argue against the signings even if they did not fit with the way he wanted to play.
He needs to go now and if in any way possible bring XA and allow him the remaining months of the season to evaluate what he wants/ needs ready to go into next season, the least we should be targetting is CL qualification, i just don't see AS getting us it unless he wins it, then i still think he needs to go
sorry for long rant but im old, not a new shiny toy fan either, like a lot of you, been supporting since the 70's lol.
27 Jan 2026 01:38:52
STEVIE! Get your suit pressed son! It's nearly time!
27 Jan 2026 02:19:38
Frode our owners have consistently backed the squad, managers and players, over a long tenure, they do it in a methodical way and don't make rash decisions.
£450m in one summer, though the signings have been poor, I still see Isak bouncing back, Wirtz coming good, Ekitike has been great already (though they all need to up their fitness)
I am happy FSG run our club.
27 Jan 2026 02:21:52
Are you putting forward the preposterous idea that the owners of the club actually make decisions about their club? That really is ground ridiculous @Frode.
Getting the club into a position of winning the PL twice in 6 years, the CL and the World Club Championships. Hiring Jurgen and, yes, Slot who won the PL in his first season, the improvements to Anfield and the raining centre and repurchasing of Melwood as a dedicated training centre for the Women's team.
The owners see the club as a business asset and being businessmen they want to maximise the (financial) potential of their asset. In doing so they need to ensure that the team wins things. In order for the owners to increase profit and future resale value they need to ensure that the club maximises all revenue streams with a major stream being the team winning the PL, CL, etc. how hard is that to understand?
27 Jan 2026 04:42:38
So those in charge are asking the 1 guy, who doesn't want to change his style, how he is going to change our fortunes
They have now kicked the can down the road again, which is now a downhill, and the can is getting away from them.
Our league form is garbage. It won't get better because he won't change his style. He's proven time and again that he won't change it.
So top 4, as it stands, is in serious danger.
We now have to win the CL.
Good luck on that one.
27 Jan 2026 06:45:12
We are 100% not finishing top 5 at this rate. So we should take a gamble on a change, nothing to lose!
27 Jan 2026 07:48:57
I wonder if they just shag off each other in these meetings and call it a day. Cuz nothing ever comes out of these so called meetings. Just sea men these folks.
27 Jan 2026 08:21:09
So nobody's happy but nobody's doing anything about it. Great.
27 Jan 2026 08:30:35
@WDW a raining centre is all well and good but what about the wind?
27 Jan 2026 09:28:02
We as fan need to stop being impatient and let the owners make a decision which is best for the club. Alonso may be assembling his support team and may not be ready to take on the role straight away, he may be evaluating the squad and making notes how best to develop the team to suit his style.
With the current injury crisis and lack of fitness, would any other Interim coach do better than Slot?
27 Jan 2026 09:35:11
Don't know what kind of meeting you go to Cafu but doubt they are minuted.
27 Jan 2026 10:51:56
The owners may want to jump straight to Alonso without an interim, in which case there is probably some complication with settlement from RM, I understand this could be affected should he take a new position within a certain degree of time. Alonso also needs time to assemble his team to come in and there may be complication there or timing etc.
The meeting could well of been, AS is manager until the last game of the season, let try and go out on a high. They won't be making in public knowledge until all the full arrangements are in place.
27 Jan 2026 11:02:29
Well Slot's idea to start off slowly then build up to kick in the second half of the season .
I think Slot has forgotten to tell the players the second half of the season has come and gone.
Does anyone think the meeting today was to discuss the low block and the strong winds and that nasty Stevie Gerrard being nasty to Arne YNWA.
27 Jan 2026 14:16:35
Amazing how many people ignored the question if they would still hate on Slot if he won the Champions League.
Only one person said about not beating Burnley but alluded to the fact we have already beaten Real Madrid (managed by none other than the messiah Xabi Alonso everyone is so desperate for). We also went to the Marseille notoriously difficult to play at and won comfortably.
Also beat Milan away and destroyed Frankfurt and beat Athletico Madrid.
But no one wants to remember this and will focus on the loss to PSV more.
Carragher is right that the disrespect thrown at Slot is unreal.
No one thought Benitez and his merry-men of misfits would win the Champions League and they did. No one thought Di Matteo would win anything at Chelsea, and he won the Champions League.
I understand all the gripes, but, and yes it is still a big BUT, if we were able to secure the Champions League this season will you all still be calling for his head come May?
27 Jan 2026 15:33:56
Yes johnny id still want him gone
He is a terrible manager
Stubborn in his ways
Disrespectful to the club
Put it this way if and hopefully when he does go are the likes of Madrid Citeh Bayern or Barce going to be competing for his signature.
27 Jan 2026 16:02:49
Jonny, I understand the point you are trying to get to, and yes if Slot was able to win the Champions League it would be difficult to imagine Slot not staying on. However, being realistic, that doesn't seem likely at this point in time. We have had better results and performances in the CL but even there, the performances haven't been anything I could say we could hang our hat on, as we still have moments of vulnerability that carries over from the league form, and in a match up over two legs, I think the moments we face in league will be more prevalent than the CL league format.
There is always a chance we win it, like Rafa and Di Matteo, but this situation feels more like Di Matteo, where we stick with Slot, if he won it, and would be facing the same questions mid-way through next season. Slot has struggled this year with the team and setting us up in a system that suits the players and from the outside looking in, his man management has been sub-par at best. I have sympathy for him in not getting all the profiles he would have liked to help the overall squad but he ignores the chances to give anyone bar Rio a chance from the U21's.
Keeping Slot in place feels more like a Di Matteo or Ten Hagg moment, where it is clear to see we are struggling but relying on singular games to cling to for hope when the record tells you the real story. Too many games we see the same type of football and no change to what we are doing. One thing that stands out to me, one of many but winds me up in particular, is the moment Gakpo gets the ball. He has come under scrutiny this season and I am in that same boat, but as a coach who wants to play him, there just seems to be little done to maximize his strengths. When he cuts back inside, I feel, we should see players peel off to attack the back post so he can whip it in, someone show to the ball to bounce it off so he can have a shot in a better area, runners going in behind to drag defenders back to open up the shot. I don't see this, at least consistently, which suggests to me that we don't have plan in the final third, more hope than expectation at times.
I also think the dig at Alonso is harsh, I think his overall time as a coach of Leverkusen and short time at Real gives me belief he is the right man to take us forward. Regardless of the shape he plays, I think his principles and structure off the ball is what we lack the most. He wants his teams to press high to win the ball and force mistakes. The job at Real was going well up until the 2-1 win vs Barca, then Vini Jr threw a strop and things snowballed. I don't think any appointment can be guaranteed, just ask Man United, but I feel a change is important as I just don't see anything since the loss to Man City to suggest things can turn around for the better.
27 Jan 2026 16:16:12
I don't think many people on here 'hate' slot, a lot of people on here see that he isn't right for liverpool, that doesn't take away from what he has acheived, a PL in the first season is fantastic and most fans appreciate that. We can also see that we have not progressed this season and we have taken a massive step backwards, maybe we will win the CL but that is a long way off and we are no way near that so you cannot really take that into account, we should be beating everyone except the top teams.
27 Jan 2026 17:21:48
I get the point, but ultimately he hasn't been given the squad to utilise like he should.
I am not bemoaning injuries but the players bought in are only starting to come good, and that is because they are starting to understand the league and what we need.
Wirtz and Frimpong look so much recently.
Kerkez is starting to understand the pressure of playing a top team.
Ekitike has been our only consistent.
Mamardashvili was a drop in terms of experience from Kelleher.
Leoni is injured and was Quansah's replacement, who actually had prem experience and was reliably available.
Macca and Grav have fallen off, but Szobo is on a different level and same as Jones.
Gakpo, I love, but yes his move is obvious. He cuts inside. He was an alternative to Diaz so teams didn't know how to set-up. We don't have that. Rio is promising but no Diaz.
It certainly hasn't been great, but I like to give someone the opportunity to prove themself before throwing them under a bus. I think Hughes and board have to be questioned more on why they didn't back him. Semenyo and Guehi were both on our list and we let them go. Had they signed January 1st I believe we would be in a very different position.
27 Jan 2026 18:55:37
Winning, of course, is the most important thing. But, beyond that, I think Liverpool is maybe a little bit unique insofar as the extent to just how much it matters to us that the manager embrace the culture, history, and identity of the club, city, and supporters. We're not really satisfied unless we've got the next Shanks or Paisley at the helm. We had that with Kenny and we had that with Klopp. We even had it to some extent with Rafa. We just don't with Slot though.
What's rankled me about him from the start is the feeling that, at the end of the day, it's just a job for him. Maybe it's just him being laconic, but it doesn't seem like he truly loves the club in the way that I want him to. Maybe, in this day and age, that's an unrealistic expectation, but I can't help but demand it nonetheless.
I think the thing that's got us so excited about Xabi, beyond his attractive brand of football, is that he's a club legend, and we already know that he'll bleed for us.
27 Jan 2026 19:26:26
Gakpo you love? ? for that reason and that reason alone. I'm out.
27 Jan 2026 20:15:32
Galatasaray from the Mighty Turkey (possibly the strongest league in the World? LMAO) had not won a HOME game in the UCL since 2017-2018, till Slot turned up this season?
But it wasn't the Wind this time, the crowd was whistling and jeering us? he should have been instantly sacked after that post match conference, like last Saturday's Wind excuse!
Just tell the Truth Arne, you are not good enough for Liverpool Football Club and never will be.