Liverpool banter 2

23 Feb 2026 08:01:20
Fuming with Mo and Gapco yesterday. After they came off the pitch in the Slots attempt to make something happen. ( who the flip does that) they were openly taking the pee out off slot Imo behind his back like school boys. Mo should be forced to watch his clips over. Then justify his childish behaviour he's a disgrace.

We were absolutely dog poo yesterday, without Wirtz. I watched a kids game yesterday which was awful, then sat thru that rubbish.

Shout out for Konate our best player, and Rio when he finally got on.

To be 100% clear, this was the players fault! Not the Coach. Can't wait for this season to end.

YNWA.

23 Feb 2026 08:22:40
Whoa, slow down. We're on an unbeaten run again. I doubt Slot cares what the boys were up to behind him (no matter how silly and childish). The manager clearly checked out of this season a while ago, so try not to let it get to you. Just endure and blow off steam when needed.

23 Feb 2026 08:22:45
Salah, Gakpo, Jones and Gravenberch all completely bottled the battle. That was embarrassing from them, to be honest. It was like playing with 7 men when Forest had the ball. Mac Allister, Ekitike and Van Dijk were just terrible, even though they were standing up to the fight and trying. They did well off the ball, but every time we had it, they seemed to be giving it away or playing people into trouble. Konate, Kerkez and Szoboszlai are the only 3 starting outfield players who can walk away and say they all tried hard without the ball and played well with it.

A pretty damning assessment. I don't think Slot's tactics are conducive to good performances in general, but I must say that whatever tactics you deploy will look bad if 4 of your starting 11 don't even bother to try. Never mind if 3 of the others then drop howlers with the ball. I hope I never have to watch us play like that ever again.

23 Feb 2026 08:36:44
Ekitike infuriates me sometimes. We all know what he can do with the ball on occasion, as he did against Newcastle, but off the ball he is absolutely useless. He does like a semi-press. He'll meander over to the opposition player to press him, but when he gets 5 yards away he stops and allows him to make whatever pass he wants, or he'll just allow him to bring the ball out under no challenge.

The kid needs to understand it's not just about scoring goals, and actually put in a shift for the team.

23 Feb 2026 08:47:24
Varry, I think he's just bad at pressing. I don't think it's a lack of effort. We were just spoiled for years with Firmino/Mane and then Nunez/Diaz who were all exceptional at pressing the opposition. What you get from Ekitike in terms of pressing is actually what you get from most top forwards. Salah, Haaland, Torres, Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, Kane, Hazard, Isak, Henry, Aguero etc. Defending from the front is an underappreciated art form, and when you find a forward who will press and score loads of goals too (Wayne Rooney or Luis Suarez, for example), you have to rub your eyes to check you're not going mad.

My Dad often tells me that Ian Rush was the greatest forward he's ever seen because he not only scored goals in spades, but also defended like it was his primary role in the team.

23 Feb 2026 08:56:33
MKS, so essentially, everyone was terrible, including the manager, correct? Sound. I agree.

23 Feb 2026 09:13:41
Pretty much, Oli haha! Kerkez, Dom and Ibou played well. Rio, when he came on, was good too. Everyone else? Pretty bloody poor.

23 Feb 2026 09:21:04
The big concern is that when you have players playing so badly and clearly having a negative impact on the team, Slot still waits until 75 minutes to make a substitution.

23 Feb 2026 09:34:45
Agree with how bad certain players were, and we just didn't want to battle for it. Thought Mac Allister was awful; he got caught numerous times, was too far forward in the first half, and Aina went past him like he wasn't there. I will say it's not his position; he looked so much better when pushed forward and didn't have to do the chasing back.

And, for me, that is on Slot, the same with Dom at right back. Both are stupid decisions, and clear to many that it's not working. And if Slot didn't send the players out to play how they did in the first half, then he should have been shouting at them, as that first half was terrible.

23 Feb 2026 09:58:02
The big shout out should be for Ali; that save in the first half kept us in the game. If they had scored, then they may have gone on to score more. YNWA.

23 Feb 2026 10:44:51
Mks, I'm only saying what you're saying, lol. I agree, Ibou and Dom and esp. Rio were good but you can't rely on that few decent to good perfs, when you have that many stinkers on the back end. As for the manager, I'm just counting the days till he is gone.

23 Feb 2026 12:02:01
If 9 players are playing badly, it is the coach's fault.

23 Feb 2026 13:06:27
Can't say that here, Pelican. The "It's the players fault" brigade will come for you.

23 Feb 2026 13:33:17
All eleven players who took to the field were superb yesterday. They were totally let down by their hopeless fraud of a coach. That better, lads? Get a grip. Your hate for Slot blinds yis to give a half a team of blaggers yesterday a free pass. Just try to have some balance to your arguments instead of acting like children.

23 Feb 2026 17:19:25
I think it's balanced to say they were all terrible, including Slot. That is a valid shout, but I think Slot consistently plays ineffective football; this does not bode well for the future. If you do, you're an eternal optimist, and I salute you, sir. Do you honestly think it's going to get better soon, and we are going to make a push for the title? For me, that should be the standard we should be setting as reigning champions, and absolutely everybody, at this moment in time, is failing at that, top down.

It's not the lack of being on top; it's the lack of effort to try to be on top. Making an excuse for Slot is ridiculous. Making an excuse for the players at this point is equally silly. All I can hope at this point is that this is being addressed, and I think people are starting to get frustrated at the seeming lack of urgency from anyone to turn this around.

23 Feb 2026 17:56:12
Anyone tell me what the score was at the end of the match? How many points did we get and how many points did Forest get? The over 'thinking', for want of a better word, and the competition to be the 'most angered' by the performance are, in my opinion, bordering on the pathetic.

23 Feb 2026 20:20:57
Slot doesn't need excuses made for him at the moment. The time for that was during the 9 losses in 12 run when I've said many times on here he could have lost his job. Since then it's two defeats in 20. One of those was against the probable eventual champions.

There is nothing at all wrong with that form. The problem is, on here, that the minds are already made up to the point you can just tell it's half killing some of yis when we win a game. ?

24 Feb 2026 07:28:04
And your love for Slot blinds you, Florian. Take your own advice and add some balance to your arguments.

24 Feb 2026 08:14:21
Everything I stated is factual, DirtyMic. If you think 2 losses in 20 is sackable form, that's your prerogative. High standards you're setting there, though.

23 Feb 2026 07:26:02
That midfield! No scrappers - it's got to the point you more or less accept we won't win any 50/ 50s - it's actually a shock when we do .

23 Feb 2026 08:13:20
Macca is definitely a scrapper. The problem is he's just too slow. We massively missed Dom and Wirtz in there at times, though. Although they're not defensively minded, they don't half work hard to win the ball back. What we really need is a proper DM to sit behind them. Gravenberch has fallen off a cliff this season, but that may be primarily tactical, as I think he's being told to get forward more.

Sangare is a bang average player, and yet yesterday he was allowed to dominate the midfield battle because Macca was too slow to consistently get near him, and Gravenberch/Jones didn't have the stomach for a scrap. Very disappointing midfield performance.

23 Feb 2026 08:26:47
I watched about 15 mins of the game yesterday with my brother, who is not really into football. His observation in that time was, "Why don't they get stuck in and tackle?"

23 Feb 2026 08:42:23
I think we all know Grav is best coming from deeper, receiving the ball with his back to play, turning into space and driving through the midfield. He can't do any of that when his starting position is as high as it has been this season.

I think the tactic is for the midfield 3 to be fluid, but Grav wants to score more goals, as he said at the start of the season, so is spending too much time higher up the pitch, leaving Macca in the 6, which leaves us vulnerable.

23 Feb 2026 09:09:47
Pompey Rouge, that jumped out within the first 15 mins, like @Scouse. Imagine going against a robust, athletic midfield, with Andersson and a physical DM in Sangare, with Grav, Jones and Macca? You're literally asking to get your head kicked in going with such a physically deficient midfield like we did. Worse, we weren't getting stuck in nor competing at all. That is unforgivable. Now, Slot did change it, with Jones at rb and Szobo in midfield, but golly g, it was frightening the way we were getting bum-rushed from pillar to post for most of the game.

I agree with MKS and others who have been saying it. We need a physical DM and an athletic no. 8 to come in and give our midfield some bite. The PL has changed to a more physical league esp. in midfield, and some teams are no longer interested in playing football. They are interested in dominating physically and athletically, esp. in midfield. The times have changed and we have to change with it or get left behind.

23 Feb 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - SystonVilla has posted a new article entitled, Villa Fans Need Perspective and Positivity

22 Feb 2026 22:28:00
Lad's let's spear a thought for Ed001 who actually has to watch this muck again for his match review.

23 Feb 2026 00:37:26
Now, unfortunately, it's not hard to remember.

23 Feb 2026 04:35:06
I'll save Ed001 the time, Barry. LiVARpool won 1 nil. LiVARpool were crap. Worst performance of the season. Forest didn't deserve to lose. Move on to the next 1.

23 Feb 2026 05:41:10
We have been "spearing" his thoughts a lot.

23 Feb 2026 05:55:52
Spare even. ?

23 Feb 2026 04:19:38
I seriously pray that Ed01 doesn't take the pain to watch that again. Please write whatever that comes from memory.

23 Feb 2026 07:06:57
No one will begrudge him a week off this time round, I don't think.

23 Feb 2026 07:23:42
The game doesn't merit a review.

23 Feb 2026 08:09:05
Okay, I'll bite, JLC. Which VAR decision do you think they skewed in our favour yesterday? There were two subjective calls (the red card for the studs-up rake down the full length of Mac Allister's shin, and the goal which ricocheted in off Macca's elbow/back), and both of them went against us. I think the elbow goal was the correct call, btw, but the decision not to at least send the ref to the monitor for that red card decision was incredulous.

Awful tackle, weak officiating. The only other call was a black-and-white automated offside decision, which showed Van Dijk was clearly onside in the build up to the winning goal.

23 Feb 2026 08:24:36
I was livid when the handball goal was not given, but after calming down and reading the rules again, I have to admit that it was the right call. I didn't realise that the arm being in a natural position wouldn't be taken into account for handballs that happen during attacking plays.

23 Feb 2026 08:49:33
Dr Pedant here, I'd argue the play in question was a defensive play, not an attacking one, as it was the defender attempting to clear his lines, which inadvertently ricocheted off Macca and into the net. Surely it can't be an attacking play when the player has his back turned to the ball and it hits him?

23 Feb 2026 09:12:51
Drac, I get the rule. However, I think the rule is poorly applied here. Macca's arm was tight to his body, so for me, that is not handball, and the goal should stand. Cos, if the roles were reversed and Macca blocked a goal bound shot the exact same way in our box, a pen would never be given for that.

So, if it is not a pen (hence, no handball), then the goal should stand as no handball. That's my logic.

23 Feb 2026 09:14:25
Oh, and Mks, that tackle was terrible and the Forrest player should have gone, ASAP. I fully agree on that. As for the whole Liverpool stuff, not worth discussing.

23 Feb 2026 09:48:40
The rule is, if it goes in off of the arm, it doesn't count. No ifs, ands, buts or maybes. I dunno how you can say that hasn't been applied properly when that's one of the only cut and dry rules we have left in this sport.

23 Feb 2026 09:59:01
If Macalister had been a Forest defender, would an own goal have been awarded, or would it have been ruled out according to the rule that a goal can not be scored via an accidental handball?

23 Feb 2026 10:48:09
Makes me happy I went and played golf in the sunshine rather than stay in and watch that.

23 Feb 2026 11:04:48
@Alvy, I disagree. The handball interpretation is my issue here. So, if you believe that the handball in the scenario I mentioned (Macca blocking a shot in the exact same way in his own box with his back turned and arm well against his body) is not handball at all (cos no pen would be given for that) then you simply cannot say it should be deemed a handball in the Macca scenario when the goal goes in. Keep in mind that if your arm is against your body and the ball hits it, it is not handball, as the arm is part of your body in that instance.

That is part of the handball rule. Hence, the rule is picking and choosing when it is handball and when it is not, esp. if the ball lands in the same area in both scenarios. As a result, the rule is wrongly created, hence wrongly applied in comparison, because if it is not handball in my scenario, it should not be handball in the scenario when the goal is scored. I hope this helps.

22 Feb 2026 23:09:17
Can you tell me how on earth some posters in here have a better idea of what should be done with this team than our actual coach who earns £120k+ a week?

Like, I'd honestly trust some of the posters in here to put out a better starting 11 or make better substitutions than Slot right now.

It's not rocket science.

1. Start Gomez at RB or even Robbo on his non-preferred side who'd dona better job because.

2. Szobo MUST start in midfield if we don't have Wirtz energy. We CANNOT start the game with Grav, Jones and Macca as the midfield 3 against a 4321 formation that has the energy of Anderson and Gibbs-White!

3. Swap Gakpo for Rio at half time (I'd go Rio from the start but we know that's not happening with Slot there).

4. Swap Salah for Chiesa around min 60 since there's little to no improvement from Mo.

I know we don't have many senior players on the bench so Slot may not want to make early subs but he hasn't made early subs at all even before all these injuries.

Like how stubborn can this guy be?

It's a massive problem when Slot will play the same players over and over again despite the terrible form many of them are in. these players know (whether consciously or subconsciously) that they have no competition because Slot will simply keep picking them.

I cannot wait to see the back of Slot, Hughes and Edwards.

I can't believe I'm going to say this, because I've never been a big fan, but Konate is one of our best players right now. another good performance from him.

23 Feb 2026 00:25:24
In fairness, he did swap Dom and Curtis. The last minute change with Flo didn't help. Rio may start getting some more minutes, and he's exactly the profile we need, but he is a child. Say what you want about Slot, but Hughes left us short on the wings. I don't see how people can keep winging about Gakpo playing when we clearly have almost no alternatives. It's a window fix. Slot has taken off Gakpo plenty of times, and called him out against Sunderland for not being able to beat his man.

People talk on here as if we have Kvaradona and Vini on the bench. Gomez can't start many games. He's coming back from yet another injury, and he is cover for 3 positions, so we need to mind him. At least until Frimpong returns. Slot is not stubborn imo. I just don't see it. I think he's tried to mix and match as much as possible this season. This is a window fix.

23 Feb 2026 01:23:12
The problem, as I see it, Gregarious, is that every single poster or Ed who wants to give opinions about team selection, team shape, substitutions is doing so from a position of ignorance. That's not a criticism, opinions are like bums, we all have one. Not one poster or Ed on this site has a fraction of the experience that Arne Slot has. They don't have any of the information from the medical team, analysis team, coaching staff, psychology staff that Arne Slot has. They don't get to speak directly to, or have team meetings with, the players on a regular basis. They don't know the players personally, their triggers, their families, their goals, their preferences, their problems. So you see, the thing is, we can all sit here saying what Slot is doing wrong.

We can all say what we would do better, and it makes sense to us and to others when we say it, but we don't have the first clue. We don't know why Slot is making the decisions he's making, so anything we say, any opinions we have are irrelevant and certainly would not be guaranteed to make things better. In fact, it's much more likely they would make things worse. If it was that easy we'd all be doing it, wouldn't we? But that's football, we love the game and we love our club, so we will all keep forming opinions and we will all keep saying what Slot should do instead of what he's actually doing, but we should never forget that he is much better at this than we will ever be.

{Ed025's Note - so you are saying people should not have opinions BP?, this is what the site is all about mate, or do you only want to hear people praising the manager and saying what a great job he is doing?..

23 Feb 2026 06:46:10
What we do know is how bad the team has been playing, even in our "revival." The constant, slow, laborious style of play and how badly the majority of players have performed, literally dropping off a cliff. This much we can see with our own eyes, and I would love to hear from any poster who can say they have enjoyed what they've watched, excluding the odd game.

So Beckers Pecker is correct that we don't have a clue about what goes on in the background, but we might have a clue about what we actually see, and that lies at Slot's feet. He is the coach after all, and the buck will always stop with the coach.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely Irish..

23 Feb 2026 06:56:34
I always have it at the back of my mind that we don't actually know the players on a day to day basis. I think back to when we, me included, were clamouring for Gomez at RB. He came in as a sub, I think, and played well. He then stayed a couple games, promptly picked up an injury, and missed a few weeks.

So, really, we are just playing with names on paper. Slot and the others see the people, and are the ones managing all the different dynamics. If it was all a video game then I'm sure we'd all be managers too.

23 Feb 2026 07:47:40
Gomez, I think, has been playing with a chronic knee condition where he has had injections to help him manage. I think Slot said as much not so long ago, so it is what it is with Gomez. I guess his game time will have to be managed in that respect.

23 Feb 2026 08:29:23
What a load of nonsense. Slot sets the team up; he had a full week to work on stuff last week, and he gives the players two days off and pisses off back to Holland. Look at the difference between United now and before the manager change, light and day. Our players are off it, fitness-wise. The only reason we won yesterday is because they played Thursday night away in Turkey. They looked a different side in the second half, tired and a few yards slower.

We did not play much better; they just made it easier. Slot should have gone after the PSV game, but Hughes and Edwards bottled making a decision, and we have just limped in from there. If a decision had been made, then there is a good chance we would be in the title race now, because the league is so bad we would not have to be very good.

23 Feb 2026 08:34:21
VB - Slot may have more experience than us all but come on, even Stevie Wonder can see Salah and Gakpo offer nothing. I ask you, if Salah wasn't such a club legend would he be an automatic starter? He's nowhere near the player he once was. Gakpo is a one trick pony and that trick was found out months ago

23 Feb 2026 08:52:10
Did you read my post Ed25? My point was that everyone will and should have an opinion but that's all it is, an opinion.

And in everyone's opinion (mine included), their opinion is the right opinion but let's be real here we only know a tiny fraction of what we would need to know to actually make those decisions. Who knows, if we knew what Slot knows we might make the same decisions as him.

Of course we should all have opinions it's part of the game but that doesn't mean they're relevant.

{Ed025's Note - i would suggest that all opinions are relevant BP, now you may not agree with them but that does not make them right or wrong mate just how people see things..

23 Feb 2026 09:17:28
Varry if that is your stance then, Ed25 is correct. He and his other mates/Ed's might as well shut down this forum and we should all move on to other things. Your comment made no sense at all.

22 Feb 2026 21:46:46
Just been searching Netflix and Amazon looking for a good heist movie. nothing going, then I thought- I'll watch match of the day/ the forest game. ?.

22 Feb 2026 19:38:30
the quality of refereeing in this league is abysmal. Referees need to be held accountable. Our game and the spurs game. Spurs were robbed of an equaliser which went on to change the game. Referees need to be held accountable, they're well paid and still performing at an awful level.

22 Feb 2026 20:05:52
I certainly think it has to do with the money they are paid.

22 Feb 2026 20:36:06
The ref bottled it by blowing for the FK. If he left it a few seconds, he could have had another look. In my opinion, Gabriel has sold it well, and the ref lapped it up. I don't want to see any Arsenal fan complain about them favouring City, as that would have changed the game. They've massively got away with one!

22 Feb 2026 20:23:49
Doesn't help when you that rat face rodent sayin no penalty no penalty then soon as it's given not given he laughs saying Gabriel has went down easy she's thrown himself down there! It's a fkn disgrace he's allowed commentate on these games! And yes I do think they can hear him in Stockley park!
He does it at Liverpool games all the ooooohhh he could be in trouble here! Card is given then he says I actually don't think it was that bad the fella is a prk!!

22 Feb 2026 21:08:15
Match fixing and bias cheating for financial gain. Sport is rife with it.

22 Feb 2026 22:53:17
Gabriel did the same thing and flopped to the ground at Newcastle as Woltemade scored, and the ref did not buy his theatre correctly. Neither did the VAR. He has done it here, and the ref got conned, imo. I already knew the VAR would not intervene, and in a way, I agree. The ref has to have latitude to judge such incidents on their own.

As for our game, it is very simple. Had Macca blocked a goal-bound shot in our box in the very same way, would a pen have been given? If the answer is no, which it is, imo, then the goal should stand, as he had his back turned with his arm clearly against his body. Again, imo, it is that simple.

22 Feb 2026 23:20:03
The standard of refereeing has dropped dramatically now that they have the perceived safety net of VAR. Basically, match-day officials are covered (allegedly) by the great god technology. Plus, as has been said, 'you pay peanuts.

You get monkeys'. There's chat about a 15-year-old being offered 36k a week - which would, I'm guessing, be a fair bit more than PL match-day officials earn over the course of a season.

23 Feb 2026 01:34:37
The ref in the NLD today was pathetic. Pretty much every time Arsenal fell over in a position of consequence, he gave them a free kick. He then balanced it out by not giving them free kicks when the free kick would be inconsequential. At one point, Trossard actually jumped backwards into the Spurs player, then threw himself forwards and got a free kick.

Saka spent the entire game on the floor, getting free kick after free kick under minimal contact. It just ruins the game as a spectacle, and is infuriating to watch.

23 Feb 2026 11:07:18
@Varry, and yet this same Arsenal were the ones whining to the PL last season about Saka being over-fouled and how the refs have been screwing them with red cards. Notice they are not complaining this season. I wonder what changed.

23 Feb 2026 14:02:04
Oil, the difference with Maccas is that if a goal is directly scored from a hand it will automatically be ruled out. It's a stupid rule, as the same doesn't apply for a defender, but unfortunately it exists.

22 Feb 2026 18:57:45
I think Spurs could be in serious danger of being relegated, they certainly look worse than both Nottingham Forest and West Ham and a 4 point gap could disappear fairly quickly. If they do get relegated I wonder if we'll try for 1 or 2 of their better players.

22 Feb 2026 19:32:40
Why would we be after Spurs players if they get relegated, Red Kie?

22 Feb 2026 19:36:59
They are desperate, Red Kie. I always liked watching Spurs through the years, as they are generally a good watch, but this present outfit is atrocious in every way u take them.

22 Feb 2026 19:39:56
Possibly for the same reason LFC signed Andy Robertson and Gini Wijnaldum.

22 Feb 2026 19:55:48
Get yourself a bargain, Albeydered. We previously got Robertson, Wijnaldum and Shaqiri from relegated teams. With most teams that get relegated, there's always 1 or 2 players that you'd back to step up and be capable of playing for Liverpool. Spurs would have a few that would be good squad players here.

22 Feb 2026 20:02:17
Van Der Ven and Porro are the only two that would interest me, tbh.

22 Feb 2026 20:58:58
Richarlison and Romero?

22 Feb 2026 21:15:16
I don't think we want anyone from this Spurs team, tbh. They're all awful and aren't an improvement on our players at all.

22 Feb 2026 21:23:17
Ben Davies?

22 Feb 2026 21:25:43
I'd take Porro.

22 Feb 2026 22:08:00
If they go down, we need to buy Vaskovic while we have the opportunity. That kid is going to be the next generation's Virg (not saying he'll be as good, that will be difficult). I think he's the best cb of all the young cbs around. Better than Jacquet, Leoni, Yoro, Huijsen etc. I recommend watching some compilations if you're interested.

22 Feb 2026 22:26:06
Luka Vuskovic does look exceptional, but will likely end up next season next to Huijsen.

22 Feb 2026 23:21:47
Van Der Ven had his chance to join, and picked Spurs. I wouldn't even get the barge pole out of the shed, let alone try and touch him with it.

23 Feb 2026 09:20:36
WDW, the guy can't even defend properly, to begin with, imo. Take away his pace, and then what do you have, imo? A guy who lacks positional sense, gets caught out of position a lot, and can't read the game, hence can't anticipate danger before it happens. Wouldn't touch him either.

23 Feb 2026 10:21:25
They don't call the Spurs players 'Spursie' for nothing. We have enough in our club; we don't need any more. I would not touch any of them with a barge pole after watching them v Arsenal. If they can't get up to play a derby, how would they do in our derby? They would crap their pants.

22 Feb 2026 18:54:47
At this stage of the season its all about the points, we were absolutely garbage today but we won. I'll take that all day, the teams above us are dropping points n we needed this win to stay contention. but let's face it we need to improve drastically on todays performance.

22 Feb 2026 19:47:13
Take a look at LFC/MU/Chelsea next 5 matches.

22 Feb 2026 20:15:18
D-day, just looked at the next 5 games, all favourable for us n hard for them, hopefully fingers crossed we end up ahead of Chelsea, United n Villa, but we need to improve big time.

22 Feb 2026 20:57:17
The only positive from today was that, although they were very poor in the first half and only slightly better in the second half, they stuck at it and got the winner. At least they never threw their hands in. It seems to me that, as Slot hasn't beaten Forest in his previous matches against them, he set us up to not lose rather than to win. He got lucky. If (great big if) we play well in our next 5 or 6 matches, things should look a bit healthier, but I'm starting to get concerned about Hugo - great prospect for the club, but he's carried the attacking threat for most of the season and it's starting to show.

I also think Gomez should be playing at Rb whenever he is fit. He looks like a defender, and he makes Konate look a lot better when they play together. Anyway, poor game, better result than we deserved overall. Let's move on and set ourselves up for the next game.

22 Feb 2026 21:03:59
Seems like there's a lot of Liverpool fans gutted that we won today. Not me.

22 Feb 2026 21:13:56
Just before we scored the disallowed goal, I turned to me Ma and said this is the worst performance I can remember. We deserve nothing from this game, but I'll take a late winner, take the 3 points, and forget about it altogether. Did we play today?

22 Feb 2026 21:14:18
No one is gutted that we won, Ron. I think fans are simply perplexed at how bad we play week on week, the fact we're sat in sixth, and that we have a manager who isn't held to account by anyone.

22 Feb 2026 21:16:45
I don't think anyone is gutted that we won, Ron. Most are saying that we were lucky to win, but glad that we did.

22 Feb 2026 21:17:07
How do you work that out, Ron?

22 Feb 2026 21:29:13
Of course we love the win, Ron, but how on earth Jones was kept till the 83rd minute when he played like not even a Championship player, while we had a totally capable RB in Gomez, is beyond me. Slot has no freaking clue, and it's hella frustrating to watch.

22 Feb 2026 21:58:42
Think Slot is well held accountable, Frode.

22 Feb 2026 22:25:59
I am certainly not gutted that we won today, Ron. Just absolutely perplexed as to how bad we played, and also how Slot still has a job.

22 Feb 2026 22:54:11
I celebrated plenty of wins in Klopp's first 2 seasons where we played like that. Some people have an agenda against Slot and won't be happy with anything until he's gone. I just want my team to be successful.

22 Feb 2026 22:56:57
Ron, I don't know who is gutted that we won, but I can assure you, my eyes bled watching that dross we served up, plain and simple. Absolutely atrocious stuff. We take the win and happy days, but sorry mate, that was a shambles, end of.

22 Feb 2026 23:29:02
It was an ugly win, but great that we got the 3 points. With the squad we have, we shouldn't repeatedly struggle to win. The squad contains Ali, VVD, Wirtz, Dom, Mo, AI and, perhaps, Hugo, who are top notch. Not playing them in a manner to allow them to play to their strengths is just a teeny weeny bit frustrating for fans who want to get enjoyment from watching one of the best club squads in the world play to their potential (especially frustrating, as we have seen them play well very occasionally this season, so that we know they can actually do it).

22 Feb 2026 23:54:18
I've got the attention span of a gnat, but I don't remember any of our performances under Klopp being like that. My first memory of a Klopp team was v Spurs. Was it Lallana who collapsed into Slot's arms when he was coming off?

23 Feb 2026 00:08:17
I don't remember a Klopp team playing that dross either, SJ.

23 Feb 2026 00:41:39
Just re-watched the match, and to be fair, the Forest manager was doing a fair impression of someone with the hump when we scored / won. ? On second viewing, and I've been a fan and advocate for him for years, Curtis had a shocker. He was off the pace for the entire match.

23 Feb 2026 06:41:16
But none of Alli, Virg, Wirtz or Dom had bad games yesterday, WDW, and I'd probably add Kerkez to that. But the rest of them were awful. Of course it's not their fault; it's big bad Arne Slot's fault.

23 Feb 2026 07:22:04
@FM, do you think they have a raffle every week and whoever has the winning ticket chooses the way we play? The common denominator is Slot. His job is to ensure that he has the squad at his disposal, playing to their full potential.

Hand on heart, do you think he's doing that? Do you think he is providing entertainment for the fans and providing value for money for fans and supporters around the globe who pay their hard-earned money to watch their team?

23 Feb 2026 07:28:53
Ron, you still haven't explained why you think people are gutted that we won.

23 Feb 2026 07:43:15
I must have watched a different Liverpool under Slot for 2 years also.

23 Feb 2026 09:22:55
Florian Musiala, your namesake Wirtz was injured and didn't play. And VVD was poor, and so was Ali, suddenly flapping at things.

23 Feb 2026 14:45:27
No-one watched us beat Augsburg 1-0 with a Milner penalty in 2016 then? I did, and thank God it rained because it gave me something to do.

22 Feb 2026 17:53:07
I've been on this site a long time. i'm pretty sure in the past I would have read hiw today's result showed grit, determination. Maybe luck. I agree not a great performance.
That said it was a smash and grab 3 points. Do you think when it happens to LFC the other set of supporters are moaning about the performance?

22 Feb 2026 18:44:43
That was not a smash and grab. To call it that, you have to be pinned in, defending for your life, and grab a goal with your one shot on target. Today we played a very poor team that could not really create anything, but we made them dominate us with our poor passing and slow play. Just another example of our football this season, but for me, that was the worst performance in the league this season, if not the whole season.

Forest also dropped off after half time because of playing on Thursday night. Thank goodness we were lucky enough to get them after a bit of a Thursday night game.

22 Feb 2026 19:04:32
Einstein once said, "You can't polish a turd," and that today was a turd.

22 Feb 2026 19:10:44
I'll take 3 points away against a bogey team every time - bring on the luck and the turds. Today was a game of 2 halves. First half - poor; second half, LFC were the better team.

22 Feb 2026 18:08:35
Its called standards mate. And we are not a team that is happy to just be in the league every year we want to win it, and a team having an attitude of being happy with smash and grabs are not going to be sitting happy on the throne.

22 Feb 2026 18:18:46
No they sure aren't 420, they don't give a toss.All about the points at this stage of d season.

22 Feb 2026 18:18:47
The result was indeed a smash and grab.

Maybe if we did show grit. determination or any kind of energy people may accept losing with a fight. we can't won them all.

I think most people struggle to accept the walking pace football. lack of press.puting in a tackle. 2nd balls. shirking tackles. unable to pass to a team mate.and general slow walking football. for best part of a year. bar the odd game when they tease us of some sort of performance.

22 Feb 2026 19:53:57
I normally agree with most of your posts, Ron, but that isn't one of them. I would substitute the word poor for abysmal. First half abysmal, second half equally abysmal is a more accurate description of what happened today.

22 Feb 2026 22:21:15
Embarrassment of a performance. We made them look like a top 6 team in the first half, not a team about to drop into the relegation zone. There's no other way to look at it.

22 Feb 2026 22:58:21
I take the 3 points. But anyone thinking Slot should still be considered to keep his job for next season is off his/her/their rocker. That was abysmal. End of.

23 Feb 2026 06:43:04
And the players, Oli?

23 Feb 2026 09:25:15
@Flo, if a majority of the players played crap, it's the manager's fault, plain and simple. That's been the way in football for decades. It is your job to keep up with the football times, not for football to cater to your needs and agendas.

22 Feb 2026 17:40:20
Just feel sorry for the players. Even our senior players look lost. Coaching must be dreadful if we have come to this.

22 Feb 2026 18:22:42
Wouldnt be feeling sorry for half of that lot today.Coaching doesn't make you lose duel after duel, not show fight, not be able to pass a ball 5 yrds.Wish people would stop giving the players no blame nd throwing it all at slot.Only a few of them should be able to look at themselves in the mirror today

22 Feb 2026 19:22:59
Just wish someone could motivate them a bit more, it doesn't seem like it's coming from the top. But yes, agreed, they all need to take a hard look at themselves. None of them deserve to hold their heads high after this.

22 Feb 2026 23:58:36
Florian, you can lay the blame at Slot. If it was Klopp, he'd go bananas. And if they did it again, he'd have no problem playing kids instead of them, so, yeh, it's on Slot. Use the squad if you're not happy with players' performances.

23 Feb 2026 06:45:07
Klopp and his kids, like a kindergarten: the matchday squad under Jurgen.

23 Feb 2026 07:11:40
If you blame the coach and not the players, let me ask you a question. If Gerrard had been in yesterday's team, how would he have played?

23 Feb 2026 09:26:05
Duffer, if the majority of the players are that crap, it is the manager's fault. It is that plain and simple.

22 Feb 2026 17:40:19
To all the peeps on the live chat today. thank you my good mates ?

That was some of the most excitement I had for most of the afternoon.
From curling, skirting boards, favorite paint colour and watching it dry. it was a great live chat.

Well done peeps
Keep it up.
At least we can't say we that we completely lost 2 hours of our lives there!

22 Feb 2026 19:09:51
You forgot about the hockey and Trump/Putin stuff, but yeah, it's honestly more fun in the chat than actually watching the game. Until next game.

22 Feb 2026 18:15:13
I lost two hours of time I could have been installing my skirting boards and I wish I could say it was worth it!

22 Feb 2026 18:25:49
Stopped going on the live chat, only seem to talk about everything except the match that is taking place. So much negativity. saying this player, and that player is crap. Too many armchair critics and wannabe managers

22 Feb 2026 19:22:45
Jlc, don't forget my advice on sage paint. And, please keep us posted on your skirting boards. That conversation was genuinely more enjoyable than our first half performance.

22 Feb 2026 20:06:40
Today's chat was great fun. You know what? Isn't that what life's all about? Good craic, even though we're scraping the barrel for football quality. Loved it. Fair play to all others on there. Sage paint will never look the same again.

22 Feb 2026 20:10:07
Sounds like I missed a legendary chat today. Hope I'll be back for the next one. Sage the colour, Rome? My home office is sage colour. Very calming.

22 Feb 2026 20:28:05
Missed you today, Red-Will. You're a man of taste, mate. Sage is very much on trend! My real name is Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen!

22 Feb 2026 20:33:22
You're bang on, Shanklys Ghost. It's not about agreeing with each other. In fact, very few agree with me; it's about having a laugh. It's only football. One day we'll all be dead. Here's to the next game. Enjoy life between now and Saturday.

22 Feb 2026 21:56:21
It was my birthday today. All I asked for was three points and a clean sheet. You can all thank me.

22 Feb 2026 23:00:04
Sadiki to Ekitike, no way the final 5 minutes of excitement (and I'm happy for the 3 points) can replace the two hours of my life I'm never getting back, either. What a shambles.

23 Feb 2026 02:45:39
I did say on the chat that we were going to win it in the second half. Somewhere along the lines, yes, we are bad, but Forest was absolutely not going to take the opportunity to punish us, and if we survive the first half, we'll win it. I'll bring the crystal ball again another time, when appropriate.

{Ed025's Note - you should be a very rich man with forecasts like that Kaizer.. :)

23 Feb 2026 06:45:15
As long as I continue to disregard every time I got it wrong, I sure should be 25!

{Ed025's Note - im sure the bookies are running scared Kaizer.. :)