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17 Apr 2026 18:12:41
You think we'd be fitter n better, if Slot just moved the training to Holland n then they just fly over for games?

17 Apr 2026 22:52:23
Genius. ?

17 Apr 2026 13:14:02
The entire defense and goalkeepers have soo many questions mark. Who's the future for the next 3-5 years? I certainly can't name one player, which is shocking. Kerkez has been underwhelming but his effort at least has been top notch.


Every other player is questionable.
Virg should have left this summer but we're soo short at the back and need too many players that he'll stay. Just because Konate has been awful does not deter from what Virg is now at 35.

17 Apr 2026 14:32:16
I think Kerkez has the capacity to improve. As you said, he gets an A for effort, great engine, phenomenal work rate, he's just a little young and scatterbrained, for want of a better word, but that can be resolved with experience. Also, doesn't help that he spends most of his time sharing that side of the pitch with Gakpo, who has all the awareness of a barstool. As poor as Konate's been, I hope he resigns for the simple fact that we have a lot of work to do this summer.

Hopefully Leoni and Jaquet can break into the side in a reasonable capacity and show they have what it takes.

Conservatively speaking, I expect Konate to extend, Virgil to stay and for the club not to pursue a first team/starting CB until next Summer.

If Slot does stay, though, all of the above could be very much up in the air.

17 Apr 2026 14:34:16
That's such a negative outlook.

At GK we have Jaros (23), Pecsi (21) and Mama (24). Jaros is extremely highly rated. Pecsi was a golden boy nominee. Mama is still young for a keeper and is highly rated across Europe.

At RB we have Bradley (22), Frimpong (25) and Stephenson (22). Bradley not that long ago everyone here was saying is better than Trent; out of sight out of mind I guess. Frimpong is one of the best wing backs in Europe, he's just been unfortunate with his hamstrings this year, but this is an anomaly in his career; he's never been injury prone. Stephenson went to Scotland and has not only cemented his place in the team, he's even been made captain; that is some feat for a 22 year old loanee and speaks volumes about the lad and his character.

At CB we have Leoni (19) and Jacquet (20) who are statistically 2 of the highest performing CB's of their age range in Europe. They cost a combined £95m which should tell you everything you need to know about how highly the club rates them. We've also invested in so many highly sought after academy CB's; Mor Talla Ndiaye (18), Noah Adekoya (19), Ifeanyi Ndukwe (17). We've got so much young CB talent now it's almost bordering on ridiculous.

At LB we have Kerkez (22), Beck (23), Chambers (21) and Scanlon (21). Kerkez was PFA team of the year LB last season and is in my opinion the best young LB in Europe so give the lad a bloody chance; people judge him like he's in his late 20's but he's still a kid and I'll hedge my bets he makes over 300 appearances for Liverpool such is his great potential. Beck is also a very good young LB who was flying at Blackburn before an unfortunate injury. Chambers has been on fire for Charlton in the second half of this season playing as a wing back. Scanlon has just made his comeback from a hamstring injury on loan at Cardiff but he's also highly thought of at the club.

I honestly don't get our fanbase. Such drama queens at times. Acting like we've got nothing for the future when we've literally assembled a cast of unbelievable talent. We just need the manager to have the balls to utilise them or play them to their strengths.

Just purely on Mama (£30m), Frimpong (£30m), Leoni (£35m), Jacquet (£60m) and Kerkez (£40m) the club has invested £195m on a back line all aged 19-25 years old; yet we've got people saying there is nobody to play in defence for the next 3-5 years? Absolute nonsense. Go cry in private, don't bring this entitled rubbish to a public space. Most Premier League managers would rip your arm off for that £195m defence all under 25 years old.

17 Apr 2026 15:20:49
Been wondering how Chambers has been getting on at Charlton MK. Good to hear he's doing well, as there's not much info on him. Such potential, but for injuries would probably be around the 1st team by now.

17 Apr 2026 15:23:10
Great perspective, I always enjoy your posts, MK.

17 Apr 2026 15:54:18
MK, Georgi is not even close to Ali's level, his decision making is questionable and his ability with the ball at his feet is poor. Jaros just did his ACL and Pesci is only a kid with no first team experience.

I really like Bradley, I think he has great potential, but is riddled with injury. I don't even know what position Frimpong is meant to be playing, either way he's spent more time on the physio table than the pitch, and I also don't think he's good enough, and many would agree. Neither are reliable options, and you can't seriously suggest that after the season we've just had where Dom has been our best RB that we should be relying on either of them?

Leoni's coming back from an ACL, so there's no telling how that's going to go. Jacquet, although very promising, is only 20 years old, and making the move from Rennes to Liverpool is a huge step up, not to mention he's also coming back from shoulder surgery that will have seen him sidelined for 4/5 months. Both players have great potential, and I do have high hopes for them, but they are both returning from injury, very young and unproven in the prem right now.



I'm happy with Kerkez at LB, his work rate is fantastic, and I think a little more experience will see him settle into a better rhythm this year and bring some consistency to his game. Beck, Chambers and Scanlon are all on loan in the lower leagues, have had terrible injury concerns, have sweet f all first team experience at this level, and I don't expect that to change if Slot is at the helm next season. Beck was on loan at Derby but suffered a hamstring tear, had surgery, never played a single game for them, and his loan deal was terminated in January. The hamstring issues are recurring and began in Feb of last year, so it doesn't look good for him. Scanlon is barely getting a look in at Cardiff after having spent a full year out with a hamstring tear. Chambers, the most promising of the 3, has done well this year, started 14 games for Charlton at LM, but has also spent around 11 months sidelined across the last 2 seasons with a recurring stress fracture.

You can't possibly read all this and tell me people are being dramatic when they express their concern for the relative positions.

17 Apr 2026 15:56:26
I admire your positivity, MK. I just don't share it when it comes to a few of the players you mention.

It wasn't everyone who jumped on the Bradley bandwagon; I didn't. Added to the fact he's made of crisps, I'm just not convinced about him.

Kerkez may go on to have a career with us, once he's ironed out the rough edges.

Regards to Frimpong. "One of the best wing-backs in Europe?" Really? One, I disagree with that, and 2, we don't play with wing-backs.

Regards to Stephenson, forgive me, I can't get excited about someone who's been on loan at Barrow and Dundee United, even if he is captain. He may go onto be the next Roberto Carlos, but the jury is still out.

I'm looking forward to seeing Leoni and Jacquet, whether that will be as a pairing next season.

We will have to wait and see.

I won't prattle on about the other outfield players you mention, mainly because I don't have the knowledge that you do regards to them. I hope I'm proved wrong, but I wager not one of them will play more than 30 games for us. The older I get, the more cynical I become. You've got this to come, MK!

On to keepers. The young ones you mention, you base your enthusiasm on them being highly rated etc. Have you seen them? Mama came to us with a great reputation, and, up till now, he hasn't convinced me he can be a long term replacement for Alisson.

Like I say, MK, I admire your enthusiasm regards to our young talent. However, at this moment in time, I just don't share it.

17 Apr 2026 17:38:28
If we fast forward to the start of the '27 season and the back four is Kerkez, Leoni, Jacquet, Bradley then we are set for years. This season has been disrupted for so many different reasons it would be impossible to properly answer right now. GK is a concern, but isn't it almost always the case, when someone as good as Ali eventually leaves any club, they are very hard to replace.

As mentioned above, we have also been adding young CB's and have two other GK's with potential. Time will tell, as they say.

17 Apr 2026 17:55:19
No. 8, "set for years" if they all prove to be on the level and if nobody gets injured again. Currently, out of those 4, only Kerkez is actually fit. Bradley is very likely to pick up another injury given his history, and we can only wait and see what happens with Leoni.

There's a long way to go before we can be confident that will be our back 4 for the future.

17 Apr 2026 18:15:33
That's my point, Chewy, if that's the back 4 a year and a bit from now then everything has worked out.

17 Apr 2026 18:53:27
Sounds good, alright, No.8. And, on paper, looks like a good back four. Although, admittedly, I've never seen Jaquet play. ?

19 Apr 2026 10:43:39
No. 8, I misread that one, mate, thought you meant fast-forward to the start of next season.

17 Apr 2026 07:40:22
I think it's safe to say no information shared is 100%.

It all feels very chaotic as a fan and very worrying as let's face it that's what us fans do.

Slot stays, slot goes, we need this player and that player, Rio is going on on loan but we need wingers.

Whatever the plan is, as much as Hughes, slot and Edwards have seemed to get this all wrong... The only hope is they have a plan and intend to fix what's gone wrong.

I firmly beleive slot didn't get what he wanted last summer, not totally and the worrying issue is, his inept ability to get them ticking, maybe that's fitness, injuries, personal.

Everything is fairly guess work.

The team lacks what it lacks and it's very obvious what's required next season. Like I said they are not stupid men and will have a plan we can only hope it's a good one and executed.

There is a good base and some great prospects in the market. This season is a hit and hope because slot hasn't looked like fixing any issues that have arisen this season.

I'm not having slot has picked the ins fully and due to that is getting some grace maybe the model has changed as they feel Klopp had to much power. Something isn't right!

17 Apr 2026 11:41:05
As much as Slot is at fault for a lot of things, he has been let down by poor recruitment. Ekitike and Isak are both much better than Nunez and Jota, but not when it comes to pressing and off the ball work. Same with Diaz. We needed two wingers, which I hope is rectified in the summer.

16 Apr 2026 20:06:16
We should be looking within the Prem for midfielders in the summer. The following is a list of talent we should be looking at to replace Jones, Endo and Macca.

Noah Sadiki 21
Lewis Miley 19
Alex Scott 22
Lucas Bergvall 20
Archie Gray 20
Adam Wharton 22
Andre 24
Mateus Fernandes 21
Joao Gomes 25
All attainable except perhaps Miley.

16 Apr 2026 20:32:17
And Anderson, if we can convince him. Don't know, unless you try.

16 Apr 2026 20:33:39
Can see Alex Scott happening with Hughes here. Think they'll go for Archie Gray too.

16 Apr 2026 22:37:22
If they don't get a proper defensive midfielder again then it's another season of failure incoming.

16 Apr 2026 22:38:21
Scott is a good player, but is he going to improve our midfield? I am not sure he will.
Also, why don't we go back and get Nico Williams back? He is on fire at the moment and better right back than Frimpong.
YNWA.

16 Apr 2026 23:00:48
The time for that was before he signed an extension at Forest, Albey.

17 Apr 2026 15:37:56
Hey Florian, my friend, contracts are only there to secure a large transfer fee. They really are meaningless, just security for the club.
YNWA.

17 Apr 2026 18:54:27
I get that, Albey. Just can't see the club paying a big fee for Neco, that's all.

16 Apr 2026 16:13:27
@jonnyno6… I’m pretty sure the window cleaner said otherwise about slot… So I’ll wait & see who’s ITK.

16 Apr 2026 15:22:20
Can anybody name one player that Slot has improved since at the club? Under Klopp and even BR they improved players which also increased their value and made them huge assets to the club which allowed us sell on for massive profit to improve our squad.

I see nothing but regression from every single player he inherited or brought into the club.

16 Apr 2026 16:48:34
He's made every opposition player look world class. Does that count?

16 Apr 2026 16:57:25
Last season you could say Gravenburch and Gakpo plus Salah arguably peaked. Szoboszlai has developed and Rio is coming along nicely.

16 Apr 2026 16:59:22
Now that's funny, Shipley... well played, mate. ?

Take a bow!

16 Apr 2026 20:59:51
Maybe Dom?
Ekitike looks like he became better since coming in. Then again you could argue he then went a bit backwards after a strong start.

16 Apr 2026 15:04:14
RIP Alex Manninger, another gone too soon.

{Ed025's Note - yeah really sad BK..

16 Apr 2026 22:55:02
Alex RIP.

16 Apr 2026 12:31:52
Considering our season is pretty much dead, I have a question about managers. Moreover, about ex players who become managers, especially after seeing the work ex players have done to manage teams to CL semis.

Question is threefold.

1. Do ex players make better managers than non ex players?

2.

Do ex players who played in certain positions make better managers? eg. Ex strikers better than ex midfielders.

3. Do ex players who were at a higher elite level become better managers than those ex players who were never at elite status?

16 Apr 2026 14:20:57
I don't think that being an ex player or not comes into it other than you are more likely to be given that first opportunity over somebody who has never played.

I'm certainly no expert, but for me it would be about footballing intelligence and those elite players who possess a footballing brain to read, control and influence the game whilst playing will likely be good at doing the same from the sidelines as a manager.

The elite players who are naturally gifted players who play purely on god-given talent and instinct are probably less likely to succeed in management.

As for position, there are plenty of examples of top managers who played in all sorts of different positions so I'm not sure that really comes into it (but now I'm considering starting a thread of best 11 of players who went on to become top managers).

16 Apr 2026 23:01:06
I think being a big name ex player can command a level of respect. I wouldn't suggest him taking over for a second, but if Gerrard walked in as manager in the summer, he'd have a lot more respect from players than someone like Iraola.

We need a personality. Slot isn't that. Klopp is. Mourinho is. Simeone is. Alonso could be that on top of being an excellent manager who's shown he can win titles.

16 Apr 2026 12:17:33
If Slot stays on as manager it will have catastrophic consequences on the club both on and off the field. He'll be scked by next October anyway at the latest. It just doesn't make any sense to keep him.

16 Apr 2026 13:26:56
100% agree, this summer is huge, a lot of work needs to be done. How can the club justify investing more money into a project that spent 450m and went ass backwards? It is beyond me. Come October, that leaves us up s*** creek, right back where we were in December with no suitable replacement available.

Get the right man in for the job, come May, and give him what he needs for his vision, because clearly Slot and Edwards don't actually have one. Anything less is completely unacceptable.