10 Feb 2026 14:10:02
Hello all,
You will see A lot of narratives being thrown about in favor of Arne Slot.
The club don't mind that, the idea and message from the club has been clear for months.
Slot is working a notice per se and will be replaced this summer.
Ta.
{Ed025's Note - cheers Carra it certainly looks that way, do you not see that changing even if the results stay the same and that it may cost you a place in the CL mate?..
10 Feb 2026 14:41:46
Madness to let the rot continue.
10 Feb 2026 14:43:23
Cheers, Carra.
We could be 7 and 8 points behind "basketcase" clubs Chelsea and Man United tomorrow evening.
Hughes and Edwards should be on notice too.
10 Feb 2026 14:48:19
Can we confirm that Xabi is his successor Carra?
10 Feb 2026 14:59:51
Thanks Carra.
Appreciate this is a difficult situation but can you (or others) shine a light on what the overall thinking is from the ownership side?
I understand all the arguments around quality replacements not being available until the summer, etc. - but it just seems like a totally wild course of action to inform a manager that he's done at the end of the season and expect it to play out positively. Surely this info will have filtered through to the players and their heads will be totally gone.
Or is it that Slot has been explicitly told that he's gone in the summer unless he can turn hit a very specific target? Potentially winning the Champions League?
I guess it just feels like a bit of a farce and it's difficult to believe that the club could be in this position given the multitude of serious businessmen behind the scenes.
Appreciate any and all insight the Eds and ITKs offer - you're doing God's work.
10 Feb 2026 15:42:09
On current form I do not think we make the top five I really hope
I am wrong but not making top five will hinder our ability to sign the correct profile of player and possibly make conversations about appointing the correct manager harder.
10 Feb 2026 15:42:55
Thanks Carra, but what happens if results get worse before then,
10 Feb 2026 15:46:23
Thanks Carra
Replaced by Xabi?
10 Feb 2026 15:47:30
Madness, pure madness to let this continue. He should go now. Slot might be out of his depth to deal with the issues faced this year which is unfortunate and whilst he seems professional enough to see the role out I cannot believe for a second that any human being in their right mind would put their all, their absolute everything, into a role when you already know you are being replaced.
If this is true it is absolute insanity and those above Slot should also be questioned on their own ability to fulfill their roles.
In any other job this wouldn't be considered incompetence, you'd forgive people for thinking it was active sabotage.
10 Feb 2026 15:48:41
I wonder if we are sizing up the commentary of a mutual parting so Slot can be at home with his family?
10 Feb 2026 15:51:40
Ed025 - if what Carra is saying is true about Slot working his notice I've a feeling we'll let the season pan out and go for Iraola?
Out of contract end of season @ Bournemouth and Less pressure on him if we're in Europa league.
IMO the noise around Alonso has gone quiet and if he really did want the job I can't think why they wouldn't push him to come now? Or is Alonso hedging his bets? Seeing our decline and another summer rebuild during a World Cup.
I've said for weeks that we have pivotal games coming up - if Chelsea and United get 3 points tonight it cranks the pressure up on us and I can't see us rising to the challenge.
I just don't see us winning 2 or 3 possibly more games than those two sides.
{Ed025's Note - i still think you will finish above Utd and Chelsea BR...they are no great shakes either mate, i expect you will have the pick of your choice at the end of the season manager wise whether that is Iraola, Alonso or anyone else because you dont turn down the chance to manage Liverpool..
10 Feb 2026 16:12:53
Cheers Carra.
So Edwards and co are honestly willing to let this season slip into what would essentially be one big waste? Especially considering the fact that if we lose tomorrow night top four is almost impossible when you take into account our current form.
I have tried to slice this up each and every way but I just don't get the thought process behind those in power. I mean, how bad does it have to get? What a waste of season they are allowing it to be.
Alonso is there, ready and without a job. This is the same guy they wanted before Slot. You are honestly telling me if we say come now, he will say no. So why are they dragging this out?
10 Feb 2026 16:13:07
The sooner we don't have to listen to his passive aggressive pressers anymore the better. He's not worthy of his role or this club. Thx for the update Carra.
10 Feb 2026 16:22:16
Thanks Carra. I really needed your post after Sunday.
10 Feb 2026 16:41:44
Great news carra.
10 Feb 2026 16:46:47
I understand the risk of replacing now. because would that not involve a quick change in backroom staff, coaches etc?
But can it get any worse?
We play maybe 30 minutes of actually decent football each game, if that!
We've seen United have this sudden surge of playing well and confidence under Carrick. Not to say this would be as simple as that.
But at what point do they decide wether the risk of changing now and losing out on champions league football < try something new, because why not?
I will love Slot for winning is the title. But we all know, it was Jurgens team and that same attitude of 'we'll go out and try harder, new start etc'. But it's gone and fizzeled out right?
Klopp could change a game. In different ways. Slot might do slightly by throwing on about 6 forwards but nothing happens or it's too late!
If we wait till summer, do we risk Alonso getting snapped up by City? If we agree something with xabi now, and slot miraculously wins the champions league, does that change it?
10 Feb 2026 16:43:09
Thanks Ed - I admire your relaxed optimism mate ??.
{Ed025's Note - imo you still have good team BR, yes it needs a few tweaks and certainly a new manager mate..but this is Liverpool..
10 Feb 2026 17:24:38
If they are waiting until summer and winning the CL wouldn't change the outcome then it suggests Alonso is not the pick or we are not Alonso's pick. Otherwise there would be no reason to delay.
10 Feb 2026 17:27:03
Thanks Carra I got a feeling we are going to have a bad week this week and think he will be gone after Brighton game when we go out of the fa cup and fall further behind after dropping more points against Sunderland.
10 Feb 2026 17:27:37
Cheers Carra.
I can understand the thought process of parting ways at the end of the season but honestly if results keep going negatively the club might have to pull the pin even earlier before things get more toxic.
The club needs UCL football so missing out on that would be a disaster and baring a massive turn in form and others dropping away it does look like that might well be the case unfortunately.
10 Feb 2026 15:05:11
Hello Ed025,
I hope you're keeping well.
I previously mentioned that talks with Steven Gerrard took place prior to Christmas.
Whilst talks were positive for a interim role, LFC decided to stick and wait until the summer.
Fabregas was also spoken to as I previously mentioned.
Talks again were positive but nothing doing.
If you're asking my opinion.
IF we're eliminated from Europe early on, a move COULD be pushed forward which would give Xabi valuable time to assess the squad.
Ta.
{Ed025's Note - thanks for that Carra mate..
10 Feb 2026 15:06:56
Thx as always Carra.
The longer it goes on i have come to the conclusion. Imo
Suits don't want to be seen to sack a title winning manager. however. end of season when we don't qualify for Europe at all (ruled out CL) and we are back to hodgson/ Rodgers form and league standings. it will be quite easy and let's face it. who will argue or give them any heat for it? .
His latest comments saying we have only been outplayed 3 times this season for one half beggars belief. no idea he managed to say it withput the whole room laughing.
I'm officially on game countdown. 13 to go.
I would like to see out results over the last calender year from Feb to Feb. got to feeling it would make Anges record at spurs read like title winning form. (Tongue n cheek)
10 Feb 2026 15:15:01
It seems the club want to make absolutely sure top 4 is gone before making a decision.
I hope Hughes will be following him out the door as well, he has been a total failure.
10 Feb 2026 15:26:36
I think our dithering is going to result in Alonso going to City. Nothing new there though.
10 Feb 2026 15:31:04
Thanks Carra!
Assume if things get any worse he will go sooner. We have some very winnable games coming up, I'd like to think if we don't get a lot of points in the next 4 league games he'd be gone.
10 Feb 2026 15:34:58
The players need to be given the chance to make every success of what is left.
The way things are, and the way we play, that opportunity just isn't there for them.
10 Feb 2026 15:35:05
Thanks Carra.
I don't like sacking a manager.
Only just in positive goal diff.
17pts behind Arsenal.
Boring football.
Players performing awfully, but still picked.
Players out of position.
Limited use of youngsters.
The list goes on and on.
We have to say goodbye.
10 Feb 2026 17:00:33
I am just worried that summer could be too late. We might get the coach we want, but I think would struggle to get the players we want if we miss out on CL.
The performances just give out the impression that the players do not want to play for Slot, and Slot does not want to be at the club. Feel for players like Wirtz who have taken the leap of faith and joined us over the pick of clubs he had.
{Ed025's Note - Liverpool will always attract the best players RRH even if you dont qualify for the CL Mate..
10 Feb 2026 18:05:17
As much as I hope your info is right Carra, I'm just struggling to get my head around the current situation. It doesn't make any sense at all to continue with a manager that you have already made the decision to get rid of especially when this is something the manager is aware of.
Doesn't really make sense on so many levels that I'm having a hard time believing a decision has already been made.
10 Feb 2026 18:11:20
Yes, a post from Carra. ?been checking me phone all day. swear down me bird thinks I'm carrying on.
10 Feb 2026 18:22:26
Appreciated as always Carra! Top man!
It just feels so horrendously managed from top to bottom. I'm starting to agree with you Ed1 in regards Hughes and Edwards. How has Slot not been sacked yet? He is absolutely abysmal, as are the two of them!
Are they aware there's a World Cup in the summer?
IF. Xabi was to come in he will have very little time with the first team for pre season, nor, time to asses what he may need transfer wise.
Not bringing him in now to give a few months with these players and then have a strong summer window is just sheer incompetence to the highest possible extreme. They are literally, knowingly, writing off this season. This is Liverpool Football Club. We don't do that!
10 Feb 2026 19:02:17
Cheers Carra. Season is a write off then folks.
10 Feb 2026 19:08:46
Thanks Carra. I am so pleased I have just read your post. Thanks for your information YNWA.
10 Feb 2026 19:40:34
I've never agreed with Chelsea's trigger happy style, but this, the absolute opposite, has to be the poorest decision making I've ever seen at the club; compounded by leaving us short at the back after transfer window. IMHO this shows that the hierarchy is strategically incompetent. If he has no authority / future, the players will smell this, and there's no way he can motivate them.
I'd put our chances of finishing top 4 at almost zero. And yet, à la Carrick, there's a very strong group of players there that with the right motivation could still go on an unbeaten run. What a joke!
10 Feb 2026 19:44:15
Hello Carra
Are you still of the opinion alonso is going to be manager whether that's before or at the end of the season?
Especially now with links to Man City with pep reportedly leaving?
I fear we're going to miss out again.
Thanks.
10 Feb 2026 20:14:48
I take it from your response Carra, and stating, Alonso can assess the squad that he's agreed to take over at end of the season?
10 Feb 2026 20:24:22
We just keep kicking the can down the road
Like Frode said. season is a write off.
10 Feb 2026 20:44:12
Jamie Car Rager!
It is far, far more important who replaces him? for one he has to have PL experience as a Manager not a Coach, every other league is very weak to the PL.
10 Feb 2026 20:47:07
Mouthed makes a point I've been wondering about for several weeks.
Please Wake up LFC the closed season this summer will be very short. After the World Cup is over lots of our players will return late.
If it is to be Alonso he must have more time. I can see us out of CL before April. We are suited better to playing in Europe but that's a small comfort.
The day after we are out of CL should be the very latest to appoint the new guy. Anything less will be dereliction of duty.
As it stands not only will this season be ruined I feel we are potentially undermining next. I'm too old to suffer two crap seasons in a row.
All we are saying is give xavi a chance.
10 Feb 2026 20:48:13
Slot remains for next season. Not what you want to hear, but that's the reality. He stays whether we are in top 5, or not. We lost a whole pre-season with Jota, any cups
are a bonus.
10 Feb 2026 21:03:40
What a bunch of sissies at the top. They need to grow a pair and sack some people.
10 Feb 2026 21:45:53
thanks Carra.
Taking your info as true, then for me, it increases my respect for Slot.
If he is working under notice that he will be replaced then that is very big of him to maintain his cool under those kinds of conditions. No hint that he's downed tools like many fans have.
10 Feb 2026 21:46:34
So, to summarise in two words "Nothing's changed".
Nice to discuss these things though.
10 Feb 2026 19:05:51
I would imagine missing out on the CL will affect incomings Ed, if not for players wanting to come, the money might not be there.
I'd take Gerrard for the last 15 or so games of the season. At least he'll bring back some intensity and some pride. It's worth a roll for me because status quo we're not making top 5.
10 Feb 2026 19:27:32
What's really concerning me is the conciliatory comments ed025 is making ref Liverpool! Not on the turn are you fella?
{Ed025's Note - thats never likely to happen Avitohyes.. :)
10 Feb 2026 21:57:58
This is not correct.
I am ready for the abuse, but Slot will be manager come August unless the dramatic happens finish below European places and no trophy.
Conversations were held at board level which including Slot, where they discussed the frustration and disappointment around this season. They have advised they are not extending his 3 year deal at present, however no talk of him working notice either.
This would be a foolish move to make by the club letting a manager know he is not wanted during the season and is certainly not how FSG have ever done business and neither have Liverpool as a club.
Amazing how quiet the site was during those two high scoring wins.
The club still have faith in Slot and this squad of players. With work being done to improve the playing staff in the summer.
10 Feb 2026 22:15:59
Haha behave Faithworks are you trolling or believe that. Why would he hand his notice in he'd relinquish any pay off if he walks.
10 Feb 2026 23:23:28
I'm with you on this Johnny. Just to clarify, I have no information whatsoever but it's simply implausible that the club have agreed to sack Slot in the summer and already informed Slot. I mean seriously guys, how is anyone believing that? The club will want Slot to achieve the absolute maximum out of the remainder of the season, not telling him he's already lost his job.
IMO it's pretty clear the club have yet to make a decision on Slot's future and that will likely only happen once this season has ended. But barring a total disaster next few months, I think it's highly likely Slot will still be here next season.
11 Feb 2026 01:32:56
6 wins in the last 20 matches is a catastrophe, particularly when we've spent £450m.
Slot has shown himself incapable of arresting the slide into mediocrity (and worse) as well as a poor man manager. When the rubbish hit the fan he's had no answer.
It's genuinely hard to see how we'll pick up enough points to qualify for the Champions League, you only need to look at the run in we have, which includes United, Chelsea, Fulham, Palace and Brentford who have all taken points off us and had an easy game, with two away games, at Villa and Everton who are more likely to take points off of us.
And as for anyone pinning their hopes on a miraculous champions league win. Well you're in for disappointment.
If Slot remains another year we'll be fighting relegation battles. He's just not up to the job.
11 Feb 2026 01:40:54
I didn't say he handed in his notice, that was the word Carra used.
11 Feb 2026 07:17:41
So, if Carra's info is correct, are you suggesting he is staying just for money, Frode? Surely if a coach was told that he was fired no matter what at the end of the season and he should just be quiet, keep his head down and make sure the club ends up in the CL spots regardless of whether he was given the support he needed in the winter window with all the injuries, he would consider handing in his notice?
I don't get people going on and on about the 450 mill, did you see our bench in the last game? Also, maybe Slot wanted certain things in the market that Hughes et al did not give him? People make it seem like we have a wealth of options but Slot isn't using them. I completely get that the results have been bad and quite honestly not good enough, but I do have some sympathy for Slot to a certain extent.
As for the suggestion that he simply has no answer when things are going wrong, I think he has made changes that have got us results or had us playing better in games, against City he fixed the problems we were having with Semenyo floating around and allowing City to always have an extra man free in the build up, before having us completely dominate the game for half an hour. That is not easy to do, to make an adjustment in game to completely change the momentum and get us on top. The problem is that a lot of the time we have been reactive rather than proactive in our preparation, and all too often we are caught off guard by the other team and having to counter this, rather than forcing our style upon them from the outset.
I accept that this is not the way I want my team to play. At the same time, I don't like the suggestion that Slot is tactically inept or that he keeps doing the same thing, I think he is perfectly within his rights to say in the Sunderland presser that he has tried different things and they appear to be working but invariably something goes wrong and we concede.
Are players making bad decisions at crucial times always the coach's fault? For example, when we conceded against Bournemouth when Slot was screaming at the players to put the ball out so we could get somebody on with Gomez injured, was that Slot's fault? I'm not so sure all the blame can be laid at his feet. There are a whole host of things that are compounding, with experienced players doing inexplicably dumb things, and yes, the coach is a big part of that, but I feel like on here every single thing is made out to be Slot's responsibility.
11 Feb 2026 07:49:42
Faith working his notice doesn't in any way make him noble if he's getting millions in a pay off. The noble thing would be for him to walk as he's taken this team as far as it can go.
11 Feb 2026 08:58:15
Its been a disappointing season no doubt, but we're still Liverpool.
We've all seen much worse Liverpool teams win trophies, to see so many give up on a season with so much still to play for is really sad.
Luckily all those poor Liverpool teams didn't quit so easily, we're the most decorated team in England because we can win as underdogs too.
Wanting a change of manager is fine if you believe it's in the best interest of the club, but it doesn't make you right and there are 'supporters' on here hoping we finish 8th and win nothing as per a discussion on here yesterday, that's not support and it's not how Liverpool became so great.
I don't know if Slot is the long term solution, he's made mistakes but he's also a proven winner and I think giving him the rest of the season before deciding is the right thing to do.
You might assert that we have no chance of winning anything with Slot in charge, again that's fine but it doesn't make you right
11 Feb 2026 09:26:06
Nice one Carra.
Slot has not been told he will be sacked, I don't know why people are thinking that. People above him have had conversations which he ain't privy to. As I've said previously, winning the CL is probably the only thing that will save him. Although we have 2 games left of my hunch ?. Slots also delusional with his latest comments about Klopp keeping his job without CL. You ain't half the coach he was, so pipe down.
Johnny, those 2 big wins. 1 against some backend of nowhere European team who we should be beating comfortably and a Newcastle side without key players. We got found out by Citeh, which shows we are just as bad as before those 2 wins.
11 Feb 2026 11:05:21
To be fair Thefields, that backend of nowhere European team drew against Chelsea, beat Eintracht and Benfica, all of those teams should have expected to win against them, they're not pushovers by any stretch of the imagination. Also against Newcastle we went behind after being poor for the bulk of the first half and then came back to absolutely steamroll them, that's not something we have done for a long time. Against City we went from having 0 shots and being penned in for most of the first half to dominating the game and being in a position where we should have scored more than one goal to put the game away. I think that what we did in each of those three games should be appreciated, just as much as the bad stuff should be scrutinised and criticised.
I agree with everyone else that we have been far from good enough this year, but at the same time I don't think we are a hopeless team. Even with injuries we are a very good team, but often we don't show that quality for sustained enough periods or in crucial moments.
What's frustrating is that we can do very well and then completely throw the game away. I don't understand how in the City game we can go from being completely passive to being well on top to throwing the game away in 10 minutes of madness, we can go from abysmal to great to horrifying in the space of an instant.
11 Feb 2026 11:05:37
Normally agree @Thefields but have to say that the latest team to catch us out are the dominant club in the EPL for the past decade and I think we tried to put up a fight. We are very poor compared to, say, late 2019, early 2020, but we can - really frustrating - play well in short spells.
11 Feb 2026 11:10:38
So basically, no definitive decision has been made regarding Slot's future as it very much depends on how the rest of the season pans out.
11 Feb 2026 11:20:24
The fields found out against City!?
Come on. Alisson gave away a penalty in the last minute uncharacteristically and a penalty that wasn't awarded to another team in similar fashion weeks ago.
Was Salah not pulled back for a Red Card!?
We all know it hasn't been the Liverpool we want to see, but we have always supported the club, the players and managers through hard times.
Seems a lot on here forgot what they wrote in the summer about football not mattering when they have gone through what they did with Jota. Even remember a few fans saying it doesn't matter where we finish this year. That soon has gone out the window.
Those criticising Slot didn't criticise Klopp so heavily and how many years did it take him to win a trophy. Klopp also had two disastrous seasons inbetween all his glory and Slot was right to point that out. After winning the title and the season after we nearly won 4 trophies we were dire!
Give Slot time with this actual squad, support the players and who knows, we may end up with an FA Cup or Champions League.
Yes Qarabag aren't top, but they didn't do terribly in the League phase and we put 6 past them!
11 Feb 2026 12:51:01
Klopp was a leader and much more than a coach. He invested his heart and soul into the team, the club, the city and the culture. It is that committment which inspired trust in others - he lead by example.
Slot has done nothing of the sort and does not inspire confidence.
He is just another out of place Dutch manager who's eg / vision for the game is more important than collective success.
Yes Hughes and Edwards have a lot to answer for following the purchase of Isak (wasted money) and the unbalanced squad - the pressure is well and truly on them to deliver what they believe they are capable of delivering, without a figurehead like Jurgen.
For the cost of Isak we could have had Semenyo, Guehi and Pedro, and would have been better equiped for a title defence, or perhaps just waited to use that money for the second part of the rebuild.
The next moves are critical - manager, playing staff and squad balance. Alonso is on another level to Slot entirely. He is someone i want to hear speak, he is someone that players connect with, he is someone who understand the culture of L4.
11 Feb 2026 14:26:13
PB, aye they have had some good results but regardless its a team that a team like ours should be beating comfortably.
Aye WDW but they have not been anywhere near that standard for a couple of seasons now. We should of beaten them, like so many others this season but we wilted like we have done.
So basically what's been happening all season then Jonny? Mistake after mistake costing us games? It wasn'tnt a red card, Salah of this season wasn't going to score. Guehi was also not the last man. I support the club through thick and thin but when things are wrong and people need to be held accountable, I'm not just going to gloss over it. I ain't one of those type of fans but you will still see me supporting the club. You are generalising there, most of the fans I know IRL and on here have not said that it doesn't matter where we finish because of the Jota situation. Most had us as favourites for the league. Life is bigger than football but results matter regardless. Plenty of people criticised Klopp during his reign for multiple reasons e. g. Pep, playing players out of position, buying duds, favouritism etc. Tbh I've not been overly impressed by the performances in our last 3 games, yes we have played slightly better but that's against teams that play into our hands. Slot has had enough time as far as I'm concerned and I'm usually not like that. Major Hodgson vibes this season imo.
11 Feb 2026 14:45:56
Told you about Gerrard and the whispers around here. We're in a city but it's a village here! I'd still go as far to say there's a place on the table for Stevie if Alonso comes in, but might be awkward for both.
11 Feb 2026 15:41:27
I have to agree with the point about our last 3 games. They played into our hands.
We struggle against teams that are physical, dominate midfield.
City like to play football, don't sit back, same with Newcastle and they were depleted as well.
Nothing has really changed that would suggest we will get a result today unfortunately against a team that of plays to it's strengths will win.
11 Feb 2026 17:07:42
Well said The Fields!
11 Feb 2026 17:38:51
I feel like Carra, Fields and Jonny are all saying the same thing regarding Slot and their information. He has been told things haven't been up to standard and he needs to have a better second half to the season. Only difference is Jonny thinks we get top 5 and maybe a trophy and Feilds and Carra don't and the board will let Slot and have sounded out replacements.
I don't think any fan would want to see Slot go when the season started and even now everyone is divided to a degree. I don't think there is any guarantee a new manager comes in all is rosey in the garden. But I have not seen any signs that Slot is the man to take us forward. While results have improved, it's hard to say performances have. It is hard to see how we can look at the City game and say it was a positive performance.
I was hoping to see a huge improvement from us vs City as this was the first time in a long time where we have had a full week to prepare for a game. This was the time for Slot to show how good he is tactically and have a game plan. I didn't see that in the slightest. City played the same as the first game, forcing the ball to Konate and pressing from there, felt like we barely got in their half before the break. Second half was better of course, but why did we waste a half playing passive, lumping the ball long and drop off instead of press from the front, when we did, we looked decent. But again when we scored we did the same as the first half, dropped off, allowed them to dominate the ball and hope to catch them on the break through a bit if brilliance from an individual rather than a pattern of play.
I don't think Slot is a bad coach, but I think this situation is something he hasn't dealt with in the past, something he alluded to, and the pressure is obviously a different level. The biggest worry is that I haven't seen a huge improvement in any performance this year, apart from Qarabag, where I felt there was progression in our overall performance levels, Newcastle and Marseille had too many moments where they should have scored to fill me with any confidence, and an improved plan in how we set up defensively (aside from play a low block) and attacking patterns where it feels more individual moments rather than set ideas on how to progress the ball forward or combine in the final third.
I would love nothing more than for Slot to pick this team up from the ground, go on a winning run of games and at least go far in the Champions league and FA cup while getting top 5 but nothing tells me that is happening from how the season has progressed, the board would be stupid not to look at what should happen if this season continues how it has been all season. For me it should be sooner rather than later.
11 Feb 2026 17:35:44
Klopp 1 Premier League. Slot 1 Premier League.
You guys are delusional and nostalgic. We had the same season in 22/ 23, did you want Klopp sacked then?
After 21/ 22 we all know Klopp got found out tactically and didn't have any new ideas that's why we were stuck.
Slot came in and basically refreshed the team tactically to win us the title, believe me Klopp wouldn't have won it.
Slot plays the modern system every top manager plays, but his half-time adjustments are the best, we saw that last year. This season combined with the literal death of a player which rarely does someone has to deal with, and the massive drop off from Gakpo and Salah means that he is out of wingers and no manager on the planet can do something about that in the modern game.
Also many freak injuries, and a broken defence, even Klopp couldn't cope with injuries.
In the summer if Hughes brings him proper wingers, improves the defence and gets a midfielder you'll see how this team will walk the league.
In my opinion there isn't a manager on the planet that will compete for the title with this unbalanced team, even the mighty footballing god Alonso.
And I almost forgot, Guardiola was rubbish last season without wingers and Rodri.
11 Feb 2026 18:57:25
Bogaloud. The fact in your opinion is he plays the modern style of football that every top manager plays is the problem. It's ruining football, taking the passion away, and the fun. He's just another amorin. 1 style of football bollocks has been found out. He's a poor Liverpool manager than took klopps team and won a title with them, the league was as poor last year as it is now.
The Premier League has been dropping in quality for sometime. Arsenal are Walking this league heavily relying on set piece goals. He's made the team worse and worse with his boring football. That's why klopp was such a breath of fresh air and loved by every football fan, not just the Liverpool ones either. This slot is sucking the life out of anfield.
11 Feb 2026 20:30:48
Slot will be here next season. It's not an excuse, but a reason: Jota's death has blown apart our pre-season and Slot's ability to motivate.
11 Feb 2026 21:04:38
Magico1234
Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there is no other Klopp. Alonso or anyone else at the moment won't be any different than Slot.
11 Feb 2026 21:19:12
I hate people using Jota's god rest his soul passing as the answer to what's happening. We had better form at the start of the season when it was fresh. The boys did incredibly well to cope with the mental bomb that hit them.
It's tactics we all know it. Our wins I feel we've been lucky with late goals. We have to change things and it starts with Arne I'm afraid.
11 Feb 2026 22:25:16
There is no single reason why we have been poor. There are a number of factors that have contributed. One of them was Jota's incredibly sad and untimely passing, but, like I say, it is only one factor, not the sole reason.
11 Feb 2026 22:49:08
I would suggest rewatching the Robbo interview after the Scotland win and state his death hasn't had an impact.
TheFields, there is a huge difference between making excuses and being able to logically see things for what they are.
We all know that terrible run was awful. Even the run where we weren't losing wasn't fantastic to watch, but got us back in amongst Top 4.
I think performances have improved. The likes of Kerkez, Wirtz and Konate have all looked so much better recently.
Yes we spent £400m and me like most were hoping it would all click immediately and we would win the league at a canter. But realism has to kick in.
We have gone from having a generational talent in TAA who was always available to 7 different RBs this season.
Kerkez finding his feet a top team.
Diaz, Jota and Nunez all gone. Replaced by Ekitike and Isak. One of which has been injured the vast majority.
3rd choice young CB Quansah who had Prem experience has gone and replaced with an emerging talent who got an ACL in first game.
I have rewatched many games this season and it amazes we have ended up losing or drawing. Last season they were wins.
I feel if Slot is backed with the two maybe three more in the summer then he will achieve so much next season.
I am just shocked that more fans are ready to bring down the axe when Klopp had similar seasons and issues. Yes he was criticised but he wasn't met with the hostility Slot has endured this season.
11 Feb 2026 23:15:41
So many opinions and frankly good arguments on both sides. Bottom line for me though is Slot's excuse matrix this season is off the charts. It's been pathetic at times (the wind for eg) but the new low was bringing Klopp into the argument.
A club legend for the ages. Slot will only further divide the fan base and his own reputation with such desperate and weak rhetoric.
11 Feb 2026 23:28:42
You know what will further divide the fanbase? "Fans" disrespecting and insulting our title winning manager. (Btw one of the top 5 managers in the world at the moment) instead of supporting him and having patience to find the solution, he is also a young manager who can improve with the team.
And twerking for Alonso who time after time showed that we're not his first choice and he doesn't like us as much as we think.
First asking Benitez to let him leave for Arsenal in 2008, also had in his contract at Leverkusen a clause for Man City.
Even if that doesn't matter i really don't know what has Alonso done to prove to you that he is better than Slot?
Can someone genuinely tell me why does this fanbase twerk so much for Alonso, like he is one of our biggest legends. Imho he is not that much further ahead of Slot.
12 Feb 2026 07:12:21
Bogaloud - Alonso leaving the club stemmed from Benitez falling out with him because he chose to be at the birth of his child rather than play a game. Benitez then wanted to replace him with Barry which is well documented and the funds would have been made by selling him to Juventus (from memory) where he wasn't that keen on going as his family was settled in Liverpool.
Whilst I am not 100% on board with the fact he held out for the Madrid move and the strange contractural agreement around Man City, he knows Liverpool, his family loves the Liverpool and when the original process began he was number one target for what he has done at Leverkusen and he was performing at Madrid until the players realised it could be hard work. If the manager is to change Alonso makes sense to be number one target.
12 Feb 2026 04:07:20
Cheers Ed025, you know your always welcome on this side of the fence! hehe :)
{Ed025's Note - nice to know KC.. :)
12 Feb 2026 08:53:50
Pretty darn disrespectful comparing Slot to Amorim, I appreciate that you might not think Slot should last the season or that he shouldn't be the coach next year, but the least we could do is thank him for his service and what he has achieved, he's tried to do what he can to get results, he's made countless tweaks in game or out to fix problems that have emerged throughout this season. Are a lot of problems of his own making or because he (and not just him, but Hughes and Edwards et al) didn't anticipate them arising this year? Yes. But there are also problems that aren't his fault. The whole time he has got on with the job and never made it all about him or beat his chest in the press the way that Amorim has.
The way some people talk on here it's like Slot's existence is an insult to the city and the fans, and every time he opens his mouth to defend himself it's treated as an excuse, to me I feel like he has every right to defend himself when even some of our fans say that he won with Klopp's tactics and team, imagine winning a title and having your own team's fans suggest that you don't deserve credit and you don't belong in the prem.
12 Feb 2026 11:41:59
Yeah, I think there is some disrespect towards Slot. But, at the same time, the players a lot of the time look like they are just playing through the motions, trying to get to summer, and as if they all know he is gone. I still believe that if this team was playing with happiness and desire alone, we would be top 3 or 4 favourites for the Champions League at a minimum. So my only thing would be, just stick anybody in, almost. Get Stevie as interim, heck, let Virg be coach till end of season. At this point in time, I do not think the players need deep tactical coaching or training.
Even if they are getting this now, if they are disconnected with the people giving the message, then it is pointless. And yeah, it is a weird time because, while obviously you would want us to win every game between now and end of season (let's say players just banded together and got morale up and went for it), would Slot then keep his job? And if so, would the players just switch off again? I just think when players are disconnected from the manager at large (which, again, I am speculating, but the way we are playing, to me it looks like it), then you simply have to change at that point.
12 Feb 2026 14:45:14
There seems to be some common ground, but also some disagreement, between those that say they are ITK. Either Slot knows he's to be sacked, or he doesn't, or actually he will not be sacked at all. They are all the options, so we will wait and see. The ITK have a 33.3% chance of getting it right. The only ITK I would listen to is Carra, personally. Those that are saying this is a lack of pre season and Jota's passing is the root of it, I think are wrong. If you can't motivate a team and get them to win it all for the memory of their mate, you shouldn't be in the job as leader of the team, which is what Slot is supposed to be.
We started playing this rubbish 12 months ago, toward the end of February 2025, and only won the league as we had a good cushion and no one could take advantage of poor performances toward the back end of the season. Jota was very much alive then, it's just carried on from there as the deconditioning from Klopp era fitness levels tailed off to nothing. Slot's tactics have nothing to do with Jota, the awful way he treats the youth team players have nothing to do with Jota, his insistence at picking Gakpo game after game after game have nothing to do with Jota. This is on him. He needs to go.
12 Feb 2026 15:01:19
Are the players going through the motions? I don't know, it doesn't look like it to me. Wirtz and Ekitike don't look like they're unhappy to be here, they look like they're enjoying themselves more and more as they gain confidence and fitness. Konate has been very good since he came back from his father's deathbed, Kerkez looks better and better every game, even Mac Allister has been better the last few games (which I know isn't saying much).
Endo put in a hell of a shift in a position that is far from his favorite after being frozen out for so long. Salah may not be converting, but he is still trying non-stop, and he is still creating for others. Virgil put in a real captain's performance last night, he was getting to everything. Am I not seeing something that looks so obvious to some folks on here?
12 Feb 2026 17:58:42
Jonny, I take a logical view of near enough everything in life. I, like you, have seen we were unlucky in some games, but not all. I agree there was a fair amount of change, but you can only really say 3 of the signings (Kerkez, Wirtz, Ekitike) have played regularly. The rest of the team was here last season. So, for me, its logical to point out the poor form and results are/were not down to changes in personnel, as 8 of the starting 11 won the league last season. As I've said, it's taken a lot for me to be leaning more Slot out than in.
The Slot - Klopp thing, well, one was a world class manager at the time and had the fans on his side due to the way he connected with us. The other is a good manager who hasn't really connected with the fans in the same way. Klopp gave Shankley vibes, Slot gives Benitez with a touch of Hodgson vibes. Although Benitez got the fans and city more than Slot does imo. Bogaloud, Slot one of the top 5 managers in the world. What have you been smoking, mate? ?
12 Feb 2026 18:36:13
Thefields You are really vague, man. What does Slot not get about the fans and the city? Which available manager gets the fans and the city more? Don't tell me Alonso, he had a clause for Man City in his Leverkusen contract, and he has not done anything more in his managerial career to prove he is better than Slot.
Only manager i would replace Slot with is Enrique, but i don't think that is realistic.
12 Feb 2026 19:28:47
Bogaloud, its my job to be vague, mate. It comes with the territory as a so called ITK. ? Alonso also had a clause for Madrid and us.
12 Feb 2026 20:51:51
Don't you think it's pretty odd that Alonso had a clause for City in his Leverkusen contract? If his bond was so strong with Liverpool, he wouldn't have insisted on a clause for a rival English team that he's never had any connection with.
After all, he didn't insist on a clause for Barca. The only real explanation here is the bond is nowhere near as strong, from Alonso's POV, as some fans believe it to be.
13 Feb 2026 01:07:01
Who told Slot he is out of a job come June? Also, when are we getting Semenyo and Guehi? Circumstances change, don't they?
13 Feb 2026 05:04:09
Wirtz, I have never heard of that clause, and I can't find any mention of it online. The only ones I could find mentioned that he could leave Leverkusen if any of Liverpool, RM, or Bayern approached him, which also goes against your point that he doesn't have a strong bond with us.
13 Feb 2026 09:50:49
@PatrikBurgher Not fully going through the motions, and not saying every player, but I think it is quite clear. Like, we were awful against Newcastle for 30 mins until magic by Wirtz and Hugo sparked the team into life, then they played well on the upswing. Against City, both played awfully first half, but probably worse by us, then we were on top in the game, should have scored a couple, and end up getting a screamer. But as soon as things went against us, there was not a single sign of us turning the momentum of the game. And you might say tough against City, which is fair, but we've had it against teams all throughout the league all season. I don't think the situation is putrid like it has been at United a couple time, for example.
I think the players still want to be here and do good things, but whether they don't feel its possible with Slot currently, or whether more stuff has happened behind the scenes, a lot of the squad, I would say, are at like 90% focus. Probably outside of Hugo, Wirtz, Szob, and Kerkez. Like, I know VVD hasn't been great, but his attitude to a lot of things is more concerning to me. Have never seen him reacting like this, even in bad times in the past. Something just seems off throughout the squad, which historically doesn't often get turned around easily, especially by a coach only in his second season.