Liverpool banter 8

22 Apr 2026 16:38:13
If we knew we were a year away from letting Alison leave, why did we not try harder to keep hold of Kelleher? Another masterstroke from Mickey Edwards.

22 Apr 2026 16:59:17
Probably because Kelleher wanted out and whilst a great back up is not seen as good enough to be our no. 1. Who is to say he would have signed a new contract if offered? It was the last time to get some money for a player we didn't necessarily see as part of the long term future of the club

22 Apr 2026 17:05:41
Kelleher wanted first team football, Allison is contracted until 2027.

22 Apr 2026 17:16:27
A. Kelleher wanted first team football now, he didn't want to spend another season on the bench.
B. What makes you think we knew Alisson wanted to leave a year ago?

22 Apr 2026 17:18:34
What did it have to do with Edwards, anyway?

22 Apr 2026 16:03:04
With Leicester City relegated would the club renew their interest of a few years ago in Abdul Fatawa?

22 Apr 2026 16:31:34
No.
Any player getting only 9 goals in 43 appearances in the Championship from an attacking position is in no way a reasonable target for a team wanting to win the Premier League.

22 Apr 2026 17:21:37
If slot stays we may need a couple of championship players.

23 Apr 2026 00:13:14
You having a laugh?!

23 Apr 2026 01:10:18
He was great on my FM save but he ended up refusing to sign a new contract and forced a transfer. Showed mercenary-like behaviour and I wouldn't want him anywhere near the club anymore ;)

22 Apr 2026 15:53:18
Que the meltdown feel sorry for the ITKs and the Eds if Alonso not coming is true.

However Ed1 before the madness starts if we do go for Sebastian Hoeness, what kind of style does he usually play with, and do you feel he's a good fit for the current squad?

{Ed001's Note - he is similar to prime-Klopp in his style of play. Not quite as gung ho but the closest I have seen in Europe. Him or Iraola would be perfect fits I feel, they can adjust to suit what they have.}

22 Apr 2026 16:30:16
I recall you speaking highly of him Ed.
It is good news.
Surely the higher up know they have to change. Arne is not the man to lead us forward.

Was really hoping for Xavi.
If your speaking that highly of Hoeness though, I'll be all in on him!

{Ed001's Note - I do like Hoeness.}

22 Apr 2026 17:01:38
Klopp came to Liverpool as a title winner. Slot came to Liverpool as a title winner. Xabi Alonso is a title winner.

Iraola and Hoeness are big risks that a club that has been breaking the British transfer records shouldn't be making.

Hughes and Edwards trying too hard to be hipsters.

22 Apr 2026 17:01:51
I do rate Hoeness myself

22 Apr 2026 17:03:37
"Prime Klopp" you say, give Hoeness the job now!

22 Apr 2026 17:26:15
Any manager is a risk. I accept that. I accept we will lose games. we will have periods of being dog muck. but as long as it doesn't last and tou can see everyone together. in it together. work rate from players. manager trying everything to chnage fortunes.all that was evident under klopp and any dip in form we had.

None of it is evident in how we are now and have been declining for best part of 14 months.

I refuse to believe FSG accept we are where we are because we have earned it. not everyone else has been so poor. massive drop in quality of the league this year. next season has disaster written all over it and slot being sacked by Christmas (if still here)

22 Apr 2026 17:43:32
You had me at prime

22 Apr 2026 20:07:10
I think Iraola is closer to Klopp in terms of intensity than Hoeness.
Iraola's teams do more running.

22 Apr 2026 17:49:41
Ed1, we are at the tail end of the season, and a few top clubs might be looking for new managers. Like Man Utd, Liverpool if Slot does leave, City if Pep calls it a day, and Chelsea, who might regret appointing Rosenior.

I'm kind of interested to know your opinion on what will happen this summer in terms of the managerial merry-go-round, just maybe based on your information or some predictions from you, if you may.

{Ed001's Note - Pep has been trying to leave City for years but they keep persuading him to stay. So no idea if he will finally leave, but I would expect so, unless once again they can't find a replacement. They did speak to Maresca earlier in the season, while he was still at Chelsea but seem to have cooled on him. Maybe it will be Xabi.

Man Utd I have no clue about. Not sure they know themselves yet, I think they are still looking for the right person.

Chelsea were not intending to make a change and are completely unprepared. Their five sporting directors will no doubt struggle to come to a consensus and decide who to appoint. They have given themselves a bit of time to consider their options but I wouldn't expect the same mistake as last time and just take O'Neil from Strasbourg.

As for us, I believe Dick and Ted were keen on Iraola, but he wants to return home to the Basque country, not Spain as people keep saying. Like most Basques, he does not really consider it Spain. I think that leaves two options, firstly stick with Slot a year and hold out for Enrique next summer. Secondly, there is Xabi and Hoeness if Slot is not too unsettled in the UK to stay another year.}

23 Apr 2026 00:05:16
Appreciate your reply, Ed. Chelsea is a funny one because now they need to pay a huge amount of money for someone who only worked for four months. I don't even know how they came to the conclusion of giving Rosenior a five-year contract.

As for us, Enrique is probably the best manager available right now, and waiting a year for him might be interesting. But that would also mean risking another season like this one, with no guarantee that we'll actually get him. He might want to take a break after PSG, or another big club could offer him a more interesting project next season. I can't stand another season of Slot football to be honest.

{Ed001's Note - no they don't, he had break clauses in his contract, it won't be anything like as much as people believe to get rid of him.}

23 Apr 2026 00:11:55
is nobody worried about the fact that the current squad is incapable of playing an aggressive style of football? Outside of Dom and Kerkez none of them even have the engine for it never mind the ability. Not to mention half the teams made of crisps and can't even handle a season of pensionball.

If Alonso is out Hoeness would be my preference, but he'll have a rough with time of it playing heavy metal football with this lot, I hope FSG realise just how much work needs doing. A lot of transfers needed.

23 Apr 2026 00:27:25
I love a battler, an underdog. I'll back the guy that most love to hate on.

But are we saying that coaching Hoffenheim and Stuttgart, winning a cup along the way, is the platform to dive into coaching Liverpool FC?

23 Apr 2026 18:10:48
Ed, are you telling me that we need to stock up on tissues again over the summer if Hoeness gets the job? I don't know about you but I've got all, if not most, of the tissues I bought from last summer

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