Liverpool banter 8

06 Jan 2026 21:25:19
Has Carra bailed on posting on the site?

06 Jan 2026 21:43:14
Carra said he'd be away for 3 weeks due to being on holiday. So, we won't hear from him for a while.

06 Jan 2026 21:44:34
He's away on holiday.

06 Jan 2026 22:08:30
Cheers everyone.

07 Jan 2026 08:06:02
During a transfer window who sanctioned that 😅.

06 Jan 2026 21:11:22
Semenyo to City deal done just pending medical, being widely reported now.
One down, one to go.

06 Jan 2026 22:05:27
Im confused, do you support Lfc or City?

06 Jan 2026 22:25:11
City have signed one of our "targets" and he thinks they'll now get Guehi too.

07 Jan 2026 03:50:44
Wasn't Wirtz one of City's targets?

07 Jan 2026 07:14:34
I'm not confused. I know Mcgoveb supports Liverpool. Are you new to this site Florian?

06 Jan 2026 20:10:01
For those that make it to the games is the general feeling amomgst the supporters reflective of this site in regards to performances and the manager? Its hard to gauge through the tv but Anfield does seem quiet of late.

06 Jan 2026 21:05:33
The atmosphere has been pants for ages.

06 Jan 2026 21:24:18
I would say 3/ 4 are grumbling under there breath and pretty fed up with what they are seeing. Also the vibes at Anfield are about as dead as I remember.

06 Jan 2026 21:44:14
E M im a season ticket holder, and I can only reply based on what I hear and conversations I have with fans sitting near, I would say their is frustration but no one saying, sack Slot just yet.
With regards to being quiet, Its been like that for a long time even during Klopp times he was known to ask for a noisy stadium, the crowd seem to turn it up for the big games!
Leeds was a typical example, you could argue the players didn't do enough to get the crowd going but equally the crowd weren't exactly getting behind the team as loud and vocally as
We know they can.

06 Jan 2026 21:49:26
Agree with Drogie, there. Agree with Kaiser regards people being fed up. I sit all over the Kop, and occasionally in the Sir Kenny stand. My general opinion is that those who I sit by aren't as anti Slot as is reflected on here.

Others that go might have a different experience. I understand that it's similar with those that travel. I don't get to many away games.

06 Jan 2026 21:57:34
Its not at the levels of fans shouting slot out but there is nervousness in the crowd . they know its not going well but they support but its gets quieter . But the more it goes on the more it will likely happen . Its hard to keep singing, shouting n supporting, when the play is so boring.

{Ed025's Note - I agree Strom..

06 Jan 2026 23:47:35
It won't be long before the crowd is no longer the 12th man.

06 Jan 2026 23:58:25
I don't think you can gauge it in the ground to be honest. I'm vehemently Slot-out but when I go to the game later this month I'll be fully behind the team. The stadium itself is not the place to vent your frustrations. On match day, it's all about supporting the side.

To do otherwise, is to actively try and hamper your own team, and harm their chances of winning. If you want what's best for Liverpool, that's not the time or the place to be angry at anyone associated with the club in my opinion.

07 Jan 2026 02:30:35
Absolutely spot on, MK. I know a couple of season ticket holders and they have said pretty much exactly the same thing as you - they're there to support the team, afterwards and behind the scenes? they are just like the majority and want Slot out.

As much as I want Slot out - I don't want to see the crowd pushing for it. It can cause too much hassle.

07 Jan 2026 07:14:51
The crowd can demand more attacking football from the off, and chant as much. That would pressure Arne and the players without criticising them or booing. It would send a clearer and better message than silence.

07 Jan 2026 08:35:21
The atmosphere has sucked for a while, it streams through on the tv and even more in the ground, there is no Stevie G type tackle, bar Bradley on a euro night, or a guy taking 2/ 3 players on, get people out their seat, our style of play couldn't be further away from the type of player we have, we need a reset for Boss an SD, the next 2 to replace them need the same philosophy and thought of player, we will get battered by Arsenal, they just steam roll us as we can't cope with wave after wave, especially Konate who has been less than embarrassing all season, I would rather Endo play there who would play his heart out, Slot has treated many of the fighting players disgracefully, Rio and Chiesa prime examples, I can't wait for him to go and before last March, when results and style changed for the worse, I didn't think after the summer that would be the case.

06 Jan 2026 20:09:31
The genuine City interest in Guehi will test the narrative that LFC are prepared to act should a target become attainable this month! I am not confident but let's see!

06 Jan 2026 21:03:18
He's going to City. Get over it.

06 Jan 2026 22:07:58
He's not that good anyway which is why we're not pushing hard for him. I still expect him to sign for us anyway but he's not the transformative player people seem to think he is on here.

There are much better CBs out there.

07 Jan 2026 01:39:10
It's not about whether there are better CBs or not, in terms of value and fit for the team in terms of personality and skill set, he is probably top of the list. We need a passer at the back, plus he has gone up a level as a defender this season.

06 Jan 2026 19:59:46
Has any other club bid for semenyo? If we haven't, why not?

06 Jan 2026 20:35:00
Done deal with Man City (dependent on medical) according to BBC Sport.

06 Jan 2026 22:59:22
Seemed the perfect fit, very surprised we didn't bid.

06 Jan 2026 18:39:06
Hello people, new to the forum! I work close to the players so can get some information here and there will post if anything is worth the post!

06 Jan 2026 19:06:00
Welcome. Look forward to reading your posts.

06 Jan 2026 19:09:23
Thanks mate and welcome!

06 Jan 2026 19:15:55
Thanks mate.

Let's test the waters shall we.

Since you work close with the players, have you seen or heard about any tension between the players and Slot?

Some of us are of the opinion that the players are not really taking to his tactics, so are not really playing for him (Yes, I am of this opinion btw)

06 Jan 2026 19:56:31
I'll test the waters

Get us some tickets please.

06 Jan 2026 20:06:07
Nice one, @Jord. Welcome aboard.

Pls, feel free to share whatever you can.

Greatly appreciated.

06 Jan 2026 20:06:41
Since you're close to some players can you ask wtf they are doing in training as it looks like 11 lads out for a game of Astro at present!
Thanks and welcome.

06 Jan 2026 21:24:29
Jord, surely you already know a lot? Bad start for someone "itk"?

06 Jan 2026 22:34:15
Hi Jord, welcome.

Please can you put a rocket up the players as most of them seem to be coasting and not running hard.

KR
Ron.

07 Jan 2026 00:28:40
Yes jord initiation ceremony determines you've got to dish some dirt mate…we're easily pleased just make summat up.

06 Jan 2026 18:35:55
There's a few good options for the managers position which may be coming available this summer notably Enrique, Naagelsmann, Tuchel and potentially alonso. Surely it's worth taking a punt on an interim coach until the summer. Personally I think Enrique goes to Madrid and that frees up Alonso to Liverpool but I'd rather we went for Tuchel or Enrique.

Seems like a merry go round is upcoming with potentially Pep leaving City at the end of the season but I only see that happening if he doesn't win the title this year, no way he walks away as a runner up!

06 Jan 2026 18:56:43
All four of them named could all well stay where they are though past the summer.

06 Jan 2026 19:04:47
Enrique is a Barcelona man, he'd never go to Madrid. I think we'd be in with a great shout to convince him if he was available.

06 Jan 2026 19:16:56
So then we stick with Slot Florian, yes?

06 Jan 2026 19:18:18
Luis Enrique managing Real Madrid would be like Sol Campbell managing Tottenham. Their fans despite him.

06 Jan 2026 19:21:43
All four could likely not given their current contracts. So thanks for bringing nothing to the discussion again.

06 Jan 2026 19:27:33
Doubt Enrique goes to Madrid considering his ties to Barca.

06 Jan 2026 19:46:01
Didnt say that JLC, just were in the middle of a season. what's the point of worrying about NEXT season and including people who there's a good chance won't even be available in the conversation? its just throwing random names out because at the moment they're all employed somewhere else.

06 Jan 2026 19:54:46
Still don't get the "take a punt" angle.

06 Jan 2026 20:08:02
Was going to say the same thing, TB2. Luis Enrique was Luis Figo before Luis Figo in terms of his transfer from RM to Barca.

No way on this earth is he coaching Madrid.

06 Jan 2026 20:25:24
The same Luis Enrique who played over 150 times for Madrid. Pretty sure he'd not turn Madrid down.

06 Jan 2026 20:36:14
Played for both Real Madrid and Barcelona.

06 Jan 2026 20:49:24
Yeah we're in the top 4, let's risk losing it for no reason whatsoever.

06 Jan 2026 21:56:26
A few posters lacking a little football knowledge?

06 Jan 2026 17:26:05
I've been coming on this site everyday for so long I do not even know when I first started.

LIke many other users I have supported LFC all my life but I'm a million miles away from having any inside information.

We should all appreciate those who come on here to share what they have genuinely heard, as without them, the website does not work. Those who try to troll or bring contributors down really are quite pathetic.

It is a rumour website, and rumours are stories that are circulating. Some are more accurate than others and things can change even if the rumour was accurate to start with. Just look at the Guehi deal collapsing in the summer.

If you want guarnatees about information wait until it appears on the official club site.

Personally, i'm just interested to read what others have heard and know it may or may not come to fruition. Either way I'm grateful to those who make the effort to share info.

06 Jan 2026 19:17:54
Amen KD7.

06 Jan 2026 17:21:15
2 clubs. Similar stature. Manchester United and Liverpool.
If you're the only elite manager on the market, and both are chasing you. Who do you pick? And why?

{Ed025's Note - Liverpool, because they have nothing to do with the scum bag that is Jim RATcliffe..

06 Jan 2026 17:33:33
Eloquently put, Ed025. A belated Happy New Year.

{Ed025's Note - i cant stand the guy Rome...all the best mate..

06 Jan 2026 17:43:41
Good point, Ed025.

I'd go for the club that hasn't had eleven managers or head coaches since SAF retired in 2013.

{Ed025's Note - also a good point Rigsby mate..

06 Jan 2026 18:06:14
I'd go for the one who's stadium doesn't leak when it rains.

06 Jan 2026 18:06:33
Man United because I'm highly inexperienced and almost certain to get them relegated.

1 year later after winning the league and champions League double.

Damn my brilliance.

06 Jan 2026 18:11:54
I deal with Americans every day. Nice people, but totally beholden to two things: a sense of superiority, and a love of Italian style bureaucratic nonsense. A nation founded by lawyers, they take months to paper anything - and then ignore the law when they can.

06 Jan 2026 18:38:28
Everton over Man U. Great club, with a new stadium. Man U is falling to bits, with a minority owner with a dodgy background in sport - I mean he has destroyed any team he has "invested" in.

Capitalism is rampant with "geniuses" who have made money with pyramid schemes of being turnaround specialists, when acquiring profitable companies, and then closing them down, just because it looks better on the accounting front.

06 Jan 2026 20:10:44
Monstersouness, I lived in the States for a decade and a half and altho, I agree with some of what you said, that's not the case everywhere.

It depends on what part of the country you are cos cultures are different depending on the region or state or even city you are in.

06 Jan 2026 20:26:23
Ed025, Radcliffe looks like a man who is having a permanent midlife crisis.

{Ed025's Note - horrible person who looks like a paraffin lamp VV..

06 Jan 2026 21:09:23
Brilliant replies Ed025 👏 😂.

{Ed025's Note - cheers Bazza..

06 Jan 2026 16:40:47
LFC didn't sign a Diaz "replacement" because they don't want to block the pathway of 17 year old Rio! That is fine but give the lad game time then!

LFC signed young Leoni and were on the brink of signing Guehi! Leoni got injured early but LFC are not sourcing a Centre Back in the January transfer window?! LFC are purposely leaving themselves short Champions League Football is far from being secured for next season! 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

If Arne Slot is leaving LFC in the Summer then so should Richard Hughes! You can't have an outlay of £400m + yet leave a previously title winning squad so threadbare and unbalanced!

06 Jan 2026 17:17:12
Rio should have got more minutes for me, if only because anyone we've had on the left has been largely poor. He has gotten the most minutes of any 17 year old in England though so he's not doing too bad.

06 Jan 2026 17:43:25
They don't think twice about it in Spain or Germany though do they?

06 Jan 2026 18:02:28
Could LIV not doing business have a thing to do with the club not seeing a future with Slot? Bar injuries, I think we can limp to the end of the season when, hopefully, a new manager comes in and he's backed to bring in players that suits him.

What's the point backing a manager you don't intend to stick with or maybe I'm just being deluded by the bore fest we are being served thesedays. Lol.

06 Jan 2026 18:48:12
How do you know Liverpool aren't sourcing a CB? I'm sure they will do the business if the right player is available as usual.

And we did replace Diaz, he was played as a false 9 last season. We've signed Ekitike and Isak in the central position.

There's really no point in getting upset about something you know nothing about.

06 Jan 2026 18:59:39
He's a head coach though, don't think he gets final say on the players coming in so it wouldn't really matter.

06 Jan 2026 19:28:17
Florian Musiala - He's had 48 out of a potential 1,800 minutes n the premier league this season. That's 1 half of a single game out of a possible 20. You're right, that's not too bad, that's absolutely shocking.

06 Jan 2026 20:11:57
Indeed, you cannot say you want to keep Rio as essentially Diaz's replacement and yet not play him. None of that makes sense.

06 Jan 2026 20:33:47
He's 17,all i said was it is more than any other 17 year old has got which is true. I said myself he should have got more minutes.

07 Jan 2026 08:35:43
Who said that, OliRed?
Diaz played a lot through the middle last season and we signed two players that play there. Gakpo played more on the left.

06 Jan 2026 15:32:24
Congratulations to the GW20 winner of FOOTBALL RUMORS FPL mini-league :

Real Magid ( More points on the bench )

06 Jan 2026 15:40:52
Hey ed033, hope you're doing well 🤝 i saw the ignore option on the West ham Page and was wondering if That's something that we could have here too? Soo many names would get pasted in that 😅.

{Ed033's Note - i limited it to 5 usernames on the West Ham page. It will be implemented on here next, in the next day or 2.

06 Jan 2026 13:00:03
Question for Eds….
Arsenal away on Thursday…. If we were to be absolutely tanked 0-3, 0-4 by Arsenal do you think it would be curtains for Slot? SG in on interim basis until Summer?
Sorry if this has already been discussed, i've only just been released from a rubber room having lost it watching recent performances 😂.

{Ed001's Note - no mate, not while top 4 is still within reach, I don't believe he would get sacked. Maybe if it was 7 or 8 or something ridiculous and the team absolutely collapses that might be enough.}

06 Jan 2026 15:03:12
We're crap but we will get something out of that game.

06 Jan 2026 15:18:23
Scouse John, Yeah a Drubbing is what we will get.

06 Jan 2026 15:19:56
Can't speak for others but I don't want Gerrard anywhere near the team. Terrible manager and even worse human being.

06 Jan 2026 15:21:55
Why would you sack Slot and appoint Gerrard?
It doesn't make any sense.
To those that believe it's 'because he couldn't do any worse'; he could.
We don't want to keep changing managers to achieve 'a bounce' or in the false belief that things can't get any worse.


We are a well run club that doesn't just react to every setback or bad spell. Change doesn't necessarily mean progress.

06 Jan 2026 15:32:58
we are decent when other teams come out and play, and nick 1 or 2 on the counter.

If it is emirates, gunners have to come at us and this will be an opportunity to get something.

06 Jan 2026 15:39:26
Why is Gerrard a horrible a human being . I know some of his family n not many who know him have a bad word to say, only that he's a bit miserable and not as social as some would like him to be . he was in a pub over xmas by ours and was happy to take photos with people in there.

06 Jan 2026 15:58:31
I'm not totally happy with Slot but hoping we get tanked 3 or 4-0 just so we get rid of him is something I could never do.

Let's just support the team and see what happens.

06 Jan 2026 16:09:42
I'd happily take Gerrard as caretaker or interim to get rid of Slot. This turgid and boring football is not even bringing us good results. I genuinely think the players would start getting better results even if Virgil and Robbo took over the coaching and management decisions for the rest of the season.

In my opinion Slot's tactics aren't just poor, they are actually detrimental. It's like playing with a handicap to give our inferior opposition a fair crack. We'd get better results if we just put the best 11 players on the pitch and told them to play their own game and use their own brains. We have more world class players in our squad than anyone else in the league in my opinion. Alisson, Virgil, Wirtz, Salah and Isak are all world class. Gravenberch and Kerkez were in the team of the year last season and will become world class in my opinion. Mac Allister has won a world cup as a key player and is of interest to Real Madrid. Szoboszlai was once considered a talent of equal level to Erling Haaland during their Salzburg days together. Ekitike was signed because he was considered to be the best striker at that age since Mbappe and Haaland. Even the likes of Gakpo, Jones, Bradley, Chiesa, Frimpong, Mamardashvili etc are all very good players on their day. The only weak link in the team is at CB (Konate and Gomez are poor defenders and Virgil is too old to carry them anymore) . Even that is Slot's fault, because he pushed Quansah out the door after demolishing his confidence, and now refuses to give chances to the likes of Wellity Lucky or Alvin Ayman no matter how bad Konate's performances get.

I'm honestly sick of the excuses some of our fans are making. This is the best squad we've had in the clubs history (by far) and they're playing absolutely dreadful. When we signed Isak, many pundits were saying the title race was over and we'd run away with it. This total mismanagement of a squad steeped in huge amounts of talent is utterly embarrassing. Yes we are short by a CB, but that doesn't explain the god awful build up play, lack of identity, lack of goals, fragility from every dead ball situation etc. It's absolute pony and anyone still refusing to admit that is incredibly deep in denial. Salah, Mac Allister and Virgil haven't become a bad player overnight, nor have Kerkez or Isak who signed as star players. It's just impossible for them to shine with these tactics. The only players shining remotely are 'drifters' like Szoboszlai, Ekitike and Wirtz who play with more positional freedom naturally. It's harder to fully shackle players like that with bad tactics.

06 Jan 2026 16:14:15
Thanks Ed…. Interestingly we're going away on a Caribbean cruise on Friday. The last time we went I switched on Sky sports at 7am local time (11am GMT) to breaking news of Klopp's resignation…. Totally ruined my holiday! I wonder if there might be similar news this time 🤔😂.

06 Jan 2026 16:40:01
Thing is MK, we'd be going from one lot of turgid slop to another, as Gerrard's tactics are non existent. His Villa team were atrocious, couldn't defend to save their lives and was sacked before he got them relegated. Just look at the mess over at Old Toilet, they're just about to put Solskjaer in again as an interim and he's as effective as a eunoch at a gang bang.

It's not even as if he'd be a motivational manager like Klopp as he has a dire lack of charisma and to call him one dimensional would be generous. It would be making a bad situation even worse. Yes, I am of the view that Slot's time is probably up. But employing someone who is a managerial failure who has no notable success on his CV is a mistake waiting to happen.

06 Jan 2026 16:41:39
Mk Scouser. I agree with everything you wrote.

06 Jan 2026 17:20:07
MK Scouser, you talk about mismanagement but talk about van Dijk and Robertson making management decisions. They have no experience whatsoever.
The other day, you were talking about Roy Evans or SKD taking over for one or two games!

Do you really think that this is the best squad in the club's history? Seriously?
Did you ever watch Paisley's teams? Dalglish's of the 80s with Barnes, Beardsley and Aldridge?
Klopp's squad with Salah, Mane and Firmino at their best that won the League by eighteen points?
It's yet another post based upon the emotions of a fan that thinks spending a load of money will bring success.
Despite spending the money, the squad lacks balance, three of the new signings have spent more time injured than playing and two (Wirtz and Kerkez) are struggling to settle.
These are not excuses but if you are tired of reading posts that you disagree with, log off; it's that simple.
I mean, if you listen to pundits that say the title race is over and we'd walk it before a ball has been kicked you are not going to listen to reason and sense, are you?
I hope you find some sort of peace, mate.

06 Jan 2026 17:27:42
10 goals from the world class attacking trio of Salah, Wirtz and Isak in January. Suppose that's Slots fault. I know all three are good players (salah is my favourite player of the last decade) but THIS season playing for US not Leverkusen or Newcastle none have been remotely near world class. Salah has been miles away from his usual standards and the other two have been either injured or largely brutal.

Virg gets a pass because he babysits ibou on the weekly but even Allison, for starters he's done his now normal season of been out already with a 6 week injury and its only January. He'll probably be out again before seasons end and when he comes back from these injurys it takes him time to get back to peak form as is the case again since he's been back.

06 Jan 2026 17:46:41
MK, you're a good poster, and I always like reading what you have to say. However, to say this is our best squad, ever, is way off the mark. And to blame tactics for the way Isak's performed is ludicrous. I've said before, he looked as fit as me before he got injured.

I agree about the build up play, etc. However, the form of Salah, VVD and Mac, is down to them.

And, yet again, I'm not blinkered, it is turgid to watch us, but it doesn't all rest with Slot, though he will ultimately carry the can.

06 Jan 2026 17:52:38
Sean
Are you struggling to read? The OP said IF we got beat 3 or 4-0. He wasn't hoping to get beat.

06 Jan 2026 18:07:38
Quansah was an accident waiting to happen and didn't see many on here wanting him to stay.

06 Jan 2026 18:38:13
"10 goals from the world class attacking trio of Salah, Wirtz and Isak in January. Suppose that's Slots fault. "

Of course it's slots fault, you don't wait for teams to get into a defensive shape and try passing your way to goal, when there's no space and blame it on a low block, in the fulham game there were plenty of times when Fulham had 6-7 players in our half, that's the time to play quick football not this pathetic football.

06 Jan 2026 18:58:25
I get what you're saying Irish but the OP obviously wants Slot gone so is hoping that something happens to force the club's hand. In this case it's us being tanked 3 or 4-0.

Why would you even say that if you didn't on some level want it to happen?

Reading some of the posts on here I don't think he's the only one either.

06 Jan 2026 19:06:58
Totally agree MK.

People can disagree about whether it's our best team ever, but it's definitely our best team for decades and the point and the point is that it's been hamstrung but Slotball.

I'm also sick of the slot-cult excuses of player form. Who plays these out of form players over and over through our worse run of results ever and refused to play our most in form players?

Similar with blaming Hughes for an unbalanced squad. Could we strengthen - sure, but it has nothing to do with our terrible slow attack that struggles to create two chances a game against poor teams. This team was built to our score the opposition and Slotball has us playing so slowly that the entire opposition team is behind the ball before we even get in to their half and then we just slowly compress them into their 18 and pass around until we lose possession. Why would we sign a winger when slot has refused to play anyone on the wings who want to play with any speed or directness?

Slots list of failures just keeps growing, and I just don't see how anyone is going to trust him going forward after this season because so many of the failings are down to his stubborn persistence on continuing with his ideas while watching them fail. I can understand waiting until preferred replacement is available in summer, but to totally write off this season by hoping all the teams around us continue to struggle, which is what we're doing by persisting with Slot, is still hard to accept.

06 Jan 2026 17:09:29
Gerrard till end of season and hopefully Luis enrique.

06 Jan 2026 19:28:46
Sean Dundee and Florian more rubbish. You're conflating people who want Slot out and speculating about fans supposedly wanting to get beat. He asked a valid question, "if Liverpool got tanked by Arsenal would that be the end of Slot" and he cited an example scoreline. So stop putting words in the mouths of other users particularly when you'll defend Slot at every turn.

On Gerrard. I'd take him as an interim he did well at Rangers and he's a decent coach. Didn't work out for him at Villa but Lampard didn't work at Everton. One thing I'll guarantee Gerrard would bring over Slot, more passion, more attacking impetus and more direction.

06 Jan 2026 20:14:54
The OP said nothing wrong. Maybe people should do a better job of reading comments properly before jumping on people's backs.

06 Jan 2026 20:38:04
Ok Frode Isak, Wirtz, Salah, Virg and Alli have been world class this season if you think so. And its not even the best team we've had in the last 10 years never mind our history.

06 Jan 2026 23:14:27
Remember, if you disagree with MK Scouser you are deep in denial.
*rolls eyes*.

07 Jan 2026 08:44:21
You want to hear MK Scouser talking about grooming children.

07 Jan 2026 17:25:03
Florian where did I say they'd been world class? If we're going there they are world class players not playing to their levels because of an inept manager that you'll defend regardless.