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25 Oct 2025 23:06:36
Hello all,
I understand it's fragile times but I will stick by what I said.
Slot will not be the manager of LFC next season.
Van Dijk led a charge behind the scenes to get PMA injected into this team, Slot wasn't present.
Worrying times,
So, on the flip we would have a long queue of world class managers waiting in the wings, willingly prepared to leave current posts.
Ta.
25 Oct 2025 23:18:18
Thanks carra.
23 Oct 2025 14:25:46
Liverpool have made contact with Antoine Semenyos representatives.
Richard Hughes has a good relationship with the player and his camp, and is keen to bring him in either in January or next summer. There is a release clause - although the number I am not sure of.
The player would be keen on a move to Anfield, however he is assessing all options (and waiting for a particular London club to show interest) .
23 Oct 2025 14:47:27
I like Semenyo, very good winger, great attitude, hard worker, good end product and physically difficult to stop because of his pace and strength.
23 Oct 2025 15:00:56
Not true. Liverpool have a preferred target (not news) and semenyo is not it.
23 Oct 2025 15:05:00
Who is the preferred target please.
23 Oct 2025 15:20:11
I think he probably means olise.
23 Oct 2025 15:21:01
Arda Turan is the preferred target.
23 Oct 2025 15:24:55
Olise?
As for the Semenyo price I read an article this morning claiming that it might be £90M in Jan or £70M next summer.
23 Oct 2025 15:51:42
Respectfully Akira, Semenyo is a target. Not the only target, and maybe not the preferred, but a target nonetheless. And a very possible one at that.
23 Oct 2025 16:31:45
VictorGoddamn AKA ViktorVaughan Alter ego.
23 Oct 2025 17:44:51
Yes he may be a target but def we have not made any contact and double def hughes has no relation with the player or his camp. As far as i know he has no agent and some agencies are working on representing him.
23 Oct 2025 17:58:36
he seems like a chelsea player to me.
23 Oct 2025 18:43:14
Don’t see how he seems like a Chelsea player Lfcfan_03beef? Semenyo has worked his way up from the lower leagues, proven himself at every level he’s played at and shrugged off every rejection he’s had. Every time I’ve seen him he leaves nothing on the pitch, works as hard pressing as he does when the ball is at his feet, he’s like Dirk Kuyt with significantly more skill and a turbo charger.
His work rate, attitude and professionalism make him a Liverpool kind of player.
23 Oct 2025 19:25:28
He supports Arsenal.
23 Oct 2025 21:00:52
Waiting for someone else?
That’s a walk away for me!
24 Oct 2025 01:04:53
Agree with that @Faith, if they are waiting for someon3 else then they can ‘sling their hook’ as far as I’m concerned, no matter how good they may or not be.
Wasn’t Fofana our main target at one point? As has been said though, we tend to look at a number of players rather than just the one, for each position.
24 Oct 2025 01:38:11
I guess what I mean is I see him ending up at Chelsea. I like him but I also liked Caicedo and Pedro Neto and Joao Pedro. As much as I like him, I don't think he would be a huge miss if we didn't get him.
24 Oct 2025 02:48:10
Apparently the club he's waiting to hear from is Arsenal, I believe he's a fan. Whether Arteta will be keen on paying the £70+ million asking price just to play second fiddle to Saka when they already have adequate cover for him having just brought in Madueke, is the real question. It doesn't make much sense to me.
Personally, if he's waiting for the call from the goon squad I would have absolutely no interest, Olise is appareI believe he's a fan. I believe the club has him down as first choice anyway.
24 Oct 2025 14:49:02
Good player, incredible athlete. Has some of those Sadio Mane attributes in that he's explosive, direct and can shoot with either foot/ play either side.
He's going to be 26 in January. I wonder if we're more likely look for a slightly younger option.
25 Oct 2025 11:41:14
I'd prefer they make contact with Baleba's representatives.
25 Oct 2025 15:27:34
Semenyo was literally racially abused by one of our fans 2 months ago he’s not going to be signing for us anytime soon probably hates us.
{Ed001's Note - he also posted a message afterwards on social media to thank the club and other fans for their support after the incident.}
25 Oct 2025 17:36:39
Hello barakdee,
baleba and wharton to replace endo ( think this must be his last season at the club, contract ends 2027).
Mac allister (contract ends june 2028) if he joins RM as per papers, media then two top class replacements are needed for Endo and Alexis, also signing the two together stops them joining other clubs.
Maresca got a red card for celebrating his Chelsea win versus LFC, the only red thing he got today was a RED face, after Sunderland whooped them after being a goal down after 4 minutes, what goes around comes around MASCARA! ( hides a Red face)
The next time after tonight we face Brentford is our last home game of the season, win tonight and perhaps we could say in our last home game this season, Brentford home and away was pivotal in LFCs successive PL wins, last seasons Brentford away game was decided by two late Nunez goals in 91 and 93 mins, after drawing away at Forest in midweek.
25 Oct 2025 17:18:48
Ed1, any right wingers you think are worth keeping an eye on as a potential Salah replacement in the next season or two? You mentioned Estevão before, but that probably won’t happen. Feels like there’s a real lack of quality RWs right now.
Although I do feel we’ll start pivoting our attacking creativity more towards Wirtz and Isak in the future, so a quality RW might not be necessity. Honestly, finding a world-class Van Dijk successor feels like the bigger challenge.
{Ed001's Note - not really, maybe Quenda but I haven't seen him play. I am warming to the idea of Semenyo, he is not great technically and can be a bit of a headless chicken at times, but he is two footed, pacey and a real grafter. With the creativity and skill of Wirtz, maybe a grafter would be better on the wing to give him freedom.}
25 Oct 2025 22:13:20
He’s a massive Arsenal fan. You’re totally clueless. No way he signs for Liverpool.
22 Oct 2025 16:36:53
@the fields haven't heard from you in a while mate hope your ok. Any news on the talks between management and players?
21 Oct 2025 23:27:44
Any truth in Arne in meeting with FSG over his position?
22 Oct 2025 00:44:25
Carra posted on the banter page that there was some kind of "clear the air" dialogue between the players and the management. Not sure if that includes FSG but maybe that's what the rumour you heard is alluding to. It ended positively though so hopefully that translates to positive performances on the pitch too.
22 Oct 2025 07:31:36
I’d find a meeting of the nature with owners highly highly highly unlikely at this stage of the season.
22 Oct 2025 09:38:05
FSG aren’t trigger happy, I can’t see that happening for a minute.
22 Oct 2025 09:47:11
Probably means players and coaching staff rather than the management.
22 Oct 2025 09:53:10
Probably management refers to the coaches and manager rather than FSG. Doubt that FSG would jump the gun. This isn't a crisis situation yet.
22 Oct 2025 11:17:19
Tonight will be very telling then because if they look clueless and do the same exact thing they have been doing they aren't playing for the manager. If they get beat and look bad fsg edwards and hughes might be on red alert.
22 Oct 2025 12:04:32
I doubt it. But should it continue you’d assume so.
22 Oct 2025 13:13:21
It won’t be with FSG.
22 Oct 2025 14:56:24
Player effort looked fine to me against Utd and so far this season so can’t see playing for manager being a problem. Individual errors, set piece defending and key players being off form is main areas of improvement.
But slow build up and lack of space and movement doesn’t get the crowd up for the games until we go hung ho in last 25 minutes. Only works if we score first.
22 Oct 2025 17:46:45
I think FSG were pretty trigger happy when they fired the King in favour of Bren.
However, those who’ve said ‘it won’t be with FSG’ are almost certainly correct. It’ll be Hughes / Edwards etc.
22 Oct 2025 22:50:53
King Kenny was never a long term appointment.
24 Oct 2025 01:06:04
@OP, aren’t the club talking to Arne about a contract improvement / extension?
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.
20 Oct 2025 21:32:47
What would the reason be behind not wanting to start Virgil and Salah, after last season? Salah albeit not in great form but was one of the best in the world last season, Virgil seen by many as the best cb in the world, again had a poor game at the weekend, so why would the manager decide he doesn’t want to play either is a very worrying sign, especially now his system is getting us found out regularly.
20 Oct 2025 23:15:33
Ron i think Mo will find some form eventually but to get the best out of Wirtz Ekitike Isak something needs to give, so for me we drop Mo and change formation.
We've done such a good job with recruitment over the years without spending as much as others. We finally drop bank this summer and we were all eagerly anticipating seeing these new players banging in 3-4 goals a game. I was imagining the days of Keegan Toshack, Dalglish Rush, Beardsley Barnes Aldridge Rush, Gerrard Torres, Bobby Mo Sadio.
But what we're now seeing on the pitch doesn't jive with the players that have come in. I honestly don't see a pattern or set up that I can look at and say oh that's how Slot wants to play. I just don't get it.
As I posted a day or so ago, I think we should have signed a LCB who can play LB, a CB and a DM and one of Isak/ Ekitike. Right now Ekitike looks the more capable player. But, would the set up be changed to suit those players? I don't know. I honestly don't know what Slot is trying to achieve. Last season we would have drooled at the thought of one of Isak/ Ekitke leading the line. So why is it not working now?
Clearly Slot is a much more capable coach than any of us on here, yet the mistakes he's making seem so glaringly obvious to us all, and to make it worse, it's the same thing game after game. It might be getting worse in fact.
Slot spends a lot of time talking up the opposition and what we need to do to fix our defensive issues, but for the life of me I can't see what he's doing to make them worry about US. Neville said yesterday on paper he was worried for United playing us at Anfield. Every team that plays us should be worried about the attacking power that we now have. But Slot has 2-3 of our best attacking and/ or in-form players on the bench because in his eyes they are not working for a myriad of reasons. He convinced Wirtz to come to us over Bayern apparently; what did he say would be his role? Has he kept his word to Wirtz? I can't imagine what we're seeing on the pitch would have been a successful sales pitch, no pun intended.
So he goes tried and tested yesterday and still came up empty handed. Why? Well again I think we're not asking questions of these supposed low blocks yet they are running us ragged in defense game after game. It's not being addressed. I think a coach like Rafa would come in and first set us up to not concede then worry about the other end. Slot doesn't seem to know how to fix either.
We were running united ragged yest with Wirtz Hugo Chiesa on the pitch. I don't recall having to do much defending in those 20 minutes. Again, let the opposition worry about what we're going to throw at them.
Slot has clear problems of his own making imo. Yesterday i posted he was going tried and tested from last season bar Kerkez Isak and the goalie.
It failed not because of the players but how he's telling them to play. Kerkez is not a playmaker from LCB and Bradley isn't affecting anything just passing to Mo and then looking over his left shoulder to make sure he's in the right position alongside Konate.
Slot seems to have gone from flexible last season to inflexible this season and at the end yesterday I'd call it desperate. Not what we want from our head coach.
Big week for the club bigger week for Slot. Let's see if he's capable and in charge. I def have my doubts.
21 Oct 2025 08:08:04
The superstars may be disgruntled because of their perception of the form or quality of others. In VVD case I’d get it as defensively we haven’t been good enough at all, although I’d include the whole team in that not just the new young players. Mo may be disgruntled because he’s not the focal point anymore, and gets less of the ball so is left hanging out wide while most of the action goes down the other wing or the centre.
That’s just us evolving as a team, tough as it may be for him to be part of. The only one who could be excused is Robbo, but I would hope he realises he’s there to support and help develop Kerkez and will get game time if things don’t settle.
21 Oct 2025 08:39:44
I'd like to see us line up a 4-2-2-2, with Gravy and Macalister sitting in behind wirtz and Szoboslai as two tens, and give Ekitike and Isak a chance to play together up top. Dom will drift right, Wirtz left and Ekitike likes to drop off more to be involved in build up.
This would give us a solid base with two sixes, Dom and Wirtz both work hard out of possession anyway and can press high, and then full backs can push on.
21 Oct 2025 09:53:43
Without being in The know my guesses would be
Frimpong unhappy he isn’t playing
Kerkez unhappy he is being played as if he is a hybrid Trent/ Calafiori spending most of the game narrow inside the LW
Jones unhappy that he barely features
Chiesa unhappy as he doesn’t get any reward for his positive performances even after he has had a solid pre-season and after a season Slot said it was hard to pick him due to having no pre-season
Ekitike unhappy because Isak turned up unfit and started playing ahead of him
Wirtz unhappy because he was sold a dream of being a 10 behind the striker and now seems to be scapegoated to the bench and then brought on to play LW, although he got a cameo as a hybrid 8/ 10/ LW
Endo unhappy as he is an after-thought
Rio unhappy as he seemingly earned more minutes then disappeared
I mean, pure speculation of course hahahahaha but Incould understand if there is a bit of unrest especially in a new squad.
21 Oct 2025 13:58:48
I feel the plan might well have been, Frimpong, Wirtz, Kerkez, Guehi and one of Isak/ Ekitike, and the tragedy of Jota put paid to Guehi getting done in July, and the need for 2 Number 9s to make up the forward numbers (as Nunez and Diaz were always likely to leave) .
It's possible that the alternate plan was 3-5-1-1 Ali Guehi/ Konate/ VVD Frimpong and Kerkez as Wingbacks, Grav/ Macca/ Szobo in the middle and Wirtz behind the Number 9 with the width from the Full backs, the subs then change the shape as required in game.
21 Oct 2025 14:38:24
Loft, I doubt the plan was to drop Salah after the season he had and after he signed a huge contract.
No one could foresee he would struggle so badly lately.
21 Oct 2025 15:08:20
Lofty, we had the money for Guehi and had the deal all but wrapped up until Glasner threw a fit. It has nothing to do with the loss of Jota and the lack of funds. I think the plan was to bring in Guehi and have him play alongside Vvd as a Konate replacement, instead of in a back three.
Anyway, I think it's amusing though how Utd fans are all claiming that a back three doesn't work in the league and want their manager to revert to a back four whereas we are advocating for the exact opposite to happen for our team.
21 Oct 2025 20:33:38
Red_Flyer69 - I agree. I too have my doubts re Slot. This is a totally new structure to work in, one where he is spoon fed players and expected to make them work.
21 Oct 2025 21:41:22
Doc Slot has to show that he's learning tomorrow. We need to see personnel (not just standard rotation) and tactical changes.
I don't want to hear about long balls (we had more than united), opposition not allowed to score from set pieces or crosses, etc., etc.
We have a ferrari in the driveway and we're driving it like an oil tanker.
21 Oct 2025 21:42:14
Everything is so slow, the build up, passing back to the goalkeeper, we should be annihilating teams yet we let them come on to us, more urgency is needed.
21 Oct 2025 21:50:29
We are 1 point from second place Man city. Three points from top place Arsenal. We have had a really poor start to the season and people are wanting our manager sacked!
The man won the premier league last season and people want him out unbelievably from reds fans .
How fickle reds fans have become we have had the best ten years picking up trophies along the way and because we have a blimp they
want the manager sacked .
I am not happy with the way we are playing and losing games in the last minutes but we all jumped for joy when we won our games in the last minutes so let's all take it on the chin and move on .
YNWA.
22 Oct 2025 07:34:19
iwillbreed - I agree but it’s not lost on me that a couple months ago it was “we’re still top of the league”. Then weeks later it was “we’re 1 point off the top”. And now it’s “we’re 1 point off second and 4 points off the top”.
lol the trend is heading one direction. Time to turn that around!
24 Oct 2025 02:55:41
Akira, lack of options?! Outside of CB we currently have an abundance of options pretty much across the board. Sure, we don't have a RW "specialist" who can directly replace Salah but Frimpong, Chiesa, Wirtz are all capable of filling that position, and putting any of them at RW would not leave us short on any other part of the pitch.
25 Oct 2025 09:27:39
Some of you need to go and support the Harlem Globetrotters, if you cannot stand losing.
Yes, Salah is woefully out of form at the moment and he has lost a lot of pace and his first touch. Is it because of Jota or age finally catching up with him? Who knows but Slot dropped him and rightly so.
Konate and Van Dijk both stroll around, play when they feel like it and are not helping the new fullbacks bed in. But it is Kerkez and Frimpong’s fault?
We have too many players making the wrong decision in the final third, that is not on Slot.
Wirtz is slowly getting the recognition he deserves, when our players break their habit of looking for Salah first and go to Wirtz, his runs will become game changers. At the moment hardly anyone picks him out. He also passes the ball fast and hard, not tippy-tappy like our midfield have lazily become accustomed to, which Salah is really struggling with.
Chiesa, Jones and Ekitike seem to be on Wirtz’ wavelength, no surprise there as they are three of our most technical players.
Slot needs to start picking all three (based on current form) because Isak, Salah and MacAllister are not match fit (mentally or physically? ) after at least 8 games.
Time to start building a team, not playing stars. We are Liverpool, not the Harlem Globetrotters.
20 Oct 2025 08:21:38
I assure you nothing is wrong off the pitch.
Coach has favoured a few players and there are couple of moaners and this is nothing new.
It is just that board is a bit bewildered as we have same group of core players and these performances are just not acceptable.
But the players have to adapt quicker.
I have to say in hindsight infact to his credit arne slot would have been right as he advised bidding farewell to vvd and salah last year when asked about his opinion but club decided to negotiate mega contracts. And hence the moaning.
Its almost impossible for the coach to put vvd and salah on the bench in fact he does not even have an option in players to replace either.
But if results continue board will have to accept the fact and stop the moaning and let slot decide on his first team.
{Ed078's Note - cheers Akira
20 Oct 2025 09:16:10
I would say that regardless of the contract and money nobody has a Devine right to be an automatic choice. VVD is simply because there are no alternatives in the squad.
Salah on the other hand, we’ve seen nothing at all from him this season whereas Chiesa has done well most times he’s been on the pitch. Salah might be the best paid player in the squad but he’s been consistently among the worst players and yet normally he’s never replaced or dropped.
For good of the team he needs to have some time on the bench, to show the squad that the team will be picked on performance not reputation. Yesterday again just about all our attacking play came down the left until Frimpong came on.
20 Oct 2025 09:25:07
Well he can drop Salah. Just purely in terms of the other players he has available. Fede could play. Frimpong could play. Could go with 2 up top on Szoboszlai right. Wirtz could even nominally play on the right.
Van Dijk is harder to drop since we only have Gomez and Konate. Although I think his form is less of a problem than Salah's.
20 Oct 2025 10:26:17
I am sorry but you as a coach cannot just drop a 400k a week star players like salah and vvd just because of 5-6 bad games
Easy for fans to say but say but coach will obviously be questioned about why salah macca suddenly don't fit his system.
And hence the moaning. It is certain that slot is favouring some players and trying to bed them in positions that just are not right for them just adding to confusion
He has tried stuff . it has not worked but so much time left in the season that coach can afford a few mistakes. It is always good to slip early in the season as opposed to late in the season.
I think fundamentally we understand what he is trying to do and its pretty clear what he wants to do he cannot use some players he likes - so he either changes style or changes players and we will see the answers soon enough.
20 Oct 2025 10:43:14
He could drop Salah and start Chiesa on the right, he can that spot and has done so in Italy if I'm not mistaken?
20 Oct 2025 10:58:11
You can drop a player, his salary doesn’t matter, a pile of money doesn’t kick a ball. if he’s not doing it on the pitch he shouldn’t be on it.
Nobody is bigger than the club.
20 Oct 2025 11:20:22
I disagree there Akira. I'm not talking about bombing Salah out entirely and making him train with the reserves. A strong enough manager (and I believe Slot is one) could drop him for a couple of games.
20 Oct 2025 12:12:25
Salah can and absolutely should be dropped. The whole point of a squad is for the supposedly lesser squad options to put pressure on the supposedly superior starters to maintain their levels or lose their starting place.
Chiesa has more than outperformed Salah this far this year with far less playing time to do so, and yet isn't getting a proper chance, that's not opinion, that's objective. Less objectively, Ekitike can feel aggrieved at not starting and given Macca and Konate's form Jones and Gomez have reasonable cause to feel aggrieved at not playing more often.
If I was in any of those players shoes, I'd be complaining as well.
Virg gets a pass due to lack of alternative options and despite his decline still being easily our best defender, worrying as that is.
20 Oct 2025 12:14:44
Can't blame Slot for his selections so far this season as he balances players who need the game time to get up to speed (Macca, Isak) and beds in new players (Kerkez, Wirtz, Ekitike, Frimpong) . But he's run out of time from a results perspective after the Utd game and it is now crunch time. He needs to play the players in form or more to the point stop playing those players out of form. Also, hopefully, Alisson is back as he saves their first goal.
{Ed001's Note - you can blame him, because he has dumped players in form for players who need fitness.}
20 Oct 2025 12:20:54
“Easy for fans to say but say but coach will obviously be questioned about why salah macca suddenly don't fit his system. ”
Sorry but absolute load of tosh that Akira.
This isn’t about fitting a system it’s about taking players out of the team who simply aren’t at the level we need right now.
As Jerry said, no player is above getting dropped if their performances don’t merit them staying in the team.
20 Oct 2025 12:21:39
So many changes to assimilate in a short space of time, let's see what Arne is made of cause this is his most difficult challenge to date.
Not sure why Arne would not want to keep VVD or Salah after how both were top drawer last season.
Salah without Trent, Nunez and Diogo seems lost, plus he has 2 big tournaments coming up - could this be the end of the kings reign?
20 Oct 2025 13:44:05
We have a lot of attacking talent who all know where the net is.
Salah had a rapport with players who for different reasons ate no longer at the club. These players have seen Nunez shipped out and are probably very aware they need to score to stay at the club.
Salah has been the main focal point for us for so long and now these young players are trying to make a name for themselves.
I know people are saying how Salah has been losing possession of the ball but the ball also seems to go more to gakpo on the left rather than Mo.
It has been a crap few weeks but when this team settles it will get back to winning ways. The premier league has just got tougher due to the so called smaller teams having money to spend on better players and coaches.
Nobody plays their way through a bad patch being benched. Mo didn't turn into a poor player overnight. We want to win every match but sometimes you have to go through the wringer until better days come along.
20 Oct 2025 13:54:12
Maybe one more loss and you will see what everyone is asking for.
Oh and as for chiesa LFC spent a whole summer finding a club for him and nothing worked. He will not suddenly become the favourite in any managers book despite being decisively better than all options. the plan is still to sell him.
20 Oct 2025 13:15:27
Surely that's a Catch 22 to a degree though Ed? Isak is not going to get match fit sitting on the bench.
{Ed001's Note - bringing him on in matches would surely do the job to get him close enough.}
20 Oct 2025 13:56:22
To be honest i have noticed a fall off on both VVD and MO
Both levels are way below what we expect of them . Look at the first goal how slow VVD was to get back! The second goal why did he not pick maguire we all know he is the danger man at corners?
MO could not beat an egg at the moment and the miss in second half would of put my house on him to score. Dalot is a poor full back he had MO in his pocket! Konate had half decent game for a change .
Take Isak out of the team and give him a six week preseason we have hugo to cover for him.
Fredie causes problems everygame he plays and he can play on the right in place of MO . I also these stupid international breaks are killing the performances of all the teams in premier league after every break the teams look exausted. YNWA.
20 Oct 2025 14:42:43
Frimgpong was on the pitch less than half hour he put in more crosses than MO who had 80 odd minutes all he did was missed a sitter. I think that clears the coach if he dropped MO .
The system we are playing is like Arsenal under Wenger get the ball to edge of the opposition penalty area then run out of ideas Van bronkhuirst played under this system when he was at Arsenal and i maybe wrong but tried to play this way at Rangers and was sacked not saying he has anything to do with our system
but the system has changed to last season. YNWA.
20 Oct 2025 21:19:52
If the LFC board are picking the team, then we really are in trouble.
20 Oct 2025 22:54:28
So, is the Board interfering with managerial decisions? I get the obvious pressure given the contracts and incoming, but it sounds like there is a mandate that he has to use those players. At least that's how I am interpreting this. I certainly could be co. pmetely wrong.
20 Oct 2025 23:28:08
I think Mo would benefit from time on the bench. Half decent left backs are getting the better of him. Frimpong looks dangerous and gets balls in the box. When we bought Frimpong German pundits said he is not an orthodox RB, more a WB. Salah I'm sure will be away for a couple months soon anyway in African cup. Frimpongs time to shine.
22 Oct 2025 08:57:32
VVD was imperious last season and players don't become rubbish in the space of a few months. The wholesale changes, big spend, price tags, new tactics and additional pressure on Slot and the club in general have accumulated into something more.
As for Mo, without the work rate of Diaz and Nunez and synergy with Trent, plus the loss of Jota seems to have hit him hardest.
All of this can be sorted with great vision and leadership. Over to you Arne.
My doubts arose since he started throwing players under the bus (apprently speaking frankly is a Dutch thing) and constantly moaning about the low block. Team spirit and power is not built through either of these things.
Without having any knowledge, it looks to me as if Arne is having to fit Edwards vision into a new set up and set of tactics that does not suit his preferred way of playing.
I honestly feel that paying that extra 5m for Guehi, who can play DM and RB would have made a lot of sense. He covers ground, wins duels and is consistent at what he does well.
22 Oct 2025 09:42:29
We aren't playing very well and that's clear to see, the worry to me is that the Team and Team spirit (which is the most important bit) seems to have gone, i guess its the change with all new players but that is what Klopp built. VVD looks like he doesn't trust Kerkez and so is out of position a lot trying to cover, When was the last time we played Diagonals into Mo, just doesn't happen anymore.
it will take time but the slow build up is the worst bit, everyone plays better when its slick and fast paced. it will come back hopefully but let's stick together. YNWA.