Liverpool banter 6

06 Dec 2025 22:31:38
Here’s my take on the whole salah situation. Personally, I don’t think he should be doing this so publicly, however, I can see why he isn’t happy. He definitely isn’t the only one under-performing but he’s the only one taken out of the team.
Konate has been by far the worst player this season and yet he’s played every minute. Gakpo starts without fail despite the fact he’s one of the most one dimensional players I’ve ever seen, just constantly cuts in on his right foot.
Macallister has been so sluggish and off the mark all season, yet he starts most games.
I think tonight is a clear indication that slot has lost the dressing room and I don’t see any way back now.

Ed001, what do you think is more likely? That salah has played his last game for the club? That slot will be gone before he returns from AFCON? Or both?

{Ed001's Note - I think both is looking likely right now. Slot is unlikely to survive while serving up this crap and Hughes would like to move Salah on.}

06 Dec 2025 21:41:22
Klopp was brilliant at man management and keeping players happy. Slot is nothing like that. The best thing to do is sack Slot and sell Salah to Saudi for good money and get a capable winger to replace him.

06 Dec 2025 22:47:49
Salah has just made Slot’s position safer. All the heat will now be on Salah and if he’ll be sold in January. Hughes will know this year is a transition year with Salah going and new players brought in needing time to gel and with more changes to come.

The dressing room will be completely different next pre season with Klopps players mostly gone and Slot’s players in. Slot pretty much has a free ride now this season.

06 Dec 2025 22:58:57
Konate hasn't been dropped because (A) we've had no other fit CB's half the time and because (b) Gomez is even worse. In Salah's position we at least had other things we could try.

06 Dec 2025 23:13:01
You might think Konate is a better player that Gomez and that is fine. But you seriously cannot say Gomez could play any worse than Konate is currently playing. His form is absolutely diabolical.

06 Dec 2025 23:56:49
Oh he could JK, i've seen Gomez have mares. And now he seems to have lost his pace which was his get out of jail card.

06 Dec 2025 22:00:17
I’m a grassroots coach who’s coached the teams of my 3 sons for the last 15 years.

I’m not saying I’m an expert but this is kind of my point.

Two issues with Slot’s tactics stand out for me. We’re so slow in the build up that by the time we get bodies forward if we lose it if the oppo counters quickly and bravely we can face overload situations. By simply moving the ball forward quicker we may not be so susceptible to these counters.

When facing low blocks surely it’s better to play with a left footer on the left and right footer on the right to get in behind and cut the ball back. Inverted wingers just run into traffic when faced with the low block.

06 Dec 2025 22:44:55
Wingers like Salah and Gakpo like to cut inside onto their stronger foot. Full backs are typically left footed on the left and right footed on the right are they not? Exceptions of course like John Barnes to name one.

Luis Enrique last season I believe said we were the best team in Europe on the transition. Slot has coached that out of us this season which doesn't play to the strengths of Salah, Wirtz and our two strikers.

06 Dec 2025 22:11:01
I remember coming on after the West Ham game saying myself and am sure others wasn’t convinced, as we got the 3 Pts but it was West Ham and we still looked average.

I can't believe we still somehow tossed away a 2-0 lead to Leeds? Albeit it wasn’t going to be plain sailing and i get Konate is an absolute dope, but i just can't understand it.

As i said a couple of weeks back, we are really in a position where a couple of more bad results and top 4 becomes a big uphill battle. At the minute we are somehow in touching distance, but they need to act now with Slot, that is that for me.

5 pts out of them 9 is horrible.

On top of that, I criticised Mo being abit off it at the start of the season and he has had bad performances at times. However, the manager’s decision not picking him has been bizzare. Even today why did we set up to hold out the lead at 2-0 and completely neutralise our attack? It would have been perfect to change the midfield very slightly and rotate the forwards.


A lot of people are blaming Konate and so they should for that first goal but the managers decision did not help at all. So deflating even watching us at the moment, you would some extent rather them not play, as you have that glimmer of slight hope and it’s all knocked away quickly.


Ed01 penny for your thoughts mate on everything really the Salah interview? Slot? And where do we even go from here in your opinion, if you can of course.

{Ed001's Note - I think the club is falling apart under Slot right now and it is time to change while top 4 is still a realistic prospect.}

06 Dec 2025 22:31:29
Totally agree with you ed. Spot on.

06 Dec 2025 22:33:52
I would love to see us play w Ekitike and Isak up top. Don't care as a 2 or a 3 but seems madness that we spent 200m on two players and only 1 plays at a time.

I think if we had 10 subs Gakpo would come off 9th or 10th w maybe only Virgil keeping his spot. If Salah is a problem with his form, I raise u Gakpo Macca KONATE. If Slot wants to play only in form players we'd have only Dom and Ali on the pitch.

06 Dec 2025 22:39:02
Can't believe how farcical we've become this year. Surely the people in charge can't allow this to go on any longer.

06 Dec 2025 23:00:00
Sombre abd sobering comment Ed01 think we all agree.

06 Dec 2025 23:01:04
Ed001 genuine question, did you think Slot was a good coach when he came in last year?

{Ed001's Note - I had no idea, and I was very clear that I didn't know enough about him.}

06 Dec 2025 23:03:01
Why is it madness? we needed two and went for the two that in the clubs opinion were the best two we could get. What happened to"its not our money"?

07 Dec 2025 00:02:56
Ok ed, was genuinely curious. My stance is i knew zero of him. Bloke came in was a breath of fresh air and delivered No.20.Stance this year is a sense of shock, like most fans. But i do think peoples hatred of Slot is pointing them towards slating tactics (which im not saying are perfect) and man management while i just think the players have not been good enough.

You can't put the amount of basic, huge errors and poor execution of basic skills all down to tactics in my opinion.

{Ed001's Note - yes you can, they put pressure on the players in dangerous areas. This is all on Slot.}

06 Dec 2025 22:10:28
We stumbled our way into a 2-0 lead. I had zero confidence in us seeing that out. Can’t believe what is being served up. Zero movement, awful press, no idea how to break on the odd occasion we win it high up. It’s just baffling.

06 Dec 2025 23:04:47
I thought it was a classic away performance with two well taken clinical strikes. were in total control until Konate.

06 Dec 2025 22:09:16
Ed 001 may I ask please. It has been said the board want to give Slot as much time as possible, as he was a Hughes pick he wants to see him succeed. But where would you say the end of that thought process happens.

Surely it is seen by Hughes and the other decision makers that things are in a dreadful state as regards to performance on the pitch. They must see the players are starting to get really unhappy. But this doesn't seem to make them act .

Will a new way of thinking begin once there is a real possiblity that the team won't make top 4 and are eliminated from the CL this season? So basically a financial catastrophe as regards to no CL next season. And if so would continued participation in the CL this season be enough to keep Slot safe? Surely if that's the case there is a real chance we could get knocked out in the latter stages of the CL and by that time be to far off top 4 to challenge for those spots. Surely that's not a risk the board are willing to take?

{Ed001's Note - it is impossible to say, because performances are just as important as the actual results. The fact that there has been some signs of improvement could well keep him safe for now. There have been problems with the players for a while, so they have backed him over the players initially - though it can't continue for too long. I would expect that Hughes will get him out if the fans turn on him in his role as sporting director. That is usually what sees a manager go - directors do not like to feel the heat.}

06 Dec 2025 23:01:12
Problem with the players before? I assume you're talking about this season ed001? What with Virgil calling an emergency meeting and if I had to gather problems before it would be him banishing Quansah to the shadow realm along with Harvey and Chiesa.

I felt last season the reason why we struggled towards the end was his lack of use of squad players so when they came in they look out of sorts as they spent months twiddling their thumbs watching on the sidelines.

06 Dec 2025 23:08:53
Thats the shame about earlier,7 points from 3 games in a week for a team that had been struggling so badly would have been a real turnaround. Up until konates idiocy it looked like only 1 goal conceded in 3 games too. We even would have been in the champs Lge positions. that's the real shame of today not Mo's tantrum.

06 Dec 2025 22:07:02
People having a go at Mo Salah saying he's been awful n his recent interview n I agree he hasn't been playing well. but why is that. why has our top goalscorer for the last 7/ 8 all of a sudden can't score or assist, its got to be the way the team plays n that's down to the manager n coaching staff .

even when he's played bad in the past, he always scores or assists, now he might leave on a sour note n that's just not right.

06 Dec 2025 22:15:23
Exactly this.

06 Dec 2025 22:18:23
Or it could be he’s not quite as good as he used to be, or has lost a bit of focus. It’s on him.

When you’re one of the best footballers in the world playing in the same position and formation you’ve always played in, the excuse of “the tactics don’t suit him” is nonsense. Tactics don’t have any impact on ability to control the ball, hold off a defender, go past your man, execute a pass or beat the first man with a cross. Salah’s fundamentals have evaporated this season; that’s not tactical. Not saying I would want him to leave or that I don’t think he can rediscover it, but he needs to look much more closely at himself rather than ranting about being thrown under the bus.

For the same reason, I’m not willing to accept “it’s a different system to Bournemouth” as an explanation for Kerkez being so abysmal.

06 Dec 2025 22:21:22
Mo has to be the only world class superstar who needs the team to play at a world class level for him to perform.

06 Dec 2025 22:41:32
We sold 2 fast horses and left with the cart and expect to win
Diaz and Nunez speed did help.
Now no one afraid of our counter attack.
What a vision
What an appointment
What a director without any direction
May God help.

06 Dec 2025 22:53:31
Kit we have a lot of speed for transition. Dom was the 5th fastest in the Bundesliga before coming to us. Hugo Isak and Wirtz have pace to burn. Diaz wasn't the fastest following his injury. Nunez had pace but couldn't hit a barn door with a shovel.

06 Dec 2025 21:53:40
ED001 what do you make of salahs comments? I am hurting enough, I want this to stop.

{Ed001's Note - he is pointing out that the problem is not just him.}

06 Dec 2025 22:04:16
He's bang out of order, Ed.

{Ed001's Note - is he?}

06 Dec 2025 22:06:49
It’s going to be a busy few days, Ed. Hope you’re ready!

{Ed001's Note - yeah I think sleep might have to take a nap.}

06 Dec 2025 21:08:30
Ultimately he is 33 and been rubbish for many many games for this and last season.

His legs are gone and it's time to move on.

06 Dec 2025 22:10:36
How is he out of order? I think he's right. Good on him for speaking out.

06 Dec 2025 22:11:04
He is spot on, salah is worth 100 Slots.

He needs to go now before we lose one of our best ever players.

Salah is the least of our problems and being used as a scapegoat.


Have we been any better without him? .

06 Dec 2025 22:13:15
Good luck Ed's. You're going to need it.

06 Dec 2025 22:20:19
Yes, mate. I've no idea what goes on behind the scenes, I'm just a paying supporter. What I do know is no player is bigger than our illustrious club and never has been. We are in a big mess at the moment and we didn't need the Egyptian Sulk to come out and make matters worse.

He's one of our all time greats, but it doesn't excuse him for this. People will no doubt disagree, but, as always I don't give a flying fish. I'll be there again next Saturday singing myself hoarse because, no matter what, the club comes first before any individual.

06 Dec 2025 22:22:35
And right one cue, Mo comes out randomly at the mixed zone and makes it all about him.

06 Dec 2025 22:32:19
I don't agree that Salah's out of order at all. He's been our best player since he arrived, broke all sorts of records whilst playing for our club and deserves to leave the club on the very best of terms. He is up there with the best to ever put on a Liverpool shirt and without doubt the best in my lifetime.

For a long time players left us as they were hitting their peak. Salah hit his peak when he joined us and gave us his best years, peaking again last season.

06 Dec 2025 22:41:35
Theres no point backing a 33 yr old who is clearly on the way down and has shown he cares more about himself than the team. Both him and Slot need to go.

06 Dec 2025 22:54:55
If Salah cared about the club he wouldn’t be whinging about being thrown under the bus he be saying he’s disappointed with being left out and that he will work hard to get back in the team.

Like most reds I love Salah but he’s out of order. We are in a slump and he knows full well that this will make it worse. He’s massively gone down in my estimation tonight, I couldn’t care less how he feels he should keep that in house. Creating a media storm around himself is selfishness at its best. He’s shown himself to be what he is, interested only in himself and not the club or his fellow players or the fans.

Disgraceful behaviour from such an experienced professional.

06 Dec 2025 23:10:59
Top post, Dundee.

06 Dec 2025 21:52:41
Slot and gvb have single handed ruined this club and dragged it into the gutters. Their lack of tactical knowledge, poor training intensity, game management and player relations is truly abysmal. We are a laughable joke of a club. From club World champions and champions league league winners and Premier league winners to mid table obscurity after spending half a billion pounds is truly the definition of incompetence and out of your depth small club ability.


Go now and never return. Salah is right .

06 Dec 2025 21:55:06
Salahs own performances and efforts haven't been good enough.

06 Dec 2025 22:02:08
I'm with you King.

Slot said "at 3-2, we didn't need a goal, just controlling the game". That tells a lot about him and his thinking.

06 Dec 2025 22:06:07
Batman nobody bar Dom has been good enough this season. One or two like Grav are close but so many are so far off. It can't be a bad coincidence. There is no belief in what they are doing.

06 Dec 2025 22:27:06
Well we didn't in fairness Haizan.

06 Dec 2025 22:33:37
Eds. do you think there are more players as unhappy with Slot as Mo. Only its just Mo finally had enough and been the one to speak out.

{Ed001's Note - yes, defo. There have been for a while - Ekitike's over the top celebration which got him booked was about his unhappiness with Slot. He does not have Klopp's man management skills and is gradually losing the whole squad.}

06 Dec 2025 22:54:10
Then Ed it's just a matter of time.

06 Dec 2025 23:13:14
Nobody has klopps man management skills, that can't be a reason to criticise Slot or any other future lfc managers. Klopp was unique. I will point out out it still didn make him above criticism on these pages though, suppose no one is perfect.

06 Dec 2025 23:14:00
Kingkev10 - I'm not saying you're wrong, but how do you know that the training intensity is poor. I could imagine training isn't as intense as in pre-season, but when we're playing 3 games a week, how tough should it be.

06 Dec 2025 21:52:00
Salah seems more than happy to do interviews when it comes to wanting a bumper contract, etc. But, when it comes to poor performances, and senior players having to take interviews, he is nowhere to be found.

Van Dijk, as awful as he has been, at least had the balls to stand up and take interviews, shielding the other players, but when has Salah ever done that. Never, only when it is convenient for him.

06 Dec 2025 21:56:28
With you, Mango.

06 Dec 2025 21:51:56
Emotions are high, for everyone.
More so for the players, as we must remember they are humans and are still grieving Diogo’s loss.

BUT,
What Mo has said there, however true it might be, is an absolute disgrace given the context. The last thing we need is behind the scenes issues being made public. This is from a guy who spoke so much last year when he needed a contract. “I don’t know if I’ll stay, don’t know what’s happening, we’ll see, nobody is talking to me” Leading everyone on.
Gets his massive contract of 400 something thousand
Then goes silent and says nothing when things are horrendous! Dosent stand up for the team. Dosent take responsibility, Dosent be one of the leaders.

Decides then to Throws a hissy fit because he’s been RIGHTFULLY dropped. When he’s played it’s been like playing with ten men this year. That’s the harsh truth

Disgraceful attitude for someone I had such fond feelings for. Always will be the Egyptian king, but that is unacceptable on every level tonight. What does he think this will do? Incredibly sour and unprofessional.

The less said on Arne the better.
I find myself growing a bitterness and dislike towards him now.
We are miserable, and it won’t get better.

Things are going to get really messy now I feel.

06 Dec 2025 21:59:36
Stop with thw jota crap! We’ve all
Lost someone and I’d bet someone closer then jota! We got on with it we’d no choice jobs to fill bills to pay kids to feed! A few wet wipe millionaires are struggling? Well remove them from what ever!
This teams a mess and it’s nothing got to do
With jota god rest his soul.

06 Dec 2025 22:07:56
Agreed Jay. If anything it should be a motivator when u need that extra 2-3%.

06 Dec 2025 22:10:20
Jay Dub you are missing the point.

Yes we’ve all lost someone and yes we’ve all had to get on with it but have we been the best version of ourselves whilst we’re doing it?

Thats what we are seeing. They’ve all got on with it, they’ve all turned up for training every day but it has affected them. There’s no shame in that.

07 Dec 2025 08:43:10
Sean we had to get on with it because 5 months in and your aren’t performing your job will pull u aside and say enough is enough you’ll be removed or given help! These are pampered footballers yes humans but they more money then any of us to get the help needed!
They are playing a game that’s been played for fun and enjoyment wk in wk out.
The training clips we see all laughing and joking pissing about like kids but it’s jotas death that’s effecting them when we get a poxy result?

Nah mate let sleeping dogs lie!

06 Dec 2025 21:47:22
Im on a little break in the lakes n watched the game with 2 Leeds fans. even at 2 nil they fancied their chances n as soon as I saw Konate diving in for a ball that was going out , I knew they'd get back in .

they were amazed how bad we are this season, all I could do was agree with them. sorry state of affairs for us.

06 Dec 2025 22:08:55
Let me guess u were buying the beers at 0-2 then ended up splitting the bill.

06 Dec 2025 22:46:38
Red flyer . I was happy to get the drinks in at 2 nil. at the end I wishing they would just F off ha.

06 Dec 2025 23:10:02
I love getting up there Stroms I like the Ambleside hotel. Hopefully you're getting some good walks in.

07 Dec 2025 00:17:06
Red flyer. its my favourite place to go, love it . we tried to walk the grassmere/ rydal one today but it had overflowed, couldn't walk the usual paths, I actually passed that hotel today.

06 Dec 2025 21:45:08
First time poster. Long time reader, albeit suffering reader this season. We've been in finer fettle!

Any truth to the posts flying round about Salah being unhappy and thinking he's thrown under the bus?

06 Dec 2025 21:49:59
Reguardless of slot, salah should be sold in January or most likely the summer. There's no way you can have this next season. Get some money for him, probably from Saudi. Likewise van dijk. He's another one who will cause problems if he's benched next year.

06 Dec 2025 21:50:44
Well given that’s exactly what he said I think there’s a good chance it’s true.

06 Dec 2025 21:52:26
Just read this tonight, he wasn’t doing anything when in the team.

06 Dec 2025 22:00:31
Two of the best players in the league should be sold suddenly Batman… ok. Isn’t it funny how they turn bad overnight, nicely coinciding with Slots overnight tactical changes that he refuses to adjust or adapt. Utter rubbish you’re spouting.

06 Dec 2025 22:35:48
Frode i love Salah, adore the man but as much as he hasn't been alone in been largely poor this year the standards he's played to cannot purely be put down to tactics either because it suits people who want Slot out to say so. Tactics don't make you constantly miscontrol, hit every cross out for goal kicks, constantly miss the target with decent chances and close down and track back halfheartedly.

like i said i love Salah, i happen to back Slot aswell but we can't just bury our heads to try and make the point we want to. it has to be fair.