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17 May 2026 23:04:04
One of your posters, RD, came on the Chelsea page and called us a basket case for going after Alonso, who he said would never come to us. How are you lot feeling with a former legend now coming to us? I ask in a polite way as I would hate one of our club legends managing you.
Btw I think Slot will stay in charge and turn things around. Your problem has been an aged squad with Salah being your biggest problem; he is a bad apple.
17 May 2026 20:46:43
Since all the ITK are stating Slot is gone. I will say from my source that you are being mislead.
Slot is nowhere near gone. The whole board is backing him next season for a make or break effort.
Majority of people that matter still believe him and know that players have severely underperformed this season.
There is also a discussion which has come out where players asked for more breaks.
In fact both Curtis and Salah could not praise Slot enough at the beginning of the season. They both categorically stated in interviews which were recorded to praise Slot for raising their game and having a system to play to their strengths.
Also as per Slot it was a team decision to have more breaks and less training as they were mentally drained.
Things shifted when players underperformed beyond expectations and some egos were not soothed.
Slot to his credit has throughout maintained efficient communication with the leadership and he continues to enjoy their support.
The change will only be forced if unexpected circumstances as feared by board happen. Slot accepts that and will walk in case any untoward situation comes forth.
17 May 2026 21:07:24
Do one to the Man U boards.
17 May 2026 21:07:26
Yeah, I tend to think, Slot brings in backroom, big characters leave and LFC give him the team/players he wants.
Can see this as the reality. Not my wants, but feels the most likely to me with everything that's out there from media.
17 May 2026 21:29:26
Cafu, if that's true, then the club is truly screwed & being run by idiots. 99% of the fan base want him gone, he's lost the dressing room, the players have underperformed under his watch & he's done nothing to reverse that trend in poor performances & results for over a year.
I cannot believe that they are that stupid, that they are willing to keep a coach who has overseen such a shambles, that shows no sign of fixing when the paying punters don't want him there.
17 May 2026 21:34:22
Players get extra time off because of Peeters' periodisation programming. That's a hard fact, there's absolutely no debating it. Peeters and Slot have been doing it for years. They were well known for it at Feyenoord too.
17 May 2026 21:49:55
Risible stuff.
17 May 2026 18:28:23
Paddy Power currently make Luis Enrique favourite as next LFC manager at 7/2 odds.
17 May 2026 18:58:11
A fool and his money are easily parted!
Hughes and Edwards would not be able to deal with Enrique. He would be far too popular with the fans for their egos to deal with.
17 May 2026 21:25:13
Alonso was 2/7.
17 May 2026 15:39:44
The recruitment team never fancied Alonso. For the same reason they didn't look at Amorim when they needed a replacement for Klopp. Tactics. We're not a 3 at the back club. Perhaps there's more reasons, such as him wanting similar power to what Klopp had. Don't forget the reasons Madrid let him go.
We take for granted Slot won the league first season. After the squad had been left in a bit of a mess when Klopp left, if we're honest. Our top three players had been allowed to run their contracts down. Trent had already decided to leave and was learning Spanish and Salah was demanding wages beyond anything we'd ever paid before. The club could have sold him to the Saudis for £150m before his form dropped off a cliff, but didn't replace him in time. We failed to get a 6 to replace Fabinho and we signed three 10s instead, in a panic. The squad was imbalanced. Because Klopp was making the decisions. I love him for what he brought the club, but it wasn't sustainable.
Since then, Slot has had to deal with a popular player's tragic death and a massive shift in an evolution of the squad, and of the whole club.
Had we not won the league in the first year, perhaps we might have been more excepting of this season's results. Don't get me wrong, the tactics aren't working. And he's become very negative, not just on the pitch, but with the media and fans too. Some might say for good reason.
If all of us are completely honest with ourselves, none of us complained last summer. We made some amazing signings, and it was very exciting. It hasn't worked and in hindsight different choices could/would have been better. That's not Slot's fault.
He has one year on his contract. So does Enrique (for now) - the best Manager on the planet IMO. I'm holding out hope that If Slot stays, we give him a chance to let things improve after a reparative summer in the transfer market. Or, if the club do decide to make a human being redundant of their job, that we as a fanbase our respectful and gracious of the amazing first season he gave us. And that he's replaced with the best possible option and not just a knee-jerk reaction in the way other clubs continue to do, and get wrong. YNWA.
{Ed001's Note - Alonso prefers 4 at the back.}
17 May 2026 15:59:46
@Ed001 he played 3 at the back with Leverkusen the whole time and started that way at Madrid until they told him to change it. Not sure what evidence you have to prove he prefers 4 at the back. Happy to be proven wrong, but regardless, his tactics don't suit our club.
{Ed001's Note - he played 4 at the back before Leverkusen and he swapped between 3 and 4 with Madrid. He was not told to change it at all as far as I am aware. He has also said publicly, while in charge of Leverkusen, that he prefers a back 4 but 3 just suited the players he had. I am going to believe him over you thanks.}
17 May 2026 16:55:31
People comment here with emotion and no logic or research. I don't know if Alonso would or would not work at LFC, but it wouldn't be because of 'only playing a back 3', as that is false.
17 May 2026 18:38:47
He's had 37 league games to sort things out, the players aren't fit, the tactics are dire, the results have been mostly poor, he has lost most of the fans and most of the dressing room.
Both Manchester teams did the double against us, and we didn't beat any of the promoted teams at home.
I could go on.
He wouldn't be made redundant as he would be replaced, so it's either sacked or a mutual termination. Criticism is aimed in sporting terms, not at the man himself.
17 May 2026 18:56:16
Conveniently ignoring the fact that Alonso was first choice before we hired Slot, but he didn't want to leave Leverkusen at the time.
Ironically, with signings we've made since Slot, we'd very much suit 3 at the back now, with Salah going and a lack of wingers.
GK - Ali/Mama
LWB - Kerkez/Tsimikas
RWB - Frimpong/Bradley
CB - Konate/Gomez
CB - Jacquet/ Leoni
CB - VVD
CM - Szobo/Jones
CM - Grav/Macca
CAM - Wirtz/Elliot
ST - Ekitike/Gakpo
ST - Isak/New signing?
17 May 2026 18:55:01
Fair enough. Never read that quote. And rather odd that he'd persist with the system after transfers and then again when he moved to Madrid. Guess we'll see his preference next season at Chelsea. Shame you only focused on that part of my post though. Point was slightly more than that. Also, had hoped my post would be put in transfer rumours, as it was in response to the majority of the folk on here, and its where we all gravitate.
No I don't have a rumour, but most don't. And the ones that do are mainly copying and pasting from elsewhere. Everyone's just so negative. Feels un-Liverpool like to me. I'm as unhappy about how we're playing as anyone, just think we need a little more patience, perspective and humility. Otherwise we just become exactly what other clubs' fans accuse of being. And this site just becomes baiting the lowest common denominator. Appreciate your time.
17 May 2026 18:59:26
19 defeats and 52 goals conceded. That is all anybody needs to know.
17 May 2026 19:46:22
Literally the biggest load of nonsense I've ever read on this site.
Klopp left the team in a bit of a mess?? The exact same team that won the league? The same team that came 5th and then 3rd showing clear progress and individual improvement along the way? Sure thing mate, whatever you say.
Contracts were not Klopps responsibility, literally, it's somebody elses job entirely. We are notorious for leaving vital negotiations far too late, just ask Stevie, it happened long before Jurgen and its still happening now, so please explain to me how Klopp had anything to do with it.
It wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference if Slot somehow managed to win the League, the Euromillions and the bloody World Cup in his first season, his tactics are unbearably inept, he's completely clueless and way out of his depth. Nobody is taking last season for granted but Slot apologists certainly ignore the mitigating factors.
It would change nothing if he finished in a different position last year, it has no bearing whatsoever on how backwards he's brought this team, or how ineffective his tactics are or how he's clearly lost the dressing room. In fact, if Slot didn't win the league last year he would 100% have been gone in November.
Completely honestly, I complained last Summer, in fact I was complaining since February. Slot started introduced his own tactics because he got cocky, things slowly began to unravel. I was furious during the run-in and complaining constantly about how poor the football was, and i'm not the only one. The "only 2 losses" Slotboys like to point out don't address all the draws or the terrible 1-0 wins we had during the tail end of last season.
And I continued to complain during the summer, Isak, zero interest. I said he was an accident waiting to happen from day 1. Frimpong to replace Trent? Please, nowhere near good enough. 2x number 9's that were almost carbon copies, absolutely moronic.
"if the club do decide to make a human being redundant of their job" ??? Oh no, poor Slot and his tens of millions of £'s, whatever will he do?!
If you're such a passionate humanitarian, go volunteer at a soup kitchen and stop wasting yor time talking drivel.
17 May 2026 14:17:19
There is rumours that Salah will be dropped from squad for last game.
17 May 2026 14:32:05
Is Slot gonna drop every player who liked Salah's Insta too?
17 May 2026 14:51:53
How does he actually start Salah now though? He can't really, can he? If there's nothing on the game, I see Mo getting 20 mins at the end to get his send off. Even if we need a result, I don't know whether he'll start.
17 May 2026 18:15:32
Either way his name will be sung throughout, hopefully more so because of his post. Slot will know, give Robbo and Hendo a roar to Hendo never got a send off.
17 May 2026 20:14:27
Florian, how does he start Mo? Are you jokin? He's still the top scoring available forward. How do you not start him? Please tell me, who's been better than Mo on the right this season? Or better yet, besides Ekitike, who obviously won't be playing, who's been better than Mo across the forward line? Isak? Gakpo? Chiesa?
17 May 2026 14:15:21
There should be a decision in next few days regarding Arne Slot's future. If he is in charge going forward, then big changes will be made involving staff & transfers. Hoeness is regarded the top target if we decide to change; Nagelsman & Iraola are also on the list.
17 May 2026 11:55:38
Valverde is available. Straight swap with gravy?
17 May 2026 12:29:26
Why swap Gravenberch when Real have been reportedly interested in Mac Allister for a couple of seasons?
Swap him instead.
17 May 2026 13:31:52
Be more likely McCallister.
17 May 2026 13:51:18
Reservations about temperament, but worth the gamble for me, top player.
17 May 2026 14:53:10
Cracking player Valverde would be a great signing for any side.
17 May 2026 20:21:21
I've always been a fan, would be a big upgrade on Mac Allister, but it wouldn't be a straight swap, Valverde is a 100m+ player, Mac Allister isn't. In the current market, I imagine Real would open negotiations at 120+, which they're not going to do. I doubt very much he's going anywhere anyway.
{Ed001's Note - 120 or 180 and Mac Allister....}
17 May 2026 22:05:55
? Mac Allister valued at -60m.
17 May 2026 11:54:37
If anything, this past 24 hours has taught is that there are no real in the knows. Not a great time to be a Liverpool fan, but good times will come back again. It's football, not life.
17 May 2026 13:32:36
Exactly.