14 Mar 2026 21:54:28
I'll have to not look at anything football related from March to possibly September now that Arsenal pretty much won the league
And that irritating arrogant POTtrash will go on and on with his philosophies and gimmicks he comes out with
Not bad for over a billion spending to reach the top spot
Then you will get the Klopp vs Arteta questions and memes
God help social media if they win all four comps.
14 Mar 2026 23:25:53
I can't stand them either, but I'm becoming resigned to letting them have their 15 minutes of fame.
I'm more looking at the bottom of the table now, and hoping Spurs go down. I live in North London, and I'm surrounded by Spurs fans who, I have to say, are the worst fans on the planet.
Most won't even watch the games now, they have completely checked out. Some are even saying they hope they go down because it will serve the owners right.
I've never known a group of fans who hate their own team so much.
This website is a bit of a microcosm of the way all Spurs fans are. They'd rather whinge and moan about the team and boo them off the pitch than actually try to help by supporting them. It does remind me of some posters on here.
14 Mar 2026 23:26:05
Sticks and stones and all that, mate. We all know who the better manager is, and the style of footy we played to win our trophies...
14 Mar 2026 23:40:07
Arteta may just become the next Slot then, after winning this PL this season.
15 Mar 2026 00:23:06
Hopefully, there's another style shift in the league and he's stuck with a squad of rugby players.
15 Mar 2026 00:07:03
Varry, the only moaning people do is about Slot and rightly so. You and certain posters are digging deep to protect him which is fine, but it doesn't disguise anything.
14 Mar 2026 16:16:35
Looking at the weekend's fixtures and obviously hoping that Newcastle can get something at Chelsea, preferably 3 points.
The Utd, Villa game is a weird one for me as although I don’t want Utd to win on any occasion I’d actually favour a win for them tomorrow as it drags Villa down with us (if we win, we’ll go above them?)
For me Villa are the ones at real risk on missing out on CL qualification through the league and they may well feel that Europa Cup glory brings them a much wanted major trophy and CL qualification?
Also if Utd get CL qualification, I think they might stick with Carrick, which will be disastrous for them moving forward.
14 Mar 2026 18:46:23
After this week's results in the CL, I think there may be a risk we don't get that extra spot. So 4th is crucial. We can't hope that 5th will be enough.
14 Mar 2026 20:29:32
The problem is, Villa have a much easier run in the last 8 games than we do. They play 4 of the bottom 5. Pretty sure we're the only team in their last 8 fixtures they haven't beaten this season. Their only 2 really tough games (on paper) will be us and City, which are their final 2, so it could go right to the wire. With a bit of luck, their lack of form will continue and relieve us of a little pressure. Chelsea have a similarly difficult final 8 to us, but some very patchy form of late too.
Agreed. I'd be shocked if City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Spurs didn't get knocked out. So, if we win, that could leave us with only 2 English clubs in the competition, and put a hopeful 5th place finish completely out of the question.
4th is a must. Luckily for us, Villa and Chelsea are off the pace at the moment. It won't be easy, but it's absolutely doable. Hopefully the lads can muster up a string of quality performances for the home stretch.
14 Mar 2026 20:44:01
Chewy, mate. Chelsea and Villa are not the only ones in a poor run of form!
Clutching at straws, mate. I hope you're right tho.
YNWA.
14 Mar 2026 20:57:55
Playing 4 of the bottom 5 is a bad thing in the run-in. They are fighting for their lives. You want to play teams who have nothing to play for, not teams who are fighting for European places, and definitely not teams who are fighting relegation.
15 Mar 2026 00:42:08
Isn't the PL already top by a number of points? Assuming Arsenal knock out BL, then Munich are the only German team left, no? Spain will definitely get a spot, but surely the Premier League will get one ahead of Germany (not sure there are many other contenders).
Also think we will beat Gala. And fancy Villa and Palace to go all the way in their comps.
15 Mar 2026 04:58:49
Chrisymate, Oh, I'm well aware, but we're stuck with Slopball at the moment, and we can't afford to miss out on that CL revenue, so trying to stay (as) positive (as I can).
Varry, I know what you mean, mate, but I'd still rather play the bottom 4 over the top 4. There's a reason they're fighting relegation.
funky061, Spain and Germany are both on 18, England on 22.
Yes, if Arsenal do the business against Leverkusen, we get the extra spot. If not, there's a small chance Germany could take it, but I think it would take something incredible, like Bayern would have to win every game and Leverkusen would have to make the semis, or something like that. Don't quote me on it, so yeah, it is highly unlikely that Germany would take it.
14 Mar 2026 14:43:56
When I was young, it wasn't always easy to catch Liverpool games. Back when cable TV wasn't available yet, you did have to hope the local broadcaster had a Liverpool game to have a chance to catching it.
Then came cable TV, but my family was poor but couldn't afford it.
So how have I followed the matches?
- logged on to IRC and people was posting the matches live via text
- find steaming sites (back in the day, the connection speed, quality were awful, but we make do)
- find friends who didn't mind me crashing their homes for a game
- find bars who had showing the matches live (but there was a crackdown later on as some places drew masses and the subscription provided were pissed that one account was serving hundreds instead of just one household)
But no matter what, I did try ways and means to catch a game.
As an adult with more purchasing power, I got the subscriptions I needed and was able to watch the games a lot more regularly, probably from the Brenda era onwards.
Klopp's football was the best no doubt. I did enjoy several of Benitez's masterclasses too. Brenda got lucky with SAS, but that season was wild. Kenny, when he took over mid season was decent. Houllier's football can be dreadful but it was in an era where the game was faster and more physical, so still quite a watch, and he did win a bunch. Sadly I didn't get to see much of the Evans era and could only catch snippets of it as an adult.
Roy's football, along with Brendan after SAS was torrid.
But this season, is the first time, when I had access to the matches, and I chose not to watch it. I tried at the start of the season, but the football got really dreadful. The results are poor, there's not much of a fight, nor entertainment. Not sure what is it about, but I find no joy in watching the team at all. Even in those dark periods when we didn't win much, we still had plenty of memorable matches. But this season, the football has been really awful that I find it hard to drag myself out of bed at this age to watch it - because there is no entertainment value, no fight, zilch.
I may get a good backlash by being called a fair-weather fan or glory hunter or what not. But this is really how I'm experiencing our team this year - no interest - and I'm deeply saddened by it.
I just hope something changes in me, or the team? So that I may find back the interest and zeal once again, whereby I structured my work and personal life around matches, where I did find ways and means just to catch a glimpse of us in action.
14 Mar 2026 15:54:20
You're not alone, mate. It's soul destroying. Watching us is so boring, it's almost depressing.
Now, you've gotta ask the question: why aren't we trying to fix it? Why are we all still having the same conversations as we were in November? 🧐 I don't get it.
Some believe it's fitness, some think it's the slow tempo, some of us believe it's the formation, I've seen ppl mention it's players playing out of position, and some say the squad isn't good enough or the manager needs to be replaced.
But we have tried nothing; none of it has been addressed. It's the exact same as 5 months ago. 🤔 It is strange. It almost feels like the season has been totally written off by the club and absolutely nothing matters until the summer.
14 Mar 2026 16:34:04
I still like watching us play, way more than I did in the Hodgson days, but even back then I would still watch every game. We've been way off it, but even then, watching the likes of Kerkez, Wirtz and Ekitike develop has been fun, and watching Frimpong skin defenders out wide and watching Rio become a special talent on the biggest stage has been a highlight. Moments of joy and marvel have been few and far between, but Rio's winner at Newcastle early in the season, Dom's two wonder free kicks (even if we lost one of those games), playing Real off the park in the group stages, and Ekitike's two goals against Newcastle have still given us something to shout about.
Just look at it as seeing the green shoots for whoever is given the reins next season, I'm sure we'll be better.
14 Mar 2026 16:34:56
Exactly the same as sgynwa.
Slot has ruined the game-watching experience with his god-awful football.
The sooner he is gone, the better.
Sure, some of the 'slot in' crowd will say he won a title last season, but that was after the work Klopp put in, nothing to do with Slot as the rest of the league was pretty poor.
14 Mar 2026 17:05:12
Disrespectful to say last year was nothing to do with Slot, then say the rest of the league was poor. I'm not one of the "Slot in" crowd, but he did win the league last season. Give the man credit.
14 Mar 2026 17:56:39
Slot and the players, specifically Salah, take the plaudits for last season.
But Slot and the players, Salah high on this also, have had a poor season by recent standards.
Some of the players won't be here next season, and personally I believe Slot's time is up.
He'll always be a Premier League-winning manager at the club, though, his name is forever written in the history books.
14 Mar 2026 18:18:47
I do be glued into every game, always will be. The games between now and season's end are very important, so even more so. I realise the football hasn't been great, but c'mon, we had Houllier, Rafa nd Hodgson on the bounce for over a decade.
Let's not make up we've always had Champagne football. Personally, I can't NOT be invested in us every game, I wish we played every night.
14 Mar 2026 18:25:49
We've been a terrible watch for periods throughout the years, and I don't find this season's performances dramatically lower than at some periods over the last 25-30 years.
Not calling anyone out, but I do feel the big bad internet has caused some people to just be fully against Slot, and throw out "I'm not watching anymore" or "I'm not watching till that man is out of my club" comments without it actually having any real life consequences. You hear one person say "I'm done watching" and then they come on and give chapter and verse about how terrible we were in the next game.
My heart belongs to Liverpool, whether we're awful or not. Perhaps it's because my hometown club, Kilmarnock, are permanently woeful, which makes it easier to deal with a defeat or a bad performance.
Not calling myself a superfan or better than anyone else, I just don't understand how this season's football could actually drive fans away from the club we all love.
{Ed001's Note - in the past it was cheaper to watch, the price has been rising at an enormous rate but the quality of the product, and in the Prem in general, has never been lower. All while the players and coaching staff and technical staff etc are being paid enormous sums. It is easy to see why people might choose to turn off and save the money, especially when the cost of living is so high.}
14 Mar 2026 18:48:24
Florian the Scientologist defending Slot again. Slot takes the plaudits for last season, his tweaks from Klopp to control games worked wonders. But now he does nothing. No identity, no fitness and no impetus. Rafa was a defensive minded manager, but could hurt teams particularly on the front foot and they were well organised.
Houllier slightly more chaotic, but was more direct, despite an infinitely inferior squad to Slot. Hodgson was a disaster. But the others had more identity than Slot and the football was far better.
14 Mar 2026 18:53:56
I'll always watch - there have been far lower periods than this over the years and we've always come through.
It makes the trophy winning times that much more enjoyable knowing we've come through turbulent seasons.
14 Mar 2026 18:59:19
Didn't mention Slot. I love watchin my team, have done for over 40 years.
14 Mar 2026 19:28:03
Frode, pretty reasonable post from Florian. He only said how much he's enjoyed watching us & still enjoys watching us.
14 Mar 2026 19:29:44
Houllier had players like Babbel, Finnan, Carra, Hyypia, Riise, Hamann, McCallister, Gerrard, Murphy, Fowler, Kewell, Owen, Heskey, Litmanen. Was it really infinitely inferior, Frode?
14 Mar 2026 19:18:13
Just to add to what Ed001 put:
Accessibility and free to air football on TV is basically gold dust.
FA cup games are not shown on TV like they used to be, apart from a select few.
Champions league used to be on ITV every season and that's how I was able to watch Liverpool when I was growing up.
We never had Sky TV or satellite pay per view packages, so footie on the telly was really appreciated.
Nowadays people go on about Netflix which doesn't show live sport.
You then have streaming platforms which I don't even understand as there are so many companies and packages I wouldn't know where to start. They all want you to pay as well.
Sky, BT sport etc.
Plus nowadays there are in certain areas of the UK at least, less pubs than actually have a telly showing football, not to mention some of the prices of drinks especially in parts of London and other places I'm sure?
It's not the same watching highlights on YouTube which are a pain to even get on to sometimes and don't always show the good bits.
So we have a lot of different things to consider.
I still have fond memories of going to Anfield to watch games but these were occasional as I had to travel a couple hundred miles each time because I don't live near.
I will go again but the cost of going to watch a game all in is basically the price of a cheap package holiday.
So I just find a sports bar or similar type pub to watch games as I basically only have terrestrial TV and the radio.
14 Mar 2026 20:44:02
Definitely not alone mate, it's a hard watch every game.
14 Mar 2026 21:09:33
I'm not sure how people can call themselves proper fans by choosing not to watch the match.
I fully understand that not everyone has access to tickets for numerous reasons, and yes, the football is a hard watch at the minute, but how can anyone have access to the game on TV and choose not to watch because we are boring.
I'm 45 this summer, and I've seen lots of poor displays; however, as a supporter/fan, I will always plan to watch and hope for a win.
Tomorrow, against Spurs, will be no different.
Surely you want to assess why things go wrong when times are hard, or do people only support when times are good?
Not Slot's biggest fan, but here's hoping for 3 PTS tomorrow. 🙏
14 Mar 2026 23:01:00
I never miss watching a match (albeit on TV). There's plenty of valid reasons for people not being able to see some games, but it just comes across as petulant and entitled to give up on your team because you don't like the current style of football, or we are fifth in the league, or you think the manager is a fraud.
It's no different to walking out of the Ataturk at halftime, in my opinion.
There's a famous quote that says if you can't support us when we are boring and Gakpo's having a mare, don't support us when we win. Or something like that.
14 Mar 2026 23:33:14
I feel absolutely blessed to have access to tickets and to be able to afford them. We support one of the greatest football clubs in the world. Just stop and think about that for one minute.
We will come through this blip, which, in the scheme of things, is all it is. I can't make tomorrow, but I can't wait till Wednesday. I am so lucky and appreciate my fortune.
14 Mar 2026 23:51:57
I've watched plenty of torrid football across the decades, but this season feels very, very different. Perhaps, in my 40s and having tons of life responsibilities, I found myself no longer making accommodations to watch every game, especially when they are like 3am, like I used to, even when they happened on anniversaries, birthdays, etc.
Perhaps the drop off from Klopp's football was too massive (and this, bearing in mind, the football wasn't the greatest towards the end).
Perhaps I am at a very different stage in life. I don't know, it just feels very different this season.
I do agree that football as an entertainment, as a whole, has declined. Somehow, not many teams or managers, or their brand of football, excite me anymore.
Or am I depressed?
14 Mar 2026 22:45:17
That's a very fair point ed001, I was treating it purely as an emotional thing, but you're right, there is always some form of expense in watching the team, and no one wants to pay for something they don't get enjoyment out of.