Liverpool rumours 4

24 Nov 2025 15:21:42
Morning Eds, in addition to hopefully Guehi, can you see the Club signing a much needed defensive midfielder like Ederson or Stiller in January? One of those alongside Grav and Dom would give us the solidity we’ve missed all season.

{Ed001's Note - Slot doesn't want or use one. We had this discussion last January and in the summer, it would be pointless even though we clearly need one.}

24 Nov 2025 16:06:32
Well neither Stiller nor Ederson are defensive midfielders, Ederson is more of a combative all action 8 and Stiller is a deep lying playmaker, both would be welcome in our midfield at the moment though. Joao Gomes would be a superior option to Ederson, though, he's already shown that he can do it in this league and has somewhat similar qualities.

24 Nov 2025 17:08:49
Thanks Ed - well that's a big problem then as we are just too open and I still think Grav is instinctively more a number 8. Maybe tell him to get back to last season and just patrol in front of the defence and a midfield 3 of him, Curtis, and Dom would give us the physicality needed. And stop playing any of them in defence.

{Ed025's Note - i cant see why you would want Curtis anywhere near the starting 11 Joe..unless its Accringtons, far too slow and negative and hes one of the major problems for me mate, terrible terrible player..

24 Nov 2025 18:10:01
thanks Ed and good luck tonight :)

{Ed025's Note - cheers Joe..

24 Nov 2025 20:14:09
Curtis Jones? Combative? Physicality? The lad has all the physicality of a man plastic carrier bag blowing about in a hurricane and shirks tackles like his name is Trent.

24 Nov 2025 22:13:27
Cmon vic he’s not that bad.

24 Nov 2025 22:16:36
Still think our best midfield is Dom next to Grav.
Macca should be playing higher up the pitch, same as Wirtz.

24 Nov 2025 23:14:11
Honestly Scouse John, he’s a nothing midfielder, creates nothing, defensively weak, ponderous on the ball, switches off at vital moments, nah, not good enough. Has PSR profit written all over him. Can easily be improved on.

25 Nov 2025 05:32:02
Curtis is a very good squad player who can occasionally turn in a bonafide brilliant performance starting against the right opposition. The problem with him is that he needs momentum, when he gets injured or comes in and out of the side he takes a while to get up to speed until the next time his momentum is halted.

Granted he was quite awful against forest but to say he's a nothing player is grotesquely unfair.

25 Nov 2025 06:13:26
Gapko Etiteke Salah

Dom Wirtz Grav

Kerkez VVD Gomez Bradley

Allison

Baring injuries this should be our starting 11
. Let them settle.

Grav as shield
Dom Box to Box
Witrz free to roam

Kerkez / Bradley allowed to bomb fwd.

25 Nov 2025 06:48:38
The whole team was awful against Forest. Or at least they became awful after conceding the first goal. Before that, I thought we looked quite good and I was hopeful we could get a result. Jones linked up well with Szob and Salah in the initial stages of that game imo.

Jones didn't do any worse than any other player on the pitch against forest. In fact, I don't think he was our worse midfielder on that day. I though he was just as anonymous as Grav and played better than Macca.

25 Nov 2025 07:39:31
I don't think Jones was any worse than our other midfielders, but he wasn't any better, all three of them had their weaknesses brutally exposed. Grav isn't a passer and he can't thread a ball through the lines or hit a runner in behind when he isn't pressed, his primary function is to carry through the press and on the turn in crowded areas. Macca is a progressive passer in midfield but not over long distances, and off the ball he can be a liability. Jones also works well in crowded areas and is a willing presser, but again he does not have the vision or passing range to deliver an early ball out wide or to a streaking forward running in behind.

Game by game I can't help but feel that on the ball the player we miss the most is Trent. Whether that's whipping a pinpoint ball into the box or finding a player in behind, that used to be Trent's job all day, and it doesn't matter whether the actual delivery was on point all the time because the very possibility of him being able to do that was on the opposition's mind from first minute to last, and our players could make those runs knowing that he could find them more often than not.

Honestly speaking if Trent was still here the way we are playing right now, with our ridiculously slow and awkward transition play allowing the opposition to sit into their block and us praying for somebody to get on the end of something in a packed box, wouldn't be quite as much of an issue, he could create and find a corridor of space in the most congested boxes, and he always had his head up to get the ball up the field early. We're playing like Trent was still here, and that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

The number of times Isak and Ekitike were trying to get in behind against Forest and our midfielders not knowing what to do was bewildering, which is another reason why Dom HAS to play in there, he is the only midfielder we have who has the ability to hit those passes with any consistency or success. It's the same when we are building out from defense, when Virgil is blocked out and Konate is forced to carry or pass through the lines on his own, he often has no idea what to do either.

People are saying that Slot has ripped up the playbook and gone for something entirely new rather than what works, but for me it just looks like we're actually stuck in a halfway house between an old way of playing and a new way of playing that we need to play, but which hasn't emerged.

We're still getting the ball to Mo whenever we can, but then removing the pieces around him, especially when we lump attackers on willy nilly chasing the game, that allowed him to succeed. We finally bought a 9, but instead of having him do false 9 things like Nunez occupying defenders or letting him get on the ball anywhere near as much as he did with Newcastle, we just stick him in a packed box where he has to feed on scraps (if you can even call them scraps) . That just means that Isak is a complete non-factor because it's like playing with 10 men, he doesn't need to press to save his legs, everybody knows that the other players are looking for Mo and not him when he comes short, and while he is okay in the air there is no hope of him getting on anything when he is crowded out on an aerial ball in the box. If we're not going to play to his strengths and involve him in the game, then what on earth is the point of playing him?

It's the same with Wirtz, whose job in our team is to continually drop into midfield to get us up the field, but that's not where his principal strengths lie, or Kerkez, who whenever he receives the ball in his favored position has to defer to Gakpo every time, who just ignores him whenever Kerkez gets into space near the touchline or for a give and go.

If we have a future that features these players, then we need to see that future take shape now, to me it feels like Slot isn't actually doing what so many have accused him of doing and is holding on to remnants of an old way of playing without building the structure around the new pivots and anchors that we have. That just leads to this mish-mash of weak and confusing football where the strengths of our players are being nullified, and all our offensive play is built around Cody and Mo isolating their fullbacks while everybody else stands around.

25 Nov 2025 07:16:11
Ed, hasn't anyone talk or told him that a proper defensive midfielder who can do dirty work can help this team by a lot? That our midfield has clearly has been bullied in a lot of matches dating back to last season.

I would assume Hughes or Edwards who has more experience in EPL would see this problem and talk to him. Or is it Slot himself who is stubborn and doesn't really want to change the way he setup the team?

{Ed001's Note - people have certainly told him so, but he doesn't want to use one, in fact quite the opposite. He has instead given the closest thing we have to one, more license to get forward.}

25 Nov 2025 10:42:01
I was thinking about Gravs new licence to get forward more ed001, as much as he is capable of doing it, it’s quite disastrous defensively for the team.
I was seeing that there’s big interest in Macca as well.
Do you think selling Macca and bringing in a proper 6 and allowing Grav to operate as more of an 8 would work well?
I was thinking his versatility would work well with a proper 6 next to him, allows him to go forward when possible and sit back when up against it.


Not that Slots going to buy a 6, but he may also not be manager for much longer.

{Ed001's Note - I would much prefer to do that, I am not a fan of Macca though.}

25 Nov 2025 13:25:56
I would back not having a DM if we had CBs and FBs that could progress the ball. We didn't do that either - which means we have the worst of both worlds.

25 Nov 2025 12:49:46
The problem is that Grav going forward is only effective because he is nominally a 6, nobody expects a 6 to be very involved in attacking situations, which means that they receive less defensive attention in the final third, it's the explanation for why the likes of Caicedo and Palhinha been involved in goal scoring situations.

Also Grav has shown, in his spells in Ajax and for the last two years, that his best position is not as an 8, even though he has the skill set of an 8, but as a deep lying midfielder carrying the ball through the lines. If he is to be given more license to go forwards, then surely somebody has to cover for him in those situations, preferably the other pivot who plays alongside him. The problem is that clearly we don't do that, and that Mac Allister is hardly the kind of player you want doing that either. So I would suggest the solution is not to play Grav as an 8, but to have somebody who can cover for him and plug his space if he is to make forays forward on occasion.

25 Nov 2025 16:39:09
Curtis is an easy target but he’s a very important player in the squad.

26 Nov 2025 10:45:07
@ed 25, agreed on Jones.
He has the greatest tendency to be robbed off the ball, doens;t offer much going forward nor much defending.
Good squad player to have around but not a first 11 material.

{Ed025's Note - i will have that Wayne..

24 Nov 2025 15:04:48
Absolutely nothing to do with transfers or whatnot, but Liverpool are currently looking at bringing influencer culture a lot closer to the club next season onwards. Additionally, the club is making an attempt to allow customers to design and buy their own custom LFC branded kit at a premium price starting next season onwards.

Something a bit new for you all anyways 🤣.

24 Nov 2025 15:50:22
The games gone.

24 Nov 2025 16:29:36
Kits are already ridiculously priced, how premium can you get? Lol.

24 Nov 2025 18:25:11
Sorry, can someone explain what an ‘influencer culture’ is please and how one would bring it ‘closer to the club’. Where is and how far away is it from the club at present?

I’m old so I have no idea (or interest, if I’m honest) in what an ‘influencer culture ‘ is - to me it sounds like someone or thing that encourages the weak minded or those who are incapable of thinking for themselves to believe what they are being told.

It certainly seems to have nothing to do with football or being a fan.

24 Nov 2025 19:06:53
It’s some twit wanting you to give them
Freebies to promote you.

26 Nov 2025 03:12:05
Aah, so that’s what my 5, 7 and 10 year old granddaughters watch on YouTube.

24 Nov 2025 14:47:52
So it sounds like GVB is potentially off into international management. If this happens, do either the Eds or any of the others with information know if the club will look to re appoint Heitinga? Has there been any conversations with him about returning? Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know sorry.}

24 Nov 2025 15:46:29
No problem, thanks Ed1. I know you’ll let us know if you do hear anything. Hope all is well with you and thanks as always.

{Ed001's Note - I would think it would be sensible if they are sticking with Slot.}

24 Nov 2025 17:41:12
Yes assistant coach Van Bronckhort has been approached and linked with the Indonesian job, oh just thinking of who is free to take his job ?
Hope so.

24 Nov 2025 22:15:15
He won’t go there.

24 Nov 2025 22:20:56
ed1 - interested in your thoughts about the GVB appointment. Not so much about his tactics and what he brings to the coaching set-up.

But was thinking about the kind of environment we've created with his appointment. With the news that we wouldn't stand in his way if he wanted to take this opportunity with Indonesia, it's says to me that he was always brought in with the short term in mind. And if that is the case, what kind of planning is that?

{Ed001's Note - that is the normal way of things in regards to assistant coaches. Unless they are an older experienced head, they are all coming in with ambition to move up and take a head coach job at some point.}

25 Nov 2025 02:26:40
A bit personal for me but I hope he doesn't go there tbh. Indonesian football is on a high now and the last thing they need is a negative minded coach taking them. They're one of the best teams in SEA atm and them appointing him would set them back years.

However, from a Liverpool fan perspective, I hope he goes.

27 Nov 2025 04:35:19
ed1 - totally get it. This one felt odd from the beginning tho, might just be own cynical read of it. I mean I can understand if an assistant coach leaves at season's end, but barely a quarter of the way through?

That feels like a marriage of convenience as opposed to a partnership that was about any sort of medium to long term plan.

23 Nov 2025 16:33:00
I’ve been told from a high up member of staff that all the staff members had a meeting last week with Slot, Hughes and the ceo of Adidas, Hughes said that no one in the club is panicking as they knew this year would be a transition year and they are confident Slot is the right man for the job.

The ceo of adidas said that Liverpool shirt sales rival Real Madrid shirt sales around the world.

23 Nov 2025 17:09:43
Transition year means 11th spot is acceptable?

23 Nov 2025 17:23:57
If he doesn’t transition the midfield and the tactics then it’s only a matter of time before he’ll have to go.

23 Nov 2025 17:29:18
Sounds like BS.

23 Nov 2025 17:32:15
Do adidad run us. Nah. I reckon he's going.

23 Nov 2025 17:38:00
Last year was a transitional year, winning the league in his 1st seasin has not helped Slot at all. More pressure and expectation because of it, means you're under a microscope all the time because of the money spent as well. Especially when you are trying to make the team your own.

I'm not saying things don't need to change or improve because they do. Its up to him to now start showing why the club brought him and currently continue to back him, if he can't and things get worse. The noise is only going to get louder and then the inevitable will happen. We can only wait and see what happens.

{Ed001's Note - pressure and expectation are part and parcel of managing Liverpool, if he can't cope with it, then he is not right for the job.}

23 Nov 2025 17:44:15
Aye it is Ed. I agree and its starting to appear that he can't handle it, there were signs of it last year but I put that down to naivety on his part at the time tbh.

{Ed001's Note - I hope he can turn it around but I see no sign of him understanding the Prem and the need for physicality.}

23 Nov 2025 17:51:13
I know what you mean Ed.

Playing devils advocate. Could a change to the backroom staff e. g. changing say GVB for someone like Gerrard be beneficial in your opinion?

I used Gerrard as the example because he knows what it takes to play in the league but also know what it means to a part of the club. I know he is a devisive figure but he's a far better coach than manager imo.

{Ed001's Note - as a coach Gerrard is very good, I agree, and he would want the players working at a much higher intensity. I can see the appeal in it, but the main problem is still there. I just don't think it goes far enough, though it probably would improve things.}

23 Nov 2025 17:56:47
Exactly Ed. This job is not for everyone. One of the most pressure packed jobs in the world. It takes a very strong person to be able to handle it. I can't think of many who can. People talk about managers from other clubs who would be a good fit, and they might be from a footballing perspective, but the question is do they have the personality, nerve, confidencee (not cockiness), and presence to be able to stand up to the pressure.

There aren't many who can. I'm starting to wonder if Slot can. I'm not sure anymore.

{Ed001's Note - it is looking more and moremlike he can't.}

23 Nov 2025 18:39:58
He has to make changes ed1 or he's just signing his own death warrant. if he can't see the premiership is going more physical than it has been in ages he really will have to go.

Also personal wise need few changes, Gomez needs to start at cb Wednesday nite he can't be any worse than konate and also play chiesa he will give us energy and enthusiasm which is a start.

23 Nov 2025 18:54:33
I think Slot could feel challenged by Stevie's presence, although I would still prefer him as a coach over GVB.

This is a first for Slot, so even with all the research that can be done on him, it is still new territory. Being under pressure at a huge club with major expectations, especially during a crisis, is completely different, and it is the reason many managers and players struggle to make the step up.

I have not enjoyed Slot's excuses or his lack of clear ownership, which has only really become apparent now.

Hearing his famous Feyenoord dressing room speech did not give me confidence. It came across as slightly egocentric and a bit brentish.

I am not convinced he is the man to lead us for the next five to ten years, but that is exactly what we need. We need proper succession planning, just like in the glory days.

23 Nov 2025 19:02:08
Thomas Frank even looks a bit out of his depth at Tottenham who are quite a big club, but he seemed good at Brentford and you’d think he could have made that step. Not many make the move up successfully, or if they have some success they can’t sustain it because the big clubs just keep on spending. Fair play to Arsenal though they’ve got it right eventually.

We’re another level up altogether in terms of pressure and scrutiny than anywhere other than the Manchester clubs and Bayern, Barca, Real, and PSG. Could maybe throw Inter in there as well. Be interesting to see where we go next.

{Ed001's Note - Frank seemed good? He played terrible, thuggish football, all about time wasting, 'tactical' fouls and diving. His play was based around defending deep and hoping for set pieces. I can't believe they appointed him, he is the most un-Spurs like manager I can remember. He is a worse version of Allardyce.}

23 Nov 2025 19:12:18
I have to agree on frank ed1 as the most un spurs manager I think I've ever seen. They dreadful 2day, like a division 3 team playing arsenal.

23 Nov 2025 20:17:49
Spurs are wannabes, they aren’t a big club.

Unsurprising but still pitiful to see Real Madrid’s “tribute”. They really do lack class.

23 Nov 2025 20:21:48
A good coach or manager in the sense he helped keep them in the mid table positions with limited resources. Doesn’t mean they played good football though, or he was suited to spurs.

{Ed001's Note - I am not sure he was good, I think their recruitment was the key to it.}

24 Nov 2025 12:39:29
If a manager isn't seeing what is happening after so many defeats its a worry, we play no risk side to side boring football, it rivals Rodgers when he got sack, we have so much talent going forward and he is stifling it, 3 at the Back is our best option, Grav sweeping, 2 uptop, Wirtz doing as he likes behind, play wingbacks as we have fullbacks who are best equipped to play wing back anyway and let Slob an Mac run midfield, i don't get why it is so difficult to see.

24 Nov 2025 13:20:35
It seems a no brainer that we need to Utilise what we have. Wirtz can hold the key playing behind 2 Strikers, Isak could use some help up top and Ekitike simply needs to start. 4-4-2 diamond midfield would suit us well and Salah and Gakpo in our regular formation are not providing for us.

24 Nov 2025 19:26:01
If you’re looking for a former player as an assistant - James Milner is your man.

Brilliant pro, from young breakout teenager to multiple premier league titles, England caps, positional versatility and champions league titles.

He knows the modern game inside out and what it takes for players to make it. He’s a model pro. He can relate to all players.

26 Nov 2025 03:15:00
We would have a fit squad if we brought Millie on board, an appointment that I would be delighted with.

23 Nov 2025 11:09:20
Hello all, I’ve been informed that Liverpool’s hierarchy are in a bit of no man’s land with Arne Slot. Internally, they still believe they’ve got the best manager on the market, but there’s also a growing acceptance that Slot maybe didn’t have the right kind of personality or leadership presence to navigate something as tragic and destabilising as Jota’s death, unlike his predecessor (though very few would’ve handled it any better) .

Senior figures at the club are hoping Slot can pull the team out of this blip, but there’s a real concern that he may be starting to lose parts of the dressing room. At the same time, they also feel that any manager they could bring in mid-project would be a downgrade, leaving them stuck between backing Slot and fearing the slide could worsen.

23 Nov 2025 12:39:25
I think I agree with them.

23 Nov 2025 12:44:33
Using the death of Jota as an excuse doesn't cut with me n a lot of others . we've all lost ppl, in the space of 18 months iv lost a sibling, 2 in-laws n a very close friend , yea its heartbreaking but we carry on n get on with everyday life, what is getting served up by the management n players is nothing short of disgraceful.

whatever the reason, eg entitlement, manager, players etc . you don't go from Champions ( while also improving the squad with 400 mill of top quality ) to also ransom while playing dreadful football n getting outplayed in almost every game.

23 Nov 2025 12:56:36
A growing acceptance that Slot maybe didn’t have the right kind of personality or leadership presence to navigate adversity and the need to be dynamic and adapt, i would say.

This is the issue - he is a good coach, no doubt, but is he a leader of men. Can he walk through the storm, or is he more interested in becoming the second coming of Pep and gadding off to ibeefa to large it?

23 Nov 2025 13:09:10
I'm sorry but using the death of Jota has to stop even if it's only out of respect to him.

23 Nov 2025 13:13:07
I don’t doubt that his personality was clearly not the right one to deal with this, there’s a serious lack of the bit between the teeth and siege mentality that should be present during this time.

However, it’s not that his approach is the wrong one for this crisis, it’s the wrong one full stop. The training is insufficient, the tactics are irreconcilably stupid, the attitude lax and arrogant, the resilience obliterated, the selections dumbfounding.

The man and his coaches do not believe in earning the right to play, it’s as simple as that. Every problem we are suffering can be traced back to this.

23 Nov 2025 13:24:18
We did say that we wanted a more dispassionate, tactical man at the helm in order to win the big ones. We got that last season and it yielded no20.

The challenge now is the opposite. We have become the softest team in the league. They are being outworked and outmuscled by every team in the PL and cannot recover from setbacks at all.

The biggest issue right now is the fragile mentality and that it starts to crystalise into culture. I am not convinced Slot or his coaching team have big enough personalities to tackle that!

23 Nov 2025 13:27:23
Can’t really use Jotas death as an excuse sorry.
The tactics have changed and that’s nothing to do with it.
None of the new players (bar ekitike) have been playing well or fit in and they never knew Jota.
Certain players have clearly not been playing well at all and if Jotas death is the reason they can’t run, pass or play football properly then they need to get a grip sorry.


Sorry to be unkind but it’s beyond silly.
I really believe the club and players dealt with the tragedy brilliantly in the summer but seeing it used as an excuse for all the issues is leaving me uneasy now.

23 Nov 2025 15:01:14
I'm waiting on Carra before I believe anything posted. No disrespect to anyone else, it's just Carra's information seems to be most accurate in my view.

23 Nov 2025 15:18:09
There seems to be a lot of people repeating the mantra that we’ve improved the squad by investing £400m.
We certainly invested £400m but I dispute the “improved the squad” comment. I question how much input Slot had with the transfers and how much was orchestrated by Hughes.

Wirtz heralded as a an “opportunistic signing” has just imbalanced the squad and he can’t find a place in the team.
Isak signed with no pre-season and immediately after we’d just signed Ekitike. Another stupid move which just disrupted the team. It could have waited until January.
Kerkez - great going forward, can’t defend.
Frimpong - great going forward, can’t defend.
Virgil getting older. Konate head turned.

We really needed defenders. Not £150m strikers who aren’t match fit and £116m attacking midfielders who don’t fit the tactical set up.
The move we should have made -.

23 Nov 2025 15:23:08
Totally agree Ron. The defence should have been fixed. I also think he just didn’t adapt to changing tactics, and comes across as stubborn, not unlike the current Manchester Utd manager. Those who evolve survive….

23 Nov 2025 15:38:27
Hi Ron, I disagree. Ekitike is an upgrade on Nunez and I would say Isak is an upgrade on Jota. As for Wirtz I’d have bitten your hand for him over Diaz. So yeah straight away that’s an improvement of the squad. The player we haven’t replaced and improved on is Trent, but I firmly believe Trent in this woeful Slot set-up wouldn’t change anything.

Everything goes back to Slot for our poor performances. Yeah we needed another CB and I can’t really fault the club for the Guehi scenario. Yeah we needed a DM but Slot wants a Zubimendi type.

23 Nov 2025 15:51:56
Load of nonsense. Its obvious to anyone Slots tactics, team selections, substitutions, training methods and out right refusal to change are the issue. He won't change and he needs to go now. Using Jotas death is not on. When we dominated Madrid did they stop grieving for that game . No they played a different way, a way they are used to play under Klopp and won. If the board cannot see this they are as much to blame as Slot. He has to go as he won't change. The players are unfit in November, that is nothing short of a disgrace. The tactics used game in game out are a joke and don't work, the team he selects includes Salah who has been atrocious all season has as the soon to leave Konate.

The club refused to let Gomez go to Italy in the summer for defensive cover reasons, then Slot doesn't play him ad RB or CB instead sticking with the awful Konate and putting our most effective midfielder as a RB, shocking management. And if this has anything to do with Jots how are the coaches not using it to motivate. Do it for Diogo, fight for his memory and win for him Slot is out his depth and needs to go, now.

23 Nov 2025 17:21:35
How patronising can one post be?
To imply everyone at the club expected this situation and we should fall in- line as supporters is not on. I know what I'm looking at, and it's no "transition" don't p**s down my back and tell me it's raining!
This team squad is suffering erepuble damage. We are loosing our identity. Transition my Arsenal.

23 Nov 2025 18:54:27
I thought Salah looked a lot better on Saturday.

23 Nov 2025 19:09:36
Salah’s fault for 2 of their goals if you read the bbc article.

23 Nov 2025 19:40:18
I don’t see talking about Jotas death as using it as an excuse.

It 100% had an impact on the players which is understandable, but they are professionals and need to work through it. Just like we all have with our relationships that we have lost along the way.

But I can also see that it takes a certain individual to handle it. Maybe he doesn’t have the leadership to steer them through.

I am very much of the opinion that it has to be motivation. You can’t be woe is me you have to want to win for his memory.

Biggest takeaway for me is after GW5 we had 15 points, after GW12 we have 18. It’s a horrible rut and it needs to change quick. Personally think if we lose 2 of the next three it’s curtains.

23 Nov 2025 20:13:35
Ron . we needed isak, Ekitike n wirtz . we lost jota, nunez n Diaz from the front line . we tried to get Guehi until the very last minute, we got the Italian kid , we needed 2 FBs n got them. all excellent players, your argument makes no sense.

23 Nov 2025 20:26:11
There isn’t just one reason, or excuse, if you are that way inclined. I watched my wife try and decide what sort of orange juice she wanted to buy at the weekend - it took about 30:seconds to de ide whiich I thought was quite a long time.

There is no simple solution to get the team playing well but I’d be careful about what you wish for in terms of getting rid of Slot. I think there is an element of ‘the grass is greener ‘ at the moment.

23 Nov 2025 20:44:49
WDW agreed we've seen what happened with United; certainly headed into uncharted waters. But surely we need to see a change of tack from Slot and so far that's not apparent.

24 Nov 2025 08:57:16
although we spent over 400m we didn't really improve the squad as a whole, we only replaced what was already here with it looks less physical type of players, where we used to have Darwin to help at corners there is no one at 6 foot to help out, In fact the squad looks weaker than it did last year, i really think all the sales hurt us i know it improved the net spend but hurt the playing side,
You can never plan for injuries but there always will be some and i don't think slot gets it as he doesn't trust a whole host of players from the sidelines or is just too stubburn to play Chiesa, Gomez and Endo instead he seems obsessed with an unfit Macca and Isak price tag shouldn't come into it Isak is just nowhere near fit enough, in fact the whole team looks down on fitness.

i don't like sacking managers but Slot must be very close to it, Hopefully the team will catch a break and get back into some form.

24 Nov 2025 09:39:11
I have a suspicion that our success last season was overly reliant on the number of goals scored by Mo Salah and the system inherited from Klopp. So, when Salah's performance drastically declined, and Slot had to change the strategy to accommodate two players with record transfer fees, everything fell apart.

And Slot didn't have an answer, so he kept relying on Salah because that was the only thing he knew. We will see in the next few matches whether Slot truly has the capability of a title-winning coach.

24 Nov 2025 21:04:50
Think we can agree that the club spent close to 450 million to improve the squad and they have made it worse, that's clear, we are leaking soft goals every game, we have no full backs, yes they brought in two wing backs who can't defend and both are too small , Bradley while he will come good, will play 3 games then misses the next 5 games, sure one day the penny will drop with.

with slot and his staff,
While he plays our best and strongest midfielder at right back, then our chances of winning that game are reduced
Slot has to and will go, he has lost the dressing room for sure.

26 Nov 2025 03:22:14
I think the squad has been improved. I think Leoni, Wirtz, Ekitike and Isak are certainly capable of making a big difference. I would say that the money spent hasn’t been worth it so far but that’s not the players fault. The set up we seem to be persisting with at the moment isn’t good enough and is wasting a massive amount of potential talent.

Not that I’m advocating bringing him back, just the opposite in fact, but it would have been interesting had Klopp, or rather pre-burnout Klopp would have been able to do with the current squad.

22 Nov 2025 23:05:24
Arne Slot has till New Years.

This is from within apparently.

23 Nov 2025 02:27:01
Within what or who? Another useless supposed ITK.

23 Nov 2025 03:41:37
Be interesting to see how that holds up if we keep losing at the rate that we are.

23 Nov 2025 06:50:58
Surely not. The worst thing in that time is if we win a few games whilst playing the same tactics and the same players as it will then give him till the end of the season. He needs to go now .

23 Nov 2025 08:14:22
He has until new years according to IndyKaila on X. Who, tbf has got quite a lot right recently.

23 Nov 2025 09:09:55
He should’ve gone ages ago to be honest. Not getting top 4 for this club could set us back Years.

23 Nov 2025 09:35:05
How long can we wait because not getting champions league will have a massive impact on finances.

23 Nov 2025 11:50:21
Longthing76, we spent a fortune in the summer and look like spending again in January, if we were to miss CL next season its probably the best time to do it as there's no way we will be spending massively again. If we get Gheui and Semenyo ( appologise for the awful spelling) in January with the returning Leoni we will only need 1 CB next summer and possibly another LB.

My concern is more the effect it will have on the team . To go from champions to a laughing stock in relegation form will be hard to take.

23 Nov 2025 11:54:50
He sounds like a dead man walking. He is faced with adversity and is withering under the pressure. Klopp's had much bigger balls and self-belief.

23 Nov 2025 13:14:36
I know most were concentrating on the match yesterday but i kept an eye on Elliot Anderson he was outstanding this lad is exactly what we need . Forget about wingers getting this lad in is a priority to save our season . YNWA.

23 Nov 2025 20:48:45
@Kim, give it a rest. I get that you think the club should get rid of Slot. I actually agree with some of your concerns but, even so, it doesn’t really matter because we aren’t the ones making the decisions and there’s no guarantee that our opinions are correct anyway as we don’t have the full picture at our disposal and saying the same stuff multiple times day after day isn’t helping.

24 Nov 2025 21:38:04
I did the same albeydered, I wanted to compare Anderson with macca and Anderson was and is a far better player, he would turn our season around as macca is not the player from last season.

22 Nov 2025 19:34:37
Heard from an unreliable source that Jurgen Klopp is on Liverpool’s radar make of it what you will.

22 Nov 2025 19:42:37
If only. It won’t happen nothing has changed for Jurgen. How we miss him.

22 Nov 2025 19:50:32
He is the odds favourite to replace slot atm. iraola second.

22 Nov 2025 19:59:20
Don’t tease us Crabby. Give it 24 hours lol.

22 Nov 2025 19:59:31
Getting my popcorn out for this one.

22 Nov 2025 20:00:47
Don’t see it happening but I will be amazed if Slot isn’t gone this week.

22 Nov 2025 20:36:50
Slot won’t be going anywhere til next year.

22 Nov 2025 20:47:00
Can't go back to an ex, no idea who I'd pick though.

22 Nov 2025 22:09:48
Almost certainly correct, the source is “unreliable”.

23 Nov 2025 00:20:29
Needs to go now.

The midfield is as wobbly as my Nan after a spell on the whisky.

My two cents (sorry I moved to USA 14 years ago) Neither Gakpo nor Diaz ever really established a relationship with Robbo and Kerkez is an up and down full back yet is constantly making inside runs that make no sense.

Salah used to have Hendo overlapping, Trent backing him up, positional sense behind him when the ball was lost. That positional ability no longer exists. Do we create overloads, sort of, but slowly. Then when we inevitably lose the ball we are fooked.

More often than I can remember we are playing balls into the box because we have no other ideas during the build up. When we do get it in we are stationary as we have been watching Virgil and Konate pass the ball to each other.

I don’t understand why our width is not coming from the full backs. We have ball players in the midfield (although I don’t think Mac Allister is anywhere near as good as others), why invert the full backs? They are not even really inverted, more like lost.

Sorry for long post but I see a manager out of his depth. One very mobile defence mid and a switch to a 4-2-3-1, Dom plus another with Witrtz as a 10, would be my move. Ekitike on the left, play a little more balls over the top.

Fudge.

23 Nov 2025 07:48:04
All this nonsense about “we can can’t go back” why can’t we? If Klopp wanted to come back we should be biting his hand off. He’s better than anything out there.

23 Nov 2025 08:19:26
Maybe the lack of viable candidates may help Arne at the moment. Glasner seems bookies favourite after Jurgen, with Iraola not far behind. Both could be excellent but are highly risky, Glasner wouldn’t necessarily gel with the fan base and style may not suit long term, with Iraola it just feels too early. Inzhagi nowhere in the odds, probably really difficult financially amongst other things.

23 Nov 2025 08:51:57
Iraola would be my choice all day long and hopefully the appeal of a big club would force the move. I would love Slot to work and a Prem in his first season was unbelievable. Obviously we never know how much the transfers in and out are down to the manager but my biggest issue is his team selection.

The players look lost out on the pitch and they don’t look happy either. I just don’t see it getting better under Slot and we’ll be relying on CL or an FA Cup.

23 Nov 2025 09:49:12
Nagelsmann

Germany have one game in March before the end of the season.

Just saying :)

23 Nov 2025 12:42:17
Nagelsmann is the German Andre Villas Boas.

Got big jobs because he’s “young” and hasn’t pulled any trees up.

Big gamble, no thanks.

23 Nov 2025 13:37:16
What about xavi ex barcelona manager his football is very much like Louis Enrique plays at PSG won the Spanish league as a player and as manager available would love a crack at the premier . Just a thought!
But i do hope Arne can turn it around soon.
YNWA.

22 Nov 2025 19:15:42
Carra or Ed’s please can you give us an insight into what’s happening behind the scenes? Are we looking to change managers or do the executive team want to stick with slot until the end of the season? Surely heitinga return would or could help the situation a bit.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know of any intent to move Slot on as of yet.}

22 Nov 2025 19:39:22
It can't be long, if we lose say 2 out of the next three I don't see any other outcome.

We are hardly depleted like we were when we had Phillips and Williams at CB so at least there was some logic to the last major downturn we had.

The only downgrade on paper is at RB with trent going, but it shouldn't have this big of an impact. Everywhere else has arguably been improved, definitely on paper

We have spent a lot and don't seem to know our best 11. Slot seems unwilling to change so something has to give. And unfortunately I'd rather Slot go then say some of the players we have brought. Only issue is there doesn't seem to be any change and we won't get out of this by doing the same thing.

22 Nov 2025 20:03:52
Anyone can see the team is on its knees and have lost confidence in the manager, I said a few weeks ago I’ve only seen this twice in 50 years of supporting Liverpool.

Hodgson and Rodger’s.

22 Nov 2025 22:22:42
The cloak of invincibility that Liverpool carried last season has been replaced by a soft - very soft - underbelly. And it has been there since the start of the season.

22 Nov 2025 23:00:45
He needs to go now. Enough is enough - longer this continues the more at risk we are of not even making top 4. Players are so far off it it’s a joke.

22 Nov 2025 23:07:05
A nice bit of plagiarism from the BBC article, Dr Banana.

23 Nov 2025 09:16:52
if no klopp, is benitez still a good manager or has his time gone.

23 Nov 2025 10:50:06
No idea how and why he’s still in position tonight he’s not good enough simple.

22 Nov 2025 19:11:21
Absolutely no chance of Liverpool parting with Slot. End of story. It hasn't even been brought up.

22 Nov 2025 19:18:47
Then we are going to let this crisis seep deeper into our club its beyond ignoring.

22 Nov 2025 19:20:01
Then that's the season done with then. We can all be behind the manager if we see progress and the players trying but come on it's been dross. Villa and Madrid made us think we are turning a corner but today was awful.

22 Nov 2025 19:21:05
Appreciate the info robbo have to say though that does not fill me with joy as these cracks have been showing not just this season in particular but almost since January last year where is the point I could confidently say performances started dropping despite results.

So with knowing the information u have provided in the past whether correct or not. I really do hope this not to be true because that would mean there is incompetence on a higher level than just the head coach. Questions should always be being asked when it comes to a team of liverpools size, whether it's when a game is lost or drawn or even when it's a scrappy win the questions of why and how did that happen should never be overlooked.

Keep the posts up and this all just my opinion but I do really hope you are wrong on this one much love x.

22 Nov 2025 19:36:17
Leagues over after todays results anyway. As for the cracks showing since last January, the league was basically over by then of course feet were going to be taken off pedals.

22 Nov 2025 19:48:58
I can say for certainty that his position is being studied acutely. It's a money business after all and he is a working asset. He's valuable if successful and so is the club. They'll not want downward trajectory after being top dog and spending all time monies on every aspect of the club. They're clever and will act accordingly.

22 Nov 2025 20:00:35
I agree it was pretty much done but the cracks were there and that's the problem xx.

22 Nov 2025 20:01:18
The league was over weeks ago. The question is now how realistic is top four?

22 Nov 2025 20:26:47
RobboLFC. In that case the owners will have the best team in the championship next season, that's how bad we are playing right now. No energy, no passion no fight. I can assure you Slot is on borrowed time and will be gone if not before the next game certainly after the next awfulness, which will be next week.

22 Nov 2025 20:49:28
Doesn’t surprise me. Cowards will wait until the fans push him out making supporters look like the bad guys.

22 Nov 2025 21:02:02
I would imagine once the CL spots start to look almost out of touch then we might see a change.

22 Nov 2025 22:18:33
I have no doubt at all slot will go. Everyone saying ‘that’s not how FSG operate’ neither was spending 400 million. They’re not stupid. Slot won’t see the January window, huge money spent on an already fantastic squad. Slots days are numbered it can’t be any other way.

22 Nov 2025 23:52:27
Not a chance of top four we are on Fulham form at best. Slot has taken us from believers to shambles in 12 games.

22 Nov 2025 16:59:47
Not my rumour but more an overheard rumour. ironed out details tomorrow and Arne gone on Monday. don't hate on me it was just overheard.

22 Nov 2025 17:11:50
Straight after the a bad defeat you heard that. Listen I want him gone but come on.

22 Nov 2025 17:14:27
Fingers crossed, he’s an absolute liability and has obviously lost the dressing room.

22 Nov 2025 17:24:36
The Athletic's John Mackenzie when predicting Liverpool's trajectory at the beginning of LAST season: "[Slot's system] will show a lot of upside in the first season, and then in the second season you have problems that start showing".

22 Nov 2025 17:20:07
And who replaces him?

22 Nov 2025 17:23:04
Hopefully it happens, lack of quality managers out there at the moment though but anything is better than the dross we’ve had since January.

22 Nov 2025 17:23:39
Of course, 30 minutes after the game,
And it is already decided that he is gone (should be) and it starting to make waves.

Make total sense.

Come on. Let's not start with this rubbish.
At least try and make it reasonable.

He should be sacked that's for sure, but let's not pretend that this already decided.

22 Nov 2025 17:30:56
WHO? Nuno on a short contract or Iraola?

22 Nov 2025 17:33:29
Your track record with rumours is worse than Liverpool’s form.

22 Nov 2025 17:34:45
Honest question was slot a top coach when winning the eredivisie in holland while not at Ajax at PSV? when the famous ed002 was touting him? when he won the league in his 1st season when most pundits hadus doing well to get top4?if the answer to these is yes has Slot just overnight become a terrible manager? im against sacking him but realise how it works but still think its crazy.

He's done things backwards, if u asked any Lfc fan the day slot got the job if theyd be haply to get top 4 nd win the league the following year they'dhave been over the moon but maybe this is the year to bed in new players get top 4.Have a good go at the fa cup and champs league in the new year.

22 Nov 2025 17:36:03
Even if this is more on Hughes or Edwards in terms of buying the wrong players and the structure at the club, the problem is that we now have all of these players on long and expensive contracts and need to use them.

Arne has shown he really can’t mould this into a winning team, he seems to have lost the faith of many of the fans because of that, and maybe also some of the players. It’s the reality of football that it’s usually the coach who goes first not the director of football so it won’t be a surprise if he’s gone by Monday.

22 Nov 2025 17:38:39
Surely he has to go. Even if we hadn’t spent close to £500 million this summer, it is still an unacceptable situation for us to be in.

Odds on next manager seem to suggest Glasner as a favourite should slot be sacked. Isn’t Zidane also out of work atm?

Difficult times.

22 Nov 2025 17:50:24
Glasner? . my God. People were complaining on here last year when we wer winning but they weren't entertained. wait till they geyt a load of Glasner.

22 Nov 2025 17:57:09
I'll wait to read what Carra has to say before believing this, but it is a rumour site and I appreciate the info.

22 Nov 2025 17:57:27
Would Glasner be the favourite over Iraola, and if so, why?

22 Nov 2025 17:58:48
Given where we are do we need a big name, and a big personality, with a track record of winning trophies rather than someone on the up like Iraola.

Jurgen would be the obvious one, but he probably wouldn't work with Edwards again and equally the pressure maybe too much right now. I’d look towards someone who’s managing or managed high level in Spain or Italy.

22 Nov 2025 18:02:55
Nuno?
He’s West Ham’s manager. He won’t be coming in as an interim.
Iraola, I don’t think he’ll leave mid season.

Respect the OP for putting out the info but it’s bunk in my opinion.
Slot will be manager in May unless he walks first.
It’s a World Cup year, you’re not getting new managers mid season. It’ll all happen after the World Cup.

22 Nov 2025 18:04:46
The irony if it were to be Glasner in the middle of the season. Wow.

22 Nov 2025 18:19:19
Ron, why what international manager’s would we be linked with? Tuchel, Nagelsman? Liverpool won’t keep a manager simply because there is no one else available. We’ve had an interim when Roy got the bullet so this is no different.

22 Nov 2025 18:20:21
Ireola by a mile over Glasner but i reitterate Slot should not be sacked. im sure the likes of Shanks, bob nd kenny had times like these.

22 Nov 2025 18:23:56
Could people stop suggesting Zidane. He is unavailable to manage right now.

22 Nov 2025 18:30:11
One of the first things Slot did was ditch the pre-season hard running, lactic tests etc, something that was at the very core of how Klopp played and gave us the most exciting, effective football in recent memory. An interview with Ox recently highlighted this, about how he was wrecked at first but after a few month, out running your opponent was easy.


Slot has slowly undone everything that made us tick and his brand of football is terrible. No balance, no chemistry, terrible man management when you think of dropping Ekitike for Isak, or ignoring Chiesa. He's the anti-klopp at this point and there's no way i can see him turning this around.

22 Nov 2025 19:02:26
Sir Alex Ferguson is available.

22 Nov 2025 19:10:44
I did say no my rumour, thanks for the hate that I asked against. Wait til Monday. I am in no way slot out just to add.

22 Nov 2025 19:21:57
Would Klopp ever come back interim for the rest of the season while find someone 🤷🏼‍♂️ can’t see Red Bull giving him leave of absence to do it of course - but I would take it if could be done!

Iraola would be interesting to see, Glasner has worked miracles at Palace - not sure he’s quite right, could be proven wrong.

Not many out there I can think of that are possible otherwise.

22 Nov 2025 19:32:18
I thought Carra mentioned inzagi but I could be wrong. There was also mention of klopp with gerrard waiting in the wings.

22 Nov 2025 20:07:33
Damage limitation for the remainder of the season just to ensure a top 4 finish, you do not need to be world class to get top 4 with this team.

22 Nov 2025 21:39:16
Frode,
It’s not just International managers who we’d be interested in, it’s the fact that there are fewer managerial moves as they wait for things to shake up after the World Cup.

22 Nov 2025 23:48:29
Mickey Mouse could replace him and we’d be better off at this stage I bet he wouldn’t lose 6 out of 7 league games.

23 Nov 2025 10:13:59
He is on borrowed time.

23 Nov 2025 12:51:04
People asking who could come in and take over from Arne not that i am for sacking a manger who is having a bad run.

Who would be available: Zidane but he wants the French national side, What about Xavi former Barcelona manager he is out of work and has won the La League title as a player and coach.
YNWA.

21 Nov 2025 10:27:55
Bradley injured again and also Wirtz. At least they can't be blamed by some people on here like they usually are when things go wrong.

21 Nov 2025 10:30:43
Well great, now all our right backs are injured it means Dom has to play there again. : (.

{Ed025's Note - i have never seen such a fall from grace PB, after walking the league last year and purchasing some of the most sought after players in the world it now seems none of them are very good at all, the ones that are good are injury prone and the manager couldn,t run a raffle it seems?, its a good job you have the "best supporters in the world" or you could be in real trouble mate...unbelievable Jeff..

21 Nov 2025 10:44:23
Just you wait @25 - we win our next four league games and we shall resume our rightful place as the best team there’s ever been anywhere, ever!

{Ed025's Note - i hope you do WDW..it might stop all the moaning mate.. :)

21 Nov 2025 10:45:32
Are you being sarcastic, ed025? I'm not panicking about this team.

{Ed025's Note - not sarcasm PB..realism, it seems that according to a lot on here that Kirkez and Frimpong were bad buys, Isak is a croc, your main man is over the hill and Macca and Gakpo should be sold, Konate is gash, VVD is coming to the end marmalade is not good enough and Bradley cant do the job asked of him...plus the managers job is hanging by a thread mate!, im not making this up this is comments im reading on these pages my friend..

21 Nov 2025 10:53:40
Sounds like Wirtz is very minor and will only miss the one game.

Having no recognised RB available for the next 7 games though is a major blow. Gomez also missed training yesterday and has played 90 mins twice in the last 11 months so he is not very likely to be of much help. As a result it is unfortunately likely that Dom will end up playing RB quite a bit. He was excellent when he played there last time but hopefully Slot can find somebody else to fill in (Jones or Endo? ) because for me we need both Grav and Dom in the midfield.

On a positive note though I'm ecstatic to have Ali back. Hopefully he can add a little bit more calm to our back line.

21 Nov 2025 11:15:47
Sadly, it is not surprising that Conor Bradley broke down again. This has been the story of his career to date.

Sounds like Frimpong is out for a while yet too.

So, Arne has some choices to make.

Sign two defenders in January please, Dickie,

21 Nov 2025 11:16:41
Going to presume Ramsey is not even Slot's thinking for RB, was far from the poorest player vs Palace.

21 Nov 2025 11:10:01
Couldn’t agree more 25 mate, some of our fan base these days…. Embarrassing.

{Ed025's Note - spoiled i would say Drogie mate..

21 Nov 2025 11:16:49
Bradley can't do the job asked of him, Ed25 because the lads always injured mate lol.

{Ed025's Note - get rid of him then Salah, another one out the door mate.. :)

21 Nov 2025 11:28:44
Considering everything you said ed it has been a fall from grace. Excellent players, a seemingly excellent coach (by last years standards at least) but not the results or performances to match.
That makes it all the more confusing.
The players have obviously not all become terrible but something is clearly wrong.

{Ed025's Note - there has been a lot of changes Mic and some will obviously take time to settle, but dont throw the baby out with the bath water mate..

21 Nov 2025 11:33:34
I do think Ramsay deserves some time coming off the bench at least, he looked right at home against Palace and looks to have good delivery out wide and progressing the ball in the build up.

I feel like Dom is going to be an absolutely massive miss in midfield if he does end up playing full back, he is the most crucial player in our press from the front.

21 Nov 2025 11:51:46
It's clear that we need Szobo in midfield, so I would be rotating Gomez, Curtis and Ramsey in that position over the next month. Horses for courses.

We shall see what Arne chooses to do.

21 Nov 2025 12:37:19
This is the sort of moment where Klopp would put in a kid and give them a chance. He did it multiple times with the likes of Trent, Bajcetic, Phillips, N. Williams, R. Williams, Jones, Elliott, Kelleher, Quansah, Bradley etc.

We need Slot to show that same level of bravery. Ramsay has to play. Stop disrupting the whole team just to avoid trusting a youth player. The best young talent will soon stop coming to us if Slot / Hughes persist with selling them all off and putting midfielders out of position to cover injuries.

21 Nov 2025 13:36:47
Bradley just can't string any sort of run of together at all. plays 3/ 4 games then out for 3 weeks with muscle injury, rinse repeat. So disappointing as he great potential but his injury problems are serous concern at this stage.
I'd like to see Ramsey get a rattle at it, certainly in the home games.

21 Nov 2025 14:04:01
I think Slot will take a punt on Ramsey at some point in the next three weeks tbh. Can't see him rotating Gomez and Szob there for the duration.

21 Nov 2025 14:06:31
Although now that I think of it, is Ramsey registered to play in the PL?

21 Nov 2025 14:38:05
If he decides to go with szob over Gomez or Ramsey at rb well he me aswell leave now.

21 Nov 2025 16:48:28
Coming up against, supposedly the best MF in the league means we need our very best MF at full tilt.

21 Nov 2025 17:02:47
I think he will play Curtis right back.

21 Nov 2025 17:56:13
Gomez should play RB.

21 Nov 2025 18:35:04
I agree with MK, Slot needs to be more brave and give young ones some chance.

21 Nov 2025 19:47:46
Spoiled for calling awful awful? The manager seems clueless and his tactics can’t be defended. None of those players have turned bad over night.

{Ed025's Note - no spoiled for lack of support when your team is going through a rough patch FK, a rough patch where you beat Villa and Real Madrid i may add, being in 5th at this stage is not a crisis imo mate..

21 Nov 2025 20:47:31
@MK, of your list if you take TAA out how many on the list established themselves as regular starters for the club? Love the optimism but have concerns about the likely outcome.

21 Nov 2025 21:39:54
Ed025 you nailed it in your summary. but even a blue nose can see the ineptitude of this team n manager this year . we sailed the league last year n added 400 mill worth of top quality players.

so in reality we should be top of every comp we play in. But the reality is we are awful n that's being generous. 7th in the league n hardly played well in a quarter of those games . now that's the reality.

{Ed025's Note - im not saying its great Strom but its not easy trying to integrate new players and for them to just seamlessly fit into a project mate, but you stick by them through thick and thin (not that your lot know much about thin), it will come good i can assure you..

21 Nov 2025 23:19:37
There’s a joke there somewhere about knowing the ‘thick’ …….

22 Nov 2025 00:19:47
Hoping that it's curtis Jones at right back, we need Szobo in midfield he is that important, if Szobo is at right back I will be so disappointed, plus Slot will get even more bad press.

22 Nov 2025 00:27:42
That brings me to think about moving Bradley further up the pitch even taking over from Salah, doesn't he play there for his country,
We need to bring in a solid and bigger right back, that would give Kerkev the opportunity to bomb up and down the left side just like he did for Bournemouth, isn't that why we brought him in, not passing back to Big Virg most of the time.


We really need to beat Forest,
Give us more confidence and win a few more games.

22 Nov 2025 08:41:42
For me we shouldn’t play Gomez at right back today we need to keep cover for virg and konate as we are entering the busy period and need to be mindful of that . But Gomez should be starting to get minutes in his legs for when he is needed via a rest or suspension so me personally think the best options are either jones right back and go with dom in the 10 or dom right back mac in the 10 and jones sitting . Grav needs to be playing the box to box role as he’s brilliant at carrying the ball forward wastes sitting deeper .
We do have some very good youngsters aswell . Endo can fill in at centre half and defence also . We do need a centre half in jan and I would argue a right full back also .

Bradley is a good player but he seems to break down way to quick frimpong with his pace will always have hamstring issues . The lad from Brentford Kayode looks a real decent talent and on to he looks a physical specimen . Something we are lacking . Kerkez just needs time and better tactics to see best of his game . If Kerkez was under klopp same with frimpong having an out and out 6 in midfield to drop in we would be raving about the pair I’m sure . Attacking full backs playing conservative just enhances their weaknesses not their talent . I really like slot but he needs to address the dm role and play to squad strengths IMO.

{Ed001's Note - Kayode can play left-back as well and has a long throw - would be an excellent signing, should have signed him in the summer really.}

22 Nov 2025 09:00:45
You would swear no other team strengthened this summer. Yes we spent the most but we also recouped the most. We bought some top very expensive players but we also lost the likes of Trent, Diaz, Jota nd Nunez. players who knew the league. its not a given that just because we opened the chequebook after winning the league (in a season where no one gave our squad a hope of winning it i may add) that we should walk it this year it doesn't work like that.

We've hardly had a player who cost 125m of that on the pitch for starters. And calling a manager who delivered No.20 inept, i just don't know anymore.

22 Nov 2025 09:50:32
For many it’s not all about the league position, it’s about a style of play that you can have hope about and look forward to watching. that's been missing most of this season, and parts of last season despite the success.

In phases of the Real Madrid match we were very good, the intensity and quality got the crowd going, and the crowd also helped the players sustain it. We’re not going to get that every week, but it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect something approaching that in more of the home games at least.

For me that’s the biggest missing piece under Slot, he just hasn’t harnessed the energy of Anfield and pushed the intensity when we play at home in the way that he could have done. Our results have mainly been good, but it’s often very slow and conservative football.

22 Nov 2025 10:50:14
Just crazy to me. The bloke wins the title in his only season and he hasn't harnessed the energy of Anfield? Who knows what we'll do this season teams have won the league from further back than we are. More than two thirds of the season to go.

22 Nov 2025 11:11:31
I’m not saying we can’t do it and play with real intensity and get the crowd going, I’m just saying more often than not this season we don’t. That was often the case last season as well. We were slow and measured first half, conserved energy and then stepped it up second half in a lot of games.

It worked in the sense our injuries were reduced, got by without much rotation, and we won a lot more than we lost and it was obviously great to win a title. That was last season.

If we can get Isak and Wirtz ticking and tighten up a bit we’ll start winning more frequently, and then give it a real go after Christmas when players start coming back from injury. Also if we can do it with more intensity and style even better because that’s what we’re capable of.

22 Nov 2025 11:07:50
Ed025.I also think it will come good eventually. but at the moment its not acceptable, there doesn't seem to be anything good to shout about. the boring slow football getting served up is shocking . we fans do stay through the thick n thin as you say.

iv supported us when we was winning everything to when we had to wait for Klopp to arrive . can't call the fans for not accepting this football esp after what we've spent n with us being champions the year bfr. anyway end of my lil rant.

22 Nov 2025 11:49:01
Thats the spirit Hugo!

22 Nov 2025 16:55:25
3-0 loss at home to Forest. Not good enough is it Ed025. For me Slot has to go. 8 defeats from 11 is shocking.

{Ed025's Note - that was poor Tom and i was looking for a response after last week mate but it never happened...the manager has to go im afraid mate..

22 Nov 2025 17:54:03
Really Ed? i get the normal frustrated heads saying that but surprised u think so. why do you mind if i ask do you think that (apart from obviously the horrendous run of form) . Do you not thi k he's shown enough in his career to deserve a bit of time?

{Ed025's Note - i dont really think so you know FM, because i dont see it getting any better anytime soon mate..

22 Nov 2025 19:03:59
I get what you mean Ed i really do but when do the players stand up. Liverpool should not be losing 3-0 to forest at home.

{Ed025's Note - unfortunately you cant sack the players FM..

20 Nov 2025 22:56:09
Hello all,

A good chance we will cash out on a big star or two.

Macca being one and potentially Gakpo.

Huge interest in both, big big figures being banded about.

Semenyo is very close, Guehi being renegotiated, know more next week.

Ta.

{Ed078's Note - thanks Carra, much appreciated.

20 Nov 2025 23:14:36
Who has the money for Gakpo? Bayern are well stocked and the Italians are skint. Do Athleti need that profile of player?

Newcastle could use a Gakpo - 80m, please.

20 Nov 2025 23:20:14
Thanks Carra. Good info.

20 Nov 2025 23:53:53
Thanks Carra.

21 Nov 2025 00:16:02
Wow, thanks Carra. Think your namesake Macca would suit Spanish football better and we would still get top dollar for him from one of the Madrid Clubs. Hopefully, get Stiller in to replace him, which could free Grav up.

21 Nov 2025 01:28:33
Thx Carra. Can we expect out goings in Jan?

21 Nov 2025 01:46:51
Thanks Carra. Gapko too? Didn’t see that coming. Does that we would finally see Slot play Chiesa? 😃.

21 Nov 2025 02:02:04
What is the obsession with Chiesa?
Clearly not good enough, he has had chances in the team and didn’t take them? He is injury prone, and is not rated by the senior management staff at the club which is enough for me to think we should let him go back to Italy.

21 Nov 2025 02:58:30
Carra- you are just awesome mate.

21 Nov 2025 04:33:34
Cheers Carra for update. If we lose Macca does this not leave the midfield short in numbers?

21 Nov 2025 04:56:44
Gakpo is a surpising one.
I rate him so personally would hate to lose him.

21 Nov 2025 05:50:55
Lad's I definitely wouldn't be too upset if Macca was sold. As for Gakpo I think there's still a player there for us.

21 Nov 2025 06:43:14
Thanks Carra.
Didn’t see a Gakpo exit coming - great info, much appreciated.

21 Nov 2025 07:19:25
Shuges55 that is the worst take i've seen all season. Chiesa has given drive energy and direction when he's come on in games. He's performed well and way above the players that he replaced. The " chances " he gets to start games are in the league cup with a mixture of fringe players and under 23s playing out of position.

he's had a far better season than most who start games regularly . So he stays its Salah that needs to go. He should ever have been given that contract last season.

21 Nov 2025 07:19:48
Exactly what chances did Chiesa get? Maybe Slot just doesn't like him or what he brings, maybe his fitness is just not at a level where he can play a lot of minutes regularly, but to say that he got ample opportunity to prove himself and that he wasted them all is just nonsense to me.

21 Nov 2025 07:39:18
“Obsession with Chiesa” clearly with the fact that most times he’s appeared he’s done well and Slot, who currently seems inept refuses to give him an actual run.

I like Macca and Gakpo, happy to keep them but wouldn’t lose sleep if they left.

21 Nov 2025 07:41:27
Oh no .

If gakpo goes. that doesn't mean we will start sniffing round Gordon again does it. . can't imagine Newcastle would love us knocking on their door again.

Not too bothered about macca going . think we could replace . not cheaply . but replace for sure. Nice tidy little player but just too slow and lightweight for my personal liking n a midfield player.

21 Nov 2025 08:06:30
Macca has just been too inconsistent, and would be better suited to a slower league. It’s interesting though as we don’t get linked with many centre mids.

Getting Wharton out of Palace won’t be easy, and there’s rumours of Baleba going in Jan to Man Utd. Maybe we’re being forced into a move before those players join other clubs.

21 Nov 2025 08:12:36
Surely if they go they will be replaced? Slot already moaning about squad depth. Two difficult players to replace also.

21 Nov 2025 08:50:58
Thanks Carra, always massively appreciated yours updates. 👍🏻👍🏻.

21 Nov 2025 09:43:51
As much as Semenyo would be an amazing and exciting signing I think that Guehi is the bigger need. Would love to see both arrive in Jan.

Interesting regarding the possible outgoings. I have been expecting Macca to move on (probably to Madrid) but Gakpo would be a surprise to me.

Wharton in for Macca?
Fofana in for Gakpo?

21 Nov 2025 09:57:27
Cheers, Carra.

Those potential sales do not surprise me. The Macca one has been talked about a lot here already with Real keen.

With Gakpo, he was never really an Edwards type forward anyway. Not sure who would pay big money for him though. Milan showed interest in summer had Rafael Leao moved on.

21 Nov 2025 10:02:34
I know some have a dislike of Macca, but on form, he is one of the best, minus the theatrics.
He is probably better suited to a slower league, and as a latin man, he will obviously end up there.

Elliot and Wharton may be better suited to our needs long term.

21 Nov 2025 10:23:58
Is there anybody in the squad that people actually rate?

21 Nov 2025 10:24:54
If true, I’ll be really sorry to see Gakpo
go . Yeh he’s a bit predictable in his play but he always gives his best and can score .
It’s a shame about Macca too but if he wants to go we should definitely cash in on him .

21 Nov 2025 10:50:55
Cant believe the negativity towards Macca and maybe him leaving. On his day he is one of the best around. Like a lot of others he hasn't had a good start to the season but struggled with injury and looked good vs Real. I for one hope he stays.

21 Nov 2025 11:57:23
If Macca chooses to sign a new deal and stay then great. He's an excellent player and brings a lot to the group.

But equally, if we cash in on him to bring more legs, physicality and verticality to our one-paced team, then you can understand the thinking.

21 Nov 2025 21:00:06
Don’t get me wrong, I like Cody Henry 😉, but the lad seems to have hit his peak and is rather predictable (he always cuts inside) .
MacA is also a good player, does a lot of the graft, but he can’t stay on his feet long enough.

With Cody potentially on the move I have to wonder if we’re changing our lineup and going 2 up top.

22 Nov 2025 00:39:34
Gakpo does get the occasional goal but his first 3 shots go into Row X
Plus he makes the same move every time, easy to read, needs to up his game alright.

22 Nov 2025 09:20:51
Gakpo serves up the numbers, but is he the best for the big picture of how the team should function as a whole? If he is to be sold, that would surely be the reason - its much more nuanced than just saying, he scores goals so keep him.

Besides, i support the club - players come and go, some are 'loyal' and some are just passing through, but none of that matters, its just life.