Liverpool banter 10

16 Apr 2026 15:08:52
Has Carra's account been hacked?
All gone very quiet from the ITK's
Waiting game, I guess....Who's gonna blink first.

16 Apr 2026 15:26:15
Maybe there is just nothing new to report.

16 Apr 2026 15:32:28
Carra has made it clear multiple times that his information is final, and that Slot will go mutually.
Let's see what happens. I believe in Carra and hope he is right.

16 Apr 2026 15:52:18
We all hope Carra's right, but everything we're seeing suggests he's not. Hughes and Edwards to stay as well.

16 Apr 2026 17:09:37
If Slot is gone in the summer, then why is Carra gonna say anything else? Stay patient and see what happens.

Slot is a spoofer and likes to do a lot of posturing in public to make it look like he is being backed, whereas he was given no dough to buy a CB in Jan when we needed it.

Nor has a contract extension been put on the table. Strange, right?

Again, watch what is (not) being done rather than what is being said.

16 Apr 2026 20:51:14
Whilst I love the gossip and rumour of the last 15+ years (I've been on here for around 13 of them!) I do sometimes yearn for the blissful ignorance of 20+ years ago when every transfer was a surprise!

{Ed025's Note - thats the internet for you Zed..

16 Apr 2026 14:47:44
Rip Alex Manninger. Very sad news.

16 Apr 2026 14:59:42
Unbelievably sad Mm.

16 Apr 2026 14:59:44
Very sad. RIP.

16 Apr 2026 15:48:55
Absolutely tragic. RIP YNWA.

16 Apr 2026 17:10:01
RIP, Alex. 😔😔

16 Apr 2026 20:19:08
RIP Alex. YNWA.

16 Apr 2026 14:19:52
The funny thing that has made me chuckle for a while now … is how timid of tame Anfield is cos slot is a calm kinda person who doesn’t get the team all intense thus making it more difficult for the opponent.

Anfield is just u know just another ground and when u think about it PSG won a simple 2-0 away victory and the sad thing is that will be overlooked cos apparently a lot “deserves another season“ or whatever the narrative is.



He turned LFC into an ordinary run of the mill team and that’s the most troublesome result.

16 Apr 2026 15:27:31
I will admit, watching us now, I can't say you are wrong. We are bang average at the minute with no heart and that is more difficult to accept than having terrible results imo. It's like the life and intensity has been sucked out at a very alarming rate.



How have we got to this state so quickly? I could understand if we were run badly over the next few years, this would happen, but damn that was fast. And, the excuses are doing my head in.

16 Apr 2026 16:45:26
I think calling them "bang average" is being quite generous.

16 Apr 2026 17:14:42
Slot is not a "ra, ra" guy like Klopp is, but that does not mean he cannot get the crowd onside in his own way. Other managers, not named Klopp, found ways of doing it, so for me that may just not be his thing.

That's okay, but again, it doesn't mean he should just sit there and let the crowd do the self ginning up either.

Doesn't help that, under him, the team has been awful this season either. The fans have very little to cheer about, as a result.

16 Apr 2026 18:21:28
OliRed, how exactly do you reckon he might do that? He's got as much personality as Florian's pet rock, all the character of a cardboard cutout, and he couldn't get a tune out of a marching band.

16 Apr 2026 15:47:14
Ed25 you must be looking forward to this game coming up ;) your guys seem to be going in the opposite direction we are

{Ed025's Note - we are doing a lot better than previous years MrJ, still a long way to go mate but i cant complain, i dont look forward to derbies these days but this one is massive i feel but i think a draw is a knocking bet..

16 Apr 2026 14:13:38
Two quotes from the Madrid game in case anyone didn't realise the sense of entitlement at that feral club:

"I think the referee took out the card because he did not know Camavinga was booked already, because it was up to Bayern's players to go and tell him it was the second card. - Manager Arbeloa

"People are very angry at the referee. They are very worried about what has happened in Munich. This will have consequences. The second yellow card to Camavinga, you cannot give it in a Champions League match at that moment, when both teams are level. You cannot give it. - Spanish journalist Juan Castro

Remember people, it is wrong to book a player twice if Madrid are not winning.

16 Apr 2026 15:05:21
The Barca reaction was equally classy. Brats, the lot of them.

16 Apr 2026 15:11:42
Also, in the commentary Macmanaman, who, by the way, was so biased towards Madrid, said "Neuer was the best keeper in the world." I am sure there would be a lively debate about who is the best in the world. YNWA
PS, the sending off was correct. He would not return the ball to a Bayern player, time wasting yellow card, which meant two yellow cards equals one red card.

Referee 100% right.
I love it when Real Madrid get knocked out. The jumped up shower s****, they will expect the game to be turned around lol see ye Vini Jr lol.

16 Apr 2026 17:16:54
Wait. Seriously, is Arbeloa accusing Bayern of doing and getting away with things his own club has been doing and getting away with for years now?

16 Apr 2026 09:53:33
Hey Ed's is Gordon an option in the summer?

{Ed001's Note - what do you mean by option?}

16 Apr 2026 10:50:57
That's all we need, another player who likes to fiddle with his hair mid game.

16 Apr 2026 10:57:53
He uses Silvikrin...because he's worth it...

16 Apr 2026 11:08:35
Come on @Bobby. Everybody knows that was L'Oreal.

16 Apr 2026 13:00:10
I never thought I'd say this, but I actually like the idea of Gordon more and more as time passes. Stylistically, he's exactly what we've been missing: a lightning-quick, battling left winger who presses and presses. Add to that English or Scouse, and his Champions League output, I think it'd be a decent signing.

16 Apr 2026 13:22:41
Michael Gordon back in his old role?

Speaking of Gordon's, anyone remember Dean Gordon from the 90s? He used to score some real crackers from left back.

16 Apr 2026 14:05:28
At the end of the day, it comes down to value.

Could Gordon do a job and be a good signing for us? - Absolutely.
Is he worth the money and effort it could take to get him out of Newcastle? - Probably not.



Unless Newcastle are forced to sell players due to missing out on Europe, I can't see us getting him for any kind of good value, and even then I suspect they would offload the likes of Tonail first to balance the books.

16 Apr 2026 14:18:20
Gordon is a terrible player with zero end product, stick with Rio.

16 Apr 2026 14:18:46
Dean Gordon????... Never heard of him, FPF, or certainly cannot remember anyway.

16 Apr 2026 14:26:40
I do think he could improve with us, he did have a great season in 22 or 23? He did do very well in CL this season. He's definitely not my first choice, but apparently FSG are going to be tight with the money this summer, so if a deal could be done quickly at a fair price, I think he could be worth giving a shot.

Having said that, Newcastle would probably charge us a fortune and drag it out as long as they could, it would be Isak 2.0, so no thanks.

16 Apr 2026 15:01:43
RR, I think it's actually Slot who uses Silvikrin but rumours are that he's about to switch to Wash 'n' Go, which is also rumoured to be getting a name change to "Just Rinse and F*** off."

16 Apr 2026 16:56:06
I think he played for Palace in the 90s, Shanklys Ghost. An average player that I only remember because he would smash pile drivers into the top corner from miles out.

16 Apr 2026 17:20:26
Pelican, I remember Dean Gordon very well while at Middlesbrough. Scored some bangers, indeed.

As for Anthony Gordon, Newcastle can go fleece someone else with such a limited player as I don't want him here. Never have.

16 Apr 2026 09:30:39
I'm not suggesting anything in relation to LFC but isn't Kompany doing some job at Munich?? I thought what when they appointed him to the role but I must say I was wrong. I know they're running away with the BL as usual and I only see them in CL action but they play some great football! Bit lax at the rear but fantastic engine and attacking footie.

PSG will beat them though imo. They're just too good overall. I also thought Olise bar his fantastic goal was a bit meahh compared to the first leg. Anyway great team and fair play to VK I say!

16 Apr 2026 10:24:16
I fully expected Kompany, with his limited experience at Burnley, to not do well at Bayern.

Yes, it is Bayern and it's a bit like PSG in France, so you'd struggle to not do well, but Klopp and Alonso showed that Bayern are not invincible, so you have to be doing OK to be pushing them into the semis in the UCL.



I believe Kompany is Pep's natural heir at City. Him on City's bench and Xabi on ours - lovely!

16 Apr 2026 11:03:44
Kompany actually seems to be a very strong manager who gets his players to give their all. Seems like someone you don't mess with. 👌

16 Apr 2026 11:11:08
Fancy Munich over PSG to be honest, more physicality too.

{Ed025's Note - PSG for me Jerry..

16 Apr 2026 11:36:43
Munich are a bit too open though, but I love watching them and hope they win it this year.

16 Apr 2026 12:59:27
All I hope is it is as good as last night's game. Excellent game.

16 Apr 2026 14:02:47
It was really good watch again.

16 Apr 2026 14:41:56
Did he? It's an excellent team for the most part. Though he does allow them to play freely as he's stated.

16 Apr 2026 15:53:44
Fair play to Kompany. He's got his team playing some good stuff, even tho their defending is suspect. I'd take that in a heartbeat. He probably admired Klopp and Pep teams and took a lot from them.

16 Apr 2026 17:22:20
Kompany is and has been doing bits at Bayern and should be getting his flowers for how much he has improved the team from last season to this one. Kudos, Vincent.

16 Apr 2026 18:01:51
I don't know who will go through to the final between PSG and Bayern, but The Arsenal will win the Champions League Final, 3-2.

16 Apr 2026 18:30:18
Arsenal won't even make the final!

{Ed025's Note - i think your right ASB..

17 Apr 2026 10:59:05
You can confidently put money on that, if you're a betting man.

16 Apr 2026 08:07:33
The only thing I am clinging to from this season, is that slot will be gone at the end of it.

However everywhere I look bar here, is reporting he will be staying on next season no matter what.

Ed001 please say it ain't so and that FSG cannot be that stupid to keep the man on, when in reality he couldn't run a bath well let alone this Liverpool team.

{Ed001's Note - they see it similar to Klopp's time, that this could be just a blip and Slot can turn it around.}

16 Apr 2026 08:29:03
Let's imagine that they are right (and there is a remote possibility that they are, though if they had faith in their man, I can't fathom why they didn't back him in January when he clearly wanted reinforcements in central defense at the very least), surely the fact that fans in the grounds (that is, not online fans and people continually plugged into the football social mediasphere) have turned on the manager will force their hand? Unless Slot puts together an incredible run the last few games and we start looking like an absolute top team that will return to the top next season, which looks rather unlikely, even if it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

16 Apr 2026 08:40:07
His contract ends in 13 months' time.
It doesn't feel like they're backing him to me.
It feels like they're being cautious about the press until they've secured the next man (or woman) in.
Either way, I can't see him getting a contract extension.

This blip in performance has been going on at least 14 months. Yes, we won the league last May, but that was mostly due to early season results. We limped over the line.

16 Apr 2026 08:53:41
Replacing Slot means replacing Edwards and Hughes too. They won't go back on a manager that won the league. If we qualify for CL, as abysmal as this season has been, it can be written off in monetary sense.
Slot has been out of ideas, but I think he will get another chance as long as Edward and Hughes are here.
I don't mind it, to be honest, as success is not a guarantee with new manager and with names being thrown around I don't see immediate success with them.
If it were someone like Enrique or Pep or even Simeone (yea can't believe is used Enrique Pep and Simeone in one sentence lol) I'd be on the Slot out wagon all day.

But I have no real sense of confidence in an Alonso Iraolo or Hoeness or whoever in changing us overnight.

Slot did well in first season (whatever reasons you may want to call it) and then went hopeless in second. I think we need a third season to give a final verdict.
To be honest, top4 finish and quarter final in CL is not a hopeless season. Could have prioritised a cup, but we drew City, so thats just hardluck.

{Ed025's Note - seriously?..

16 Apr 2026 09:01:40
No way another year of this dross, he has to go before he turns us into mid table mediocrity.

16 Apr 2026 09:15:30
Cafu, you just made all that up as you typed along.
"Success isn't guaranteed even with a new manager" - A) Actually, it is. Top managers win things with good players - period. B) The risk is worth taking if it means getting rid of Slot.
"...

is not a hopeless season" - Err, yes it is. In fact, it's worse than hopeless. To go from winning the league to scrapping for 5th with no trophies demonstrates one of the worst individual seasons of coaching I've ever seen.

Slot needs to go, simple as that.

16 Apr 2026 09:15:58
Ron, what happened? You have been backing Slot all season. Saying stuff like we are still in the cups, and still in the top five race. You believed he could turn it around. And now you've suddenly switched sides and no longer trust him?

16 Apr 2026 09:18:11
I honestly think I'd stop watching football if he stays. It's become so boring. I find myself second screening through our games. What games have you enjoyed watching this season? Genuinely enjoyed? Real Madrid is the only one that sticks in my memory. I didn't honestly enjoy last season. Obviously it was great we won but what were the stand out moments? The memories that make your hairs stand on end? I really can't remember any. Think of all of the moments we had under Klopp. Him losing his glasses against Norwich, Oxlade Chamberlain's rocket against City, Lovren's winner against Dortmund, Origi's winner against Everton.

They just go on and on. They stick in your memory because the football was thrilling. It was entertaining. Our football now is the opposite. It's like paying to watch the same s*** film over and over again. I will always Liverpool but what is happening is creating apathy. I've stopped caring. And I don't mean this to come across as moaning that we're not challenging. I'd much rather watch us lose every game 4-3 like Real did last night than the insipid football that is currently being served up.

16 Apr 2026 09:48:25
I agree with that flidby, if Slot stays, I will take a break from football until he's gone.

16 Apr 2026 10:03:37
I keep thinking of Theoden at Helm's Deep: "How did it come to this?"

I've been coming to this page for over a decade now and I don't think I've ever seen fans saying they'll take a break if the manager stays (not a criticism, lads, I get it, we are so boring to watch), but again, how did it come to this? It feels like Slot has drained out all the life Klopp breathed back into this club.

16 Apr 2026 09:01:23
Thanks ed001 - I think what worries me if he is staying, that his style of football is so turgid and he doesn't seem to be able adapt.
The couple of games we have looked good, when we played the old style against villa and Madrid earlier in the season, you would have thought he would say to himself "ok, that works".

But he seems fixated and unwilling to adapt and this fawning over PSG is nauseating. Just excuses all the time. Heavy metal football to primary school recorder class (where everything is out of tune) in the space of 14 months.

{Ed001's Note - that made me laugh that analogy. Such a good one.}

16 Apr 2026 09:36:17
Hi Ed1,
I remember a few months ago you said the expectation was Slot would go in the summer.
Is that still expected or have things changed?

Thanks

{Ed001's Note - the expectation is he will go home, yes. But his choice. He has not settled in the UK, he has not even tried to.}

16 Apr 2026 10:15:48
"I think we need a third season to give a final verdict."

Would you have given Hodgson another season, just to make sure?

Or would you have given Rodgers another season, just to make sure?

I'm sorry, but the evidence is already available. Slot has shown over a sustained period of time that he is not up to the job.

He's turned Anfield from a fortress to a playground for our opponents. He has no idea how to organise a midfield or defence, and it's been that way for all of this season.

A third season with Slot ends in a relegation battle. He has no idea how to fix this, and it will get worse, not better.

16 Apr 2026 10:09:27
Hi ed001,

Just on your comment regarding the owners seeing the slot situation as a blip, do you really think Slot will stay?

Cheers
Drogie

{Ed001's Note - I believe he is unhappy in England and wants to go home.}

16 Apr 2026 10:22:17
Jesus give us mercy.
Slot putting us out of our misery more than the other 2 morons.
Unbelievable.
Hopefully Arne will do the right thing and leave.
Would be worried about the future if this is the standard Hughes and Edwards seem to be acceptable of.
You were right about them Ed mate!

16 Apr 2026 10:27:24
Purely guessing I'd reckon ed1 is right, don't think he wants to be here.
I also have that feeling something must've happened slot as in his 1st season he looked the new Johan cruyff and 2nd season he looks poor version of Mike Bassett. Something must've happened for him to take his eye off ball so much that he looks so poor and clueless now. My guess is that he has family problems due to him being away.


I don't buy it that he was lucky last season, granted he got bit of luck with city declining but we still had to go and do it and get it over line which isn't as simple as people like to make out. Arsenal perfect example this season, the league actually worse this season than ever and they still struggling to get over line even with there massive squad

16 Apr 2026 10:45:28
So do they try to talk him around Ed? or be kinda happy that they're been given a way out?

{Ed001's Note - I think they would prefer him to stay.}

16 Apr 2026 10:58:06
C0ffan

I've consistently said it should all be reviewed at the end of the season or if we were mathematically unable to qualify for the CL.

I've never "backed him" per se. I've just been 'against mid-season sacking' for the sake of it.

16 Apr 2026 11:08:36
The club is run by business people who make decisions when they think the time is right, they do not have it spread all over the media, they keep their cards close to their chests.
Regarding Slot, they will have assessed his performances over the season and look into all other aspects, such as injuries, players' loss of form, and could he make major improvements to the team and to his performances as head coach.

They will then make their decision whether Slot goes or stays, and who is available to replace him, and they will have spoken to probably several potential replacements, and we will all find out their decision at the end of the season. So chill your beans people!!!
YNWA

16 Apr 2026 11:40:20
We let unhappy players go. Why not let unhappy manager leave - if he is not settled, that is going to filter into the team.

16 Apr 2026 11:58:21
Lowe,
There aren't many "top managers" left and very few that Liverpool could get a hold of. We have been linked with the likes of Iraola and Alonso but they are equally as much of a risk as Slot was.

I would love Enrique but that's not going to happen.
We could literally be jumping from the frying pan and into the fire, it's a risk but definitely one the club needs to do in order to try and get us back on track.

16 Apr 2026 12:03:35
How can that be their position... that's so concerning. FSG have had the wool pulled over their eyes, and it should anger every fan. We are abject and so far from competing.

The fact that the only thing saving us from Slot is likely to be Slot himself... wow.

16 Apr 2026 12:04:40
There are no guarantees in sport.

{Ed025's Note - you getting beat by PSG was one Faith.. :)

16 Apr 2026 12:31:03
No guarantees in life, well except death and taxes. 😅

16 Apr 2026 13:01:46
Fingers crossed he wants to go Ed. Still amazes me that the higher ups at the club don't want him gone. It has been utterly abysmal this season.

16 Apr 2026 13:09:21
The fact that the team is still not physically fit is a sackable offence in itself. I can't see a single reason Slot should stay. The "blip" has been over a year, worst run of form in 70 years, fan base has turned, booing and leaving games early, at no point this season did we look like the formidable force we were lining up to be last summer, all this Slot talking about "transition period" is utter nonsense, you don't spend 450 million to go into a transitionary year where not expecting to compete for the top prize, it's nothing but damage control to try quiet the noise, and he knows it.

Now we're actually about to come into a transition period. We have a huge amount of work to do this summer with very little time to do it, and I'm to believe the club thinks the man who took a Premier League winning side that was massively improved upon with £450m worth players, and went completely ass backwards with them in every possible way, is the best men for the job?! April fools was at least 2 weeks ago now.

If it's true, I can only believe it's happened because Xabi has turned us down.

16 Apr 2026 14:18:32
The club has all the reasons to sack him, but has not. It tells you they support the manager. I don't think FSG is dumb. They know what they are doing, or at least whatever Slot is explaining to them makes sense to them.

I don't think Slot is a stubborn, selfish, or unreliable person. I truly believe he will change his ways, and we will be back to winning ways next season.

The football has been trepid, cuz he thought players needed a break and believed they will catch up in the later half of the season. He was wrong about that, they didn't, and injuries kept piling up and killing us.

I will give Slot the benefit of the doubt for this season.

I will hold out my head and face the rain if he stays and fails again, but as long as he is here I will support him.

Without Salah, Robbo, and a few others, he will have more authority on the team and it will be his team.

I have patience aplenty, and I don't want to jump on the sack him bandwagon cuz that hardly ever works in EPL. We could do a Tottenham.

Also, I don't want to discuss the absolute nonsense of a window we had. If someone needs to be fired, fire the guy that spent a good part of half a billion on injury prone players for the sake of it. Could have just signed Wirtz and called it a day, but went crazy.

16 Apr 2026 14:29:50
Another one blocked. This is like a turkey shoot.

16 Apr 2026 17:25:59
Fildby, I am seriously considering the same thing should this manager be kept next season. Not sure I can deal with a season such as this next term.

16 Apr 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - The Chicken Staff has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool’s Recruitment Myths Under the Microscope

15 Apr 2026 23:57:44
Bayern v Madrid, 2 great games, proper football... I watched the Arsenal highlights... Well if you could call it highlights, like night n day the difference.

16 Apr 2026 08:31:40
Kind of hard to stomach that this lot are going to win the Premier League. They had 1 shot on target and 0.64 xg at home.

16 Apr 2026 09:22:54
Patrik, I have been saying for months that I fully believe Arsenal will not win the league and I still stand by that.

16 Apr 2026 11:06:37
I think Arsenal will blottle it, City will win 6 of their last 7 and clinch it on the final day!

16 Apr 2026 11:13:24
Athletico v Arsenal, the prince of dark arts versus his apprentice. It should be some sight, those two managers on the line. No one will watch the football. They will be watching the antics of them lunatics.

16 Apr 2026 11:26:09
I think Atleti Arsenal might actually be quite an interesting watch, Atleti can't defend this season, but they have Griezmann, Sorloth and Alvarez all in excellent form. Arsenal can defend, obviously, but can't seem to create or score to save their lives. You're right about the histrionics of both managers, Albey, Arteta on the sidelines has been a sideshow in itself lately.

{Ed025's Note - im expecting a borefest PB..

16 Apr 2026 15:19:56
Yes, Patrik, that is what I am saying, mate, put him and Athletico manager alongside each other, there should be fireworks and it will be more interesting than the football.