Liverpool banter 10

09 Feb 2026 12:30:48
Slot has a massive decision for Wednesday - who is going to be right-back -it's obvious - it's going to be player who should be right back on the bench - Jones!
Slot has to finally to show some courage and give Ramsay a chance. If he doesn't trust the lad he should let him move to another club instead of holding up his progress as a player.

Sadly we are still in with a good chance of European football at the moment and can't make massive changes but surely Ngumoha is a better option than Gakpo.

09 Feb 2026 12:55:31
I agree it should be Ramsey for the next two, give the lad a chance to prove himself. He played against Palace in the cup so why not?

I doubt it will happen though as I think he will go with Jones.

09 Feb 2026 14:08:14
The same Ramsey he threw into the basement in public, saying he had better options than him? I'll believe that when I see it.

Like RJ, I don't see him playing. It will be Jones.

09 Feb 2026 12:14:09
I think now is the time to remove the manager, he provides no inspiration to the team or fans, can't see us getting top 4, but looking at Chelsea n United they've got the new manager bounce n look capable of staying where they are in the league, If Alonso, Irola or anyone else in the frame don't want it yet, we need a short term solution, I know people don't want Gerrard but I think he could pick us up and get us going again, at least fight for the shirt, got to be better than this utter Slot show atm.

09 Feb 2026 14:08:43
Strom, come on. We both know that won't happen, right?

09 Feb 2026 14:34:15
Agreed, I don't want Gerrard in but I'd take him over slot for the remainder of the season.

09 Feb 2026 14:44:43
I know Oli, just wishful thinking on my part, Slot is here till at least the end of the season. I just wished he'd go for it in games, like yesterday we had Citeh on the ropes scored, we should have pushed for a second goal but knew we'd sit back, that in itself is a good idea if we knew how to see games out, but sadly we don't know how to do that.

09 Feb 2026 16:53:01
I totally agree with all of the above. SG long term no thank you but I'd take him right now. He'd definitely pick the squad up and get them fighting again.

09 Feb 2026 18:53:07
It's to the point that I'd take anyone over slot for the rest of the season.

Unless Alonso refused to come until summer, I don't understand why a move hasn't been made yet. Surely now it's obvious to everyone that this can't go on and, even if Alonso isn't available, we need an interim. There's no longer an delusion that we could be a in a worse position than where we currently are.

09 Feb 2026 19:01:12
I know, Strom. I know. It hurts and I get it. As for Gerrard, it would have made sense as an interim esp. if he has an assistant (s) who is very well-versed tactically.

That window was allowed to pass by Hughes and Edwards so my prob. moving forward is no longer Slot. it is the other two so they'd better hope Slot gets us CL footie because I ain't trying to hear about no Conference league.

09 Feb 2026 22:32:21
Thats the first time I've heard the conference mentioned, and that scares the rubbish out of me.

09 Feb 2026 11:49:20
Seems we will have Slot till the end of the season, but the club need to be decisive in the decision making in regards to the role.

We look like a shell of ourselves, hits about 70 mins every game and we look busted, clearly a coaching issue with fitness and what we do in training.

Easy to play through, no real patterns of play and a group of players that look like they lack a sense of direction. Unfortunately that stems from the manager, the team is like a car and he is the driver and right now he has us in limp mode, I've never see so many teams come to anfield and feel like they know they can get at us.

A full review needs to be taken, and that also comes from top down from Edwards to his mate. I do fear we are on course for Europa league at best or even conference league based on our league position which imo is an absolute disgrace.

So deeply disappointing so far this season especially after the league win the drop off has been mental.

Let's hope more positive times are around the corner soon reds, would even understand it if we were playing decent footy and losing games but we are a dire watch at times and there looks to be no avenue for improvement or silver lining which for me means a change needs to happen, and happen quickly.

Cheers.

09 Feb 2026 12:34:08
Now I've settled down, reflected on the game, I feel like our problems lie with one obvious factor

We're gash.

09 Feb 2026 13:12:16
That's a word that rarely gets used nowadays, LFC8. Under the circumstances, I'd say appropriate.

09 Feb 2026 19:26:54
[Ian Doyle] LFC on run of six wins in 20 league games as defending champions isn't great. But it's not their worst. In 1980/ 81 they won six out of 21 midway through the season. With Bob Paisley in charge. While trying to rebuild a team. They finished fifth that season and won European Cup.

09 Feb 2026 11:37:39
That must be the only game in history where both sides didn't want a player sent off 🤣🤣.

09 Feb 2026 14:45:47
And both sides wanted the goal instead.

09 Feb 2026 11:08:55
Am I the only one scartching his head over yesterdays decision. A red card can be shown if a goal scoring oppotunity has been denied by foul play and nearest defender blah blah blah.


A goal scoring oppotunity wasn't denied, the ball went into the net, it was a cynical pull back, both players get yellows and the goal stands.

laws my ar$e.

{Ed001's Note - that's because you are applying common sense, like referees used to use. Instead we have idiots in charge, who have absolutely no common sense and so apply the strict letter of the law, rather than the spirit it was intended to produce.}

09 Feb 2026 11:32:31
My guess is that as the ball was moving so slow, and Dom did actually manage to get close enough to clear it, that it was interpreted as a goal scoring opportunity. I imagine that if Cherki had hit it with more pace, leaving no doubt about whether it was going in, the goal would have stood.

Not defending it in anyway, the whole thing was a joke, as usual with var.

09 Feb 2026 11:36:18
The moment szob started calling for a foul he sealed his own fate. Only himself to blame.
What I want to know is why is alli up there anyway? Not last minute in a cup final or make or break game to qualify for champions league.


Slots desperation as usual to scramble a draw. Maybe if he set his team out to press and attack from the start of the games, he wouldn't have to go gung ho every game near the end.

09 Feb 2026 11:43:23
Barry, I thought the goal should have stood because both players fouled each other. Essentially, both fouls offset. Goal given. Move on.

The ref was dreadful from start to finish overall and lost control of the game completely. No common sense, at all.

09 Feb 2026 11:52:06
The infuriating thing was Silva pulled Salah shirt in the penalty area earlier in the game and the ref said no penalty. Given how pedantic he was being it's inconsistent if you give the foul for one and not the other. Either they're both fouls, and we get a penalty and Szoboszlai is sent off or they're not fouls and the goal stands, Szobo isn't sent off and there's no penalty for the foul on Salah.

But then again, only one club in the league has owners who have put money directly into the pockets of PGMOL and its employees .

09 Feb 2026 11:58:51
It's incredibly daft and yet another dagger in the love for the game. But Szobo probably gets him self sent off due to his reaction, by that I mean he drew attention to the situation. As the ball goes in, he calls for a foul by Haaland, which there is and VAR check to see if he had been impeded in getting the ball, which he likely did. His issue is, he committed one before. So by the strict letter of the law what VAR did was correct.

However, if they allowed the goal, no one complains imo, I don't think anyone would look at it and argue for a red. Although the media probably do if he went on to score Wednesday. Damned if you do and damned if you don't spring to mind.

VAR came in to stop bad errors but they still happen. It didn't get introduced to go over every incident and make football perfect from a rule perspective. It's ruining, if it hasn't already, the sport we all love. Sooner or later they need to make a decision on whether this is the right way to go. As yesterday's decision was not the sport I grew up watching. That should have been an organic moment of joy for city, instead it was peed on from a great height!

09 Feb 2026 12:25:37
With reference to Dom getting sent off, just imagine if the score had been 1-1 instead of 1-2 and city then dropped two points. Would the ref and VAR have come to the same decision? Imagine Pep's views then!
Crazy decision! Goal should have stood.
But so many things to comment on. Tactics, fitness both nit good enough.

09 Feb 2026 14:11:44
Exactly, Mighty Reds7579. Just let the goal stand and move on. 11 players on the pitch and in a couple of mins., the game is over and we all take the L and go home. Pawson is useless, man.

09 Feb 2026 14:42:59
Well said, WY.

The standard of officiating has been undermining the game for years. If football were like this when we were kids, would any of us have fallen in love with it the way we did? I know I wouldn't have.

09 Feb 2026 15:00:44
The decision makes sense to me and goal difference, indeed goals scored have decided the title. Dom would have cleared it if he hadn't been fouled.

How can you allow it as a goal?
If Dom hadn't fouled Haaland would it still be a goal? Of course not.
So you can't allow the goal.
However, Dom definitely prevented Haaland smashing it in so that's a red card.

09 Feb 2026 11:02:37
Carra, carra where for art though carra?

09 Feb 2026 10:08:49
Really disappointing yesterday. Completely chaos at the end and once again we can't manage a game through from a really great position. It wasn't vintage City either but apart from 20 minutes in the second half we were second best. I know the general feeling us that Slot isn't going anywhere just yet but watching the team at the moment the last 10 minutes of every game is like watching a car crash in slow motion.

We need a change and we need it now. We'll be mid table soon and unless we get a bounce from somewhere that's where we'll finish in May.

09 Feb 2026 10:30:51
I think the time for a change has probably passed, we're in a race with Villa for top five. Yesterday's game should be no surprise it had one team well coached, extremely well motivated and pushing for the title, up against a side that still doesn't know whether to stick or twist, with a manager that was lost months ago.

09 Feb 2026 10:31:13
As per usual. We let 45 minutes pass by, put a little more effort in at half time and then lose all sense and shape after 75 minutes.

And they had a week to prepare for it.

By the way, that is a pretty average City team.

{Ed025's Note - i think you have that spot on FPF..

09 Feb 2026 10:53:46
A City team who had also played midweek unlike us.

09 Feb 2026 11:03:04
Anyone still supporting this Slop that is being served up by Slot clearly puts this notion of being loyal no matter what before the health of the club.

Slot is done, but hughes and edwards ego's are in the way - they have to back their man, since they demanded absolute power and now have to prove that they really know what they are doing.

So far the way the money was spent in the summer, buying Isak in those circumstances, whilst not getting Semenyo and guehi instead look like big mistakes.

09 Feb 2026 11:20:37
The way things are going, I can actually see Slot staying as manager, by spinning the story that this isn't his team really, asking for another 500m, and in the process getting rid of the "old guard", such as Ali, Salah, VVD, Robbo, Macca.

That way, he gets to buy his players and we can enjoy the intense football known as Slot-Ball

I'd probably say that Wirtz wasn't his player, so he'll also be gone because Slot just doesn't know how to get the best out of him.

09 Feb 2026 11:24:32
Absolutely massive mistakes. Semenyo showed exactly the fight we want from a player. He was physical and a handful throughout.

Guehi - playing on the left - embarrassed those posters who said he wasn't good enough and it is "only because he is English".

09 Feb 2026 11:45:23
JLC, the guy has given near every excuse imaginable for his own wretched management of the team this season so I won't be surprised with the new whoppers he is going to come up with moving forward.

09 Feb 2026 11:53:31
To be fair to Slot, he did make changes as the game went on to get us on the front foot gradually, before sending us out in the second half to pen them in by having Grav drop deep to carry through the lines or to send the ball long and win second balls. The question is why we didn't do these things from the beginning and why we are so passive when games start, like what are we trying to achieve and why can't we have an effective game plan from the start?

Watching Spurs against City last week it was clear what they are uncomfortable with, and we did that so effectively for half an hour in the second half, why didn't we do that from the start? When we were having such trouble getting the ball out of our own half because Dom and Kerkez were getting forced into pressing traps and everybody was spaced so far apart, why didn't we fix it earlier? I think the thing that's hardest to accept is that I can't see what the plan is supposed to be, it can't be that the plan is to sit around for most of the first half, pray that they don't score and figure out what to do next.

09 Feb 2026 12:18:53
Semenyo wasn't a threat throughout, I thought Kerkez handled him well. For me Kerkez was our best player yesterday.

09 Feb 2026 14:13:56
RJ, Kerkez was outstandingly esp. defensively. His fitness levels are thru the roof. All he has to do is improve his end product on his crossing because that kid can run for days.

09 Feb 2026 09:12:45
Morning all.

Carra, any news this morning. After yesterday's game is there anything going on or is it just another mon morn.

cheers Toodle pip.

09 Feb 2026 09:56:32
Got to let the dust settle after the mayhem that occurred late in the game and afterwards, IMO.

09 Feb 2026 10:47:10
The lads (Mickey, Dickie and Billy) have formed a circle around Slot.

70 points is the average points for CL qualification over the last decade.

With the 5th place now likely to enable qualification, bring that down to say, 65 points this season.

We are currently tracking 59 points (much less if you adjust for the first 5 games).

We would need to 8 wins and 2 draws from our remaining 13 games to get 65 points (26/ 39).

Can anyone see us winning 8 out of 13?

09 Feb 2026 10:56:35
There's no hope in hell we do that as has been said slot is on par with hodgeson at the minute, a change is needed now.

09 Feb 2026 11:19:32
They need to rename the round table to the circle jerk.

09 Feb 2026 11:22:31
It doesn't matter FPF. we sre winning the CL mate, so we can end up in the bottom half - it won't mean jack as we'll be Kings of Europe.

09 Feb 2026 11:26:17
Where do we keep the round table?

09 Feb 2026 11:42:44
JLC - I like what you did there. I might buy a bit of it if Arne Slot understood the power of Anfield at all, which is usually our cheat code for Europe.

09 Feb 2026 11:46:18
Fatwallet, the roundtable was put out for a reason. No change is happening. that window went months ago.

09 Feb 2026 08:38:59
I know not everyone will agree and that's ok but what has happened to Salah. I mean we know his legs have gone but he can't pass, he can't shoot and he looks truly awful! I can't remember seeing a top top player like Salah fall of a cliff so badly.

I have no clue why he was allowed to take that free kick ahead of sobz, everyone knew it was going into the stands.

{Ed025's Note - he has been awful for a good while now Longthing, i dont think hes the reason you are poor but hes certainly part of it mate, for me he should be dropped but the manager tried that and ended up being vilified and treated as the devil, myself i would sell him asap and get some money for him while you can..

09 Feb 2026 10:11:26
Perhaps it's because he hasn't had a break, mate.

09 Feb 2026 09:30:50
I totally agree eds25. He will always be remembered as a legend but the time has come to sell and reinvest.
What a sad season this is turning out to be.

{Ed025's Note - he has been a legend Longthing but time and tide waits for no man mate, he may also be victim of the way football is evolving, the emphasis seems to be on players who are big athletic types and speed and skill being not so important nowadays..

09 Feb 2026 09:38:21
I'm with you Longthing and you Ed025. There are those on here who blame Slot for Salah's form dropping, they are entitled to that opinion, personally I think that's tosh. Salah's form dropped off in the last few months of last season (as did loads of others) and it's dropped even further this season. I think he's playing worse now than he was when he was dropped, but I'm not sure if Slot has the balloons to drop him this time. Also, I'm not sure who we bring in, in the absence of Frimpong.

He definitely needs to go in the summer, and before posters pile in, so does the manager unless he turns things around.

{Ed025's Note - its a sad state of affairs Rome, myself i think it would be better for all parties if Mo was to leave mate, hes been fantastic for the club but the longer this gets protracted out the more the shine will fade on his legacy i feel, thanks Mo for everything but its time for a new chapter..

09 Feb 2026 09:43:42
He almost got Guehi sent off and had what should have been a world class assist to Ekitike who can't head to save his life. But ofcourse let's bash Salah despite 8 others having much more terrible games. I am done.

09 Feb 2026 09:44:45
As ed says, this isn't a new thing. Even during seasons were he has produced excellent numbers, he tends to drop off towards the end of the season massively or after signing a new bumper contract!

09 Feb 2026 09:53:21
Spot on Ed. Senior players have a lot to answer for as well as Slot.

{Ed025's Note - not just the senior ones i would suggest MM..

09 Feb 2026 10:41:11
A combination of things, the managers tactics don't suit him at all, this slow pace means that by the time Mo gets the ball defenders are set and ready, even though his legs are gone (which actually happened nearly 2 seasons ago now) Mo is still at his best when playing direct/ counter attacking football, a quick counter gives him the advantage of an unsettled defender, it makes things a lot easier, there's been none of that this season. Mo was brought in the play a specific type of football and that came to an abrupt stop this season, after 8 years that's not easy to adapt to.

The large number of changes in the summer definitely didn't help, Mo openly spoke about the difficulties of getting to learn everyone's movements at the beginning of this season, and clearly things still haven't gelled. Obviously, Trent moving on was massive too, they had a great understanding and there was no better man for releasing Salah in opportune moments. And then of course Mo was hit hard by the loss of Diogo.

Had he been dealt these issues one at a time I think he could have coped but the fact that they all came along at once has made things incredibly difficult for him, the result of which has caused a knock of confidence so spectacular that it would be near impossible to recover from given his age and the direction the team is going.

I do believe Slot, Hughes and Edwards share a large part of the blame, tactics aside, it certainly seems like there was little to no consideration given to the idea that losing so many first team players who had good link up play with Salah could affect him so much. I think he's been so good for so long that the notion never crossed anyone's mind. A massive oversight in my opinion.

09 Feb 2026 11:04:01
A well put together post, Chewy. I just happen to disagree with everyone of your 4 paragraphs. That's what this site is all about.

09 Feb 2026 11:05:48
Most fans wanted him re-signed, and since that's happened, he gets to control the next steps as he's under contract.
The only sensible way to get him to move on was to put him in direct competition with someone very good - ie his eventual successor, but we didn't buy anyone and Chiesa is no threat, since Slot never plays him.

Salah would leave if he was not playing, but now we only have a short time to initiate that process, meaning he likely stays for another 18 months and leaves on a free - another mess from master deal maker Hughes.

09 Feb 2026 11:30:21
JK - he needs a break? He was awful before AFCON (and got rightly dropped - and had a break! ), he was average at AFCON and failed to show up in the final (again).

Yesterday he made two contributions in 90 minutes that did not change the game and was a passenger (at best) for the remainder of the game. Sick of how many times he gets fouled but also sick of the way he throws himself to the floor, does him no favours.

His touch is more often than not woeful and he cannot keep the ball down any more, it seems.

Apart from that, he was amazing!

09 Feb 2026 11:47:01
I think Salah will go next season.

09 Feb 2026 11:54:20
Stetienne my comment is tongue in cheek in reference to the post below.

09 Feb 2026 12:04:48
Salah was actually quite good at AFCON despite his team being generally terrible and awfully negative StEtienne.

09 Feb 2026 12:28:36
@PB, he looked better at AFCON because the general standard of teams was poor compared to PL teams.

As a general comment, I thought we started to play better when he was away playing for Egypt. Like Robbo before him, the spirit is still willing but the legs have seen too much mileage. Not their fault, not Slot's fault, not the club's fault. If someone to blame it's Father Time.

Both superb players and integral parts of our best team in 30 odd years. No shame that they are past their peak and any criticism levelled at them is shorty sighted imho.

09 Feb 2026 11:49:14
For me the danger should have been seen last year, not because Salah was awful, he was the best on the planet IMO. But it was so obvious that we were so reliant on him it was a big concern for me. I know I'm an anorak but I'm a SHEQ Director, always looking after where the risk is, where the continuity could fail. I remember saying to my LFC fan mates I was worried because if Salah starts slowing down, we would be a bang average team, and so it has happened.
Klopp had us as a team better than the sum of its parts with some moments of pure quality sprinkled in. Slot has destroyed that team and our moments of quality providers are spent. Very worrying times. We need to get CL and this summer right, including being brave enough to admit this course of action isn't working and get back on track or I forsee a few years of nothingness again.
When your on top you need to capitalise and ensure continuity to ensure you stay there, and unfortunately that is something our current management set up has failed woefully at.

09 Feb 2026 12:27:32
Yeah and Egypt never made it to the final, just salah bashing for bashings sake.

09 Feb 2026 13:18:31
Rome1977! - No doubt, what good would sharing opinions be if everyone had the same one?

But, the idea that Slots tactics don't suit Salah's preferred style of play is not an opinion, it's glaringly obvious. The idea that Salah has had difficulty gelling with new signings amidst of a large number of outgoings is not just obvious, Mo literally said it himself. And of course nobody can deny the affect of Jotta's tragedy, which Mo seemed to take particularly hard.

So if you don't agree with any of that, maybe you'd shed a little light on why? and maybe propose alternate reasoning?

09 Feb 2026 15:03:16
I think he'll sit on his contract until it expires.

09 Feb 2026 07:59:27
I can't understand why in the build up to a massive game like yesterdays he let's his players have a few days off to travel where ever they want instead of getting them on the training pitch. No wonder tiredness and lack of fitness is showing.

09 Feb 2026 08:19:18
Because some players haven't had a break since the start of the season.

{Ed001's Note - they only do part time hours, they should be able to manage a few months without a break. They have plenty of free time for r&r.}

09 Feb 2026 08:51:18
@Longthing76
I appreciate you have your own opinion, but you are simply excusing some of the downright appalling decisions Slot is making.
1. The players shouldn't need more days off to rest. Their entire job, for which they are paid 10s of millions a year in some cases, is to ensure they are thoroughly rested and prepared for matches - nothing else matters. Low on energy? Eat more nutrient-dense food. Tired after a busy period? Spend more time sleeping.
2. The team is already unfit and underperforming - they should be being made to train like crazy in order to build up proper fitness levels. IIRC, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain alluded to higher fitness levels being a big difference maker in winning games regularly.
3. The message that the players somehow need more days off no doubt ensures they excuse themselves for the atrocious performances they are putting in this season. Lazy and underprepared.

I'm sick and tired of hearing excuses for these players and manager. Lily-livered to a man.

{Ed025's Note - im with you Lowe..

09 Feb 2026 09:00:26
Shameful. You earn breaks, Slot should not be rewarding poor performance by the already pampered princes.

{Ed025's Note - im with you StEA..

09 Feb 2026 09:12:30
Are you really saying that Longthing. these players train a few hours a day at most, they have a a privileged lifestyle, they are not fit at all this season, and if true that Slot allowed them a few days off before Man City at home then this completely shows me why Slot is not cut out to be the manager of Liverpool FC.

09 Feb 2026 09:59:44
Wait, Yorkie red. Slot did that? Good heavens, this guy doesn't get it, does he?

As for the comment from Lowe1FC, I fully agree. The ability for some to explain away the utter ridiculousness of Slot's conduct and decisions this season is becoming utterly annoying and boring, frankly.

09 Feb 2026 09:25:10
Giving the players a few days off means that Slot can go on a jolly for a few days.

09 Feb 2026 09:33:14
I didn't say I agreed with slots decision. I was just referring back to slot talking about players like vvd, grav not having a rest and needing a rest.

09 Feb 2026 09:37:46
I can only really remember Dom putting a proper shift in since September.
No one else is busting a gut in games and obviously training as well judging by how woefully unfit nearly everyone is.
Why they need extra time off is anyone's guess.
Sooner Slot is out the better honestly.
Just sack him now and get an interim whose sole job is to get the players actually fit again so any new manager at least has players who can run a full 90 again.

This fitness issue has completely ruined our season, it's like playing the game with your shoelaces tied together.
And it's all so bloody boring, honestly can barely watch us these days.

{Ed025's Note - you really are a hard watch Mikey, mind you so are Arsenal mate and if this is the way to be successful im glad i support Everton.. :)

09 Feb 2026 10:23:09
A few days off seems crazy. Honestly at this point I'm leaning more toward malice than ineptitude.

09 Feb 2026 10:27:34
Does my head in, Oli. Liverpool deserve so much better.

09 Feb 2026 10:35:56
Our players are unfit and it showed badly yesterday. We took too long to get up to the speed and intensity of the game, and then in the first 25 minutes we fought really hard to get back on top in the but then had completely burned ourselves out by the 70th minute. Only a moment of sheer brilliance masked the fact that we were terrible for at least 75 minutes of the 100+ played yesterday. Maybe on another day Ekitike scores one or two of those big chances he had, but on another day Haaland scores a minute into the game and we get battered. So I'm not interested in the ifs and buts of it all. We were terrible overall and once again that lays firmly on the managers shoulders.

The tactics are dire. The fitness is shocking. The substitutions are baffling. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I just want this season to be over with now. We need a hard reset from top to bottom. Slot, Van Bronkhorst, Hughes, Salah, Mac Allister and Konate all need to go. To be honest with you, my patience is wearing very thin with Gakpo, Gravenberch and Van Dijk as well.

On a side note, Kerkez was excellent yesterday. Pocketed Semenyo for the 2nd time this season and played with the fire and passion I wish the whole team had played with. He and Szoboszlai were the only two to match the intensity shown by Man City. Wirtz and Ekitike were good for the 20-25 minute spell we had but otherwise were ineffective and just couldn't get into the game. The gameplan really did not allow anyone to truly shine though because our slow and laboured style just meant that Alisson, Konate, Virgil, Macca, Grav, Gakpo and Salah kept getting swarmed and giving the ball straight back to Man City. All the time and space was afforded to Kerkez and Szoboszlai in our own full back areas and the ball just wasn't sticking to Wirtz and Ekitike up top because they were basically being asking to compete for 50/ 50's for most of the game. God these tactics are awful. How much longer until FSG intervene? I know they're not the kind of owners to interfere normally, but the club is their asset and they're going to see a huge drop in revenue if this continues.

09 Feb 2026 10:44:20
Longthing76 - What do you mean they haven't had a break?! They get paid millions to play football. That IS a break! Come off it will you! They spend most of the day dossing.

09 Feb 2026 11:07:34
Hughesless is trying to save his reputation.

09 Feb 2026 11:23:49
Icant belive the players were givien time off last week! At the game yday, terrible first half, much better in the second half, but yet again can't see out a game and the win. This is not the LFC i know and have supported for 55 years.

09 Feb 2026 11:40:19
Maybe Slot wanted the break.
Maybe he met his family in the peaceful island of Ibiza.

I hear its quite nice and relaxing there.

09 Feb 2026 11:42:39
Can't really add too much to that MK!
Really well put imo.

I watch Slot in his mid-week, pre match and post match pressers and there's nothing there to make me feel inspired about how we're going set ourselves up and perform. How must the bloody players feel?!

To be honest I was prepared to take this season as a "transition" season. No problem with that as bedding in players who haven't played in the prem can take time but I still fully expected a relatively easy campaign to top 4/ 5 plus a good couple of cup runs in between and I think a lot of posters on here would accept that if there was a consistency in performance that made us feel next season we'll be back on it and making a title challenge?
At the moment we are miles away which is majorly concerning and I've convinced myself that Slot will see this season out however it pans out.

09 Feb 2026 11:48:18
ShipleyKopite, that is what that means apparently.

09 Feb 2026 07:56:30
How does slot still have a job this morning.

09 Feb 2026 08:20:18
Because Hughes and Edwards are terrible at there jobs as well.

09 Feb 2026 08:44:09
He's a member of the round table! where mediocrity is celebrated and losing is ok.

09 Feb 2026 09:14:55
I think I've got to the point that while he is manager I don't think i can bear to watch us any more. The actually feeling in my body ranges between anger and heartbreak watching this club sink lower and lower, like the titanic and not one of those in charge want to get wet and try to save the sinking ship.

09 Feb 2026 09:15:51
To be fair it took an extremely lucky deflected cross from Cherki to free Haaland from Virgil's shackles followed by an insane rush of blood to the head by Alisson to ruin Slot's game plan. Fine margins.

But also if Slot had played someone who was a RB (will Ramsay finally get a chance to show his worth? ), then the first goal would have been offside anyway. So it is also partially in Slot (again).

Guehi on Salah was not a penalty, even prime Salah had the pace to get to that. Ball was gone. Plus he would have skied it anyway.

Finally, why is there not footage of the foul on Chiesa right at the end of the match?

09 Feb 2026 10:01:55
Thiagos Mate, that window to sack Slot has gone. Edwards and Hughes have made their bed and it is now, up to them to lie in it along with Slot. It is what it is.

All we can do is just sit back and watch the sparks fly, whatever the outcome. I stopped breaking my head over this shtick months ago.?

09 Feb 2026 10:33:43
That roundtable might end up being only thing we remember about this truly awful season.

09 Feb 2026 12:08:48
That rush of blood to the head was purely because of the decision to sit back and defend a lead before conceding, Ali was desperate not to concede another and made a rash decision, which is on a certain level understandable if regrettable, but he shouldn't be put in that position in the first place.

Our players have been making bad decisions at crucial times, and yes, they should probably be stronger and calmer, but they shouldn't have to panic in the first place, the manager should be putting us in a position where we can choke the life out the game and close it out.

09 Feb 2026 07:43:38
Can I drop the question slot last season used his subs well, saw what was happening with teams and acted accordingly, now he just throws attackers on in hope?

09 Feb 2026 08:21:29
I guess, the squad seems thinner than last year, we have a number of long term injuries and he doesn't trust the youngsters. So basically, the first eleven (not remotely fit enough) try and manage their way through games and if that doesn't work he will do an odd like for like or just throw Chiesa on for 5 minutes so the crowd can chant our best song.

On the point of fitness. I know Ed01 has referred to it numerous times, but it is no surprise we concede so many late goals. We are not physically at the races but that then accelerates mental fatigue and we switch off. Both goals yesterday were completely avoidable, but either not reacting quick enough or tracking a runner and we give up two goals. Beyond that, even though we had basically a good 20 minutes, we created as many good chances as they did.

Cheers.

09 Feb 2026 08:22:10
You could see we had no legs left when city scored so why have slot left it so late to make subs yesterday.

09 Feb 2026 08:49:05
In all honesty both sides were quite poor yesterday, a distant cry from the city and Liverpool of a few seasons ago. It's like the PL is regressing and at quite a pace too. But looking at the UCL table it seems the same is happening in most other leagues too.

Are we training the skill, talent and individualism out of footballers replaced now with robotic type displays?

{Ed025's Note - in a word..yes..

09 Feb 2026 10:07:45
Mcgoveb, I am with you on this standard of play last night. I thought both teams were average esp. in that first half. We couldn't keep the ball and City despite all their possession where woeful in their decision making and choice of shots. Pretty poor.

We stepped up the tempo a bit in the second half a played a bit better BUT really, not by that much.

Also, i'm with @Longthing on the lack of legs part. We were gassed and needed a bust of energy. IMO, Jones should have come on a lot earlier as he had legs, can run, press and most importantly, keep the ball.

I don't know what we train/ work on or not BUT it has been clear all season long that the team hasn't been fully fit enuff to finish games strong and IMO, that came back to bite us yesterday, as it has done a lot of the time this season.

09 Feb 2026 09:30:04
I see it myself as I coach hurling (Irish sport) to a fairly high level. It's all systems based now, with speed, strength and athleticism the main attributes that coaches are looking at and are drilling into their teams at training.

The skillful maverick is going out of the game as he's eaten alive by these bigger stronger athletes. Unfortunately its probably gone forever as sports science and robotically playing to a system become more and more prevalent.

{Ed025's Note - i cant argue with that mate..

09 Feb 2026 09:30:43
Very True this.

City were avg at best and we were even worse. That tells on points table. One of the worst seasons combined from all teams.

Looks like time is catching up with Alisson also. His kicking after coming back has been bad and now his performace is also not as inspiring as we were used to see.

His 2nd less said the better. Not inspiring at all and no one will pay us what we paid for him to take him along.