26 May 2026 08:33:24
Morning Gents.
Few sore heads today?
Been told Michael Edwards is to leave his position at the club.
No manager update as of yet.
Cheers
26 May 2026 08:49:18
Thanks for sharing Robbo, I think if this does happen the dominoes will start to fall.
26 May 2026 08:52:22
Salutations, Robbo, if Edwards and Hughes are both looking likely to leave, given that they are the two responsible for long term planning for the squad and team over the next few years (and in the present), who is going to be doing all the selling and buying this summer? Surely we have got the ball rolling on purchasing players already? It looks a right mess at the moment.
26 May 2026 08:52:42
Accountability lives.
26 May 2026 08:53:57
?????? Take a bow, Robbo, take a bow.
26 May 2026 08:56:51
Cheers Rob,
Are we replacing or restructuring now he's left?
26 May 2026 08:57:11
If this is true, he is admitting defeat, leaving midway through a rebuild which is in his vision.
How can a DOF choose the style of play for one of the biggest football clubs in the world? He is a football man in some senses, but does not possess the qualities of a high level manager and tactician.
This now means we'd have a half finished rebuild which may not suit the next manager's vision.
If he goes, they all have to go.
26 May 2026 08:59:36
I'm told Slot will be sacked only when the search parties in Amsterdam & Ibiza can locate him.
26 May 2026 09:02:58
Michael Edwards leaving, below rumour suggesting Klopp coming back.
.Am I putting 2 & 2 together and getting 22, like Ed1 has suggested? Almost certainly, but I love to live in ignorant bliss!
26 May 2026 09:04:54
Well, that's the first bit of good news, Robbo. ?
26 May 2026 09:05:19
Ah yeah, Edwards wasn't part of the round table love in. Makes sense. Thanks Robbo, keep them coming.
26 May 2026 09:11:28
In a Kenneth Williams voice... ooooooh I say. ?
26 May 2026 09:20:32
Klopp could replace Edward’s and come in a DoF role. We can dream.
26 May 2026 09:21:45
Nice one, Robbo, hope he is taking Hughes and Slot with him.
Must admit, Hughes and Edwards' faces looked like they were not happy on Sunday, giving Salah and Robertson their farewells.
26 May 2026 09:32:41
Pity it's not Hughes and Slot.
26 May 2026 09:35:18
Good new long term, but not sure if it is right now. Do we know which of Hughes & Edwards are making the decision to keep Slot or is it a collective decision. If I remember correctly he was the one who possibly put a spanner in Xabi coming in.
But perhaps he was the one pushing for change of manager & Hughes was against…..
We need both gone - Hughes I’ve no real faith in either, at 60 points it’s our lowest points total since the 58 Hodgson managed & you’d have to say he had a far poorer team/squad.
26 May 2026 09:43:07
Would be quite a sickener if we didn't go for Alonso on Edwards' insistence for him then to be fired and we lose a good manager. It would mean a very very poor season gets worse...
26 May 2026 09:54:05
Hallelujah!
26 May 2026 10:06:14
The dominos starting to fall.
26 May 2026 11:02:04
For the stat obsessed guys, who said Slot's similar to Klopp, in fact he's similar to Hodgeson. Over a 20 game period for LFC, Hodgeson took 25 points. From a 20 game period this season, Slot's taken 24 points. Based on that, and the potential for a replacement needed, would they look at stats and say Slot's done ok, or would they say, wow no way, he's gotta go, let's get Klopp in as DOF and Hoeness as his Manager/Coach could be worth a punt.
26 May 2026 11:15:25
I was under the understanding that Edwards was brought in by FSG to run their multi club portfolio! Now, they have shelved it, it makes sense he is no longer needed because his primary job role doesn't exist. Not like he is any good as a DOF & could do that instead. ?
26 May 2026 11:55:47
Crazy how much our opinion of Edwards has turned around. During his first stint with us, he was Jesus reincarnated. Selling useless players for tonnes of money and buying great players for peanuts.
Now he's chief exec of football, he's absolutely ruined everything with his pal Hughes.
{Ed001's Note - our opinion? Only those who had no idea about him thought he was any good and then purely because he made sure to tell everyone he was great and give no credit to the actual people who did the work. He was terrible in his first stint. It was a huge mistake to bring him back.}
26 May 2026 12:01:31
Klopp can never be a dof for us, he would be a millstone round the manager's neck.
26 May 2026 12:03:31
Correct, SzSz8, was just going to write that. Finding another club to buy was his role, no club, no job, no Edwards.
26 May 2026 12:17:40
Hopefully, people saying Gordon come over last week is right in the fact he will be swinging that axe ...
We need to be brutal and quick. Too many other clubs going to be playing catch up, and we need to be decisive.
Bin all 3. Start again. And do it quickly!
26 May 2026 12:35:21
Good. Get rid of him. Failed us in November.
26 May 2026 12:45:49
Cheers, Robbo.
If true, it would make sense. There have been rumours for a while now about FSG wanting to clear house behind the scenes. Also, rumours they've been looking at sporting directors in Germany.
Then, you've got the Klopp rumours, which may or may not be true, but some have said he's been spoken to about a CEO of Football-type role rather than management.
One thing I noticed before any of this news, and thought was strange at the time, was Edwards not being at Anfield for the final game of the season. It was Salah and Robbo's send-off, two club legends, and he played a big part in signing both.
Feels like something bigger than just a managerial change is going on behind the scenes.
26 May 2026 12:51:37
Honestly, news of Edwards, Hughes, and Slot leaving would be better than any new signing, in my opinion.
26 May 2026 14:14:46
Hopefully Edwards goes to Milan, Hughes to Saudi, and Slot off to Ajax before the season starts!
26 May 2026 14:39:50
Now that the multi club purchase has been ditched by FSG, I don't see a role for Edwards anymore.
Makes sense for him to move on.
26 May 2026 15:12:49
@Fbart, only a casual or relentlessly lazy fan (or Slopt acolyte) would dare compare Slot to Klopp in any way, shape possible, esp. after this season just gone.
@Clay, why do we need to wait till the search parties discover Slot in Ibiza or Amsterdam when we can just sack his arse in absentia?