Liverpool banter 8

22 Apr 2026 15:52:39
What’s everyone’s thoughts on James Trafford, I see he wants to leave City. I actually rate him & have followed his progress since a young age, I personally don’t think mama is the answer to replace Ali & there’s not many stand out keepers to choose from, I’m not saying Trafford is outstanding. I just think he’s better than our no 2.

22 Apr 2026 16:31:14
Was just thinking that recently when I saw he wanted to leave.
Nowhere near Alison's level, but young enough to get better.
Would help with the homegrown issue, and is better than Mama too imo.
Don't think it'll happen though

22 Apr 2026 16:32:37
Dont think he would want to be a Num 2 - he expected to be Citys number 1 when they bought him.

Newcastle will probably go back in for him.

22 Apr 2026 13:36:55
Maybe the club have informed the news outlets and journalists that Slot is staying just to reduce the noise in the wider media surrounding his future?

22 Apr 2026 14:18:13
Maybe, Maybe Not.

22 Apr 2026 14:26:04
Probably.
Either that or the news outlets are guessing.

22 Apr 2026 14:27:05
Despite all the crap this season, we will most probably get CL next year and reached quarter final in CL this year. (You will find that Liverpool are still one of the top earners in CL and PL money)
Money wise we won't be missing much so season although it has been nowhere near good can't be judged as complete failure. Its definitely a farcry from where we want to be.

Slot needs to get his act together but i don't necessarily believe that him staying is end of the world as is being made out on this site.

We do need few additions and we should be back challenging again.

My biggest test for slot is the man united game now. A fixture we have dominated simply under Klopp. If slot wins that game and 4 out 5 remaining ones i think he makes a case for himself.

22 Apr 2026 14:34:07
I've heard Slot is staying as no other job worldwide offers as many days off as LFC.

Not even jobseekers

{Ed025's Note - love it JK..

22 Apr 2026 14:54:28
Slot has to go because, by many accounts, he is not 110% committed to the job. The flying home constantly, the lack of player fitness, the not really getting involved with the city - it all reeks of a manager trying to wing a £6-7m per-year job. When you are employed on that much money at such a big club, your life is your job, and that's more or less all there is to it.

Yes, even your family has to fit around such a responsibility, even if that's not what people think is right.
The results have been horrendous, but even if they weren't I would still advocate for Slot going.

22 Apr 2026 15:00:30
I didn't mind being less rubbish than everyone else last season.

22 Apr 2026 15:01:23
Slot staying is not the end of the world you are correct.

But it will be the end of football enjoyment for me, .

Even if slot changes tactics again, the man has zero charisma, no visible connections to players or fans, no squad rotation, no openings for youngSters.. i know he is not Klopp, but we are not like other clubs where that doesn't matter. The connection between fans manager and players is vital to our club identity.

He has showed for well over a year he is tactically inept. the results are shocking, and form a la Hodgson era is not acceptable. we are unfit physically, mentally and for purpose.

Other teams Brentford and Bournemouth have had huge player turn around. they are not struggling. and still at least to try to play their. game.we do not

And let's not forget his lack of Full commitment to the project.

Would the club accept a player jetting back off to another country at every possible and sometimes inappropriate times? If his family doesn't want to be here, then fine, resign and go back to join them.

Thank you for your efforts and enjoy your life.

22 Apr 2026 15:33:40
I personally thinking getting rid of Edwards and Hughes is more important than getting rid of Slot.

Poor squad planning, scattergun egocentric transfer approach and an obsession with selling every academy player. Leaving us with an unbalanced and thin squad.

Glad they're only here for another year because any longer and we'd turn into Chelsea

22 Apr 2026 15:47:00
Not possible to be 110% committed 😅 however I agree we need a manager committed to the cause the fact he hasn't settled and is jetting off at every opportunity is enough for me to let him go.

22 Apr 2026 15:55:40
Amazing how a fortunate last minute win over our neighbours and a barrage of club propaganda can change the mood music about Arne Slot being here next summer.

Tony B and Neil J should work for no10 Downing Street.

22 Apr 2026 16:04:37
Lowe1FC - not just Arne who isn't 100%+ committed. The same can be said of Edwards and Hughes who are constantly and publicly flirting with Saudi for jobs.

22 Apr 2026 16:14:23
Like that JK! :-)

22 Apr 2026 16:19:45
Brilliant JK 😂

22 Apr 2026 16:20:20
Just Qualifying for the CL is a massive achievement in itself.

Look at big Poch last season at Spurs his owners were ecstatic

22 Apr 2026 16:20:49
It's a simple one for me. You want to stick with average you get average. You seek the best you become the best. If it backfires they have only themselves to blame. But for some unbeknownst reason it works they'll be lauded as geniuses for being Indecisive.Stranger things have happened in football but anything is a possibility at this point.

22 Apr 2026 17:49:15
Its this year he has been off to Holland loads and I believe there is more to this than meets the eye. Could be very personal. He has also given players a lot of time off so its not necessarily something we know but club definitely knows and they won't be giving out holidays without reason.
I trust the club just didn't decide all together that they are happy to pay managers and players a weekly wage for holidays.

So yea there is more to this which club has kept close to itself. There have been a lot of things in media but it is safe to say no one has got a damn clue right now.

22 Apr 2026 12:07:42
Eds - can you poll this; Would you be happier for us to miss out on Champions League next season but we get rid of Slot in the summer for say Alonso or would you rather we qualify n see how Slot does next season?

{Ed033's Note -


CL and Slot poll

22 Apr 2026 12:13:40
I hope nobody would rather we miss out on CL just to try and get a manager sacked.

I want Slot out but I don't want us to lose games.

22 Apr 2026 12:20:04
Why not qualify for the CL and slot goes? That would be for the best.

22 Apr 2026 12:26:09
Qualify for Champions League and Slot leaves is my preference

22 Apr 2026 12:58:13
Thinking back to Brodge, I am sorry to say I would rather a fresh manager come in with no champs league, concentrate on the league, play kids in europa. We wasted a season in 15/16 where klopp was left with a depleted squad that wasn't at the required level and hadn't trained with them in a pre season to build in their fitness to his levels.

we got Grujic and Caulker in because we bought poorly inthe summer and couldn't afford anything else., klopp then spent the next summer revamping the squad. It feels like we are a lot closer to 1st place int erms of squad than what our placement shows.

Wasting another summer budget on possible transfer that won't suit another manage down the road is not the 1.

Miss out on champs league, give Alonso the funds to buy in the 3/4 required players, let him move on the 5/6 unrequired players and have a full pre season with the lads.

Don't waste another season like we did with Brodge

22 Apr 2026 13:30:46
Im with Robbie23 let's just get CL qualification and then we can shake hands and let Slot go. He leaves on his terms with reputation in tact and we can hopefully bring someone in who can reenergise these players and reconnect the club with the fans

22 Apr 2026 13:33:07
We can't miss out on Champions League. We need it. Absolutely vital.

He should still go either way.

22 Apr 2026 13:33:43
Can posters please hurry up with their votes as i know John Henry is keen to make his decision.

22 Apr 2026 13:57:18
Can't believe anyone who calls themselves a supporter would ever want the club not to be successful...for any reason! Disgraceful.

22 Apr 2026 14:02:13
6 Gold Stars, does this surprise you?

22 Apr 2026 14:09:55
3/4 in and potentially 5/6 out? sounds like another disaster season no matter who is in charge

JK - lol don't you mean Hughes? :)

just to put it out there, the request for this poll was on a thread where someone else posed the question. just wanted the poll to give a quick count.

Interestingly it's not as emphatic as I thought it'd be based on comments. Thought way more would give up CL in order for Slot to go

appreciate it's a binary choice, but just play the game.
or don't!

22 Apr 2026 14:11:23
CL qualification and Slot to go.

22 Apr 2026 14:12:26
Qualify n then get a new manager, best all round scenario

22 Apr 2026 14:12:26
Win every game.
Replace the manager if a better candidate is available.

Same as always

22 Apr 2026 14:20:29
There is no guarantee that someone is a better candidate.

Getting a new manager has the same risk as brining in new players, you can never tell if it will be a success or not

22 Apr 2026 14:23:46
Faith I was only bantering mate and I actually voted.

I'll be honest I have no idea who does the hiring and firing at the club.

If I'm truly honest I have no idea who does the training, picks the team and sorts the tactics.

On this season alone it could very well be Irene the tea lady.

22 Apr 2026 14:38:41
It's Doreen, who does sends all the telegrams. She's pivotal to the whole operation and has a lot to answer for.

22 Apr 2026 14:32:35
I voted No CL & Slot out to be honest. I think the longer he stays the more damage he will do.
Just qualifying for the CL should never be the zenith of our ambitions.

22 Apr 2026 15:03:40
There was a time when it was the height of our ambitions.Look at UTD, if they didn't qualify this year they would be totally ducked.A coupla years out and everyone would take Slot back just to be back at the top table.

22 Apr 2026 15:43:08
I find that it is strange that FSG and Edwards and Hughes would release any information in farvour or against Slot staying as head coach while there are 5 games to go. It really does not make sense with out full look over all of this season the performance of the head coach and his assistants, the players form, injuries, transfers.

I think maybe people are passing on rumours
I personally won't except the rumours until it is officially broad cast on the Liverpool TV Channel.
YNWA

22 Apr 2026 16:00:04
Faith,

We already have Jacquet entering. we have Leoni to come in, but ideally I'd have Konate leave and another CB come in.

Elliot hasn't featured. he's no loss.
Salah is leaving and Diomande coming in
Sell Macca Get a DM
Bradley or Frimpong Leave both always injured but most like Bradley.
Tsimikas is back (backup or promote youth)and Robbo is leaving

that's your 5/6 leaving right there or you can swap Gomez for Bradley

DM, Diomande, another CB, maybe another Mid I don't see where we are light

23 Apr 2026 00:29:37
that's more aligned with the sentiment I read on here daily lol

69% out of 319 votes (so far) in favour of missing out on CL and Slot going.

Looks like we're going to qualify for CL (oops, too soon!? )

Guess we'll just have to see what happens next!

23 Apr 2026 00:30:10
JK - I was bantering back :D

22 Apr 2026 11:23:16
I've said it loads, why don't we look at Van Hecke? Eds?

{Ed001's Note - is this a genuine question?}

22 Apr 2026 12:46:41
I think he's brilliant on the ball and better than monster as a 3rd choice? Or do you see more to him being at his level?

22 Apr 2026 09:55:42
To the Eds,

How much of an impact does NOT making Champions League football have on a club such Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, etc?

Thanx for doing an awesome job!!

{Ed001's Note - it really depends. Every club is different. Some clubs set budgets for different circumstances ahead of each season and are prepared, others set an aim and budget for that.}

22 Apr 2026 12:27:08
we must have some wriggle room to move, but I am sure missing out on CL next season would bring us close to the margins of PSR

22 Apr 2026 12:27:49
hit send early..
just meant missing CL next season may put us close to PSR over the next couple years

22 Apr 2026 13:05:23
A win on Saturday and were more or less there.

22 Apr 2026 09:36:04
Don’t know how accurate statm use is but Issac 154 touches at 125 million approx 800000 £ per touch.

22 Apr 2026 10:05:54
Really lads?

22 Apr 2026 10:25:43
Yeah but what amortisation

22 Apr 2026 11:04:32
Are you going to update this after every game?

22 Apr 2026 11:50:31
Maybe you should actually do more research and confirm if the stat itself is accurate because you seem to not really believe it is.

22 Apr 2026 11:51:18
I think its probably fair criticism for how much we spent. I believe we can only really judge when we see him under a new coach
Right now you'd probably take 4 x 30 mill talents across the pitch than Isak, hopefully he comes good in the long run

22 Apr 2026 12:02:28
Or judge him when he's back more than a coupla partial games after nearly four months out.

22 Apr 2026 12:29:02
as long as it's 4 x 30mil players that fit how we want to play.

22 Apr 2026 12:38:23
£41.6m per goal

22 Apr 2026 13:08:21
I blame Slot, he should have been playing him with a broken ankle and from the start of the season when he'd missed pre-season and was underdone. What an obtuse question to ask.

22 Apr 2026 14:00:25
I know a girl who cost a tenner for a touch.

22 Apr 2026 14:35:08
I've noticed a lot of our fans in online spaces taking shots at isak and wirtz. Isak has hardly kicked a ball for us due to injury, Wirtz is a classic case of buying an F1 car and trying to run it around a BMX track. Complete misuse

22 Apr 2026 08:41:51
What's everyone's thoughts on Woodman? If he wants to stay third choice, is it worth giving him another year as he's out of contract in the summer.

22 Apr 2026 08:57:30
Surely Pesci has to be promoted.

22 Apr 2026 09:06:26
I think Jaros is ready to be third choice if he recovers from injury but this season all our keepers have got injured so maybe we need to keep him as a fourth choice just based on that.

22 Apr 2026 09:19:39
I mean we only seen him a minute, so based on the match it's hard to make that call.

But I think there is more than match performance that goes into the value of the 3rd choice GK.

Listening to Robbo, it sounds like Freddie ticks all the boxes for what you'd want from the back-up's back-up

22 Apr 2026 10:04:01
Needs to be Pesci, in my humble opinion.

22 Apr 2026 10:05:55
Joe Pesci is a little small to be a keeper.

22 Apr 2026 10:08:35
Jaros wouldn't be willing to be 3rd choice i'd imagine.He's had 1st team football the last coupla year.

22 Apr 2026 10:14:27
I've no issue with the 3rd choice being Woodman. He doesn't take up a non home grown space, doesn't have expectations of being a starter, and is there in an emergency. I'd expect Jaros to be competing for the number 1 spot. I think he's that good.

22 Apr 2026 10:53:08
I think Jaros is that good too. He has been more than decent each time he was out on loan and deserves to compete for the no1 jersey specially since Kelleher is no longer with us. At the very least, I think he is on par with Mamar if not better.

22 Apr 2026 11:02:29
I'd happily keep him. The key for me is that they need to be able to do a job on the very rare occasions that they are called upon whilst accepting the reality that the chances of them playing are very slim. They should also he homegrown to help with squad quotas. Woodman ticks all those boxes for me.

Jaros would be the other option who would tick all those boxes but it might be better for him to be playing on loan somewhere.

22 Apr 2026 11:51:18
I've not seen him play so cannot comment.

22 Apr 2026 12:02:33
JK23, not forgetting he's 83. This is all on Hughes. Did he ever watch him play?

22 Apr 2026 12:30:26
I imagine the preference would be for Jaros and Pesci to be playing regularly. so can't see them being 3rd choice and spending only doing keeper drills

22 Apr 2026 08:30:47
Why is it that we never hear of any of the players coming out and backing Slot? I can understand them not coming out saying Slot's not got a clue, but surely the silence from the players says it all, otherwise they would be fighting to keep their manager.

22 Apr 2026 08:35:35
Is there an example from any other team of players showing support.

22 Apr 2026 08:36:09
A lot of them would have a cheek.

22 Apr 2026 08:53:20
Virgil was asked about Slot after the win against Everton with reporter asking if that results good for Slot and Virgil side steps the answer and said it's good for the players. I do think he has lost the confidence and respect of the players with how he has handled the club this season.
That's why I think it's another reason he will not stay.

22 Apr 2026 09:10:01
The players will get us to the CL in spite of Slot no because of him.

22 Apr 2026 09:21:04
Wirtz said in pre-PSG presser that the team are backing the manager.

I think this is a bit nit picky and just hunting for more things to validate your position on Slot.

Ultimately the players are there to do a job.

We should either be delighted that our recruitment team have brought in personalities that have helped keep the ship together. Or that Slot has managed to keep the squad together through a tough season

22 Apr 2026 11:52:49
Faith, the former rather than the latter regarding your last statement, IMO.

22 Apr 2026 12:42:28
Players will always back a manager if asked, it means absolutely nothing. Slot lost the dressing room months ago. If it weren't for individual quality we'd be up rubbish creek

22 Apr 2026 13:08:55
Hearsay and waffle.

22 Apr 2026 15:38:03
Has he lost the dressing room? I see no signs of that despite several posters on here insisting that he has every time we lose a game. It looks to me that the players still have a decent amount of fight in them. Chelsea against Brighton looked a team of players who have downed tools, we don't quite look like that.

23 Apr 2026 00:32:57
I've not picked up that the dressing room has been lost. Even when the Mo stuff went down, we didn't really see any widespread disharmony.

The team look connected in their inconsistency

21 Apr 2026 23:48:09
I wonder what the £/touch ratio is for Isaac under Slot.

22 Apr 2026 08:09:14
Probably not as much as Prince Andrews

22 Apr 2026 08:31:32
Reminds me of a lee Evans joke where he said if he was a footballer he would count in his head how much he earned for each kick or step. Like £1/£2/£3. rubbish on goal 10grand. Tackle in the box 5 grand.

22 Apr 2026 08:46:59
You mean Mr Mountbatten-Windsor @JK - the con artist formerly known as a Prince.

22 Apr 2026 10:15:44
Oh the grand of Duke of York
He said he couldn't sweat
But he gave some millions out to a girl
Who he said he never met

22 Apr 2026 10:51:05
Con artist? that's some colourful descriptive language there! Are you an estate agent by any chance? 😁

22 Apr 2026 12:14:24
Con artist? putting it very mildly. The language to describe him wouldn't be allowed on here though.

22 Apr 2026 12:42:54
Quality JK 🤣