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05 Apr 2026 17:03:17
So what exactly was Szobo having a go at the travelling fans for?
Those same fans who actually stayed until the end.
I've not actually looked at what transpired, nor what he said / did. So I'll reserve any judgement for now.
Yesterday was just the straw that broke the camel's back, I reckon.
Fans leaving with 30 mins remaining, VVD admitting that the players gave up, Szobo and the fans thing, fans singing Gerrard's name, the whole Hugo / Cherki shirt swap thing, our very ITKs saying that the board are not happy with the players after Szobo's incident.
This is just uncharted territory for us.
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05 Apr 2026 17:22:47
Time for a change methinks.
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05 Apr 2026 18:23:38
Expecting the fans to blindly support this nonsense 😂 Is he having a laugh? What an idiot.
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05 Apr 2026 18:52:21
Defending people who he works with and considers friends, I would say LFC, and asking fans for more support.
I mentioned already my thoughts on the rumours page.
Not a fan of calling this guy an idiot. Or Slot for that manner while we're at it.
I have no problem with people saying an intern could do better right now, or the tactics are awful, or that he fails to motivate players, or that a player is too slow, legs have gone, someone is useless to the team, whatever.
Criticize performance to the max that you want.
But calling players or coaches things like idiot, clown etc., personally can't stand it. You do what you want, I guess, but to me, it's just toxic crap.
He shrugged his shoulders for goodness sake. Get over it.
Now, for some reason I think I recall that posting links is not allowed here. So spend 30 seconds googling Fenway Sports Group and go to Media, then inquiries and let them know what you think of them giving up on us and forcing us to watch pure dog s&^% football under Slot. Then go to Liverpoolfc dot com, make your way to the bottom of the page and follow the "contact us" link and once again, dump all your anger and vitriol out. At this point it is almost an intentional insult and there is, and can be, zero rational reason to continue to inflict this upon us.
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05 Apr 2026 16:59:51
Those kinds of emails and responses will just get binned by the club's media team. What the club will respond to is when the majority of crowd turns at Anfield and that's not far away.
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05 Apr 2026 17:10:44
Yes, I heard all of those enquiries from the contact us page get forwarded automatically to Tom Werner and John Henry marked as "high importance".
Yesterday was a joke on top of what has been an awful season, but some of the histrionics on here in the last 24 hours are a bit much.
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05 Apr 2026 17:14:49
True, VV...
Need to hit these guys where it hurts.
As an example, I think it was in Australia, when bus drivers went on strike due to certain grievances they had.
What did they do? They didn't send nasty emails, they didn't stay away from work, they didn't run the streets making a mess, they didn't send nasty worded emails...
they simply all went to work, and allowed the travellers to travel for free!
And yes, that quickly got the attention of those higher up, because it was their pockets that were impacted.
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05 Apr 2026 17:19:43
Chicagored,
Grow up. What needs to happen will happen at the end of the season. It's not the first time we've had a bad season, and it won't be the last. With this new breed of Liverpool supporters, everything is so dramatic. If things are not going well, they are looking at every little thing to moan about. Ekitike swaps shirts while he is on the bench, with both players having been subbed - scandalous! Szobozlai, clearly frustrated with both the teams and his own performances, asks fans why they don't support the team when they need it most - disrespectful.
I will go as far as to say that any supporters who left with half an hour to go are not genuine Liverpool supporters. Don't they understand the words or sentiment of 'You'll Never Walk Alone?' It is when times are tough that teams need their supporters.
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05 Apr 2026 17:23:36
Well, I guess it's a good placebo if folks on here want to vent some steam, Gvardiol....
05 Apr 2026 15:16:52
Pardon my ignorance, but don’t the club conduct meetings with fan groups to discuss issues Liverpool related and fans to air concerns? Seems the club is becoming out of touch with fans, which is not what LFC stand for.
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05 Apr 2026 16:13:01
Well, the fans walked out early yesterday so I think that says everything.
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05 Apr 2026 16:31:44
As far as I'm aware, the Spirit of Shankly have a say on certain matters. I doubt very much that that stretches to having an input on the sacking of a Head Coach, though.
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05 Apr 2026 16:46:38
Don't we have an AGM meeting or something?
05 Apr 2026 14:32:47
Lack of fitness really rears its head when you’re behind or towards the end of a half.
Fatigue affects concentration and you make silly mistakes, either conceding or missing easy chances.
It’s obvious that’s been a huge problem for us. At the beginning of the season we were nicking results late in games. Now other team's fitness has clearly overtaken ours. We’re on the wrong end of those outcomes.
Secondly, recently, when we’ve been behind, there seems to be no energy to turn it around.
I’m sure the players care. They’re just under-conditioned for the Premier League.
No doubt they’d be flying in the Eredivise.
Fitness and Leadership are the biggest issues the players face.
A new manager and fitness coaches can turn fitness around in the summer.
Leadership is a bigger issue.
I think we need a “midfield enforcer” to come in and be the dressing room leader we need.
The central spine of the team is weak. Isak will make a difference when fit. Becker will too, but we need to work out his long-term replacement soon.
Central defence and midfield are something which a new manager needs to work out immediately.
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05 Apr 2026 15:09:08
I think you give them too much credit, Ron. Yes, we're being managed by an absolute joker, so things have to be contextualized from that point, but if the players actually cared like they should, they'd take it upon themselves to improve their fitness, be competitive in games, fight until the last, and even ignore the "coach" that they clearly do not want to play for.
Everything below the part about Eredivisie, I agree with.
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05 Apr 2026 15:10:20
100%. Ruben Peeters, Lead Physical Performance Coach, brought in from Feyenoord along with Slot, is not catching anywhere near enough flack. Apparently his whole angle at Feyenoord was increasing "player availability". I can only imagine they did this by reducing the intensity/frequency of training sessions, which of course aligns with the rumours we've been hearing.
That might have worked in the Red Light League, but they're dealing with elite athletes now. Sometimes less is more, but this is not one of those times.
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05 Apr 2026 16:50:47
And when exactly will they work on their fitness in the summer?
Will they be given a fitness program to do in-between the games at the World Cup?
It's going to be a long summer and longer campaign next season.
Maybe we can buy 7/8 very fit players to make up for the lack of fitness now and lack of time that we'll have getting everyone to the required fitness levels for next season.
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05 Apr 2026 17:02:29
Buy 7fit players in the summer, Slot will train that out of them by xmas.
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05 Apr 2026 17:35:55
FYI, JLC - Not all our players will play in the final of the World Cup. 👍
05 Apr 2026 14:23:27
Can someone tell me what Hughes n Edwards do everyday at the club, esp Hughes, there is only so many players to look at, so many contracts to do, so many chats you can have with a manager, what is their actual day to day job?
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05 Apr 2026 15:11:03
Fannying about by the looks of it.
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05 Apr 2026 15:22:37
The thing about football is that it's really not that complicated.
The issue with these modern suits is they think they are galaxy brains playing 4d chess, and that's why they're paid so much money.
We just wouldn't get it. Their genius minds can see five years into the future, and have calculated that we will be the best team in Europe, so long as we persist through this "transition" period.
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05 Apr 2026 15:32:53
Strom, what do people in similar roles at other clubs do? Very few of us know. I certainly don't know, or particularly care.
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05 Apr 2026 17:01:40
What do Hughes and Edwards do? A circle jerk every morning with the loser eating the spoiled digestive.
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05 Apr 2026 17:20:34
They analyze the Slot stats, saying we are performing great, and should have won every game if it wasn't for the opposition.
05 Apr 2026 14:18:57
Jesus Christ, I have never heard a player admit that the team gave up. But, Van Dijk, our captain, has just admitted as such. It is one thing to see it and know it, but another to have it outrightly confirmed.
If I went to the match, paid the ticket, then I would be absolutely furious to hear that.
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05 Apr 2026 14:42:55
He's just not a leader for me. Great player, don't get me wrong, but in many respects the game has come too easy for him. In the past he's been able to stroll through the game, he's quick and can recover. He's dominant in the air so he's been able to be out of position and cope.
He's never been a 'blood, guts and thunder' type of player, he didn't need to be.
Now the game is too quick for him to recover, he's struggling.
Great servant, tough to replace, needs to be done ASAP.
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05 Apr 2026 15:12:12
Agreed, not a leader, not a fighter, no grit, no passion. Great servant, will always be remembered fondly, but his time is up for me.
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05 Apr 2026 15:46:17
I don't think his time is, but maybe it's time to remove the captaincy from him, I remember GH taking it from Sami Hyypia and gave to Gerard.
It improved his game if I remember.
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05 Apr 2026 15:53:49
Funny how Mo's been crucified by fans, yet Van Diijk is having a woeful season and people are still backing him. He's 35 and having the worst season of his career. He's not recovering from this. Get a fee for him while we still can before we end up in the exact same situation with him next season as we did with Salah.
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05 Apr 2026 16:00:28
Similar predicament to Salah, if he doesn’t ask to leave we have to pay up his contract, or at least part, and what would we get for him, probably less than his wages for the year.
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05 Apr 2026 16:25:42
It's time to move him and get some fee. Legend and all that but he is done at top level and is 35 so yea no hard feelings, but he can go to MLS with Salah.
05 Apr 2026 14:16:56
Worst case scenario this season is we are eliminated from CL by PSG and we don't finish 5th. I am in the Slot out camp simply because of the turgid performances and tactics.
We have been in worst situations than above. Does no one remember Roy Hodgson's era with the club days away from administration?
I have supported LFC since 1981. Like everyone else I have seen highs and lows.
Highs. Too many to mention.
Lows: Souness era, Evans era of Spice Boys, Houllier era (last 2 years of it 1-9-1 tactics), Hodgson era, Rodgers era (Luis Suarez dragged us nearly to the league title).
We won the league last season when we had no right to. Most agreed that finishing top 4 and a good cup run would be a good result from Slot's first season.
Next season will be a fresh slate with new manager, few new players and a stronger LFC.
Let us put things into perspective.
Arne Slot will be gone and we will rise again.
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05 Apr 2026 14:44:05
Good post, CL qualification is important but not vital.
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05 Apr 2026 14:56:31
I think CL qualification is pretty vital myself. How much revenue does it generate? Massive loss in my opinion.
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05 Apr 2026 14:57:47
So one year after winning the league and signing players worth a fortune, and watching the drop off under Slot, and the loss of faith from a fans' perspective, it's not vital we get Champions League? Of course it is, for the money, the pull of the club when it comes to signings, the whole mood of the fanbase.
If we don't qualify after one season of winning the league, then the negligence from FSG in not stopping the rot before Xmas is beyond huge.
I still cannot get my head around us not changing things earlier on, when it was clear things weren't working, and if any of this is down to the arrogance of Edwards and Hughes wanting to prorect their man, then the lot need to be outed.
This is Liverpool Football Club, not a project club or a club to keep putting back in transition, a club that should expect the highest order every season.
I'm sorry, but the Europa League isn't somewhere we need to be one season after walking the Premier League.
YNWA.
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05 Apr 2026 15:05:17
For one season it's not vital, otherwise we would have sacked Klopp when he didn't qualify.
"Vital" to me means the club will take years to recover. It's simply not true that one season out of CL will cause that. Several seasons would, which is why lack of CL will lead to changes.
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05 Apr 2026 15:18:08
Heavily disagree, Ron, it's absolutely vital. Not qualifying will see us lose £100+ million in revenue, meaning a reduced transfer budget and making us a far less attractive project to any potential transfer prospects. It will also leave us with our own players more likely to consider moves elsewhere.
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05 Apr 2026 15:28:44
I also remember how long it took for us to recover from those bad periods, AYB. It was years of football being miserable.
I don't want the trio of frauds Edwards, Hughes and Slot blowing Klopp's legacy with their incompetence. We've been too patient watching the club catch up on the pitch and financially to allow these fools to come in and ruin it.
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05 Apr 2026 16:28:58
I think you guys are forgetting we will still be in Europa League, which still is 30mill in revenue and another 20mill if we win it. So, yea it's not absolutely vital, but does not mean we should be giving it our everything.
05 Apr 2026 17:15:16
Europa League is massively disruptive to a league campaign. The absolute maximum a team can earn, including winning the final, is substantially less than what you're saying, Cafu. If a team had a perfect run this season, this is how the prize money would work out.
League Phase Participation Fee £3.74m
8 League Wins (EUR450k per win) £3.13m
1st Place Ranking Bonus (36 shares) £2.35m
Top 8 Finish Bonus £521k
Round of 16 Qualification £1.52m
Quarter-final Qualification £2.17m
Semi-final Qualification £3.65m
Finalist Bonus £6.08m
Champion's Bonus £5.21m
TOTAL £28.37m
Compare that with what we've already got from the year's Champions League, which is around £83m.
That's a £50m+ black hole in the budget. And that's without discussing the hugely disruptive impact Thursday night football has on the bread and butter of the league campaign. Don't sit there and paint it as being ok. It's nothing but toxic positivity.
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05 Apr 2026 17:38:57
What was it when Klopp didn't qualify for the CL?
Presumably, the club folded and we sold all our first team players...
Or, maybe it wasn't the death knell it's being painted as. Maybe it turned out "OK"?
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05 Apr 2026 17:56:40
Ron, the club survived it because it was the only time in eight full seasons that Klopp didn't achieve Champions League qualification. Everyone knew what the issue was (the midfield), Klopp said "mea culpa", but everyone still trusted Klopp to put us right again and players still wanted to come and play for Klopp. He had earned that.
Financially, we invested okay that summer. We let go of some big earners that summer (Firmino, Henderson, Milner, Fabinho).
Could we have invested more if we had qualified for the Champions League? Probably.
I'm not so certain that failure to qualify for the Champions League will be interpreted as a blip as much as it was last time. We will be left to convince players of the validity of the project again. Urgent course correction is needed at the club, preferably before the end of the season.
05 Apr 2026 13:35:18
At this rate Slot is after our lives with these performances, I streamed that match and was sat by myself but I tell you I felt ashamed (why I don't know). Haaland used to hardly have a sniff Vs Liverpool. We've been humiliated 3 times just this season already and whatever aura we had left If any is surely gone.
05 Apr 2026 12:21:33
For discussion, who would people prefer to be our next manager next season?
Seems to be out of
Alonso.
Hoeness.
Ariola.
For me Hoeness.
Also, who would people prefer as captain next season? Tougher question for me as hard to decide with a lot of the old guard leaving.
Szoboszlai.
Robertson if there, but wouldn’t play as much.
Allison, never been a fan of a keeper being captain and has more injuries lately.
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05 Apr 2026 12:46:07
Manager: Alonso (although his style won't be too dissimilar to Slots)
Captain: Ehhh VVD? Where's he going?
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05 Apr 2026 12:53:46
Iraola.
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05 Apr 2026 13:02:55
Alonso is the least experienced of the 3. I'll support him, but there's plenty better out there, I believe.
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05 Apr 2026 13:37:29
Re Xabi - He is the only coach, bar Klopp with Dortmund, to break Bayern's dominance of the Bundesliga in the last 15 years, along with picking up multiple trophies.
He's worked under Rafa, Mourinho, Guardiola and Ancelotti.
Why are we saying he's inexperienced?
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05 Apr 2026 13:38:06
Iraola for me. I think he's done wonders with Bournemouth after they sold half of their first team.
I'd stick with VVD until he leaves end of next season, and then I'd go for Dom.
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05 Apr 2026 13:38:30
Slot doesn't have a style. So, I'm guessing Alonso doesn't either.
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05 Apr 2026 13:40:01
I'm just done. I want the season to end.
In an ideal world, we sack Edwards, Hughes and Slot. Jurgen steps back in for another 15 years without Pep Lijnders, and we go back to Heavy metal Fist pumping all out War.
Second best scenario, they all leave, and we have an overhaul anyway.
And if not, then the FSG pitchforks will, and should, be back out.
It's got to the point now where nobody cares, and our best player this season is seemingly blaming the fans. They all can go for me. Every single one of them.
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05 Apr 2026 14:04:20
Enrique.
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05 Apr 2026 14:27:03
Alonso, hands down, his achievements are by far the most impressive. Hoeness is the clear 2nd choice. Iraola if needs be.
Dom for captain with the current squad, he's the only one out there playing like one, but I fear he doesn't have the fire we need.
A Souness/Keane type figure could take this team to the next level, trying to find one these days is no mean feat.
funky061, VVD clearly isn't up to the task.
Incredible Bulk, less than zero chance of getting Enrique mate.
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05 Apr 2026 14:47:17
Manager = Iraola - the most similar to Klopp, in my opinion. His Bournemouth team press like Klopp's. They are one of the teams which do the most running in Europe since Klopp.
New player to be captain, someone with high standards in fitness and professionalism. If Newcastle are in the mood to sell, forget Gordon and go and get Bruno.
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05 Apr 2026 15:01:58
In fantasy football world, what Liverpoolfc8 said,
Klopp for 15 years, with no Ljinders and all out heavy metal fist pumping war, couldn't have put it better myself.
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05 Apr 2026 15:03:54
Alonso for me. Excelled at Bayer, held his head high at Madrid. Just feels like the right fit at Liverpool, and if his reputation for driving the RM players hard at training is correct, he could be the antidote to our current lethargy on the pitch.