Liverpool other posts 2

26 May 2026 20:04:59
#bekind I agree. I don't want them. Just heated it from a mate who lives in Liverpool. Not an itk, just what he's heard. Live mentor and hall is take, but surely that's 120m for the pair.

26 May 2026 19:22:02
My friend told me Salah may go to Chelsea if two things work out - salary and his kids schooling.

I personally think he will move to USA but he could stay in Premier League as well. There is nothing to stop him in doing so and he might want to break more goal scoring records.

26 May 2026 19:44:20
Don't see him staying in the Prem after this season's performance.

26 May 2026 19:51:02
Why not...imagine those Chelsea wages for another 8 years...lovely.

26 May 2026 20:16:26
Ah, plenty of Prem teams would be interested, Chew. They'd know Salah's poor season wasn't down to him, it was down to Slot.

26 May 2026 20:34:11
Chelsea do not pay huge sums of wages. It is all incentive-based over long contracts. The players have missed huge bonuses due to missing out on Europe this season. They are also not in the top 4 for wages.

26 May 2026 18:17:55
Shopping list!!

Ali & Mishi - position covered for next season.

RB - Bradley & Frimpong - we need to strengthen at RB. I would put a fit Bradley in before Frimpong, but Bradley’s fitness is the problem. I’d look for 1st choice RB signing and sell Frimpong. He’s not good enough at this level.

LB - Kerkez & Tsimi - position probably covered for next season. Would like to see an Academy player coming through to challenge Tsimi.

CB - Virg, Ibou, Gomez, Leoni, Jaquet - a problem position when you consider an ageing Virg & inconsistent Ibou… but barring any departures I'd say we’re probably covered for next season.

Midfield - Problem area
Pressing, high intensity requires a player with a good engine, physical strength, box to box. We haven’t got it! Fabinho, Hendo & Wini covered a lot of ground, shielded defence and supported attacks.

We need that again.
Szobo - keep.
Grav - keep.
Macca - sell.
Jones - keep (utility player, homegrown).
Endo - sell.
Nyoni - more game time.

We need a number 6 (priority) marquee signing.

Attack
LW Rio - the Salah role, left wing. Cutting in, curling shots.
Rw - tricky winger (Diaz mould) getting to byline, getting ball into box - New signing.
Isak - keep.
Ekitike - keep.
Gakpo - keep (cover).
Chiesa - Sell.
Wirtz - tricky one… I'm not sure whether his profile works. He’s no use in a midfield 3, so he’d be somewhere in the front 3…. False 9? Competing with Rio?

Manager - It’s probably Slot now until November international break. Personally I'd get rid, but it seems as if he’ll be staying.

Plenty of work ahead. Keep yourselves healthy guys, I fear we are entering a lean period. ?

27 May 2026 03:16:15
We need a marquee manager sacking. Public. But yes, we do need a 6.

26 May 2026 18:08:02
Carlos Gonzalo Perez’s team for 26/27

Alisson

Kerkez
VVD
Jacquet
Kayode

Anderson
Wirtz
Szobo

Gordon
Isak
Diomande

Surely not?

26 May 2026 20:17:57
Who's he?

27 May 2026 04:03:21
Anderson still doesn't give us what we need. We can do better. He's City bound anyway. Gordon very limited and a huge diver. No thanks.

26 May 2026 15:01:23
Not sure if it means he’s staying but apparently Slot met with Diomande to discuss his role in the team if he was to join.

26 May 2026 15:45:24
Shhh don't let his current club hear - that would be a major rule break!!

26 May 2026 10:47:14
An interesting POV, connecting Salah's comments with what Klopp had said 2 years earlier. about the intensity being ignited/inspired by the old guard in midfield (Hendo, Milli, Wjnaldym). I guess the lack of training, might also help explain injuries?

26 May 2026 15:49:24
We have a severe lack of leaders in our squad.

It's a big hole that needs addressing, sometimes it's not always the best players in the world but those that will put it all on the line for the shirt that is needed. In Hendo, Robbo, Milner, we had these players - I would struggle to name one now!!

The passion, the extra 1%, the extra yard ran, that final ounce of sweat given, the 50/50 battles all over the pitch, we just don't do it, or win it.



Fitness for sure helps. When I played, I was always told if we were 1% fitter than the man we were up against and had the balls to put it all on the line in every battle, we would win more than we lost.

That passion and fight is gone, lost, obliterated in a single season.

We need people willing to do all the above for the shirt week in week out, along with your match winners, the blend is needed.

26 May 2026 16:06:22
Zephi2, 100% on the relationship between the lack of training and injuries. You can't spend most of the week dossing and then expect to perform at an elite level without repercussions. It's like cold-starting a Ferrari and immediately rallying it around the Nurburgring. Guaranteed to cause problems.

26 May 2026 09:56:39
A post for anyone who went to the game Sunday… Was there any boos towards Slot? Only asking as not seen any of the game as I’m on cruise in Norway and poor internet.

26 May 2026 15:50:19
Very subdued and quiet ground all match, really, not much booing and more focus on our legends leaving the club.

Strange atmosphere all round.

25 May 2026 22:39:31
Hi guys.

Thank heaven that ship show of a season is over and we can all look forward to other thing like the WC or transfers or just a wonderful summer.

So re: Slot, here is a comment I found online and it is quite interesting:


"When you listen to Slot he always talks about how we deserved this or that. I think he basically is trying to play spreadsheet football.

If we get x amount of possession, x amount of xp, x amount of free kicks and so on and limit them to x amount, statistically it’s likely we will score x.

But it doesn’t work that way. If you have limited them to one shot in 40 odd minutes they can still score a goal.

I think the mindset is they try to tick boxes as they play but it just doesn’t work like that. He (Slot) even talks about the home fans like he needs them for the advantage to work which for me kills the passion. Football is played on a pitch not a spreadsheet"

Thoughts?

26 May 2026 00:05:57
Typical example of a manager trying to make a relatively easy game so bloody difficult, Oli.

The greatest of managers have always allowed that bit of flair to come through. Yes, structure, discipline & formation is always needed, no doubt, but flair is what can win you the tight moments more often than not.

It's almost like Slot has seen a manager like Arteta getting his team to be almost bloody robotic in the way they play, with a massive emphasis on set piece play, and think it's the way forward based on one successful season for Arsenal.

Klopp's prime Liverpool and even Fergie's prime Utd, who had discipline but bundles of flair, would have walked the league this season. The way the game is being played nowadays, especially in the Prem, is tragic imo!

26 May 2026 00:59:54
Football by numbers.

26 May 2026 02:08:15
I think he sounds no different to how Klopp would talk about how we deserved to win but the wind was playing up, or there was a lucky bounce for the opposition, or the ref made a bad call.

Neither were making excuses, just saying what they thought.

People just love Klopp more.

26 May 2026 02:38:58
It's not incorrect to want to interpret data and use it to improve the chances of a favourable outcome. However, I don't see Slot doing anything about the things that matter to him ie converting Xg or defending opponents' attacks and now, dare I say it, set pieces.

Arteta has just about perfected percentage football. He's leading the pack, unfortunately, and, w reference to another post of mine this weekend, he's proactive.

Slot spent the season reacting to the direction that the league went in this season, and was playing catchup the whole time.

It'll be interesting to see how the league evolves next season, and no doubt rule changes and PGMOL/VAR/offside tech, etc. will all continue to play huge roles in where the title ends up, as they have just done.

I have little faith in Slot evolving and developing a team to compete.

26 May 2026 10:18:49
I understand xG, xGOT and all that, but what is the acronym for having a defence that's more leaky than a sieve and a style of play that's as exciting as Keir Starmer's voice.

26 May 2026 13:31:46
xSlot.

26 May 2026 16:36:12
Faith, whilst I would agree that essentially all managers tend to default to excuses (valid or not) when things go against them, I would argue that Slot has done it to an exceptionally high level this season. At least under Klopp, you couldn't criticise work rate or passion, and he had no problem admitting when we weren't good enough. I genuinely think I've heard Slot utter those words maybe twice this season; the rest of the time it's the same old excuses. Unlucky this, injuries that, unfair decisions and the rest of it.

Exactly, Red_Flyer69, spot on. There's no evidence of any data-based tactical adaptation or any other kind of adaptation for that matter.

That's the main issue for me. I wouldn't mind losing games if I could see just a sliver of proof that Arne is actively making changes, that he actually has a plan and that it's just a matter of time before it begins to work, but it's been the same inept nonsense all year. No development, no progression, nothing whatsoever to show he actually has a clue how to fix this. He genuinely thinks we've just been unlucky and that adding a winger or two is all that needs changing.

26 May 2026 16:55:28
Well Chewey, it seems there's a good chance we're about to find out. For all the supposed obsession w wanting to play like PSG, I don't see a single scrap of evidence that we have moved in that direction. Slot and Enrique could swap positions and I guarantee we'd give PSG a much sterner test than we did the last two seasons.

27 May 2026 06:38:00
Chewy, I think when it comes to Klopp, we remember it with rose tinted glasses. I don't mean that as a criticism at all. I mean, when we look back, we seem to remember his teams as heavy metal all the time. As if there weren't times when it looked like we couldn't break down a low block team, when it looked like we were running on empty especially after international breaks. Klopp would talk about the number of games we had on a Sat arvo straight after international break, the frequency of matches etc etc etc.



All very valid points to make, but no less were excuses in the eyes of rival fans and many on here. And how do I know there were many on here? Because I remember debating them on those points lol

Anyways, I think if people are honest, they can admit that Slot grates them because they don't like him. Personally I don't like or dislike him, but I've not seen anything different in how he's approached his post match talks now compared to when he first came in.

25 May 2026 21:45:12
Iraola wanted by AC Milan according to Sky.

26 May 2026 02:38:15
Wish we could sell them on Slot. We'll be paying unnecessary compensation to two managers come October instead of just the one.