Liverpool banter 7

11 Feb 2026 06:49:36
You can add De Zerbi to the end of season managers merry go round.

11 Feb 2026 07:50:31
Funny, everyone thought we were on the up too after beating a distinctly average Marseille side.

11 Feb 2026 08:06:27
Absolutely hopeless manager him. Don't want him anywhere near the job.

11 Feb 2026 09:16:01
Never rated him either, VV. Overrated is an understatement regarding DeZerbi.

11 Feb 2026 09:29:22
Maybe United will appoint him? Hopefully.

11 Feb 2026 10:16:52
Oh and Frank 😅.

11 Feb 2026 10:42:40
De Zerbi to Spurs?

11 Feb 2026 11:09:15
Maybe the De Zerbi situation sped up the Frank sacking?

11 Feb 2026 11:58:32
De Zerbi would be a very Spursy appointment.

11 Feb 2026 06:44:53
Ed 1 I posted the other week asking whether LFC had anyone watching the game from the stands to pass on useful tactical info to Slot and coaches.

Watching the game at the weekend there was an obvious problem to fix that may have been easier to spot from my vantage point up high rather than where slot is.

From the 80th minute or so as a unit we started to sit deeper and trying to be more compact. However when doing so the players were far too slow to close down and even basic body positions weren't right with the majority of players appearing flat footed before moving rather than on their toes.

This led to crosses coming in and of course the equalising goal.

I thought maybe we were tired but the subs when they came on also seemed to be lethargic and flat footed when staying compact as a unit.

Very concerning that these two basic things were allowed. In my opinion we beat ourselves at the weekend through a lack of application of the basics and a rush of blood from Alisson at the end of course.

{Ed001's Note - he should have been able to spot that from the sidelines, if not then that is a real worry.}

11 Feb 2026 07:06:35
Thanks Ed. Strange to watch professional footballers being so obviously and collectively and flat footed.

{Ed001's Note - it reminds me of the Souness days.}

11 Feb 2026 07:12:31
What do you mean Ed? Team under performing or a manager missing obvious issues during a game?

{Ed001's Note - both.}

11 Feb 2026 08:02:29
Ed001 I've blocked the Souness time out of my head. Him coming in an selling some of my favourite players and replacing them with utter crap.

{Ed001's Note - I wish I could do that.}

11 Feb 2026 09:17:10
Easy to say, hard to do.
Even Klopp had many many many games where you scratch your head at how the team responded in certain situations

Overall, the team isn't a cohesive unit. So when there is adversity and needing leadership in the pitch, it goes missing and we become individuals or we revert to bad habits.

11 Feb 2026 09:32:48
Maybe they were just tired and need a break, damn this midweek football 😒.

11 Feb 2026 09:34:21
We've certainly had better days than under GS but these aren't part of them. The sooner Slot leaves the better. It has become toxic with zero redeeming factors.

11 Feb 2026 00:16:05
Is this written for Isak returning and earning his price tag by scoring the winners against Chelsea/ United and Villa to drag us into the champs league in the last few weeks of the season? Or are we going to lose again today and go back to calling Slot a fraudulent egg. 🥚.

11 Feb 2026 02:10:01
I have doubts about seeing Isak play before next season. He had surgery, which is strange for a break, and considering the location, it would usually be associated with ankle ligament damage. I'm suspicious that this is what the surgery was for.

He should be out of the boot any day now, and how quick he returns to full training will give us pretty clear indicator of what's going on. Hopefully I'm wrong.

11 Feb 2026 02:32:57
It's funny how qualifying for next season's Champions League is some people's holy grail, I more interested in winning it this year, I hope he comes back and scores the goals that wins us the Champions League.

11 Feb 2026 07:21:26
TB the odds of qualifying are much higher than winning it. Of course the latter is preferable but less likely judging the season thus far.

11 Feb 2026 08:02:33
I've cleared my diary on Thursday nights in preparation for next season. Isak is going to absolutely terrorise Drogheda United and Spartak Trnava!

11 Feb 2026 08:23:26
Anyone thinking that this squad managed by Slot is remotely capable of winning the champions league is living in cloud cuckoo land. Even if by some miracle we make it to the semis we'd likely have to face one of Man City, PSG. or Chelsea who would see us off comfortably. We're too weak in midfield and too weak in defence to win the trophy.

11 Feb 2026 09:06:11
Won't be the Drogs, MK. He'll terrorise Rovers.

11 Feb 2026 09:23:54
Thunderbird2, not for me. CL spot or not, Slot should be sacked. CL trophy? Diff. matter, of course.

11 Feb 2026 09:37:18
MK Scouser, I hope you are not belittling Drogheda Utd, the Drogs are my home town club.

11 Feb 2026 09:40:56
Agree Viktor. We can't beat Burnley, Leeds and Nottingham at Anfield and people still think we have a remote chance of winning the Champions League 😆.

11 Feb 2026 12:00:43
Stranger things have happened.

11 Feb 2026 16:06:08
I rather be an optimist and get let down than live my life as an absolute misery guts.

10 Feb 2026 22:43:25
Chelsea n Man united both dropped 2pts today, that gives us an opening, we got to be on the front foot tomorrow from the off to have any chance of catching those in front of us, come on Slot let us off the leash.

10 Feb 2026 23:21:50
Exactly my thoughts. No excuses now. If the players want to play in the champions league then they must focus as well and get us there. No more errors of not putting chances away.

11 Feb 2026 00:17:05
Slot will find a way to contrive to mess it up.

11 Feb 2026 00:22:57
All I've been hearing lately is how we've got no chance of top 5 now but tonight just proves that nothing is certain.

Anyone can take points off anyone in this league.

11 Feb 2026 01:17:37
13 games = 39 points to play for.
Remaining fixtures don't look too bad. Not many hard away games although it's hard to tell.
Players still to return like Frimpong, Joe Gomez.
Isak back April fingers crossed.

11 Feb 2026 05:11:03
We know Varry. Everyone has taken points off us this season.

11 Feb 2026 06:40:31
Chelsea have horrendous fixtures remaining. I can see them dropping down the table.

11 Feb 2026 08:08:50
It's not that I don't think United and Chelsea will drop points until the end of the season.

I think they will.

It's that I think Liverpool will drop even more points.

We don't seem capable of going on a run of wins. And to that end, won't finish top 5.

11 Feb 2026 08:28:16
We've won 6 games out of the last 20 league games and only 1 game out of the last 6. How anyone thinks Slot is suddenly going to turn things around and we go on a miraculous run, when we concede cheap goals regularly and are second best all over the pitch is not in touch with reality.

11 Feb 2026 08:37:02
Navy you could be right but my point is anything can happen so why has everyone given up?

It's almost like some people don't want to finish top 5 just to make sure Slot gets sacked.

Just support the bloody team.

11 Feb 2026 08:44:03
To be honest I can't see us winning tonight, it's that bad.

11 Feb 2026 09:26:16
Fatwallet, with the shambles we are seeing this team serve up under this manager, I don't see that either esp. vs a Sun. team that runs, outworks and outfights their opponents at home.

Check their match vs City. Non stop action from both teams. With the slow rubbish this teams serves up, it's going to be a tough one tonight.

11 Feb 2026 09:42:38
We still have to play United and Chelsea, I wouldn't be confident in winning those 2.

11 Feb 2026 09:44:34
I don't think it's people not wanting to support the team Varry. It's more like people don't support Slot due to what he hasn't achieved and what he has presided over during the previous 9 odd months. People have lost confidence in achieving any results and progression under his watch. It's not going to change either until he leaves and people are frustrated with that fact.

11 Feb 2026 09:51:30
Varry, half the players already gave up, season written off. Why should we fans hope for anything better than Europa League?

Sunderland are a very good team, especially at home. We can't beat Burnley, Leeds and Nottingham at home. I struggle to have any hope we can beat Sunderland away.

Slot has no idea what he's doing tactically. He uses players in the wrong positions. He doesn't trust anyone who's not in the starting 11. He makes substitutions too late. He's clearly lost the players and the fans. I have zero hope for the rest of the season if Slot is still in charge.

11 Feb 2026 09:52:16
We had big back-to-back wins prior to the City game. It was 3 wins in 4 games. If not for imploding in the last 10 mins against City we could have easily (and should have) made it 4 wins in 5.

I'm not saying that we will go on a good run but to say that we can't is ridiculous. We could quite easily go on a good run and United, Chelsea and even Villa will be watching over their shoulders with interest because they won't have written us off like many on here have.

Also, before people start accusing me of being a Slot sympathiser, I am not. I want him out (and I have said so since November) but I support Liverpool and I want the team to do well. This season is far from good enough but it is not inconceivable that we could still finish as high as 3rd or as low as 10th. Whilst it's still a realistic goal I'm going to aim for the best outcome possible.

11 Feb 2026 10:13:11
Its exactly that Varry.

10 Feb 2026 21:54:21
Was asked a question at work today. Either win the CL and Slot stays another season or get eliminated next round and he's sacked. I genuinely had to think about it! Of course the answer was after fighting the urge to say the other answer, win a 7th European Cup. But my word i thought about to longer than I should have.

10 Feb 2026 22:16:58
I want Slot gone. But I'd take the 7th any day of the week. Shame it won't happen.

10 Feb 2026 22:28:06
Wouldnt take me a second. trophies r everything.

10 Feb 2026 22:45:10
The European Cup is 71 years old and we've won it 6 times. I'd bite your hand off for a 7th.

10 Feb 2026 22:46:33
Take number 7 without hesitation.

11 Feb 2026 00:18:50
Realistically it's not going to happen. Slots limitations and lot weak midfield will be easily picked apart if we face any organised half decent side.

11 Feb 2026 00:35:37
Win number 7 and let Slott leave on good terms.
We need to be ready for next season . No more slip ups.
Xabi is the best chance we have of getting us back to somewhere close to the Klopp era.

11 Feb 2026 05:15:15
Tricky. would love number 7, but then we'd have another season like this season.

He won us the CL last season, he deserves time to to turn things around, he deserves time to show he's up for the fight, can't sack a CL winning manager, blah blah blah blah.

11 Feb 2026 07:51:41
VV I didn't say it would happen and it won't happen, but it was a hypothetical question with an easy answer.

11 Feb 2026 08:29:59
I'd argue that if u followed up the league with a Champions League that would be prime Klopp era.

11 Feb 2026 09:27:03
Of course, I take the CL trophy and we keep Slot. This is not even debatable, IMO.

10 Feb 2026 20:55:34
I've heard Dominic Szoboszlai is close to agreeing a new contract with Liverpool.

10 Feb 2026 21:37:10
Cheers Robbo
Any updates beyond Carra about Slot and potentially leaving in the summer or beforehand?

10 Feb 2026 21:48:05
Wasn't he close about a month ago and then came out and said that nothing is decided yet?

11 Feb 2026 01:08:39
That would be good Robbo. Give us some more good news on the Slot front too if you would. 😄.

11 Feb 2026 08:31:15
Nothing has changed regarding slot really, he knows where the club stands, he knows this will be his last season, hopefully he can keep us in the champions league, and then I'm aware he will leave at the end of the summer, not be " sacked " as such, more of a mutual parting of ways, and then the club will bring in Alonso for next summer.

10 Feb 2026 20:41:08
As it stands we are now 7th, we have truly fell off the cliff.

10 Feb 2026 21:20:24
Sorry! Peaked far too early.

10 Feb 2026 21:43:10
Bear in mind we still have games against Man United and Chelsea to play. We can take points of them but let's face it we are going all out to win the Champions league, and an FA cup wouldn't go amiss.
Dare to dream?
Why not.

I remember supporting Liverpool through the thick and thin when we had players like Poulsen and Konchesky in our team.
We always turn up for the big games and we have always got a chance in Europe it's in our blood. YNWA.

10 Feb 2026 21:44:18
It's not an uncommon problem, try not to stress too much, give yourself a break and try again 👍.

10 Feb 2026 21:54:02
We're 6th, 5 points behind the teams in 4th and 5th positions (United still playing) with a game in hand. Rolled down the hill rather than fell off a cliff at this stage.

10 Feb 2026 22:16:09
Results gone our way a bit tonight WDW?

I thought both United and Chelsea getting 3 points tonight were bankers tbh so can we capitalise on it tomorrow night?
3 points tomorrow and it makes things a bit more interesting.

10 Feb 2026 22:18:32
People thinking we're going to win the CL because of the myth of European teams not playing low blocks is comedy. We got tonked by Galatasaray and PSV and they weren't low blocks.

10 Feb 2026 23:35:58
I'm thinking we can win the Champions League because we've beaten teams like Arsenal, Real Madrid and Inter this season. You get a good draw and a bit of luck and who knows what might happen.

11 Feb 2026 00:27:49
Trust you to pick the 2 defeats Frode. What about Madrid, Atletico, Inter? Frankfurt and Quarabag didn't play low blocks either and the aggregate was 11-1 over the 2 games.

Try being a bit more positive mate it's a lot more fun.

11 Feb 2026 08:52:57
Nobody thinls we will but i certainly wouldn't be without hope we can. Worse lfc teams have won it.

11 Feb 2026 09:28:43
Bristol_Red, both teams easily could have gotten 3 points tonight had Zirkzee taken his chance and had Palmer not missed a sitter at the goal line. Those are the margins we are dealing with.

10 Feb 2026 20:10:46
Ed 33 I think you are the man for this. Be interesting to do a poll tonight for Slot in or out and see if it changes after tomorrow night.
I am very grateful for what he has done but I truly believe the writing is on the wall.

{Ed033's Note -


Slot In Or Out poll

10 Feb 2026 21:29:48
Defo landslide for OUT!

10 Feb 2026 21:56:11
77 posts - out of literally millions of fans, supporters etc.

That should sway the owners eh?

10 Feb 2026 22:19:20
I guess we know who voted in then.

11 Feb 2026 00:32:31
It's pretty obvious the outs will far outweigh the ins. There's not much of an argument for keeping him to be honest.

I do still have a small part of me though that hopes he can turn it around but that hope is fading fast.

I just want him to show me that he can learn from his mistakes and every time I think he has he let's me down again.

10 Feb 2026 19:15:36
Hypothetical question, we lose tomorrow, Slot goes and your now in charge of the club what do you do? Alonso is not available until the summer.
For me we're stuck between a rock and a hard place with Slot.
Were looking for an unemployed manager who can steer us back up the table for 3 and half months or a long term one that would likely cost a fee and forget about Alonso.

Who is our Carrick or Rosenior?

I personally can't wait until we have a fresh start as this team has all the potential in the world, the way we constantly take one step forward and three steps back is beyond baffling. Sensibly where would we turn right now?

10 Feb 2026 19:50:08
Sam Allerdychie 😂 it's a hard one Ernie, who's out there, if Alonso was nailed on for the summer then I would reluctantly go with Gerrard on a temp just to get the new manager bounce like United and Chelsea have done.

10 Feb 2026 19:52:35
Baffling is definitely an apt word for this season so far. Gerrard will bring in aggression, intensity, passion, energy all of which are sorely lacking.

10 Feb 2026 20:06:30
Hendo.

10 Feb 2026 20:08:52
I would add EM that looking at our fixtures, there isn't a single game that looks like a win on paper. I only see draws and defeats. Horrible take I know but that's our season. Since our first 5 games in the league, 6 wins 6 draws 8 defeats. 24 out of 60 points. That's not a "transitional" season. It's an epic fall from grace.

10 Feb 2026 20:25:20
I think we've left it Too Late now personally. I think the season is over

Benefit of bringing a manager in now will bear fruit for next season only, get used to formations, patterns etc.

10 Feb 2026 20:30:27
The most powerful motivation for any human being is Revenge!

Amorim would take the LFC job for no wages till the end of this season, won sporting lisbon their first title after a 19 year wait, beat man cheaty 4-1 in the UCL when man cheaty were in their pomp?

Saved man United from certain relegation last year, and took them to a Europa Cup Final as well, with a squad full of "PUDDINGS". Has not lost a game at Anfield in two appearances, slot has taken 1 point from 6 in both those anfield home games, with on paper much better teams. Played Guardiola 5 times and won two, drawn 2, lost one, with a load of puddings.

13/ 14 months he was at man utd, he has left carrick a very good side similar to what jurgen left slot in his first season, he emptied all the dross out in the last summer eriksen, garnacho, antony, sancho, wieghorst, onana, lindelof, wan bissaka, hojlund etc sorted player power out straight away rashford was gone in the blink of an eye, mainoo was forced to toe the line rules/ authority, was Alonso overcome by player power at RM? such as slot at LFC!

He left because he wanted to be the MANAGER of man United and the only Coach the players have also, that is what fundamentally is wrong with slot and LFC there are too many fingers/ depts in the pie.

Amorim knows the multi system of working wanted at man United and wanted at LFC will not work "too many cooks spoil the broth" aka Hughes/ Edwards/ Set Piece Coach etc he wants to sign his own players for one thing like Jurgen (VVD meeting in Blackpool for instance) wanted and had at LFC.

Amorim would give his all to rub man utds noses right in it, 13/ 14 months is similar to Jurgens time table when he first joined a PL club, there is nothing to lose is my view as REVENGE is the strongest desire a human being can have, success at LFC over man United is a dish best served cold.

I would prefer Tuchel to Alonso as he was a Coach under Jurgen at Dortmund but that's next season at least, he copies Jurgen to the letter in his methods, but he would not be needed as Amorims PL record against top clubs is second to none!

10 Feb 2026 20:52:02
Let's see how things play out, again just thinking out loud if its bad tomorrow (genuinely hope its not) let Rob Page take the FA Cup game then Gerrard who was useless at Villa and in Saudi come in for the following Sunday, steer us to a top 5 finish and maybe a trophy before handing the reigns over to Alonso, that would be some story.

10 Feb 2026 21:08:55
I would manage the club myself. I'm too old to play myself, but would put all three of my boys in the team, making one of them captain, one the penalty taker and the other the free kick taker.

10 Feb 2026 21:10:58
Honestly, at this point I'll take almost anybody on an interim role because of the current rot that will no doubt continue unless we make a change.

Stevie, Maresca or dare I say, I'd even take Ange because he doesn't take rubbish from others and would give these players a kick up their arse to get some passion and aggression back into them.

10 Feb 2026 21:17:35
Big Jan Molby.

10 Feb 2026 21:58:03
Get a grip.

10 Feb 2026 23:41:02
Tuchel was not a coach under Klopp at Dortmand and his playing style is nothing like Klopp's. Are we just making stuff up now?

11 Feb 2026 00:16:09
I was expecting to see Shappy's name at the end of the long post, but turns out it was 007.

11 Feb 2026 00:26:06
Why does anyone want Postecoglu? He's failed horribly twice in the Premier League and is an insufferable tit.

11 Feb 2026 00:35:53
Who is our Carrick or Rosenior 🤣. I'm sure some people won't be happy until we become Chelsea or United and just sack people for a new manager bounce then when that wears off sack them for another one. Rinse and repeat.

Carrick and Rosenior won't be there by the end of next season and the cycle will start again.

11 Feb 2026 05:06:58
So what would you do Varry? Just a hypothetical so need to get your knickers in a twist.
I don't want us to become like those clubs, the question was aimed at raising a debate about who if anyone is available turn things around or if its a better the devil you know situation for now.

11 Feb 2026 09:13:12
Postecoglu is not the best manager in the world and I wouldn't want him at Liverpool.

11 Feb 2026 09:29:49
I guess we are, TB2.

11 Feb 2026 09:57:15
EM - I can see both sides of the arguments tbh

There's a feeling getting a temp gives us a new manager bounce but I'm not convinced that Carrick and Rossinior will turn their fortunes around either - Amorim went on his way due to a power battle not performance so they acted - Carrick is not nor will be a top level manager and United have this ridiculous romantic notion that their old boys will get them back to the top of the tree!
Rossinior won't last at Chelsea either if his potential was that great he'd of been snapped up by now elsewhere?
A temp for me until end of season? Who is there? Only Stevie G and that means after tonight if we lose he's got 13 games and will most likely need to win 9 or 10 of those! I'm not sure he's up to that just by balling and shouting in the changing room and trying to rouse the fans!
I think the board might well see the season out with Slot in the forlorn hope he gets us CL and go from there with most likely a new man in place from then on.

10 Feb 2026 19:07:50
Apologies if this has already been brought up but is there any consideration for how difficult the season has been for both players and management? Slot has had a lot to contend with and manage.
Diogo Jota passed on the third of July, just over 8 months ago. He was a real lynchpin of the team off the pitch as well as on it, coming up trumps at different points of each season.
The players have not had a proper pre season with a lot of incomings and outgoings.
Any proper football person knows that bringing in players and bedding them down is very difficult (how much you spend has nothing to do with it). There is also changes of tactics in terms of attacking output given that TAA is not around.


We've been very unlucky with long term injuries - Leone looked really good until the injury, Isak gets injured while scoring, Bradley is a loss. Also Frimpong is picking up injuries he hasn't before.
Both Van Dijk and Salah have not been at their best by their lofty standards.
There is a Dutch football show where Boulahrouz describes the affect the death of Puerta had on the Seville players at the time and also the players that had signed in the summer that is translated which is well worth a read.
Also should we have sacked Klopp when we were in a very similiar position after we won the title under his watch?

10 Feb 2026 20:08:18
Every team has issues on and off the pitch.
I'm sorry but blaming the season being rubbish on Jotas passing kind of dishonours him for me.

10 Feb 2026 20:14:08
Slot was dealt a bad hand, the squad is short of numbers but at the same time he has managed his squad really badly. It's not a title winning squad but it still should be good enough to finish in the top 4.

I don't particularly rate Endo or Chiesa and Ngumoha and Nyoni are only teenagers but having them come on for the last 10-15 minutes of games is preferrable to running tired players into the ground.

It's probably why we keep conceding so many late goals.

10 Feb 2026 20:23:54
Mikey +1.

10 Feb 2026 20:30:50
I'm with u mikey i don't like this narrative at all. I feel before the season started lots of people were saying we will win the league and we will win it for jota and him passing will drive us on. It's obviously not happened so now we say we're not winning the league because he passed?

10 Feb 2026 20:35:10
There is a massive difference between how Klopp was seen then vs how Slot is now. We were well aware that we had one of the very best in the world who had worked wonders with the ownership to turn this club around. Slot at the minute is looking like a one season wonder.

He has the infrastructure, the stadium, the fans and for the most part a squad Klopp could only have dreamed of in his second season but still chooses to drain the energy out of the crowd and team.


RIP Diogo and Andre, not an attack on you Adam but I have always said that speculation on grief is unfair. Unless an individual chooses to share how they feel we shouldn't guess.

10 Feb 2026 20:39:35
The simple reason for "More Salads" sub standard performances is that he does not want an injury such as Ramos did to him, when he has a circa "Half a Billion" (500 million deal highly probable from the Saudi League equal or even better than Ronaldos).

Mo Salad gets a similar injury as in the UCL Final with RM and its "Good Night Vienna" to half a billion POUND, would anyone risk that final career pay off in any profession?

10 Feb 2026 21:17:00
Klopps teams always played with passion and worked hard, I don't see any of this in slots team or in his management style, so I can't see this all being on Jotas passing.

10 Feb 2026 21:38:11
They're all factors, or rather all a piece of the pie.

People seem to want to apportion the biggest slice of the blame pie to Slot and that is their prerogative.

10 Feb 2026 22:02:59
What about Ibou, who lost his dad a couple of weeks ago? Or Mo, whose grandad passed away very recently. From a football perspective a group of players are playing badly - not helped by the coach's ineptitude but footballers also double up as normal everyday people who also have to face life's ups and downs.

Not an excuse for not beating (apparently lesser) teams but being unhappy in your personal life could very well have an impact on your professional life.

10 Feb 2026 22:13:05
I understand where everyone is coming from. The point I'm trying to make regarding Jota is based on an ex players experience at Seville who had a similiar situation and the comments made by Kelleher during the week who by all accounts was close to Diogo.
Klopps season after winning the title was pretty like this one in that we looked leggy.

We did have huge injury problems at centre half also. I'm a huge fan of Klopps and the feeling he brought to the club and like everyone I hope that doesn't go but it's hard to replicate.
On a different note tonight's results have gone well and I agree with Ed 25 in that we have a very good chance of making top 4.

10 Feb 2026 22:31:07
It doesn't matter if you like the narrative or not there is no doubt that Jota's passing has had an affect on the team. How much of an affect we'll never know but if you think it hasn't had any affect you're a very heartless individual.

We all wanted the team to use it as fuel and I think we'd did at the start of the season but since the Palace defeat it's seemed to weigh heavily on some players.

I've made my feelings clear on Slot, he's been disastrous this season with some truly baffling decisions but there's no doubt it was an extremely difficult situation that was and still is hard to deal with.

I think in those situations you need a manager like Klopp who has the charisma to help the players through it. Klopp was like a father figure. I think Slot has struggled because he just doesn't have that personality to pull the players through. He seems confused himself and is probably doubting himself and is unsure of how to play it. He said as much at the round table.

You can't just dismiss that.

11 Feb 2026 05:40:23
Varry aka Beckers peckers are you just going to change your username every week to change your opinion?

10 Feb 2026 18:06:54
Hi Ed001, thanks for your time and efforts. I've been cross checking this site for years and enjoy the platform. I was curious to you ever keep track or rate the posters who have a reputation such a Carra for example on what they get right? He seems to be held in high esteem but to my knowledge hasn't really got anything correct that wasn't already in the main press and got quite a bit wrong.

The only person who i believe was genuinely in the know was Macca. I appreciate its a rumour site but I question some of Carra's posts as typically vague and lack any real detail or substance such as saying Slot is gone and serving notice that is just a scenario that is simply untrue and i feel its important not to lead on gullible members so curious to get your opinion.

{Ed001's Note - I rarely keep track of anything said at all. My memory is not good enough for that and it is impossible to rate someone on something so subject to change. How do I know for sure what someone is saying is not true when they said it? Even if it disagrees with the info I have been given, how can I be sure what I am told was not incorrect? Also, things change so quickly, you can talk to the people involved and have the exact same story from all parties, only for something to change, ie another club stepping in last second and gazumping a move.

I mean Guehi was absolutely 100% nailed on and in the middle of a medical, but still ends up at Citeh a few months later instead. Does that mean anyone saying he was set to join in the summer was wrong? No, it just means that things changed. In his case, Dick and Ted's Excellent Adventure decided that they didn't want to pay a transfer fee in January, even though we desperately needed a centre-back now, and instead bring in a bunch of kids for 5 years down the line.}

10 Feb 2026 18:28:03
He got Wirtz right KM, saying he had chosen us a few days before it went public.
It was more so the Isak saga though mate. The whole summer he maintained his stance the deal would happen.
Also, the day before it went public, he mentions there would be a GIANT leap in the whole move for Isak.

A Nice pun, which we later found was in regards to Woltemade. He was 24 hours ahead of even Newcastle journalists wirh that one.
Also, with similarities in writing and nicknames as his profile name, I would be quite certain Macca and Carra are the same person.

{Ed001's Note - I am fairly certain they are different people.}

10 Feb 2026 19:26:05
And that's why your info is always top notch. appreciated Ed!
With their writing styles and similar names I was always full sure Macca had forgot his password and just made a new account!

Do you know much about either of them? How they're connected to the club? What they do?

{Ed001's Note - I know Macca fairly well, but I know very little about Carra or his connections.}

10 Feb 2026 20:05:45
Ah ok.
I'm always fascinated how people get into jobs in football.
Scouts etc.
Even yourself, who's very knowledgeable and well connected. Always interested me how people got started.

{Ed001's Note - I am not really working in footie, but I created my own job. 2001 we started the original rumours site and there was nothing like it back then. Just kept working at it.}

10 Feb 2026 20:08:27
Ed is Macca still around does he still have his connection's with in the club? Like you say things can change very quickly with in the world of football.

{Ed001's Note - he does still post occasionally. His main connection has left the club.}

10 Feb 2026 20:18:06
Who you calling gullible? If your saying that carra saying slot going is wrong prove it? There is no substance to your post either is there?

10 Feb 2026 20:45:31
Crazy it's been around that long. I don't remember exactly when I first found the site.
Probably mid teens. 12 - 15 years ago.
Absolutely insane. On here multiple times every day now. I recall people saying you were doing this for free. Seeing you mention it's a job, I'm hoping there's an income with that. Thoroughly deserved.


Btw, there's still nothing like it.

10 Feb 2026 21:38:18
Long term reader and poster here.

Carra is not Macca. Different style of writing and posting.

Macca would usually post few and far between.
Sometimes very short posts.
Almost always with some genuine info.
He would also say if he wasn't sure of something.
He has a different manner about his posts.

Carra is someone else, he may have some of his own inside info but totally different to when Macca used to post.

Ed002 was great on here, he was an encyclopedia of information.

I'm sure the other Editors try their best but in this day and age of clickbait headlines and regurgitated info it's not an easy job to do.

10 Feb 2026 20:39:43
Was it Ljinders or Klopp Ed?

{Ed001's Note - if you mean Macca's connection, it is neither of those two.}

10 Feb 2026 21:19:04
Dick and Ted's excellent adventure is absolutely class,
Take a bow ed1 🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏.

{Ed001's Note - why thank you.}

11 Feb 2026 10:18:53
Im keeping that, Ed01.

10 Feb 2026 17:14:22
Our form is dreadful. We have 39 pts from 25 games. We picked up 15 pts from the first 5 games and only 24 pts from the next 20 games. That form is relegation form and it's been that way for over half the season now. We won't be catching anyone ahead of us, more likely caught by the chasing pack.

10 Feb 2026 19:07:55
Certainly not relegation form but definitely not top 5 form. In any case, it's far from good enough.

10 Feb 2026 20:07:21
45 points isn't relegation form.

11 Feb 2026 05:48:11
24 points in 20 games is close to relegation form though.

11 Feb 2026 10:19:38
That's midtable/ relegation-avoidance points return, IMO.