Liverpool banter 2

09 Dec 2025 15:35:10
Where are the leaks coming from? We haven’t really had that since Rodgers. Used to be a tight ship under klopp the first we heard of us liking a player was when he was announced.

09 Dec 2025 16:16:04
Sure Scouse the whole place is a rubbish show at the minute and people are bitching to anyone that will listen mate. Sad but unfortunately true.

09 Dec 2025 16:25:24
If a bloke on twitter decides to post whatever he thinks will get clicks that day is it really a leak?

09 Dec 2025 17:22:00
No it’s more a number two 😳.

09 Dec 2025 14:45:29
I also want to say regarding Hughes. Just before the last window that man was getting so much hate on here. Then when we started to buy players he was the best thing since sliced bread.

Now things have gone tits up. It's his and Edwards fault.

Look at the facts. Our play has been crap for months. We won the league cos the miles were in the players legs from Klop. Now those miles seem to have been trained out of the team. You cannot start slow, then pick up the pace. It has to be there from the beginning. That's the fault of the coaching staff and Slot. Not Hughes Edwards.

But player should never speak out like Mo did. This is Liverpool not Madrid or Chelsea.

YNWA.

09 Dec 2025 17:06:06
So tell me this Chrisy, if Klopp was so amazing that he won the league without even being at the club why did he only win one title in the nine years he was actually at the club?

I love Klopp. He’s one of the best things to ever happen to our club but Slot won us the league last season not Klopp.

I also think it’s time for Slot to go but that doesn’t mean I can’t give him credit for what he achieved last season.

We need a reboot. Get Slot and Salah gone and start playing some football.

09 Dec 2025 18:11:50
Sean
Because he was in a contest with a really good Man City team? Like it or not but the opportunity was there last season for Liverpool to capitalise on a slight demise by City and Liverpool did so handsomely. I expected Liverpool to at the very least compete again with Arsenal this season but Slot has taken a very good squad and Fd it up, big time.


I’ll say it again that Slot was very fortunate to inherit such a squad from Klopp, a team that came close the season before.

09 Dec 2025 19:10:26
Klopp not only had the slog of going toe to toe with city in the prem he went toe to toe with RM in the champions league at the same time. Slot can’t even go toe to toe with with Sunderland for 1 game.

09 Dec 2025 14:37:42
Why not sack slot and have mo as player/ manager! Can't please all of the people all of the time 😁.

09 Dec 2025 14:20:58
Ed01 -

How is Tyler Morton doing in France? Getting good reviews on YT but see he has been pinging passes from midfield like Alonso in the clips?

Also maybe we could have used him at right back to offset the passing range of TAA.

Anyone else seen him play at Lyon?

{Ed001's Note - I haven't had time to watch any Ligue 1 games this season sorry.}

09 Dec 2025 16:45:16
The last I checked a few months ago, he's killing it. Not sure what is like for him right now or of recent.

09 Dec 2025 17:32:02
He has been very good, and there are already rumours of Palace wanting him to replace Wharton. Morton always looked like a pretty good player to me, wit perhaps a lack of physicality the main thing. But alas Slot didn't play him. I hate how he never really gives chances to any young players, as this was one thing Klopp did so amazingly.

Even when we were struggling in 2022-23, we still had Bajcetic to pin our hopes on. Nothing like a youth academy graduate doing well to please the crowd.

09 Dec 2025 18:26:15
I've heard Tyler is lost in France.

{Ed025's Note - yeah Rigsby...its a heartache mate.. :)

09 Dec 2025 13:47:23
What’s your thoughts on the following as potential candidates should Slot get the sack?

1. Xabi Alonso
2. Cesc Fabregas
3. Hansi Flick.

09 Dec 2025 15:28:50
1) Jurgen Klopp
2) Jurgen Norbert Klopp
3) Kloppo

In all seriousness, Alonso would be my choice and the only one I would sack the manager for at this point.

09 Dec 2025 15:55:12
1-Alonso
1-Enrique
2-Iraola.

09 Dec 2025 16:05:03
Flick is a decent shout but unlikely.

09 Dec 2025 16:11:05
Enrique
Alonso

But I don't think Enrique is possible.

09 Dec 2025 16:45:46
Why would Flick leave Barca?

09 Dec 2025 16:51:08
1. Enrique
2. Iraola
3. Alonso

Probably near to impossible to get Enrique right now, I think we'll get Iraola.

09 Dec 2025 17:25:04
This is the two options but Enrique sadly won’t leave PSG.

09 Dec 2025 18:05:25
@OliRed because there is a divide between him and the board. Flick believes in discipline while the board have undermined him by indulging players to keep morale up. There was a Goal. com article from a few weeks ago that there might be a parting of ways at the end of the season.

09 Dec 2025 18:32:01
Iraola for me but would love Enrique if he were to be available. I’d have Klopp back temporarily for rest of season.

09 Dec 2025 13:36:35
Difficult times ahead for the club but we all need to stick together and go back to dealing with things in a respectful manner.

That goes for the management, the players and the supporters.

We have unfortunately all been turned from believers into doubters once again.

09 Dec 2025 13:23:58
It seems to all be making sense now.

Aside from the passive tactics and lack of press which need addressing in their own right, Salah's recent outburst shows us what's really going on.

I think Salah's timing was a bit poor (given the result), but equally good from his perspective as gets lots of attention.

My initial reaction was of horror that he could do this. But the more we are learning about how the club have been sniffing around his back trying to find a way to get rid and recoup the money, the more I see:

a) Why he did this and put his neck on the line to effect change (whether you agree with it or not)

b) Why, aside from tactics, the team just doesn't look at it. This must be unsettling for many and splitting the team to potentially see how teammates are treated. Potentially doesn't bode well for others in contract renewal discussions.


Just disappointed and actually largely with the club and Slot's behaviour. I don't like us airing our problems in public BUT we may look back on this whole situation and be partly grateful as it may increase the speed of some sort of change or issues within the team addressed. well we can only hope!

09 Dec 2025 16:51:28
@Jimjam, the thing is that people slate Salah for being selfish and only thinking about himself and not the club and it's fans. You can literally levy the same pops at the club as well for not caring about the club, the fans and the players for allowing this manager to completely destroy the standing of the club with his arrogance, stubbornness and poor tactics that make us look worse than we actually are.

Like you, Im happy everything is out in the open now and we can all see how the club did Mo dirty by trying to sell him behind his back which is NOT on, Im sorry.

At that point, the club has NO right to slate/ lecture Salah or anyone else for doing the same thing they have done. Now winners here. Just losers and the club and the fans are also the losers here.

09 Dec 2025 17:06:34
Jimjam.

Do you think the Mo outburst was a. Accident then? Far from it! He timed it perfectly inorder to get the most traction. Him and I'm sure his agent. Deliberately timed that outburst. Unlike his timing with shots this last few weeks he got this spot on. The first addition Sunday papers were 20-25 mins from being "off stone" a term used to describe hold the back page. Some papers missed it completely and only just got it into the later second addition.

How do you know for sure he's being touted around to saudie clubs behind his back? I'm sure the truth is somewhere in the middle.

My own opinion is I think he cannot come back from this! The timing with Afcon and transfer window coming up means there will be very little time to resolve it.
Perhaps the club don't want to pay £400k each week to get the return Mo is giving?

He is a legend no doubt. But get real he also knows exactly what his comments will lead to. I love him. But he will have to leave.

This is Liverpool not Madrid or Chelsea.

09 Dec 2025 17:41:13
When was the standing of this club completely destroyed by Arne Slot, OliRed?
We are champions of England. We are involved in the most prestigious club competition in the world tonight. We spent over £400m on players sought by the likes of Bayern Munich and Man City in the summer, including breaking the British transfer record and you think the standing of this club has been completely destroyed?
What a load of hysterical nonsense.

09 Dec 2025 13:36:34
If we lose tonight, does Slot get the elbow? If so, will Salah be kept due to the new/interim manager?

09 Dec 2025 13:52:23
Doubt it.

09 Dec 2025 13:58:23
Slots unsackable.

09 Dec 2025 14:01:22
Barry, my guess is no, he won't be sacked. And there's a strong possibility we will lose.

09 Dec 2025 14:06:54
I doubt it and even if he does I think Salah will leave regardless.

09 Dec 2025 14:12:37
He should and He should.

09 Dec 2025 14:30:25
Slot will be there come summer YNWA YNWA just needs a couple of years YNWA.

09 Dec 2025 14:31:46
Salah getting the boot isn't Slot's decision. And so Slot leaving shouldn't bear weight on whether or not Salah go's, in theory. But it would make zero sense to let Slot and Salah go, if the idea that the club moving Mo on solely because of his comments against the manager is the grounds for the push. You can't get rid of a player for speaking out against a rubbish manager and then go sack the manager cause he is actually rubbish. Your'e punishing him for something you agree with. Make's no sense.


I think if they both go, it stands to support the rumours Salah was being flogged around without prior consent.

09 Dec 2025 14:35:08
As Ed001 has said here Slot has the backing of the 2 Wise Men. So he's probably going nowhere. Brilliant username 👏.

09 Dec 2025 14:40:00
I expect to lose heavily tonight, possibly a repeat of the 0-3 score from the mid-sixties fixture at Inter . Club announcement tomorrow lunchtime, interim manager for the Brighton game ( Rob Page? ), next official manager starts at Tottenham the following weekend .

09 Dec 2025 15:10:38
I think Salah might have gotten Slot a few extra weeks. Think the club will look to move Salah first and then the manager.

Sad state of affairs I must say.

09 Dec 2025 16:47:07
Mytton, I'll see you and raise you with : Inter don't win tonight. I generally KFA but I'm feeling it, trust me.

09 Dec 2025 16:49:00
That's some set of crystal balls you got there Mytton. Hoping to be pretty rich after my upcoming visit to the Power of Paddy!

09 Dec 2025 16:52:42
They will both go. Just a matter of time.

As for tonight, I don't see us getting a result. 'Hope Im wrong cos I don't want my team to lose, at the end of the day.

09 Dec 2025 17:28:45
Think you might be right Dave which is a bollocks. Only interested in an interim if it’s Jurgen Norbert 👍.

09 Dec 2025 18:14:20
I want us to win 🙏🙏.

{Ed025's Note -i should think so Irish.. why would anyone want their side to lose?..

09 Dec 2025 18:39:05
Come on, Ed025.
If you don't like the manager, you want to lose so he gets sacked and replaced by another manager and you start to win again. If you stop winning then you want to lose so you can replace the manager again.

And keep on repeating.
Slot has shown that he is incapable of winning games. In fact, we have lost 'ever since' we beat Villa and Madrid. Even though we haven't lost any of our last three games 😂.

{Ed025's Note - thanks for clearing that up Rigsby mate.. :)

09 Dec 2025 13:13:58
If we’re happy to treat a club legend with disregard and are ok with him being sold behind his back for a fee, then we can’t complain at how TAA treated the club. Wrong in every way to treat Salah the way he is being treated at the first sign of some drop off in form.

That in all honesty is due to Slot and wider issues. Salah never been the issue, but Slot is. Hughes / Edwards just protecting themselves from having spent £400m+ and taking us backwards. Long term those with the meticulous power play will destroy our club.

09 Dec 2025 14:11:15
Agreed. Absolutely unacceptable way to treat one of our greatest ever players

Also, I see everyone's talking about "Mo got dropped because he's playing bad. It's his own fault. " But WHY is he playing so bad?! The entire team is in shocking form. Is that Mo's fault too? It's just not possible for a whole squad bar maybe 2 players to become rubbish overnight, and for that to continue for months. Taking time for new players to click does not result in performances this poor for this long either. The excuses that Slot's army are coming up with don't make any sense this far into the season. AIf they were right, you'd would see glimmers of greatness here and there, peppered amongst the dirt. Or glimmers of hope at least. Yet no sign of it. No sign of Slot even having a real plan.

Slot has already admitted that him and Salah don't agree on everything, and early in the season Mo talked about the difficulty of learning how to adapt to playing with the new signings. Are these hints that Slot has been employing an attacking style that really doesn't suit Mo? Something he's already voiced concerns to the manager about to no effect?

Whatever's going on, it's clearly affecting the whole team. And It's easy to understand why Mo feels he's been thrown under the bus, put yourself in his shoes, he's always the first one criticised in the media. yet there's players in the squad that deserved to be dropped months ago, Konate should never wear the Liverpool shirt again. We'd be better off bringing one of the lads off the youth squad. Gakpo is absolutely muck week in week out, starts every match, nobody mentions him in the media, clearly Slot shows favouritism there. MacAllister and Grav are letting the opposition saunter through the midfield like their out for a Sunday stroll. Van Dijks "defending" has been criminal at times, he spends most of his time running backwards and just hoping they don't score. Outside of Szoboslai and Ekitike I can't think of a single player who doesn't deserve to be dropped.

09 Dec 2025 14:27:28
I think the 2 cases are a bit different to be honest.
I suppose look at it from a cold hearted business point of view though. A player is on enormous wages, at the tail end of his career and can still be sold for a huge fee, and is and has been playing terrible for ages now.

I don’t blame the club for wanting to sell him.
Have they gone about it the right way? Probably not and it is harsh on Mo, but I can’t blame them for wanting to cash in and reinvest.

09 Dec 2025 14:44:11
Not just a "drop off" is it, been going on for months now!

09 Dec 2025 14:55:02
Trent did nothing wrong. He saw out his contract and went somewhere else and good luck to him. He didn’t play it out in the press or criticise anyone or do anything to derail our season.

If Salah had kept his council and done things properly then we’d all have sympathy with him and be angry at the club for treating a legend of the club this way if indeed that is the case.

However nothing can excuse Salah mouthing off to the press in the way that he did and all he’s done is make it easier for the club to get rid of him. It’s selfish and it’s stupid no matter which way you look at it.

If anyone else went to the press and criticised their bosses to the world they’d expect to get the sack. Why should Salah expect anything different?

09 Dec 2025 15:13:19
2 very different situations.

Salah - If a player ain't playing well he deserves to be dropped if an adequate replacement is in the squad. I don't get this its wrong to treat a player this way because they are a legend. Its perfectly fine to drop a player regardless of who they are, if they ain't pulling their weight. Is there other players that deserve to be dropped? Yes but we don't really have anyone to replace Konate. Macca is a different story mind. Plus players get offered to other clubs all the time, its just the way of things.

Hewhoshouldnotbenamed - local lad, who's dream it was to play for his club, his people. Doesn't sign a contract and learns Spanish over a 2 year period just so he can take a crap on the club.

The Spanish RB is a rat of the highest level. No one thinks that of Salah, yes we are unhappy with what he has done because he shouldn't of done it. He knows what he was doing, its all about him and not the club. Which we all knew anyway. Its more the timing of it, rather than helping its a hinderence.

09 Dec 2025 15:24:23
This spending big nonsense needs to stop. We've got a net spend less than Spurs over the last 4windows. What about when Salahs agent was hawking him around Europe trying to drum up interest.

09 Dec 2025 15:28:35
What do you suggest we do Abz, keep playing a player who's been lousy all season? And as as been said, he can sit out the remaining 18 months of his contract, if he wishes to, like Trent did and then got pelters on here and booed inside the ground.

And what is "meticulous power play"? I'm fairly confident our club won't be destroyed.

09 Dec 2025 17:03:01
Rome, we literally play a player who has been lousy not just all season, on a biweekly basis in Konate YET Slot waffles about making excuses for why he should keep playing. Same with Gakpo. That is exactly what Salah is saying that a lot of people are missing for reasons I can guess but not sure about.

How is it possible that other players can play crap and still get picked while he plays crap and gets benched and when he approaches the manager for feedback, he gets ignored?

Don't forget that the club went behind Salah's back to get him out of the club and have clearly used this whole "benching" crap as a crutch to stand on.

The disrespect from the club is reprehensible YET people want Salah to back and respect the club whereas they blatantly disrespected him with such cowardly tactics.

{Ed025's Note - who told you the club went behind his back to get him out the club Oli?..

09 Dec 2025 17:35:10
Oli, I've said in another post that other players should've been benched as well. Do you think if we'd have dropped Konate and Gakpo that Salah would've kept quiet? Of course he wouldn't. All what Mo is interested in is Mo.

How do you know he's approached the manager for feedback? And as Ed025 as asked, who told you the club went behind his back? You, and others, are just making things up to support your views.

For the last time, because I'm starting to bore myself, Salah was bang out of order. I can't see a way back for him, thoughI hope I get to see him at the Brighton game. I would hate my last memory of him to be playing against Sunderland, when he was nothing short of lousy.

09 Dec 2025 18:04:30
Salah can't be sold behind his back.
You see, the club that is trying to sell him behind his back gave him a massive contract that means he can't be sold behind his back.

If Salah has been playing crap then why doesn't he do something about it? Other players being worse doesn't mean that he shouldn't be dropped. Why not work a bit harder to get back in the team?
And Slot did mention wanting to play another midfielder so Szob comes in for an underperforming Salah. That allows Grav and Mac/ Jones to sit, Wirtz to play further forward and still have Szob's energy on the pitch. Salah still has a lot to offer but he was dropped because we can't play all these attacking midfielders in midfield and one can do a job on the right of a front three. If Salah or Szob were more natural left sided players then Gakpo may well have been replaced.

09 Dec 2025 13:11:35


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09 Dec 2025 12:51:13
People saying everybody wanted Salah dropped, yea he needed to be on the bench for a game or two but not banished n exiled from the team like one or two others should be . he is a match winner n a proven goalscorer n we are sadly missing his output, a good manager would be able to find a way to get our most potent threat working, but Slot has no idea how to do this, now its sneaking out that they're trying to get rid of him, plot thickens.

09 Dec 2025 13:02:19
Can’t see many who would disagree with you there Strom.

But in light of Salah airing his dirty washing in public, what would you do now?

Personally I expected him to be come back to the starting lineup for tonight and Saturday, but I can see Slot er al now being in an awkward situation….

09 Dec 2025 13:23:31
Banished and exiled from the team.
Is that what we’re calling being on the bench for 3 games now lol.
Played the 2nd half against Sunderland too.
Absolute no excuses for what Mo had done.
Deal with it behind closed doors.
I’m so surprised people continually back him and excuse what he’s done.
You cannot go public like that.
Inexcusable given the context.

09 Dec 2025 13:23:39
Most folk on here wanted him dropped, if not everyone. The argument that others should've been dropped is also valid. I don't buy that he's been "banished". He just needed to knuckle down and get back to something like the old Mo. When he came on against Sunderland he was lousy. My concern is, and I've expressed this all season, is that he's gone. It happens.

Not sure where this will end up, though I suspect we may have seen him for the last time, which would be sad.

09 Dec 2025 13:50:07
Joint most goals and assists for Liverpool in the PL. As I’ve said before, the figures ain’t great but who has done any better?

09 Dec 2025 14:12:10
ZED, not sure what's actually going on behind the scenes. ED001 has mentioned that they don't want him around anymore, think after agreeing to get him signed on now they want to cash in on him, that's not right esp to Salah .

I was hoping he be benched for 2 games n come back with fire in his belly . can't see that happening now, Looks like the higher ups are backing slot even bfr Salah spoke out .

09 Dec 2025 14:19:04
Alright to be on the bench for a game a game or two but god forbid three. And how has he been banished and exiled. This isn't Maresca sending experienced pros to the u21's for a season. The 1st game Salah was dropped for was NINE days ago. it was only SIX days when he made his comments. Oh the persecution.

09 Dec 2025 14:27:50
Banished is a strong term there Strom. Is every player that doesn't start for 3 games and plays as a sub in one of them banished? Whatever else is going on Salah hasn't played recently because he's not been playing well so we were not missing his output because he wasn't doing anything and not offering any defensive help either. What he's done in the past will always be lauded but that doesn't help us right now does it? His amazing season last year doesn't win us 3 points in the next game, his form does and his form was awful, any other player would have been dropped weeks ago so if anything I think he's been getting preferential treatment.

Now that said, poor tactical use of Salah is on Slot, yes, but if he decides that's the way to go then he does so and is held to account as a result, which is what was happening.
All Salah needed to do was keep quiet, work hard, perform better and he would probably have outlasted Slot, the club can not force him out, contracts work both ways. As it stands, die to his outburst, I think he needs to leave for the club to maintain any sort of credibility over player power. No player is bigger than the club. Carragher's summary of the situation was spot on in my book.

09 Dec 2025 14:43:17
He wasn’t exiled he was benched for 3 games. Stop making excuses for bad behaviour.

09 Dec 2025 14:48:44
I see he’s at it again with pity posts on instagram showing him training alone. He’s acting like a bit of a brat to be honest.

09 Dec 2025 15:18:56
Slot had every idea how to do that last year when he built the team around getting the best out of him and we won the league.

He wasnt exiled either, he was just dropped to the bench. Obviously his fragile ego couldn't handle it.

I agree tho on others being dropped, Konate and Macca should be on the bench also.

09 Dec 2025 16:17:44
Well you say banished is a too much . he isn't allowed to travel tonight so what's that then . people taking the moral high growing on here, he should never have spoken out blah blah blah . looks like they've been trying to get rid of him behind his back who wouldn't speak out . as for his legs gone? What in 6 months he's gone from top scorer to over the hill.

n anyone taking any notice of Jamie Carragher needs their heads testing . end of the day we are dreadful with a manager out of his depth who plays players out of position n drops in form players , our record goalscorer is feeding on scraps because ot this boring slow pathetic football.

09 Dec 2025 16:46:46
Banished would be too strong IF he was included in the squad today. Slot made (yet another) mistake by not including him. Yes Salah was wrong to speak out, but also, if what he was saying true, the club is wrong in the way they've treated him. Multiple things can be true at the same time. Another example: Salah has been poor, but so have Slots slow build up that don't give Salah space and allow the entire defence to be set before Salah ever receives the ball.

It's a tough situation now, but I can see that Slot has wrong idea of how to play and that all players look poor, so I don't think anyone can claim "Salah has lost it" - that's just silly to me.

I'm personally not ready to cash in on Salah because of his poor form when the whole team have looked poor. If he gets sold in January without a proper send off, that will be a mistake by the club that I will have a hard time forgiving.

09 Dec 2025 18:54:12
Why do I need my head testing for agreeing with someone's opinion? Because of something he did previously? What exactly did Carragher say that was wrong? Or is it just that it didn't suit your narrative? He has a subjective opinion, so do I, so do you.

It just so happens mine was pretty much the same as his before he did his interview, but because your differs you say people need to have their head tested? Get over yourself.

09 Dec 2025 19:10:21
Westwood the fact that you brought Carragher up when most weeks he's having a dig at Salah for not speaking out about the bad run we are in . in other words he wanted Salah to call the manager players systems or whatever, So Salah speaks n because its not what Carragher wants to hear he has another go at him, that's what I meant .

I wouldn't listen to him or Red nev. Bert n Ernie they're called in my household, only people of a certain age will know who they are ha.

09 Dec 2025 19:30:10
He was dropped for 3 games, decided to go nuclear against the manager and the club and he’s been exiled because of that. If he had kept his mouth shut he’d probably be starting tonight. Everything that has happened since Saturday is because of Mo Salah and no one else.

10 Dec 2025 00:19:36
Fair enough Strom. Either way I hope it's all sorted soon. Massive distraction if nothing else.

09 Dec 2025 10:38:59
Salah wanted and probably still does want to stay.
This is his frustration coming out.
If you boss tells you your no longer required would you not be pissed off and tell people in the pub and colleagues the Bull rubbish it is to be told your no longer wanted
Surely we can understand his life is Liveroool FC and he feels aggrieved that the club is turning his back on him.
So he’s done 4 interviews in 8 years in and around match days. Wonder why if everytime he does he’s called out for it
The spitting disgrace of Jamie Carragher (how he has a job I do not know) says Salah is a disgrace.


A disgrace for letting us know the truth.
It’s why we all come on here. Waiting patiently for The Fields, RobboLFC, Carra, Ned Flanders and VictorGoddam to post. They give us what they know. We don’t ridicule them if it’s not what we want.
Yet Salah, our greatest servant since he’s been here says his truth and he’s hated for it?
Mo Salah. You’re a legend of this club. Thanks for the wonderful moments we as fans will cherish.
If it is an end to an amazing Liverpool career. Please know. YNWA 🫡.

09 Dec 2025 11:36:24
Best player of last 10 years. Shouldnt have done what he done. Both are true. Simples.

09 Dec 2025 11:43:09
To be honest, i can understand why he's kicking off, but i can also see why Slot has benched him. On the one hand, his form has been poor which would warrant time on the side-lines, on the other, you can't play someone that has done what they have as that would set a dangerous precedent for other players to do the same.

It's been mentioned on here many times why Gakpo or Konate haven't been dropped for poor form, and they have a point, but to be honest, i feel that benching salah is cutting our nose off to spite our face. If we're getting pumped tonight at Inter, we need players with Salah's capability to be able to come off the bench when required in order to make (hopefully) a difference.

If we get spanked tonight, the heat will be back on him for keeping a potential game changer out the team.

{Ed001's Note - I don't understand why Gakpo couldn't be benched? We have an Italian international left winger, a French international forward who plays that role and Hungary's captain can also play there. All this bollox about him only having a 17 year old to bring in is a flat out lie.}

09 Dec 2025 11:56:31
|I meant to say the heat would be back on slot, just to save any confusion.

As to your reply ed01, i would have to agree with you. The likes of Chiesa could sell his soul and it still wouldn't be enough to get more than a cameo in the last 5 minutes of a match. It's crazy, and it's things like that that will be Slots downfall imo.

{Ed001's Note - I just don't understand why he won't even try him, though probably his tendency to move the ball forward rather than sideways and backwards counts against him....}

09 Dec 2025 11:58:40
Slot is floundering - he uses each and every excuse.

09 Dec 2025 12:03:20
Anyone can make a mistake. Let’s hope it’s resolved. He’s a good lad.

09 Dec 2025 12:04:51
Oh please, Ed01. I know this one. Chiesa isn't playing cos get this,

"Surely the manager sees Chiesa train day in and day out and has clearly declared that he is not good enuff hence, why he does not fancy him".

As if managers don't have agendas against certain players due to a variety of reasons that have NOTHING to do with their actual footballing ability.

{Ed001's Note - even so, there are so many players that are terrible in training but turn it on when out on the pitch, that is not a reason not to pick someone. You pick them based on what they produce for the team, and so far he has produced as much as anyone, in fact far more than anyone else this season other than Dom.}

09 Dec 2025 12:35:28
Its a shame he is ill tonight, hopefully he can play at the weekend.

09 Dec 2025 12:59:55
I really don’t think that the fact anyone else could’ve been benched is the point here. We all know there’s a number of players who have been awful this season and that Salah isn’t the only one.

Salah has every right to be upset and I’d be amazed if he wasn’t. However that’s no excuse for seeking out the press and dropping a huge grenade in the middle of the club. There’s a right way and a wrong way to air your grievances and he’s chosen the wrong way.

If he really does want to stay as people seem to think he does then he’s just done a fine job of pushing himself out the door.

He’s a legend and we love him but he was out of order and has left the club with little alternative but to sell him. If that’s what he was trying to avoid then he’s just not very bright.

09 Dec 2025 13:45:34
Posting a picture of himself training alone is now swaying me back to it’s Salah being a prima Donna and self centred again.

{Ed001's Note - he posts those pictures virtually every day! Some of you are just ridiculous.}

09 Dec 2025 14:07:55
Ed, when you mentioned Slot’s preference toward Dutch players, do you mean he wants more Dutch players at the club? Or do you mean he won’t take action with our current Dutch players, for example, Gakpo and Van Dijk playing badly but Slot not dropping them?

{Ed001's Note - well he has shown a preference for working with Dutch players, and favouring them. At least that is the feeling at the club. He does seem to want to sign them and he does play the likes of Gravy, no matter how obvious it was that he was knackered. I can see why they think it and there is usually a natural preference to look towards people like yourself in any situation anyway.}

09 Dec 2025 16:39:18
Doesnt every manager we've had do that? Would Houllier not have preferred French or Rafa Spanish? Klopp in fairness was probably the exeption but then most of the decent ones were at Bayern and going nowhere and Gundogan chose City.

09 Dec 2025 17:11:07
Actions speak louder than words, right Ed01?

09 Dec 2025 17:14:46
Sorry ed01, that’s just not true. He last posted a picture of him training in May 2025 on his X account.

{Ed001's Note - that's nonsense, he posts up pictures everyday on IG of himself training. I see them in my feed all the time. Maybe they are in that reels thing usually and vanish? I don't know, but I do know that he does it pretty much every day.}