Liverpool banter 9

09 Feb 2026 20:18:02
Really need a Neily D rumour right now to settle the nerves.

09 Feb 2026 19:32:06
Sky have just shown a reply from our late penalty VAR check, the angle isn't 100% but it appears Rodri won the ball.

09 Feb 2026 22:17:58
Makes no difference now.

09 Feb 2026 23:19:17
Didn't think jt was, the shirt pull on Salah by Silva should have been a penalty.

09 Feb 2026 19:26:38
Keeping Arne Slot in the dugout after this catastrophic run isn't just a "wait-and-see" approach it's total negligence and a slap in the face to every fan who pays for a ticket.

The board's silence is becoming an insult. Here is why the "Slot Out" calls are now undeniable:

Relegation-Level Form: We are witnessing one of the worst Premier League title defences in history. Slot has managed just 24 points from his last 20 games that is relegation form.

Tactical "Playground Chaos": Despite a massive summer splurge on stars like Florian Wirtz, our defensive organisation is a disaster. Fans are forced to watch "turgid" football that has stripped away our identity.

Total Disregard for Fans: To hear Slot reportedly suggest his playing style is more important than winning trophies is tone-deaf. After losing to City, we are now sixth in the table and sliding.

The Alonso Factor: Refusing to act while Xabi Alonso is reportedly interested is a betrayal of club ambition.

The hierarchy might be backing their man for now, but they are alienating the fans.

09 Feb 2026 19:34:10
The fans got rid of rogers by not showing up to a match if memory serves. Only way the owners took notice.

09 Feb 2026 19:44:11
It's like my Nan always said

A beautiful woman is like a shed Roof

Make sure you Nail it proper, or It'll end up Next Door.

09 Feb 2026 19:49:54
I don't recall that supporters didn't turn up, aoe. Maybe other posters will remember. There may have been games when they left before the end.

09 Feb 2026 20:40:52
That's a good way of putting it lfc8 🤣🤣.

09 Feb 2026 21:10:36
I still went to games during the Hodgson and Brendan eras but the crowd just become increasingly despondent where the atmosphere was either mute or full of venom. It's going that way with Slot, the fans in the ground are sick of it at points.

09 Feb 2026 21:20:23
It was a cup game i believe. Although I could just have easily have dreamt it to be honest 🤣 ed1 and his memory would probably remember.

09 Feb 2026 21:40:16
I'm sure you were there Frode when the Kop sang Hodgson for England. It was a midweek game against Wolves, who were bottom, and we lost. Like you say, with Rodgers, I remember the atmosphere being flat.

09 Feb 2026 21:48:55
Slot will be head coach until one of 2 things happen:

1) We can no longer qualify for the CL
2) It's the end of the season.

Alonso now rumoured to knock us back for a second time if he hasn't already done that.

09 Feb 2026 22:21:44
With Houllier, it wasn't moaning its was just flat, the same with Rodgers really but Hodgson the fans were openly hostile. if my memory serves me right.

09 Feb 2026 22:50:50
I remember it being the same, Strom.

09 Feb 2026 23:43:24
That's not a bad shout Ron, otherwise why would we persist with the same old same old.

I've posted on here a few times that Slot will be here until the end of his contract, at least, even if we don't qualify for the CL.

They will give him this season as a fall off was probably anticipated, although not as bad as it has turned out. Then next season expectations will be much higher, as the additions, injuries etc. will not be an issue. I reall y don't think the club will sack him.

10 Feb 2026 01:59:53
He only has one more season on his contract so it's make or break this season.
If he doesn't get CL qualification then I can't see him coming back for his last season UNLESS the club feel there is no viable option to replace him this summer.

There's usually some managerial rotation after the World Cup.

09 Feb 2026 18:52:16
Been looking at the remaining fixtures and it will be tough but there is a chance we could still get top 5. There is a period where those above us all play eachother within a short period of time so we would have to win a lot of games.

Saying that I personally believe that if Slot goes out the f. a cup and loses the UCL game they will get rid as nothing to play for.

09 Feb 2026 19:34:48
Just accept it over mate, it'll be easier in the long run haha. You can't expect us to go on a winning run till end of season. We might of had an unbeaten run as people banded on about for weeks. However that is half the reason we are in this state. The fact that some fans were happy with that is the worse thing for me.

We've been embarrassed several times this season and fans should not accept that. In all honesty we have been woeful and don't deserve top 4/ 5. The new players and szob have been my highlights. Been the odd special game. But we've played some absolute gash too.

09 Feb 2026 19:52:32
Out of interest, what do you expect fans to do, Magico? I'm genuinely intrigued to know.

09 Feb 2026 20:57:14
Magico - that's not a bad position to take lol my slight variation of that has been months ago accepting that we aren't a title-chasing team and to expect ups and downs all season.

09 Feb 2026 21:12:37
Rome, fans can vent their frustration as much as they like. Simply acting like a docile rose tinted optimist does nothing.

09 Feb 2026 22:38:49
Voice their opinions Rome, inside the stadium or out of it. What other choice is there? Fans won't stop going to games because it's so bloody hard to get tickets that they'll of already payed hundreds of pounds upfront.

09 Feb 2026 22:45:57
Frode, I'm neither optimistic and certainly not docile. I didn't detect much frustration there yesterday. There were no boos at the end of the game. I'm as pissed off as you. Where I differ is I that I think players should also share some of the stick.

09 Feb 2026 23:23:47
Anyone who isn't already over Slot ought to be the amount of wins we've had in the last few months, we're being spun transition nonsense by the apologists when at the beginning of the season everyone had us down to walk the league, and to be honest we should have if it wasn't for Slots stubborness.


Its not acceptable to keep saying ah he'll be gone when we've no chance left. Hows that going to serve a potential incoming manager or player? Whose coming for the Europa league?
Its beyond insanity now and needs sorting and quick.

10 Feb 2026 02:18:56
Keegans Perm - Chelsea, in 5th, are likely to finish on around 65 points. In order for us to beat that, we'd need 8 wins 3 draws 2 losses or 7 wins 6 draws. We still have to play Chelsea, United, Everton, Villa, Brentford, Fulham, Palace and Sunderland who are all more than capable of beating or taking points off us. So while 5th is technically possible, it's very unlikely given our form and injuries.

Magico1234 - Fully agree mate. Anyone on here who was touting that "unbeaten run" nonsense was living in lalaland. The whole "you have to be optimistic" and "you have to support your manager" drivel is nothing more than delusion, if we listened to those fools, then surely Rodgers should still be at the helm. The fans who talk all that nonsense always end up switching sides in the end. The funny thing is that I see a lot of the Slot fanboys quietly changing their tune, shifting their position ever so slowly now that reality is finally kicking in. I agree the fans are absolutely part to blame, the acceptance of mediocrity will be the downfall of the club, there's no silver lining in competition, no consolation prizes, you either win or you lose, that's it. As fans, it's our duty to set the standards for what's deemed acceptable, I will support my club through thick and thin but that passion will never dilute my standards or delude my judgement.

09 Feb 2026 16:10:10
As with Semenyo and Guehi I fear Alonso will end up at City. The absolute reluctance of the board to sack Slot says they genuinely believe he is the right man for the job. They see him as a man who can change this from being a disastrous season to a reasonable one.

There is no way now Slot gets sacked before the final ball is kicked in May, if at all. We won't with the CL and will likely be out the Cup before long. And when that happens the players will surely give up and down tools. As professional as they are surely they are feeling this as well. We could genuinely finish out side the top 10.

Slot will be manager for the start of next season. I just do not see Hughes and Edwards sacking him. They seem to be putting all this down to the tragic and unprecedented events of the summer which is so wrong and I feel disrespectful. I fear this is the start of another long period of struggling to finish top 4 and the occasional domestic cup win. Slot is here to saty by the look of it.

09 Feb 2026 17:04:25
Hughes and Slot need to maintian the self-image they present to the world. They demanded absolute control, and thought they could do this without a figurehead like Jurgen.

Hughes has shown his weakness by not truly knowing what he was hiring. The psychology of a person is the most important thing, at that level of leadership.

Slot has not moved into the area and has no connection to L4.
Slot goes home or to Dubai at every opportunity.
Slot makes endless excuses like Ten hag did.
Slot is welded to an idea about how the game should be played, which is a delusional fantasy.

Alonso is a superior man manager, figurehead, brain etc etc.

Edwards and Hughes can both do one.

09 Feb 2026 17:10:47
I mostly agree. I share all the same concerns. But the final decision on hiring/ firing managers doesn't rest solely with Hughes/ Edwards. If we finish 7th or worse, I would fully expect FSG to come in and clean house. At this stage, we're not finishing top 5, too many difficult opponents to play and our form is shocking. We've no chance.

The way things are going, and I hate saying it, but the worse off we finish the season, the better it will actually be for the club in the long run. Slot, Hughes and Edwards have to go, they can't be allowed to reinstate mediocrity and have it deemed acceptable. The club's come to far in the last 8 years to see that happen. Head's need to roll.

{Ed025's Note - i have just posted similar Chewy..

09 Feb 2026 17:32:51
Never been overly impressed with Guehi to be fair so not too bothered by not signing him.

09 Feb 2026 17:34:38
Carra, thefields, victorG all mentioned that he will be replaced with Alonso.

09 Feb 2026 17:59:03
I don't know for sure it will be Alonso who replaces him but I'm pretty certain Slot will be sacked if we fail to make top 5 and secure champions League football. It's pretty much a guarantee.

He should be sacked now.

This failure is now becoming Hughes's failure.
As time starts to move away from us.

Fail to win at Sunderland and surely that is the end. We must be almost there now.

We ve honoured him winning the league long enough. Time to move on.

09 Feb 2026 18:01:34
Kha123 - Pretty sure they all said Semenyo and Guehi were done deals too. the only real ITK is the one who signs the contract, everyone else is just guessing, to some degree.

09 Feb 2026 18:05:11
Great post Chewy. I don't like the idea of failing first succeeding later, but on this occasion if it facilitates change and prevents a longer malaise than needs must.

I've said it before, and will say it again, we've done well in the past decade with a failing Man Utd, and for part of that time an Arsenal who were hampered because of the stadium funding. I'm fearful of what the next few years could look like if United get their act together, City don't receive punishment for their alleged breaches, and Arsenal keep building, all while we make misstep after misstep. Chelsea are more unpredictable but can also pose a threat. It's worrying times.

09 Feb 2026 18:06:32
Ed025 - Whereabouts ed? Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

{Ed025's Note - i cant remember which page it was on mate (im very old).. :)

09 Feb 2026 18:07:26
It'll get toxic in that ground at some point and it'll end very sour.

It's such a shame all this really, it could've been prevented.

We'll be Mid-Table by March in my opinion.

09 Feb 2026 18:19:18
I really don't want it to turn into a Man Utd/ Tottenham situation from last year where they gave up on the league completely. We're obviously not there yet and should have enough to keep pushing for the top 5.
The next 5 or 6 games are very winnable with the right instructions, can Slot fire these players up? Proffesional pride and fighting for the badge is needed, go 2 or 3 up then knock the ball around and make subs.

15 points and we're right back in the mix. Having said that I just don't see where an up turn in form comes from based on the last 20 matches, glimpses aren't enough.
Sunderland away worries me, never thought i'd say that.

09 Feb 2026 18:39:30
Kha123. respectfully to you and to those you mentioned mate, they also pretty much guaranteed Semenyo and Guehi would be wearing red as well. I will not hold my breath until I see it happening.

{Ed025's Note - i dont think it was bad information KK as much as things can change very quickly in football mate..

09 Feb 2026 18:48:04
Kha123, then I will wait and see what happens once the season is over.

09 Feb 2026 18:56:50
I don't understand the clamour for Alonso. What I am lead to believe is that his style of play is no different th Slot's. Just because he is an ex player, people think he is the messiah. Have we all forgotten the ex players who have gone into management in the PL.

Lampard OGS, the latest to have failed, and not to mention those with no PL experience who have come in and failed, Slot being one of a dozen.

09 Feb 2026 19:17:25
How often is Slot actually flying back to the Netherlands? Are we talking every week/ day off?

09 Feb 2026 19:25:53
Alonso cleaned up in Germany, much more than Slot in an inferior league.
Alonso gets the culture, his kid is a red.
Alonso is an intelligent man, with tactics that suit the league.

09 Feb 2026 21:06:46
I think it's important to experience failure and diversity. it helps with growth.

But the fixed idea that finishing 7th will be better in the long run is mired with a lot of risk. It needs clear heads to make decisions that will benefit the long run. Because if we make a bunch of decisions to try and quickly get back to 2024/ 25 or other glory years, then I feel we're far more likely to spend a decade spinning wheels than doing anything meaningful.

09 Feb 2026 21:23:04
I do not want Alonso JUST because he played for us. I want Alonso because he made his name and won as a manager. That's it. Alonso in his first job as a young manager ended the Bundesligaliga and German football as a whole by going undefeated.

He will be a HARD act to follow moving forward in that league for years to come, I reckon. And pls, do not mention Lampard and Alonso in the same sentence, btw. One is a winner. The other is a self-entitled whiner, IMO.

Alonso still has a lot going for him and I would be chuffed to have him coach us because he is a winner. he won as a player here and at RM and I love the way he plays footie.

Most importantly, we don't have the type of DR that Real have that can just go to daddy Henry and ask him to bin the manager because he is making them run too hard. Just saying.

10 Feb 2026 02:03:32
I don't fear Alonso as City manager as much as I fear Pep staying on.
Alonso is unproven at this level and couldn't handle it at Real.

I think he's got a marvellous agent, and there's a lot of hype.

10 Feb 2026 02:35:29
Faithinworks - Let me ask you this, do you think that entrusting the people currently in charge is the best option? The people who spent half a billion and somehow managed to go backwards, the people who spent half a billion only for us to have LESS squad depth than we did last season, the peeople responsible for a run of 9 losses in 11, the people who don't think change is necessary after our worst run of form in 70 years?

The wheels are already spinning mate.

09 Feb 2026 15:56:50
On the plus side to all of this, we'll be massive favourites next season for the Europa Conference League!

09 Feb 2026 17:12:07
We'd have to actually qualify first.

09 Feb 2026 17:20:20
That's not exactly a positive MK. Thursday night football doesn't help when you're trying to win the league and as for the prize fund, it's an absolute pittance, which is horrendously bad news considering the scale of rebuilding needed.

09 Feb 2026 17:21:06
Favorites? We only draw against teams in the bottom half of the league, so not likely.

09 Feb 2026 17:36:27
It's one trophy we've never won, MK, so every cloud.

09 Feb 2026 18:00:25
Why you got to do me like that, MK!

09 Feb 2026 18:41:38
Isn't it not just the UEFA cup with a rebranded name Rome, mate.
Bit like saying we never won the league until 2020 because it wasn't the Premier League.

09 Feb 2026 18:56:30
I don't think we've won the Europa Conference League and we could be playing in that.

09 Feb 2026 15:39:32
I'm not one to usually complain about referees but it seemed like every decision went city's way yesterday. Silva pulled mo back in the box but it's not enough for a foul. Dom pulled haaland back (not even enough to knock him over) and it is a foul. Either both pulls are fouls or both are not!

Gakpo goes to shoot and gets taken out by the city defender at the time he gets the head injury. Never gets mentioned because he hits the ball away anyway. Allison takes out the city player who also kicked the ball out of play and it's a foul. Again why is one of these a foul and one not?

09 Feb 2026 17:01:05
I have not seen 1 replay of Chiesa appearing to be fouled prior to their breakaway 3rd.

09 Feb 2026 17:16:44
Exactly mate, in real time I was shouting for a penalty but not once did we see a reply of it! Think it was mentioned in commentary at the time as well! Ref decisions determine the outcome of most games tbh! If the ref sends guehi off instead of a yellow I don't think many would complain.

If he gives that pull on mo a pen again I don't think there can be many complaints!

09 Feb 2026 17:21:53
Silva also got away with a flying karate kick at Wirtz, which should have seen a red. Doesn't make up for the fact we were awful but the referees performance was one of the worst I've seen since that game at Spurs.

09 Feb 2026 18:04:34
I had actually forgotten about that one viktor, it's a yellow for pulling someone down or tripping them to stop an attack, and still only a yellow for lunging waist height when your clearly not even trying to get the ball. And your right, we are were we deserve to be this season and that's on us, not the officials.

09 Feb 2026 18:30:16
I'm not really convinced by the we were robbed narrative, definitely a few subjective calls made but I don't think any were in the robbed category. Silva defenitely grabbed Salah a bit just as Salah was about to shoot but I personally think it was on the right side of the decision, have I seen them given Yes but have I seen Konate or Virgil doing similar or barging a player while striking the ball to put them off 100%.

The Salah DOGSO shout is a stretch, were the commentators full of rubbish in saying that Salah wasn't going to reach the ball ABSOLUTELY but let's be clear City's defender was coming over to cover and Salah wasn't directly in front of that goal, I personally would be raging if that was given as a red against us. Have seen some questionable decisions like that been given but that doesn't mean I agree with them and want to see them happen again even if it's in our favour.

Red card, ref had no choice, he tried his best to let play go on but the rules are the rules, haaland fouled Szob who in turn couldn't clear the ball so the ref had no choice but to go back to the original foul which was a clear DOGSO. Don't like the rules but on another day at 1:1 city could have had a goal disallowed, a free kick been awarded instead and a red issued ultimately costing them 2 points. Swings and roundabouts really and decision benefited nobody although still correct.

Just want to say I'm no ref apologist but we lost that game because of our performance, we got our noses ahead and sat back, we didn't take out chances and then dint follow our men when defending.

{Ed025's Note - im with you Dow-ney

09 Feb 2026 18:40:45
Agreed. Silva should have also been sent off - 1st he did the cynical stop break, then he stopped Ali taking a quick kick, before late in game booked.
Just saying. doesn't excuse some woeful performances. We seem worse with more rest.

09 Feb 2026 18:49:41
VV, Hooper was desperate vs Newcastle and that was just last week.

10 Feb 2026 02:29:14
Dow-ney, I agree all of the decisions were subjective. Maybe 6 or 7 subjective decisions in the game all went in city's favour tho! The salah penalty shout is for the exact same thing dom did on haaland and it was a clear foul! We will never know if salah would have scored before being fouled outside the box because guehi obviously thought he was in so pulled him back before he got in the box!

We weren't great yesterday, but results can really change people's opinions on a game of football, if the ref sends guehi off I don't think city can complain too much. If he gives salah the penalty they can't really complain either, these are 50/ 50 calls and we probably go on and win the game.

09 Feb 2026 14:58:50
Am I the only one that feels a bit like we got robbed yesterday? First half we were on the back foot but I wouldn't call many of the 10 chances that clear cut apart from maybe two. We were then in the City half for the first 30 minutes of the second half and had several chances to score before the wonder strike, Eti and Wirtz both should have scored before that.

How does Guehi's not get considered stopping a clear goal scoring opportunity but Ali's does when the ball is 5 yards out of touch when the contact is made?

I by no means think Slot is the right manager, but if this was last season we'd be on here talking about how we got robbed by the refs (like spurs last year) versus talking solely about slot being inept.

09 Feb 2026 18:00:58
Robbed of joy and passion? Yes.

09 Feb 2026 18:47:27
I agree the refs were terrible and appear biased for $ity, but when your house is flooding, does it make sense to stop and acknowledge that rain is wet?

The current emergency is that Slot needs to go. Once that is taken care of we can get back to talking weekly about how the refs in this league are terrible and biased.

09 Feb 2026 18:55:16
@Mana, my only beef was on the interpretation of the pen. Vs Arsenal, Wirtz sufferred the same thing and I agreed (and said so at the time) that it was not a pen because the ball was a bit too far away when Trossard barged him clumsily off the ball.

So with Nunes touching the ball away from Ali, it shouldn't have been a pen either because had Ali let him go n not tried to touch slap the ball away, the ball is out of play well before Nunes gets to it. That's my only prob. A lack of consistency.

Apart from that, we only played well for 35 mins in the game of 97 mins plus. Not good enuff if you want to beat a team like City, even in it's weaker form comapered to the past.

09 Feb 2026 13:32:53
i saw a stst after the game yesterday which both baffled and surprised me about our team.

It appears there is only 1 PL club who has created more chances than us this season, so were are 2nd in the chance creation table. However, we are 16th in chance conversion.

Watching us this season, it certainly doesn't feel like we create so many chances, although we did create a few very good ones yesterday which were not converted.

09 Feb 2026 13:49:31
Chance creation is a very misleading stat though surely.

09 Feb 2026 13:53:20
Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
I don't need a table or graph to tell me we're a c**p team, other than the one that shows we're 6th.

09 Feb 2026 14:02:52
Indeed, 1985mikey1985. What is a chance for you may not be considered a chance for someone else.

Same goes for the whole XG rubbish. What you consider a big chance, may not be considered a big chance for me or someone else.

09 Feb 2026 14:34:14
Nobody looks into that nonsense. The eye Test is always right. We're bang in trouble.

09 Feb 2026 14:52:05
Chance creation can be very skewed. A better, though still imperfect, metric is big chances. A game in which you have to take a lot of low xG chances is certainly not equivalent to a game of a few high xG ones.

@Oli I completely disagree. xG is an objective measure. It's simply how many times per 100 shots from that exact location went in. For example, penalties have an xG of 0.79 because 79% of all penalties are converted. It does have flaws, as it can't measure how much in control the player was, was it a player who is particularly good at these types of shots or not, and stuff like that. But you can't say that it is rubbish, when it comes with no connotations of its own. What can be annoying is how people choose to interpret it. Solely basing your analysis on xG is obviously foolish, but at the same time disregarding it completely is even worse.

09 Feb 2026 15:45:13
xG is only relevant when looked at alongside how many shots you have. An xG of 3.1 from 35 shots is a different thing from the same xG from 9 shots.

Generally I prefer to use my eyes though.

09 Feb 2026 17:31:04
I prefer to look at the xonionbag stat myself. Xob yesterday was one and fell short end of.

09 Feb 2026 17:32:33
The most telling stats are that we're one of the worst when it comes to our work in midfield, we run less, we tackle less, we make less successful tackles, we win less duels. We're as soft as volcanic diarrhoea in midfield.

09 Feb 2026 18:57:15
@thekoparmy, I have my eyes (all 4 of them) and trust what they see.

You are free to make other decisions.

09 Feb 2026 12:34:11
Arne Slot's alarming 20-game run now worse than Roy Hodgson's Liverpool reign. but don't worry Arne, Hughes has your back.

09 Feb 2026 15:03:08
But was Hodgson ever unbeaten in 16?
I doubt it.

09 Feb 2026 13:09:43
Liverpool football club need to wake up and smell the roses and i mean today.
They only need to look down the east lancs road to man united and the Dutch managers they have employed both were sacked - why?, because their football ideology did not fit the prem this cost united millions in paying them off and it set united back years.

The suits need to react today and give Slott his p45 because as we seen yesterday we score and Slott makes stupid change bringing on Jones and had the team drop back putting us under pressure which led to us conceding two goals and Slboz sent off.

It was a **** show - we had city on the ropes he threw this game away. The club need to bring in Alonso before man city get him like the four players they got that we were linked with just not good enough.

09 Feb 2026 13:48:43
Neither VG nor TH won the PL, if they had, they would have been appreciated a lot more by their fans.

09 Feb 2026 14:04:10
Albeydered, none of that is going to happen. The roundtable propaganda spiel already put an end to that.

09 Feb 2026 16:32:11
D Day, I don't think winning the PL makes you immune from criticism, yes, it may buy you some time, but it is absolutely clear that the club is in trouble and the reality is there is every chance we miss out on CL football next season.
No one remembers the season before in football.

09 Feb 2026 17:30:19
We know they did not win the prem but they won trophies D Day and both had their players down tools because of the way these managers wanted them to play in a system the same as Slott is playing with us.

But the point is it cost millions to pay off those Dutch managers and it could end up with us having to pay out millions we cannot allow this to carry on the club needs to be reactive because the fans are not happy with the way this is playing out. Aldo said we have in 7 matches given goals away in the last minutes in which we lost or drew the games this is not acceptable at any level. It must be reacted on before it runs away.

09 Feb 2026 18:51:53
If Van Gaal/ Ten Haag won the league in their first season, no way would they have as much rubbish written about them as Slot has had.
The fact is, FSG know a lot more about running a club than you or I do, it's their business and they have turned LFC from a basket case to a club worth Billions.
There is no doubt in my mind, as I'm sure there isn't in yours, that they made mistakes in the summer in recruitment. Not getting a couple of good, first team ready CBs and another midfielder seems incredible in hindsight. Add in Diogo's death, and the complete demise of Salah/ Gakpo/ Konate/ Virg/ Robbo as top class performers has played a significant part in where LFC find themselves.

I'm not absolving Slot of blame, he has made mistakes, but he didn't make Dom play Silva onside, Ali bring the player down, he didn't make Konate do stupid things or Virg have a air shot on the 6 yard line, he did tell Ali to kick the ball out when JG was injured, he didn't make Ali ignore him, he didn't make Mo look like he has cement in his boots, and most of all, he can't stop great players aging.
So I hope he is still around when LFC finish the recruitment, because you guys seem to think Alonso is the Messiah, maybe Xabi is, but maybe he could not get a tune out of these aging/ new/ grieving stars either.

09 Feb 2026 19:39:40
You play your most physical midfielder in a righte back role and he's going to make mistakes like playing players onside as he's not a defender.

We had a right back on the bench. I'd rather play Robbi at right back than our best midfielder.

09 Feb 2026 20:19:34
Is Dom our most physical midfielder?

Dom is the best right back at the club at the moment, even when everyone is fit, so it's no surprise he was played there when the other two are injured.

My point is, Slot didn't make Dom play Silva onside, just as he hasn't made seasoned pros make the bone headed decisions they have made with such regularity this season. Virg himself said they have been "sloppy"many times leading to late goals.

Klopp didn't rate Ramsey and he hasn't pulled up any trees whilst out on loan, so why do you think he would be better than Dom? Just because he is a right back doesn't mean he is a good right back, and the less said about Robbo, a left footer playing at right back the better.

09 Feb 2026 21:25:50
D-day you have your opinion mate and i have mine. I am not a sack the manager i would always give them time and i have watched the reds since 64/ 65 season buddy but i have seen enough of the way this coach is performing and also the team.

Yes Slott won the league and i was happy as you were D-day but that was last season it is in the history of the club but it has gone it is this season that matters now we are sitting 6th 2 points ahead of Everton and Brentford do you really think that is were we should be? I know I don't and the reason we are in this position belongs to the head coach.

In my time as a red i have never seen so much panic in a Liverpool team we have gone that far back wards we can not close a game down and the players have lost all confidence in their own ability and what i have detected watching them is they can not defend under pressure it has come to last ditch clearances also their passing is very poor it is either to short or to long. Slott has had a season and a half to sort out how to beat low block other teams beat it but he has a mental block which has transfered on to the pitch.
YNWA.

09 Feb 2026 12:32:08
So Sunderland away mid week and then Brighton in the cup. If we lose both of these then surely that's Slot gone. He surely can't stay longer if that's the case especially if the performances are dire.

Other thing I wanted to mention is how is Gakpo getting 75 - 80 mins every game? The lad has zero confidence and has not played well all season. How are we not giving Ngouma any minutes or even Chiesa? I get he might be trying to play Gakpo into some form but it's just not happening. He has to give others a chance.

09 Feb 2026 13:05:42
Not replacing Diaz so we could give Rio more minutes 🥴.

09 Feb 2026 13:14:02
Hasn't it already been said that regardless Slot is here until the summer and then reviewed.

I think we draw against Sunderland and beat Brighton. Players will be burned out as Slot won't use squad rotation. But a week off before Forest. Fingers crossed that's a win.

09 Feb 2026 13:34:55
It's not about winning or losing it's about playing good football that allows us to play to our strengths. If we do play good football we are a good chance of winning games but pfaffing about playing possession football and passing sideways and backwards to draw the opposition out just isn't working.

Just inviting teams to come at us at pace on the counter is killing us.

09 Feb 2026 14:06:08
Don't be surprised if Sunderland turn us over. They where a Chiesa long-busting run and game saving clearance for them to do that at Anfield. Just saying.

09 Feb 2026 21:17:47
I'm sick of this surely "Slot is gone" nonsense. The club are moronic and clearly thrown in the towel, so they're happy to prolong the misery. He should have went months ago.