Liverpool Banter 3

04 Mar 2026 08:08:41
I made the grave error of actually watching last night's game. That was a bad call.

It's clear that Slot needs to go, he just doesn't have the skills to succeed long term in this league and his football is awful.

But I'm so sick of people giving total carte blanche to the players. Not so much on here but everywhere else it's all about how Slot should "manage their attitude", sorry but if playing for current league champions Liverpool is not motivation enough then they don't belong at the club.

Mac and Gakpo in particular just do not care, at all, until we are behind. You can see it in their faces and their body language, they could not care less. Until we go behind.

It's Slot's responsibility to drop them of course, but the attitude is just unforgivable.

04 Mar 2026 08:33:33
Our squad doesn't suit this formation and slow, boring style. It's as simple as that.
Man United had a similar problem. Carrick comes in and scraps that back 5, and it's changed.
All we needed to do in the last 5 months is tweak it, and he's failed to do it week after week after week.

04 Mar 2026 10:10:44
Been saying it for months (together with others):

Slot is completely out of his depth.

90% of people can see it: our fans, other teams' fans, other PL coaches, pundits, etc.

I bet even the muppets, Hughes and Edwards, can see it, but they won't sack him, so they don't look bad, as they pray and hope we have just enough individual quality to clinch a top 5 spot, but they're about to run out of luck.

04 Mar 2026 10:22:43
I understand both sides of the story.

Slot cannot get the best out of these players, yet these players need to take accountability for their performances.

When that shirt is put on, it should be all systems go.

I've seen many posts where the players are called out, and rightfully so, and I've seen the same with Slot.



From an owner's perspective, is it easier to replace 1 man (coach / manager) or a bunch of underperforming players? I think the answer is quite straightforward.

04 Mar 2026 10:38:14
The manager/head coach ultimately has to shoulder the responsibility, but it's not an easy decision, JLC.

Sacking someone is easy, but replacing them with someone who can guarantee improvement is very difficult.

So what do you do? Do you keep the same man for continuity, or do you replace him and his coaching staff and risk getting worse? Yes, it could very possibly get worse.



I think the job, with everything that's happened, is too big for Slot. He's not learning lessons. He's not the leader of men that the players have needed this season, but who is?

04 Mar 2026 10:50:40
Man united had same problem as us a Dutch manager that was taking their club backwards and they did in the end come to the right decision and sacked him when are our suits going to come to the right decision and remove Slot? Because we are going backwards and if certain people on this site don't agree look at the league table we have gone from 1st to 5th
Which confirms my point.
YNWA

04 Mar 2026 13:10:22
Ten Hag took them into the Champions League and won two trophies, something they haven't done since.

04 Mar 2026 13:13:19
Of course, JLC. It is always the manager that walks because if you sack the players, who is going to play? It's the nature of the beast.

For me, I go back to the fundamentals of football/team sport management. If stuff is this bad across the board with the team, and many are correctly blaming the manager for the system, tactics, fitness programme and player selection/mismanagement that directly leads to poor performances and poor results, the manager is to blame.

That has been the case from the jump.

So let's stick to that. That's all I'm saying.

04 Mar 2026 14:00:35
florian but the football was rubbish it has taken two managers to have a reset and Man United are not anywhere near where they want to be. Yes he won trophies but so has slot that does not make everything right. Slot is another Dutch Manger who has had one good season.

Florian we sit in 5th position with a very limited chance of Champions league next season not much chance of winning the Champions league this season and this will be down to the head coach and his staff and they have to be moved on and the sooner the better YNWA

04 Mar 2026 15:50:24
None of the trophies they won under Ten Slaps will ever rival Slot winning no. 20 at a canter. There are levels to this "winning trophies" stuff. Let's be real.

04 Mar 2026 08:02:45
Another dire drab embarrassing performance. I was so positive in my post before the game but not any more. The bald fraud needs to go, now. Not at the end of the season after a friendly little review by his mates, now. There will be no CL next season, this is now becoming a stark reality. And with no CL it severely reduces income and ability to strengthen. Which means the next manager will not have the players he wants as the top tier players will want CL football.

I will not be watching another minuet of any Liverpool game in any competition for the rest of the season whilst Slot is still there. We have agreat set of players poorly coached poorly motivated and just lost out on the pitch. Why has it been allowed to go on so long? Huges and Edwards are ruining the club allowing Slot to stay till the end of May. Its almost looking deliberate now, like they don't want the club to not have CL football next season.

04 Mar 2026 08:19:54
Couldn't agree more. I said before Christmas, Slot has lost the dressing room, and the players are downing tools.

A few fortunate wins doesn't change this. The performances are terrible and have been for months.

04 Mar 2026 09:37:00
Cannot get behind or agree with anyone who says they won't watch because the team is doing badly. Supporters support through thick and thin.

04 Mar 2026 09:56:39
Agree with you there, Red Will.
I'll still come back and watch the team play.

If this style is here to stay, then it just means coming back here to b**** & moan.

04 Mar 2026 10:08:23
Put simply, I forgot to check the result. A Brentford mate alerted me this morning.

The forgetting about the game has come because of a lack of interest, due to the awful, boring football and lack of corrective action from the administration. Support through thick n thin is all very well if we have a team playing to their strengths. Not this borefest.

04 Mar 2026 10:44:36
The John Terry type of supporter who takes no part in the journey, but as soon as the team wins something will be there with the full kit on. 🤣

04 Mar 2026 10:48:12
BTW, Barry Venison, my username is my username and I chose it carefully with the knowledge and experience of following this club for over 50 years. This means following and supporting LFC through the great times, the good times, the poor times, the abysmal times, the tragedies, and the euphorias. I've been there, and I've worn that T Shirt. So I reckon I've earned the right to say how I feel, regardless of your or anyone else's opinions.

So, rather than saying "How dare I call myself Shankly's Ghost" and trying to teach me football history and biography that I already know, just say that you don't agree with my current assessment of the club's situation. I don't agree with a lot of others here, but I don't resort to snide comments regardless of their own posts and opinions. SG over and out.

04 Mar 2026 10:56:55
We are the champions of England beaten by the bottom of the league with a performance school boy teams could better.

Slot has run his course he needs to go, thank him for title and show him to the airport and send him home to Holland.

04 Mar 2026 13:14:32
Indeed, JLC. I still watch the team play even if I know exactly what's coming. It is what it is.

04 Mar 2026 14:05:57
Oilred but it should not be what it is we have a squad to compete with any team but we are not, so who is to blame? Manager, players there has to be a reason for the drop off and to me it is the man who picks the team and the system and training which is Arne Slot and he needs to go asap.

04 Mar 2026 15:53:17
Come on, @albeydered. I agree with everything you are saying, and the manager gets the majority of the blame, but what am I to do? Continue to bang my head against the wall about stuff I have no control over? What good would that do to my mental health?

I just have to let things play out without stressing about it because it's going to be a very slow burn.

Like I said, it is what it is.

04 Mar 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - EHL2020 has posted a new article entitled, Rangers and the Youth Pathway Bottleneck

04 Mar 2026 06:29:17
Replace
Macca an grav as the two in midfield
Sign a right back ( I'd go for gertruida)
Remove gakpo an salah from
The flanks

Job done.

04 Mar 2026 06:52:40
What's that going to do if the football is woeful? It's job done when Slot goes.

04 Mar 2026 06:56:29
He has to go as well, as he seems like someone who can't adapt well enough and inspire a squad.

04 Mar 2026 07:31:37
Gakpo's performance last night was criminal. He was so greedy, not a team player, and to take the ball off Curtis's chest, which would have been a goal, was just desperate football.

Even Gerrard called Slot out last night and said Rio has to start the next game.

I just don't understand how Slot can't or won't see it. Gakpo slows the game down and is so predictable. I'm surprised that the players don't have a go at him for not passing, especially Kerkes.

04 Mar 2026 08:56:15
Frode, it's not job done when Slot goes, though, is it? Will players who've been playing dogs doo doo all season suddenly become world-beaters under a new manager? I can't see that suddenly happening. There is so much that needs fixing with our side.

I can't see things changing overnight.

In my opinion, we need an RB, a CB, 2 central midfielders, and 2 wide forwards.

The manager will go; things can't carry on. But my concern is that there is no quick fix.

04 Mar 2026 09:58:13
Nobody knows what will happen for us, but United very quickly changed after they replaced their manager. They were worse than us, and now we are looking up at them in the table. So, maybe there are quick fixes.

04 Mar 2026 10:02:06
If we're struggling for wingers, why can't we play 3 CB, 2 WB for the width, 3 midfielders with 2 drifting to flanks as worts likes to do, one holding (a Caicedo type unit), then two strikers in Isak and Ekitike.

Or is that just going to fall apart? I feel like we lack width due to Gakpo and, at times, Salah's refusal to use the overlap anyway.

04 Mar 2026 10:12:05
Frode Kippers wrote: "What's that going to do if the football is woeful? It's job done when Slot goes."

Good players don't become bad overnight.
Carrick has got Man United playing. They may well take our Champions League place.

04 Mar 2026 11:08:30
I hope you're right, Yuri. I'm usually a positive poster, and a lot view me as a Slot sympathiser, which I'm certainly not. We're in a bad place at the minute, and we enter a critical few weeks of our season.

I'm just glad I cherished last season, because I didn't think success would last forever. I just didn't expect things to turn so bad, so quickly.

04 Mar 2026 12:58:15
Rome1977!, Have you not seen what's happened with United this season? It was literally job done as soon as they got rid of that other fool.

04 Mar 2026 13:20:10
@Chewy, Amorim was a pompous piece of work with an ego the size of OT, playing players in a system that clearly did not suit them nor their profiles individually, even tho they have some actually really good players. Wait. Now where have I seen this before? Ah yes, currently at LFC.



Now, they have Carrick, who is also a manager, who has simply made a few tweaks and is playing a basic style of footie that the players enjoy, and has given them the confidence and freedom to go express themselves. That's all this is and nothing more.

04 Mar 2026 13:32:25
I agree, Rome, we do need that number of new players. There's another big summer of spending coming!

04 Mar 2026 15:55:17
Shankly, if we have no CL footie, that summer may not be as big as you think in terms of attracting players who can really get us moving again.

We may need to shop clever at that point. Just saying.

04 Mar 2026 05:57:06
Lfc don't really deserve the champions league spot
I don't think Edwards and hughes deserve it either
I fed the squad was really short after the transfer window - missing opportunities and this is the best way to show their failure
I'm
Tired of seeing the word "guru" next to their names and a season out of the champions league is sth the club deserves. it's a team not fit for this league slow an lightweight can't battle and we desperately need more defenders a right back a number 6 serious pace down the flanks and that directness

It's a poor team when every away game you know they get out battled.

04 Mar 2026 06:53:13
I disagree with your first paragraph. We are all saddened by the state of affairs, but to say we don't deserve a UCL spot is plain crazy to me. Is Chelsea any better? Villa is limping, and the Manc should get their reality check soon.

We deserve it, it's where we belong. Btw, we will play UCL football next season, I have no doubts. 9 more finals to cement that.

04 Mar 2026 07:23:07
Ugbes, it's all ifs and buts. Villa, United & Chelsea are just as likely to be as inconsistent as us, and I'm not sure it's where we belong will carry any weight when all done and dusted.

9 finals to go. Was last night not a final for the players because they definitely didn't turn up acting like it was?

04 Mar 2026 07:34:39
Well, we play Man U, Villa, and Chelsea, so if we better them, then we'll deserve the spot. The closing fixture list looks horrific, tbh.

04 Mar 2026 08:24:33
We didn't take our chances, and that's been the issue all season. Teams sit back, man-to-man mark and conserve their energy for 75 minutes, bring fresh attackers on and then have a go at us.
Jones, Robertson, Gomez, Ramsey, Chiesa and 3 kids from the academy would all be relegated if they played for Wolves.


Hughes and Edwards have left our squad wafer thin.
We are being bantered because of the 450 million spent, yet Ekitiki was the only signing who finished the game.
Salah has dropped off a cliff, and I know he scored, but that should have been saved. Slot is frightened to drop him and Cody because he doesn't trust his bench.

04 Mar 2026 13:21:21
@Itstrue, How do you work that out when the manager himself from last season was saying he prefers having a small squad to choose from?

04 Mar 2026 05:56:11
Alright, I'd like to raise the issue of Gakpo. He's been getting criticism all season, but this isn't that post. So if you're just going to slate him off just move on. For this post I want facts and an objective assessment about whether his actively working against the team. Hear me out:

Today he basically had a goal line clearance for wolves. Last game he missed a sitter far post, received a through ball on a counter attack from maca and somehow managed to have a first touch so bad it went backwards 15 yards, and blocked a promising cross from Salah (I know he scored but it was a double deflection, and everyone makes mistakes). The last few games, he regularly pops up blocking shots and through balls meant for our players in promising positions. What is going on here?

I'm not going to invest my time, but someone should look into this. Could Gakpo ironically be doing the most to undermine slot? I'm not saying he's a double agent working against slot while also being his best boy, but these questions need to be asked.

04 Mar 2026 10:04:05
Rio, in his cameos, has done more than Salah and Gakpo combined, until Salah got the goal. I don't think Gakpo is trying to undermine; I think he's desperate to help and is very limited in his game.

What annoys me with him is he's a big lad. I want to see him use his strength more, show some aggression, and bully a player.

04 Mar 2026 10:18:28
No, he's just rubbish.

04 Mar 2026 05:34:13
What excuses will the Slot apologists like Florian Musula have today I wonder! The dog ate Slots tactics board?

04 Mar 2026 06:04:43
Probably has a different take to you. Is that not acceptable to you?

04 Mar 2026 06:26:42
I'm with Florian and others - they are not Slot apologists, but they do have a balanced perspective. Unlike a number on here that said, 'Geez, that was awful.'

04 Mar 2026 06:37:13
Players can't score basic goals. Salah not passing to Szobo for a simple goal, Gackpo clearing goals, and, well, that 94th-minute brainfart almost half of the team had. Yes, we have been awful, and Slot has been to blame because he doesn't pick the team on merit.

But yesterday it was completely on the players. 100% on the players in this one.

We should have easily won. There was a 3 min timeline in the game when every LFC player just kept slipping! We had enough chances. Gackpo, what are you even doing at that corner?! Salah, poor, so, so poor. Macca, poor. Gravy, oh god, didn't want to run. Frimpong, effing hell, man!
Players are ageing, and it's just the reality.

04 Mar 2026 06:49:57
The easier thing to say is "Slot out." That requires less energy and thought.

04 Mar 2026 06:54:05
They don't have a balanced perspective. We play atrocious, and it's not condemned. Instead, we harp back to last season, which feels so far away, we may as well talk about Shanks.

04 Mar 2026 06:55:30
Slot and the players did fantastic in the league last season. This season has been shocking in comparison. The fact we're 22 points worse off than last season proves that.

Same, I think we'll win the CL, but at the moment we are showing no consistency and Slot has never been further than the last 16 with any of his clubs.



We do have a favourable draw, though, but if we do get through, whoever gets to the final will have our side's work cut out.

04 Mar 2026 07:10:44
100 % on the players. Are you ok in the head? Slot coaches the team. Slot chooses the tactics. Slot picks the team. Not the players. It's down to Slot.

04 Mar 2026 08:11:33
It's not a balanced view, it's delusional, denial of reality, and nothing more than toxic positivity. Same issues week in, week out; there's literally no centre midfield, and we're devoid of any organisation in the middle of the pitch. Curtis Jones again proved why he's simply not up to it by playing a suicidal pass to the keeper, and with Slot's now patented tactic of not actually playing with a centre midfield, it goes straight back to Wolves for a free shot on goal. Not the first time that kind of thing has happened this season either; we have conceded a number of goals needlessly from long shots, where opposition midfielders are free to look up, pick their spot, and have a dig because there's no midfield to stop them.

I'm not sure what was worse, Forest at Anfield, or the dross served up last night. Either way, Slot can go. He hasn't the capacity to change things and just comes up with endless, pathetic excuses.

Big clear out needed in the summer. Slot can go first, followed by Gakpo, Jones, Elliott, Mac Allister, Gomez, and I think time has caught up with Salah, unfortunately.

04 Mar 2026 08:47:00
Do you think Slot tells Salah to miss every duel, lose all possession, miss sitters, and not pass to the man who is free?
Do you think Slot trains Gakpo to miss obvious goals?
Do you think Slot trains players to commit seppuku in the dying minutes of every game?

It's easy to blame the coach when the whole team is crap and dire, and is clutching at straws.

04 Mar 2026 09:01:07
Cafu
So, why do you think the whole team is crap and dire, then? Think about what you've just said? Has each individual player turned bad overnight, or is it something collective that's not right? If it is a collective thing, then that has to be on Slot.

04 Mar 2026 09:44:39
Slot seems to be responsible for the players' fitness, the players' attitude, the players' commitment, the players' passing, the players' tackling, the players' shooting.

Why do we bother signing good players when the head coach has such an influence on how they kick a ball?

I'm not happy about last night.

It was pathetic, but I'm not excusing anyone from responsibility - the players are not robots that Slot programs before the match. They know how to pass, they know how to shoot, they know how to tackle, they know how to head a ball, they know when they're training hard enough, and they know when they're putting in 100%.

04 Mar 2026 10:07:02
You could say all those things about Utds players under Amorim, and most on here did say that every United player was awful and useless. New manager comes in, and they look like different players, now they're 3rd in the league. Maybe it was the manager.

04 Mar 2026 10:07:14
What is 'putting in 100%' in Slot's style? I don't know what that would entail. Slow build-up? We're doing that. The only time we look threatening is when we're avoiding it. Sideways passing? We do that a lot.

The lads don't look fit at all, from the fittest team in the league to being outrun by a lot of the opposition.

04 Mar 2026 10:08:35
No but he picks them week on week when even a blind man can see what's wrong.

04 Mar 2026 10:21:23
The common denominator is Slot. He was happy to take the plaudits last season. So the buck stops with him.

04 Mar 2026 10:39:35
Of course, everyone has some level of responsibility, but this team has gone from world class to unable to beat the bottom team who's already relegated.

Players have responsibility in not fighting hard, of course, but to me that's a by-product of Slot's shortcomings, as well as Hughes and Edwards shortcomings.

This is the case in any job or circumstance in life. Anyone who's experienced a toxic work environment or rubbish boss in the past will know that. Things almost always stem from the top.

You can see it sooo clearly on these players. They were a world class team less than a year ago and over the last few months have gotten worse and worse with each game, pretty much, with some ebb and flow and some flashes of old quality appearing from time to time.



You have to recognise a lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of the coach. Yes, Edwards and Hughes left us in a terrible place short of personnel, but I've seen worse depth in mid table teams and they're still playing much better with the quality available to them/their budget.

The coach picks the players and the tactics. The coach drops out-of-form players. The coach motivates players.

Our coach clearly lost the players and the plot a long time ago and should've been gone long ago.

04 Mar 2026 11:29:47
Like most things in life, and certainly in football, it's never all one person's fault.

But if you think that way, then you will fall back to that as a default.

So, if you think it's all on Slot, then it is only Slot's tactics as to why Mo consistently passes the ball to the opposition. Even though Mo has actually been doing that for years, including under Klopp.



If you think it's all on Slot, then anything else is just an excuse.

For me, Slot deserves a portion of the blame pie, but not the biggest. And I think that is a lot closer to the truth than taking the easy and lazy route of just blaming it all on him.

Ultimately, he will bear the ultimate consequence, but I don't think it's fair to then conclude that he is the ultimate factor.

04 Mar 2026 11:55:44
And when things don't go well at a club who normally gets the sack, Faith? Maybe all the clubs, for decades, have got it wrong, and the manager doesn't deserve the biggest portion of the blame. 🤷‍♂️

04 Mar 2026 19:19:02
Irish Rover, Well, your reply to my comment beautifully demonstrates the ridiculousness in yours and others' angle to slam this all on Slot without considering anything else.

Because I literally ended my point by saying "Ultimately, he will bear the ultimate consequence, but I don't think it's fair to then conclude that he is the ultimate factor."

That was my attempt to tie in two truths -> 1. Slot will be held ultimately responsible, and 2.

He is just one portion of the blame pie.

I think as well that saying Slot deserves the biggest portion is a bit disingenuous. I wouldn't even disagree with that.

But from what I am reading, what the Slot Out brigade are actually saying is that the Blame Pie is just one giant piece of Slot.

That isn't right to me, and it's leading to a really imbalanced narrative.

04 Mar 2026 04:54:54
Didn't someone say yesterday that it is ONLY Wolves. and that we didn't need Wirtz?

What a slap in the face that performance was to those statements.

04 Mar 2026 00:33:57
That's as bad as we can get, please tell me I'm right. that was truely terrible. Slots race is run
He's turned a team to be feared into a team with no intensity attacking wise or ability defensively. Even at our worst we could out score bad teams, we're not even that anymore.

There'll be no champions league next year, wolves will have the confidence up at the weekend, it's gone too far now. I don't know why I bother tuning into watch Liverpool matches at the moment, it's a terrible watch, disjointed, clueless, boring, pathetic.

04 Mar 2026 03:43:24
This is a huge loss. It severely dents our CL hopes and leaves us at the mercy of clubs around us.
Our CL group is too tough, so we won't be winning CL either.
Very, very shameful performance by the players. I could blame the manager, but players have to take responsibility for this one. There is no way that 94min goal is scored if players had just applied basic football sense.

Ball went to 4 LFC players, and all 4 shot themselves in the foot! Curtis, Ali, Rio, and Gomez. Wolves can't score a luckier goal.

Our CL hopes were destroyed by a team that will be in the Championship next season! That sums up everything.

Slot out, yes, but this team needs an overhaul, and without CL money, may God help us.

04 Mar 2026 09:52:49
"A team to be feared".

Let's be honest about our last 2 seasons with Klopp:

A Carabao Cup, a 5th place finish, and a 3rd place finish.

05 Mar 2026 08:34:11
Yeah, Ron, Klopp didn't spend 500m either. Is that your new defence of Slot now, but looking at Klopp's frailties? That fraud isn't in the same galaxy as Klopp.

03 Mar 2026 23:45:51
I know it's hard to do because tickets are always in demand but I feel like the only way to get slot out is to not turn up to games. If the fans don't show he will out 100%.

04 Mar 2026 07:54:34
Don't really have to do that, if the fans in Anfield make their voice heard regarding Slot, I feel that will be enough.

04 Mar 2026 08:35:12
Longthing, I think you know yourself. That isn't going to happen. And Fatwallet, that isn't likely to happen either. It's generally the players who get it in the neck, but there's a first for everything, I suppose. It's not "the Liverpool way" to sing "you don't know what you're doing". Never in my lifetime, anyway. Local radio, in my opinion, can have an influence.

03 Mar 2026 23:25:46
All Salah has to do was make a simple pass to Szoboszlai and he would have made it 2-1. Be he couldn't even manage that.

04 Mar 2026 03:26:40
One of his worst games. I think he should leave at the end of the season. Go to a less demanding league. Aside from the goal, that was easily a 1/10 performance.

04 Mar 2026 06:55:24
All Salah had to do was miss his chance, and it would have still been 1-0 Wolves.

04 Mar 2026 07:47:46
It's heartbreaking to see the massive drop in Salah's level from last season to this. I was hoping it was just a form thing, but the longer it goes on, you have to think he's run his race at the top level. Yes, he scored, Frode, which was great to see, but other than that he was dreadful.

He was smashing the ball into row Z, hitting corners straight at the first defender, losing the ball, and unable to play a simple pass when on the break.

04 Mar 2026 07:58:31
How many weeks has it been "this is the worst performance I've ever seen?" It seems every couple of weeks, lived through Souness.
And, Hodgson, this is worse, no passion, no identity, and definitely no style.

04 Mar 2026 10:10:32
Salah have his all for the club . It he was handsomely paid and he won trophies on the way, cementing his place as the best winger in the Premier League history. As ed02 used to say, players are transient. Pointless keeping him if he can't take a lesser role in the side if he isn't performing

03 Mar 2026 22:54:30
I'm going to put it out there.

We don't get 60 points this season.

03 Mar 2026 23:14:52
You may be right. I can see five draws, a couple of wins, a couple of losses.

03 Mar 2026 23:23:53
Season was over months ago. We could've saved it in November by changing the manager and using January as a tool.
But for some reason we just abandoned everything.
When the board isn't bothered and just writes a season off, it's hard to put any energy into it as fans. It's unfortunate, but here we are.

03 Mar 2026 23:30:18
Helpful. We will get 60 points and we could still qualify for the CL. We could still win the FA Cup and/or the Champions League.

However, disappointed we are tonight, we can still achieve all of those things.

Personally, I believe there have been too many of these defeats for Slot to continue, but we certainly have the players.

Once again tonight, when we need a goal, he takes a CB off for Chiesa and moves a midfield player to right back. It's his go-to move, but it never, ever works. Yet he still keeps doing it regardless and, hey presto, as if by magic, we concede another injury-time goal to lose the game.

I don't mind Slot as a person, and I don't think he makes excuses like some of you seem to think.

Klopp going on about wind and Saturday lunchtime kick-offs is excuses. Slot has never done that.

However, he needs to go. The midfielder-to-RB thing is infuriating. Sure, try it, but when it doesn't work, don't keep doing it. What are you expecting to happen?

He's also taken the best 6 in the league out of his best position and taken Macca out of his best position, which has completely unbalanced the midfield. Again, try it by all means, but when it doesn't work, don't keep doing it.

Enough is enough. Slot was great last season, but we can't allow this to continue. The players need a new voice and some fresh ideas and motivation.

04 Mar 2026 00:44:20
Varry
I hate to burst your bubble, but there is no way Liverpool wins the CL this season. It's not happening.
I predict we will achieve 60-61 points maximum in the league too, and that's if we win our home games, which is also not guaranteed.


Slot is on borrowed time, and the players know it.
Gakpo, Salah and VVD are either past it or just below standard.

04 Mar 2026 01:26:35
You can't burst my bubble, Hughes. You are entitled to your opinion, and that's fine. I just don't agree with you.

I'm not one to admit defeat in anything I do, so the very idea of saying we can't do this or we can't do that just isn't in my thinking. There's no point to it.

It helps no one, including yourself. I realise, for some, it's a defence mechanism. If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed, but I just can't think that way. I'd much rather be positive and risk disappointment. Life is much more exciting that way.

04 Mar 2026 01:53:06
VB, I respect your positivity.
I hope the positive vibes you have pay off, mate, but I'm old and sometimes wise, and I see a team that's not playing for the manager, and has numerous stars who have regressed.
Stay excited, man. 👍

04 Mar 2026 03:43:51
Varry Benison, At this stage it's just embarrassing to be talking like that, pal. It's one thing to be supportive, but delusion is a whole other kettle of fish. You think we're going to win the Champions League and the FA Cup when we can't beat the worst team in the league?

Slot literally used the wind as an excuse only a few weeks ago, pal. We've never had a manager use so many pressers as an opportunity to delve out excuses before. It's unprecedented. That's not even up for debate. Long balls, fixture congestion, fitness, fatigue, injuries, new signings, penalty/free kick bias, biased refereeing, luck and the legendary low block.

Not to mention the absolute worldies like "goals just seem to go in easier in our end", "the only way to beat a low block is with a moment of magic" and the 2024 quote of the season, "I prefer to play against a low block as you have the ball a lot and the other team are far from your goal".

You're well entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't make it a logical one.

04 Mar 2026 06:44:22
Remaking fixtures are tough. I can only see 4 - 6 points at best on current form. Man Utd, Everton, Palace and Chelsea all beat us if we insist on playing sloth ball. Fulham, Brentford, Villa and Brighton are draws, maybe one win. That would leave us on 55 points and probably in 7th or 8th position. Now caveat that with Gerrard in charge for the last games and maybe we get 12 points; that gets CL.

These players do not need coaching; they need leadership. Gerrard will give them that, if nothing else. You want CL football, change the manager. I really don't want anyone to lose their job, but we need a change, especially if we want CL.

04 Mar 2026 06:56:18
Win the CL haahahahahaha. Can I have what you're having.

04 Mar 2026 08:30:27
I agree with all of Frode's posts over the last few hours, so there's no need for me to say anything else. Thanks, Frode!

04 Mar 2026 10:14:23
I would never give up on the side. Klopp taught us that. However, Slot seems to have bred that out of the side. That never-die attitude seems to have gone.