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04 Mar 2026 16:41:40
Whilst all the talk has been about Hughes and Edwards, et al, not wanting to sack Slot in order to potentially save their own reputations after hiring him, did they consider that actually sacking Slot, may have SAVED their reputations?
Just a thought.
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04 Mar 2026 17:22:22
No way we can get rid of Edwards and Hughes after we win the CL and FA Cup.
I have it on good authority that they have already booked a big red Routemaster double-decker bus for the city celebrations, and it's a non-refundable deposit.
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04 Mar 2026 17:26:28
The whole point of being data-driven is that you can make cold decisions at the most optimal timepoint.
Hanging onto a coach to save face, when they hide in the shadows anyway, makes no sense at all, and is far from being data-driven.
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04 Mar 2026 18:34:55
Mad how we're still having the same conversations 5 months on. 😂
The only thing that isn't said anymore is,
"Arne must win his next game or he's sacked."
Coz, we all know he could lose 4-0 and still keep his job comfortably. 😂
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04 Mar 2026 18:00:01
Who said they are not sacking Slot just to save face? There could be many, many reasons why they haven't sacked Slot yet. None of us are privy to conversations that go on behind the scenes, not even the Eds so anyone who tells you they know why Hughes and Edwards have chosen not to sack him is guessing.
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04 Mar 2026 19:32:46 Yes, we are guessing because most of us are exactly like Slot.
We no longer have a huffing clue what is going on.
04 Mar 2026 15:18:15
I mentioned in a post last week that our squad needs serious investment still and we have weaknesses throughout the first 11. I especially highlighted midfield. Sobosli is a very good midfielder on his day. He's not a superstar, but a top player on his day. You'd want him sign a long term contract.
Gravenberch is holding out for larger pay packet as well but he's already on big money. He's not a top 6 and he's not a top drawer midfielder in general. He did well last season but I remain of the same opinion from months ago. This club need two top midfielders to go straight into that team. Macca and grav are weaklings in this league. Macca at least got a few goals but both can certainly be improved on. This season has been a huge failure.
The trio, Hughes, Edwards and slot all deserve to go at the end of the season. Slots football is horrendous. It's worse than Arsenal because at least they're competing to win the league. We're in no mans land with football that will eventually have fans turn off the TV and forget about it. Massive Contracts were handed out to some very average players with more yet to be signed.
Slots football is terrible but this squad and first 11 is not great. Allison, virg and salah are past their peak. Robbo's gone. There needs to be a serious assessment of why the squad has been managed so badly, needing yet again soo several more recruitments in the summer. Going into the summer, we're seriously short of top top quality in many areas in that first 11.
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04 Mar 2026 15:49:28
Macca n Grav cannot play as a two. Weak, slow, not physical, not the best tacklers, not aggressive. They try, but it's not for them.
Right back.
Centre back x 2.
Strong DMs - just two mids.
Two wingers.
Left back because I reckon Robbo will go.
And, will LFC do that? I can't see it.
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04 Mar 2026 16:20:18
Grav wasn't a weakling last year. Or if he was, he was able to adapt his game so it didn't stop him from being a solid DM.
But this season, he's been asked to get forward more and has suffered as a result. It's almost like the manager is using a tactical approach that doesn't work well and the form of multiple players is suffering as a result.
If we can solve that (ie. replace the manager), do we still need to replace half the squad?
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04 Mar 2026 16:41:38
But you'd swear Gravenberch has played as a Roberto Baggio No.10 this season, the way people go on about his "change of position" this year. To me, he's mostly roundabout where he was on the pitch last year. It's more often than not him who takes the ball off the centre-backs. Maybe when we have teams penned in, he's trying to get a few more shots off than last year, but other No.6s like Caicedo or Casemiro do the same thing.
To me, it's been a change of attitude from the player. Last year, he looked up for it, determined to show Slot was right to give him more of a chance than Klopp did, for giving him a chance in a new position. Whereas this season it just looks like he thinks he's a star and is doing everything half assed. Be that tackling or tracking back.
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04 Mar 2026 16:48:38
It would be much easier to adapt our formation and tweak our boring style. Rather than change the entire squad.
We can't play 4/3/3. We've seen a perfect 4/3/3 under prime Klopp. We've seen exactly what it takes to perfect it, and at no point can it be this slow and boring.
I can't understand why, after 5 months, we're still persisting with it.
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04 Mar 2026 16:56:49
Best performance of the season (vs. Real), we played 433, so I don't accept that 'we don't have the players'.
Regardless, the formation is a secondary concern to how we approach the game in terms of tempo, closing down, etc.
We could play any formation under the sun. It won't work as long as we're playing in as slothful a manner as we are now.
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04 Mar 2026 17:24:47
I blame the players. We need to get Slot 18 new ones. Maybe we can cash in his air miles to help part fund it.
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04 Mar 2026 17:27:12
Florian, I think you need to watch Grav again this season compared to last season.
Last season he was the deepest midfielder at pretty much all times. This season, Slot is trying to make the midfield positions more fluid, so he and Macca tend to be the ones who will hold a deeper position, with one going forward and one staying back.
The problem is they both want to go forward a lot of the time, and they vacate the midfield entirely.
Another problem is Macca is not as good in that position as he is going forward, so when he is left in there on his own, we are vulnerable.
Grav is definitely getting forward much more than he was last season, and it destabilises the midfield.
It's almost a case of Slot trying to be too clever when he already had the answer anyway.
Grav has been quoted as saying he wants to score more goals, so maybe it's at his own request, or maybe he's just ignoring what Slot wants. Or maybe Slot thinks this is the way to go.
Whatever the reason, it has weakened us, and I don't understand why Slot doesn't just tell him to sit in front of the defence. If he refuses, then drop him and play someone else there.
He's a really good 6 but a very average 8.
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{Ed025's Note - i would say decent 6, bloody awful 8 myself BP..
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04 Mar 2026 17:53:31
I watch every game, Varry. I said it's him that still takes most of the ball off the CBs. I realise he was the designated No.6 last year, whereas it seems to be more of a sort it out between yis'r'selves set up this season. But the way people talk, he's been used like Bellingham at Madrid. He's still one of that pivot that should be sorting things, stabilising us, but it's kind of hard to do that when you're afraid of a tackle and jog back towards your own goal instead of sprinting.
That's attitude and drive, not the fact you might be 5 or 10 yards higher up a pitch at times than where you were last year.
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04 Mar 2026 18:08:33
But isn't it Slot's job to hammer players who won't tackle or sprint back, to drop players who aren't putting in the efforts, like you say?
He's the coach, that's his job. If he's not doing his job, then shouldn't he be removed?
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04 Mar 2026 18:32:52
No, I agree with that McGoveb, and he should be. Doesn't help that the alternatives, apart from Jones, are Endo and Nyoni. I've already said on this season's form I'd have Jones in ahead of Grav and Macca. Endo and Nyoni are different, one is still too scrawny for the Prem and Endo, for all his heart, is just not good enough.
Slot never rated Endo, the bloke should have moved on last summer. As bad as Grav and Macca have been, I'd still start them ahead of Endo and Nyoni. Maybe Arne has been hoping they'd snap outa it and get back to their previous form, but alas, it has not happened.
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04 Mar 2026 19:03:16
There are definitely games where Grav has been more advanced and Macca has been sitting, which seems utterly bizarre to me.
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04 Mar 2026 19:51:46 Sobs needs to be careful, as I get the impression he's getting a bit too big for his boots.
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04 Mar 2026 20:13:39 I watched Grav very closely yesterday because, at the start of the game, he did start in the 6 and seemed to stay there. I thought Slot had finally figured out he had it right last season and decided to go back to it. Hallelujah! Or so I thought.
Then, after about 5 minutes, he vacated that position and it was Macca in the 6. I don't think Grav went back there for the whole game.
04 Mar 2026 15:17:41
If the club really is not considering his position then sorry but those making decisions are inept and need to be relieved of duty.
Slot has for a long time shown he is not capable of managing at this level.
His tactical decisions and player instructions are so poor its evident for all to see.
Even a team bottom of the league knows if they bank in with everyone behind the ball they have a chance of getting a result against us. It is truly pathetic now.
This whole narrative of it not being the Liverpool way to sack a manager, sorry but to what detriment.
Have the nuts to make a decision and if Xabi is not ready till the summer then ask Stevie G to cover, I can guarantee no player will underperform for the remaining games if he was.
If Slott is still in charge for the next game I have 4 season tickets and will boycott the games for the remained of the season and would urge others to do the same to show our dissatisfaction at how our club is being run.
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04 Mar 2026 16:26:46
BeKind, fair play to you, mate. I won't be doing the same. Life is all about choice and opinions.
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04 Mar 2026 16:43:09
Can I use the tickets please?
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04 Mar 2026 16:53:16
In terms of attending the games, the only game that matters now is Galatasaray.
The rest are pretty much dead rubbers.
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04 Mar 2026 17:01:04
There needs to be a show of total unhappiness in the ground, BeKind, not showing up unless that was on mass.
I said at the end of November I wanted us to lose to West Ham because there was time then to change our league status, and if you look at the teams we have dropped points to since then, I do believe with a change we would still be in with a chance of the title.
But, to be fair, now more than ever Liverpool does need the fans to be the 12th man in home games, and drive the club forward on a wave of atmosphere, making us play at a higher tempo, because it will not come from Slot.
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04 Mar 2026 17:45:05
I think boycotting games and giving your tickets away for someone else to sit in the seat won't have the same effect. 🤣
Fm, if you're struggling for tickets, my recommend is Jun/Jul time, get yourself a LFC membership and go for the ballots, mate.
Last season I was lucky enough to get 8 (4 games). £9 a ticket for my son as well. This season, zero luck with both ballots.
But, as they say, you've got to be in it to win it.
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04 Mar 2026 18:00:59
Ah no, I was only joking, JK. I wouldn't go to watch that s***. 😉 😆
04 Mar 2026 14:29:16
It's just hilarious to me how 2 days ago Arne Slot talked about football being boring and tepid in the league, and not "a joy to watch", and then his team plays like THAT 🤣
Facilitated by his ridiculous insistence to keep playing Salah and Gakpo (2 players who offer NOTHING). a normal manager would maybe keep playing a constant team because they're all performing and he wants consistency. However these players have been poor AND you keep playing them!? so that they're tired AND poor?
You can't blame the players without blaming the coach! As the coach continues to pick the same players.
Get this manager out. He's entirely clueless.
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04 Mar 2026 14:39:30
He could be the dumbest manager we have ever had. Slot, nice but dim should be his name from now on.
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04 Mar 2026 15:18:36
Come on, don't forget the Owl.
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04 Mar 2026 15:22:35
@Wethereds, I thought about the exact same thing when it was discussed on here a couple of days back.
Man is complaining that PL footie is boring, while forgetting that his team, via his pathetic tactics, is contributing to the same boring PL standard he is complaining about.
Even the SNL/The Daily Show skit writers couldn't come up with such stuff.
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04 Mar 2026 15:33:22
Maybe Slot doesn't think we are boring?
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04 Mar 2026 15:50:07
I honestly can't blame a single player when they are all having a terrible season. When 90% of your starting 11 is garbage (all class players), then it's 100% on the manager and the tactics. How can you not see and understand this? It's not rocket science.
Could have sworn Salah scored a very good goal and was coming into good form before Ramadan. Gakpo, on the other hand, has been shocking, just as 90% of the team.
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04 Mar 2026 16:20:50
It's not just Slot. I'm sick of Van Dyke coming out and saying how poor we are, making mistakes, not controlling the game, etc.
He rolls the same drivel every couple of games.
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04 Mar 2026 16:49:48
I'd imagine Slot is seeing Gakpo and Salah offering nothing, but still thinks they are better options to start than Chiesa and Rio, which they are. What that says about our squad I'll leave up to other people. Chiesa on a good day is equally as bad as Mo, without the history of being a Prem icon, and Rio, as much as I love the kid, would be out on his feet long before half time.
He was too knackered, it seemed, to try to stop the Wolves player getting a shot off for the winner after what, 20 mins on the pitch? Not excuses, just what I see. If we had better options I would, and I'd imagine Arne too would have Salah and Gakpo on the bench till season's end.
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04 Mar 2026 19:13:22
Why the name calling, Lavish? Is it not possible to get your point across without being personal?
04 Mar 2026 14:27:23
I keep seeing people say that Liverpool fans only speak up when we lose. That's not true. The reason we speak up when we lose is simple — we're not happy losing. That's not negativity, that's passion. That's caring. That's having standards.
Since Klopp left, things haven't felt the same. Our form has dipped, performances haven't been consistent, and the identity that made us feared across Europe has faded. Under Klopp, we didn't just want to win — we wanted to dominate. It was high-energy, attacking, heavy-metal football. Intense pressing. Belief. Connection.
Klopp wasn't just tactically brilliant — he connected with the fans. He'd fire up the crowd, fist-pump the Kop, and bring the whole stadium to life. He mixed with people in the city and understood what the club means. He was passionate, respectful, genuine — and he touched the hearts of thousands. That bond between manager, players and supporters was powerful.
Now under Slot, it feels completely different. The style looks slower, more defensive, and it doesn't feel like Liverpool's DNA. When you've got top players at your disposal, getting them performing at their highest level comes down to the manager and his tactics. Right now, it feels like the players aren't being unleashed the way they should be.
There also feels like a disconnect. Klopp had an aura — a presence that lifted everyone. That connection mattered. At a club like Liverpool, it always will.
So when fans speak up, it's not because we enjoy complaining. It's because we've seen the standard. We've experienced what this club can be at its very best, and we don't want to settle for less.
If some fans are happy to accept average performances and a style that doesn't reflect the Liverpool we know, that's their choice. But wanting intensity, attacking football, passion on the touchline, and players reaching their full potential isn't pessimism — it's ambition.
We don't demand greatness because we're negative. We demand it because we care. And that's what being a true Liverpool supporter is all about 🔴.
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04 Mar 2026 15:00:41
Nobody is accepting bad performances, I don't see why people keep insisting that anybody who says anything other than Slot is dragging us into mediocrity, we are a laughing stock and nobody will want to join us after this season is simply an apologist for poor performances.
For example, I think Slot's tendency to throw first halves away and then try to win games in second halves against tired legs is absolutely inexplicable, especially since the likes of Frimpong were earmarked by the fitness team to be taken off in the second half. Frimpong is a livewire, let him run at defenders and create overloads on the right side, let's get ahead in the first half and then try to control the game aftewards. I can't understand why we constantly look so lethargic and passive in the first half, play well for half of a second half, then completely fall apart the last 10 minutes in games. I find that indefensible when we have players who can and are geared to play aggressive, front foot football, as we have proven in flashes this year.
However, I am also somebody who has been very vocal on here about the difficulties and the manager has faced, and that I think there have been proactive attempts to address them. I think the assessments of last night's game have been quite varied on here, and I do agree with some folks that we did enough to win the game, maybe not comfortably, but we did more than enough to get three points, if better decisions were made (and it's quite inexplicable how better decisions weren't made). Wolves didn't have a shot until close to the 80th minute.
The frustrating thing is that we can look like we've turned a corner one game, then look a complete and utter enigma of a team the next, passive, reactive and restrained. That part of the management I find to be impossibly frustrating. But yet, if we had got three points last night, pretty much nullifying the other team and creating enough chances to win by one or two goals, then nobody would complain. The problem is that when this style of football does not come up with the results, we are justifiably p'd off.
I don't, however, agree with folks insisting that anybody on here cares about the team any less than anybody else, or that they're making excuses for mediocrity. This season has been difficult, bewildering, even mystifying sometimes for all of us, and we're all trying to make sense of it. I think it's completely fair to expect greatness from this team. But I think it's also necessary to try and understand why we have fallen short of expectations. To me, at least, it's a bit too convenient to lay everything at the manager's door.
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04 Mar 2026 15:34:26
"I keep seeing people say that Liverpool fans only speak up when we lose. That's not true. The reason we speak up when we lose is simple - we're not happy losing. That's not negativity, that's passion. That's caring. That's having standards."
Exactly, Klopp05. Why should I accept a loss coupled with a feckless performance where my team did not even bother to earn the right to compete or put a tackle in? Yet people will call me "self-entitled" because I dared challenge my team and manager to do the basics in a game of football? There will be a cold day in hell before that happens, I promise you that.
Even when Klopp was here and he was doing the same exact thing, I criticised him and the players at the time.
The diff. was that I never believed for a second that he wasn't trying to do better. Man, he could have gone to Real Madrid and rejected them to stay and right his wrongs. It is these things that make Klopp so dear to most of our hearts, esp. in the times of sheer hardship.
Sadly, I do not have the same feeling with this manager this season. This is why I quit on him in November. Sadly, Slot hasn't changed and clearly he is all about himself and always has been this way this season. Hence, he can get out of my club at season's end if no. 7 is not in the kitty.
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04 Mar 2026 16:15:05
"My club" again, Oli? How sweet.
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04 Mar 2026 16:58:06
That's fair enough, lads, but just on one thing, Klopp is gone and isn't coming back. Sure, Arne looks and comes across as a bore compared to the big, crazy German. Neither is his team as exciting. But we probably aren't ever going to have another manager with the personality or football philosophy of Jurgen.
They don't exist. I remember the 2 fullbacks bombing on, Virg keeping a high line on the halfway-line and the lighthouse in midfield shoring things up, but even Jurgen moved away from that at the start of the 22-23 season.
I remember at the time thinking it was crazy. Anyway, I'm rambling. I suppose what I'm saying is don't be comparing managers to Jurgen, you'll always be disappointed.
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04 Mar 2026 19:30:27 You would still have to say that even the Jurgen team from 22-23 onwards was more exciting than watching what we have to suffer at the minute. Personally, I don't mind Slot at all. He comes across as a very likeable guy.
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04 Mar 2026 19:42:02 Even toned down Jurgen was exciting to watch.
04 Mar 2026 09:59:42
One thing i have to say about our tactics, usually when you have 70% of the ball the other team usually gets very tired and starts to make mistakes, because they are chasing the ball all game, however watching how we pass it around it allows the other team to rest in defence and barley break a sweat! I noticed Wolves was barley jogging to keep us out due to the Ultra slow passing usually sideways or backwards.
Its crazy to focus your entire game plan on control and passing and don't understand one of the fundementals for a tactic like this is quick passes where players are allowed to take risks on the ball!
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04 Mar 2026 15:14:39
I think the intention is to bore the opposition to sleep and sneak a goal while they are all having 40 winks.
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04 Mar 2026 15:35:19
Been saying it, @Willo. It must be part of the plan despite the shambolic results and performances we have seen.
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04 Mar 2026 15:37:15
Unless Gakpo decides to defend for the opposition team, Willo. 🤣
04 Mar 2026 09:55:59
I may be wrong but I though GVB is the number two man. I rarely ever see him get consulted by Slot during games or join in discussions. I though he would be more hands on as the number two.
He does look genuinely happy when we score or win games though.
04 Mar 2026 14:15:44
Our performances have been rubbish for a while, and I lost trust in Slot after the Forest, PSV games. We did improve a bit recently, but Wirtz being out has shown how much we have come to depend on him. More important for me has been how painfully boring we are in most games. However, having said that I am writing this to strongly condemn the abuse and disrespect Slot is getting. Sure things have not gone well, but people are being way too harsh. He is a league winning manager after all.
I will always respect him for that. More so -I have said this a few times already but it's still worth repeating - the way he handled the Jota tragedy, his poise and grace, should never be forgotten in my opinion. He seems like a genuinely nice person too, even though he has not excelled at his job this season. I hope we can as a fanbase understand that there's no need to make personal comments just because his professional standards have dipped. Peace out.
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04 Mar 2026 14:37:42
Personal opinion, but I think the decline has been happening since the end of 2021/2. The players were absolutely gassed by the end of that season, and we've never reached the same levels of performance and consistency since.
Last season we were consistent, and that's why we won the league. We didn't blow any teams away, we didn't keep loads of clean sheets, and we often had a poor first half, conceded first, and then played a lot better in the second half.
We weren't that good, but we were better over the course of the season than the rest. We also limped a bit over the line.
The huge recruitment last summer was to try and address the decline, and I genuinely believe they will all have better seasons next season - whoever is head coach.
Salah, Virgil, Becker are all declining. They can no longer make the rest of the team look better.
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04 Mar 2026 15:40:21
I disagree, Ron. We wiped the slate clean in the summer of 2023 when the midfield revamp happened, and the rebuild started when Fab, Hendo, Milner, Bobbie left, with Sadio leaving the season prior (21/22). That season, we were on for a league title already until Klopp announced he was leaving.
When Klopp left and Slot arrived, he did his thing, and we won the title (arguably we should have won the season prior) at a canter, and he got all the credit for that.
Again, that whole slate had already been wiped clean, hence it has nothing to do with whatever is happening this season. It has everything to do with the manager and his feckless tactics that are killing our results and sucking the life out of the watching fans. Just my take.
04 Mar 2026 13:00:41
Question for Ed001 if you are around .
Do you think the players actually get bored playing the way that we play?
Personally I'm finding us a really hard watch at the moment as a lot of the fans on here are apparently do.
I just wondered whether you think the players almost feel the same?
I'm not defending the players by the way as I believe they have been way off of this season but it must be hard in my opinion to start games in such a slow methodical way and then increase momentum and intensity when you are already as flat as a pancake?
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{Ed001's Note - yes, more of a problem is training than playing, as they don't have a crowd to drive them on and give them something to enjoy. So it becomes a chore, they then don't put their heart and soul into it and their level drops.}
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04 Mar 2026 13:57:04
When playing professional sports starts to become like a 9-5 job, players tend to lose interest, imo.
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04 Mar 2026 14:17:09
The whole situation is now beyond a joke.
Slot, after the game, saying that it was the same old problem - exactly! How has nothing changed in our performances over the last several months, and yet he still has a job?
Virg, saying that there was no urgency and it was too sloppy - exactly! But why is he telling the press? He is supposed to be the captain. Why isn't he berating the players on the pitch instead of being lethargically eased off the ball for their first goal?
These performances leave me so angry.
I can accept the result - it happens - but that performance looked like a team that didn't care about the outcome. We got right back in the battle for 3rd, and then this happens. It wasn't purely because of selection, tactics, or performance. Every one of those things is wrong right now, and yet nothing seems to be being done to address any of these things.
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04 Mar 2026 13:31:10
How is the cardboard cutout still in a job? This is getting embarrassing. Why is the club ignoring the fans Ed01?
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{Ed001's Note - it shouldn't be about the fans, it should be because it is obvious he is making things worse, rather than better. Every step forward is following by 3 back. Hughes and Edwards picked him, they are giving him every possible chance to turn it around. They don't want to make a change until the end of the season.}
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04 Mar 2026 14:19:19
I can go along with that Ed001. The noticable thing for me is that the players don't look sharp or fit enough this season. Gakpo, Mac Allister and Salah in particular. Even Gravenberch to a certain extent. And they are not the only ones. Obviously, they are fit individuals, but I mean that sharpness in the legs that gets you to the ball first, the endurance fitness that means you can sustain more than the 10 minute spells we see now.
Other teams with much less ability seem sharper, stronger, quicker to the ball, and can produce it over longer periods. I have been questioning what the fitness coaches have been doing but, maybe you're right, it is the sheer boredom of the training routines.
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{Ed001's Note - I think it is a mix of both. The fitness and conditioning coaches are not pushing them hard enough and then that is compounded by the players not enjoying what they are doing.}
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04 Mar 2026 14:48:14
LavishMctavish, do you think the support at games is baying for his blood? That's simply not the case and historically never has been. We aren't Spurs. I'm not saying that won't change, but I'd be surprised.
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04 Mar 2026 14:55:11
Script for Liverpool away games.
Start off slowly, passing the ball around the back 4.
Occasionally pass it into midfield, who promptly pass it back.
Try the occasional long ball that is overhit.
Maintain the slow tempo, hoping that a gap will magically appear.
Dominate possession, but create nothing with it.
Give their keeper the first half off, as he is not required.
No need for any urgency, as there is another half to play.
Come out for the second half with a bit more urgency and tempo.
Win a couple of corners that do not beat the first man.
We miss a sitter.
The keeper makes a save that he should make.
We have another couple of corners that come to nothing.
We hit the post.
The increase in tempo lasts about 15 minutes before the game drifts into a lull again.
Everyone is ok with that, as they are sure someone will produce a bit of magic eventually.
When the game reaches the 75 minute mark and that has not happened, he throws Rio on as a sub.
In the last 10 minutes, the opposition score with their first attack of the half, usually because one of our defenders could have done better positionally or to get the block in.
Throw Chiesa on in desperation, taking off a defender.
About 5 minutes from time, we grab an equaliser, sometimes because of a defensive error.
At this point, Arsenal, City, and maybe even United now, would go on to win.
But this is Liverpool, so we have all the possession in the last third, but the ball is recycled from left to right incessantly.
Near the end of added time, the opposition break on us, with four attackers against our remaining 2 defenders, because Slot has thrown the kitchen sink at it and left us completely unbalanced.
Obviously, they score.
We have no time to come back, so we lose.
In his press conference, Slot says he was happy with possession, but it's a pity we couldn't convert it to chances.
He has been watching and saying this all season.
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04 Mar 2026 17:04:59
I haven't enjoyed coming to work in lunchtime traffic today, to do a mind-numbingly boring job until 11pm tonight either, so I can see how the multi-millionaire footballers feel. Unfortunately, my boss just told me to get on with it, so that's what I'll do.
04 Mar 2026 11:36:58
Eds can i ask are we going to continue playing with Gakpo and Salah on the wings, who let's face it, are doing nothing every single game? I watch every match, and i am now of the opinion that our midfield needs completely replaced, salah and gakpo have got to go and we need to address the right back situation. The manager losese these games because we cannot score goals unless we go behind, then he empties the bench and makes the team completely imbalanced and then people wonder why we concede in the dying minutes of games. Iv'e watch Liverpool since the 80's and this is one of the worst performing teams i can remember.
We have had worse team that performed better, but now we have a good team (ish) that performs poorly week in week out. That is on the manager. He consistently picks Salah because of his reputation, but i will tell you what, Salah is at risk of ruining his legacy if he continues with these type of performances. There is no one being dropped for poor performance or attitude. Same team every week. It ridiculous. I was genuinely upset and frustrated last night. This is years and miles behind what Jurgen did. Its disgusting and it is disgusting that he will probably get another season to make it even worse.
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{Ed001's Note - I expect Slot to stick with them, but I don't expect him to be here next season.}
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04 Mar 2026 12:29:33
Hopefully you're right Ed001
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04 Mar 2026 13:22:31
We can talk about players all we like. It doesn't avoid the fact that the coach's signature move is to play out uneventful first halves and try to win games in the second half, with players who are clearly not fit enough.
The whole tactical approach is not fit for purpose - literally!
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04 Mar 2026 12:39:24
From your keyboard to the heaven, Ed01.
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04 Mar 2026 13:46:48
The team is clearly unfit. The tactics are awful, and MacAllister's performance (as an example) was just unacceptable. Salah has been getting away with it all season, and I genuinely just think Allison is bored.
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04 Mar 2026 13:40:09
Do u reckon it will be alonso that takes over if slot does go ed1? which I'm sure he will unless we get to a champ league final
04 Mar 2026 11:52:56
What has happened to Mo Salah? He looked like he has never played at premier league level.
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04 Mar 2026 12:09:53
He's the same player of the last 2-3 seasons minus the magic moments. The many magic moments, lol.
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04 Mar 2026 12:18:15
Every single year, without fail, people forget Ramadan Mo.
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04 Mar 2026 12:22:00
Legs have gone. It happens to every player eventually.
But, that being said, Mo Salah, Liverpool Legend. Simple as that.
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04 Mar 2026 12:32:08
Ramadan must have stretched since August this year, in fairness. Then FPF.
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04 Mar 2026 12:41:03
Slot has drained the belief out of a title-winning squad and 95% of the fans. It's no surprise he has also drained the confidence out of the league's best player over the last 8 yrs.
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04 Mar 2026 12:43:38
It does make you wonder why, at 33 years old and during a period of fasting, he has played 90+ minutes in each game, just a few days apart.
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04 Mar 2026 12:48:58
Normally I'd agree, Fly, but Mo has been awful all season. I don't even think you can say it's because his legs have gone, because his pace, or lack thereof, is not the issue.
He struggles to control the ball, to play a simple pass, and his shooting is way, way, way off. How many times in the past has Mo cut in on his left foot and you just think, 'goal'. These days, I'm expecting it to hit row Z, and he never disappoints.
It can only be that he's not working on his game as much as he used to. Even top players need to constantly practice these skills; it doesn't just come naturally under pressure.
The question is, why is he not training and playing like he used to? Is it Slot's training methods? Possibly, but the very best players will train these individual skills on their own anyway.
For me, it's likely that he and a lot of the other players have had a mindset shift after what happened to their mate. Suddenly, training every day is not the most important thing.
I've been in that situation, and major trauma in your life does alter your perspective on things. Suddenly, what you thought was so, so important just isn't anymore, and you tend to want to spend more time with your family and those closest to you.
It's actually quite hard to come back from, and for a player of his age, I doubt he ever will.
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04 Mar 2026 12:59:45
Correct Varry, Ramadan just started, but Mo has struggled all season. I've said before I understand the physical decline with age, that makes sense. But his passing, control and shooting all seem to have gone too.
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04 Mar 2026 13:04:12
Every year during Ramadan, Mo can't trap a ball, pass, or shoot. It shows you how important his physical capacity is to his game, even when he was in his prime.
Ramadan came around just as he was starting to look good vs Sunderland and Brighton - he put in massive shifts in those games.
However, overall, I agree that his form has dropped this season, much like the rest of the team. Some is probably down to age, some of it to grief, some to the coach's tactics, and some to the changes of personnel behind him.
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04 Mar 2026 13:20:47
Yeah, I think you're probably right, Fly. It's hard to pinpoint one thing that has caused such a big decline in so many usually reliable players.
It's hard to quantify how much each aspect has affected each player, as they are human beings and are all very complex and different individuals.
It does go to show, though, that it's not all just about transfer windows and signing players. Even the very best players can be total crap if the environment isn't conducive to high performance.
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04 Mar 2026 12:56:30
Ed001 Mo was never the sort of player that once his legs had gone was going to be a good player. Barnes Gerrard were so much better technically than Mo as many goals Mo scored every season he missed as many that he should have scored.
But am not sure this season that it's how much Mo legs have gone or more down to general fitness of the squad that is affecting so many of our players. Because this kicked in from about February March last season.
Ed are you surprised that FSG have not acted already this season with what is at risk with leaving Slot in charge. I feel if Hughes and Edwards had acted when they should have in November I feel we would have been back in the league race only have to look at United if they have acted sooner think they would have too because Arsenal and city are so poor and as the best two teams in the league it shows how poor the league is.
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{Ed001's Note - I am not surprised FSG have not acted, they are not well versed in football and appointed people they believed were to run things. The problem is Edwards etc, not FSG.}
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04 Mar 2026 13:52:32
If you look at all the players from last season and compare them to this, all have dropped a level, barring Dom.
This is down to coaching and tactics.
Maybe the players won't give their all like they used to with Klopp.
Then, there is maybe being so bored with the way we play that it has infected their overall approach.
Maybe they are no longer fit enough, again, back to the coaching.
With Mo, we can clearly see that the system is designed to get Gakpo on the ball and shooting as much as possible.
If Salah does get the ball, it is a lot later in the move than it used to be, leaving him with more to do, plus with a lot less support.
His confidence is going to have taken a hit, plus he, like all of us, can't see any end to this style of play.
He has lost the legs of Diaz and Nunez, and the chaos and space they created for him.
Yes, he might not be the same player he was, but all of our players are suffering from the Slot effect.
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04 Mar 2026 13:52:39
That's a really tough one though, Grino.
Do you really sack a manager who just won the league and has just lost a much loved squad member in tragic circumstances during the summer, just 3 months into the following season?
That's a really knee-jerk reaction, and I'm glad we didn't do it. We had to show some compassion to Slot and the squad, and some loyalty to a manager who just gave us number 20.
It's not all about hire 'em, fire 'em, and quite often there are other things at play which have caused what we are seeing. The guys in charge have to be 100% sure that removing Slot from his position is the right thing for the club, and you simply couldn't have said that with any conviction back in November.
It's still debatable now, although by now we do have much more tangible evidence that it's at least partly his decisions and methods that are having a negative effect on results.
I don't mind Slot, I think he's a nice guy and talks a lot of sense, but it's clear he's not getting what he wants from the players. Then, rather than changing what he does, he just perseveres with something that clearly doesn't work because in his mind it should work.
I just think the players need a change. Someone who isn't bogged down by what happened in the summer and has a new voice and fresh ideas. We need to get the players excited to play football again.
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{Ed025's Note - you really have to stop this blaming the sad passing of Diogo on how this season has turned out BP, it is not a reason its an excuse and i feel its not only disingenuous but disrespectful as well mate..
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04 Mar 2026 13:58:53
FSG do not interfere in these things, and long may that continue. I don't want the owners of my club dictating who the manager should be nor what players they should sign.
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04 Mar 2026 13:58:33
What ever it is Mo has been awful. He will always be a legend at the club, but has his time come to an end. YNWA
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04 Mar 2026 15:16:19
Thank you Ed25
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{Ed025's Note - it just doesn,t sit right with me JLC..
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04 Mar 2026 19:11:55
Not giving the bro Ramadan as an excuse, not for 400k/week.
Sorry, not sorry.
{Ed025's Note - i suppose that would depend on if you were a Royalist or a Slot apologist Ernie..
{Ed001's Note - yes, more of a problem is training than playing, as they don't have a crowd to drive them on and give them something to enjoy. So it becomes a chore, they then don't put their heart and soul into it and their level drops.}