Liverpool banter 4

10 Apr 2026 08:44:10
Sky Sports news alert. Slot press conference. Is that normal?

10 Apr 2026 09:59:16
Yes, we have a game tomorrow...

10 Apr 2026 10:00:40
Him saying he feels the fans' support. Delusional must be normal.

10 Apr 2026 10:04:06
Slot is deluded. He cannot believe he still thinks all the fans support him, his tactics and his players. We fans support the club, and all we ask for is fight and some effort on the pitch, with a plan from those off it. None of which is currently happening.

10 Apr 2026 10:12:57
He must read this site and see how much Chewy loves him.

What he needs to understand is we will support the team before and during games because we want them to do well, always. But that does not mean that anyone is supporting him. He's cocked it right up this season and is very lucky to still have a job.

10 Apr 2026 10:37:17
Beckers, you've been defending Slot all season, saying the players didn't have a pre season and it was only a blip.

Change of tune with the charge of username.

10 Apr 2026 11:02:52
I haven't, JK, I've been saying he needs to go since the PSV game. What I have been saying is that the witch hunt, with everyone criticising everything he says and does, is unnecessary and most of it has been unfair.



I do still think that what happened in the summer is a big reason for what we are seeing, among many other reasons, but I also think Slot has proven that he can't turn it around or maybe he simply doesn't want to be there anymore.

10 Apr 2026 11:36:28
Beckers, you do realise you can search on here all your comments as Beckers Peckers, Robbos lost legs, Sean Dundee & Varry Benison from just this season alone.

On a serious note, though, it's good to see you back, as I do enjoy reading your comments whether I agree with them or not.

10 Apr 2026 12:31:54
Ha, I never realised all of those names were the same poster. ?

10 Apr 2026 13:50:10
Why do posters change names? I know you could forget your password, but surely not that many times.

10 Apr 2026 13:10:24
Do it JK. Search my comments you will see I've been saying he should go for a while.

Thanks mate, let's see how long I last this time before Ed1 takes exception to something I say and bans me again. I don't understand why I keep getting banned to be honest I just don't always follow the status quo and that's a crime on here apparently.

{Ed001's Note - you get banned for being an abusive tit and usually it is not me who bans you but this time it is for you being an absolute prick with desiccated coconut for brains. You are the one who can't handle other people's opinions which is why you constantly get banned, grow up.}

10 Apr 2026 13:14:18
I don't understand why you keep changing your username, BP. What's the point? stop being a tart and stick to your guns with the same account.

10 Apr 2026 14:50:05
Beckers, no thanks mate, reading them once was more than enough. ?

Looking forward to some debates with you and hopefully a future pint also. ?

10 Apr 2026 15:49:57
So that's the Varry Benision I was always arguing with!!!! I wondering where he/she had shagged off to! You were a real Slot In Man VB don't try deny it now! I wouldn't have replied to you as often if not!!

10 Apr 2026 08:26:48
There's been some links this morning to Bazoumana Toure (20 years old) of Hoffenheim. I must say, if we had him on the LW with Yan Diomande (19 years old) on the RW, Isak would have a field day next season. They are exactly the types of wingers who will compliment him. That level of direct blistering speed and risk taking would just be devastating. I'd be very happy with Toure and/or Diomande. If we were also to add Mateus Fernandes (21 years old) to our midfield for the bite/mobility we're lacking, on top of the signing of Jacquet (20 years old), which is already completed.

Well, that really is future proofing your team given we have already invested in Wirtz (22), Kerkez (22), Ekitike (23), Leoni (19), Pecsi (21) etc.

Looks like we'll be losing Salah, Robertson, Mac Allister and Gakpo in the summer. With the rumoured targets though, it does seem like we are making correctional decisions to add some fresh energy to the team. Exactly what Xabi Alonso will need to implement his high press tactics (be that in a 3-4-3 or a 4-3-3).

I've high hopes for life after Slot. 8 more games.

10 Apr 2026 10:01:57
11 games, MK. 11...Wibble.

10 Apr 2026 10:04:22
We are assembling a squad with great potential. It needs a few special personalities to bring it together, though. I still don't see any leaders on the pitch to complement whoever is in the dugout. The great teams always have at least two vocal leaders on the pitch.

10 Apr 2026 10:13:32
Lots of kids, MK. Need some know how in this team.

Having said that, the wings are fine for kids. We need that know how in the middle.

10 Apr 2026 10:19:10
MK, Don't get your hopes up on Isak yet.

No sureshot success formula with Alonso either.

Looks like a long road ahead for us...

10 Apr 2026 10:36:16
Never seen him play. Shoot, never even heard of him.

10 Apr 2026 10:46:50
We need a moaner like milly or a hendo moaning with his steel to put you in your place. Some posters in this team Ala spice boys

10 Apr 2026 08:06:12
I would worry about the serious lack of leadership and personality within in the squad next season.
We struggled massively with the loss of Hendo and Milner for setting standards, now with Mo and Robbo going I don’t see any leaders in that team whatsoever.

10 Apr 2026 09:58:18
I think the real leader was Klopp.

Hendo was a great captain, but it was his decision to leave the club and go to Saudi to apparently grow the game whilst he was still captain.

{Ed025's Note - lets not kid ourselves JK...he went for the money mate..

10 Apr 2026 10:12:26
Yes, sir! Why didn't he go to Australia or Japan to grow the game.

10 Apr 2026 11:19:35
Grow the game. Ha!! Unless that's Jordan's pet name for his bank account mate.

10 Apr 2026 11:54:06
Pretty sure Hendo went to Saudi to promote his side business selling rainbow laces. He's still unsure why it didn't take off.

10 Apr 2026 10:58:11
I think JK's tongue was firmly in his cheek when he said that Ed025. We all know he went there for the money

{Ed025's Note - i was just making sure Drac.. :)

10 Apr 2026 15:09:52
If I was Hendo, I would have gone for the money. Nice end of career Brucie bonus for him. At least he never went during his peak years, like some have.

10 Apr 2026 07:48:55
Hello ed1 hope u well. Not sure if u answered this before but I can't see it when checked back.
Have u seen much of Jeremy jacquet and do u think he will step straight into team at start of next season? Presuming his injury is OK.

{Ed001's Note - I have not seen much of him at all, sorry.}

10 Apr 2026 10:24:51
No sweat, thanks for reply. I haven't either.
Really need him r Leoni r both ready to go next season.

{Ed001's Note - he can't be as bad as Konate, so that's one thing.}

10 Apr 2026 11:55:36
Jacquet looks good on YouTube. Mind you, so did Benteke.

10 Apr 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - Zeddicus has posted a new article entitled, From Rush to Slot: A Supporter’s Breaking Point

10 Apr 2026 13:22:01
Benteke didn't look good anywhere, mate, sorry. Truly poor player.

10 Apr 2026 13:32:02
I'm confused, I don't remember mentioning Benteke....

09 Apr 2026 23:14:21
That Jonathan Rowe from Bologna looked electric against Villa. If that's how he normally is, he would be quite the upgrade on Gakpo at LW.

10 Apr 2026 00:27:22
Great to know my FM23 bargain signing is still progressing to a top level without my guidance.

09 Apr 2026 22:22:52
Hi all, am a very old user of this site (~ a decade), but never posted. Just thinking, Ed001, with the current malice at Chelsea, do you think we can realistically revisit the Caicedo bid, because in my opinion, that's the most glaring miss in our squad? Any feedback is appreciated.

{Ed001's Note - no, I don't think it would make sense anyway. He will be expensive at a time when we need multiple players.}

09 Apr 2026 22:40:39
Thank you for the prompt reply. Who do you think would be an affordable option?

09 Apr 2026 23:25:15
Na. Caicedo is a decent player, but not the right attitude in my opinion, and he got the move he wanted.

I hope we don't go too boyish with our transfers.

Already Jacquet. Ok, I like Diomande, who we are linked with.

But then Archie Gray and Kees Smit rumours are out there.

All talented young boys, but we need some men next season. We are starting to look very Chelsea-like. Need to watch that.

10 Apr 2026 08:50:43
Davey, I just think we need the men we have to step up.

Gomez, Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Jones, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Ekitike, Isak etc are all probably going to be here still next season; and they'll all be 24+ years old. It wouldn't go amiss for those guys to really show all the younger players what is required. It wouldn't shock me if Endo and Tsimikas were brought back into the fold next year as squad players as well.

I actively want us to target younger players, because if you're bringing in a new manager, 19-21 year olds are ideal.

You can mould them into exactly what you need.

The only exception I'd make is if Virgil were to leave. In that scenario, I think we have to go for a replacement who can come straight in as a leader. Someone like Rudiger, Pavard or Stones. All 3 of them are going to be available in the summer (Rudiger and Stones out of contract, Pavard finishing his loan to Marseille). Hopefully Virgil stays though. In that bracket of CB's who are going to be 30+ next year, he is still the best there is by far.

10 Apr 2026 09:09:40
We're going to need a strong senior players' leadership group to go with that strategy (which I like, btw), Mks, and I don't see one anymore. I attribute this to our poor form as much as the coach.

10 Apr 2026 09:11:36
Reading your post, MK, makes me realise, even more, what a mess we're in. Stones, Rudiger... Really?!

10 Apr 2026 09:30:51
It does feel like a mess, Rome, no doubt.

I hope we start to shop again in the mid market, and pick up a few hungry younger mentality monsters rather than the entitled ones. Restore a bit of order.

10 Apr 2026 10:22:57
We need to bring in players with good leadership skills & physicality. Guehi & Semenyo fitted that profile, that's why it was such a big miss.

10 Apr 2026 10:38:12
The Caicedo stuff is old news. We need to leave the past in the past and move on.

09 Apr 2026 22:24:08
{Ed's Note - Zeddicus has posted a new article entitled, From Rush to Slot: A Supporter’s Breaking Point

09 Apr 2026 22:46:26
Thanks Eds! Lovely rework too, much better than the original ??

10 Apr 2026 00:47:41
Reminds me of myself, Zeddicus, a 12yr old fanatic watching the 84 cup final with my Liverpool mug that my dad had brought me back from the Isle of Man of all places earlier that year full of milk, a matching miniature commerative panel /flag and key ring even though I didn't possess any keys as you didn't need to lock your doors in those days, different times but brilliant times as a kid apart from witnessing the likes of Heysel and of course Hillsborough and trying to understand them as a nieve teenager. All the good times and more so a lot of bad times as you said, with the sprinkling of the odd trophy here and there waiting for the messiah that was Klopp to bring us back out of the wilderness and back like the force that we were in the late 70's and 80's, only for a fraud of a manager to win a league on the strength of Klopp's legacy and then show his true colours and how inept he really is as a manager.

I for one wanted him out after the Forest and Fenynoord (excuse spelling) games as we were already in decline in my view from the cup final loss to Newcastle earlier last year and for the remainder of the title winning season. I for one do not want to go back to the dark days of waiting 30yrs plus for a league title as I'll be long dead by then I'd imagine. But that's exactly what will happen if Slot, Edwards and Hughes are allowed to stay at the club for any longer than the end of this season as collectively they are destroying everything that Klopp and FSG built. I want Slot gone as we won't make top 5 with him in charge, but my biggest fear is that he will be protected by messers Edwards and Hughes until the end of the season when we will have finished 7th or 8th in what has been one of the most depressing seasons I can remember as a fan following my beloved club for over 40+ yrs.

10 Apr 2026 08:10:06
Love this, Zed.
Two take-outs for me are your comment about going 0-1 down to the blue noses. That used to be something we didn't bat an eyelid over: now we might as well pack up and go home, but this is a very recent thing.
My in-laws are long term Norwich season ticket holders, so have seen a lot more of the lows that we have. Look at what Clement has achieved there since he arrived a third of the way through this season.

We just need the balls to admit the current project has run its course and re-energise the current squad, plus two or three clever additions.
Clement has achieved Norwich's meteoric rise through a couple of canny buys plus some gentle turd polishing around the fringes of the squad. This sounds a plan for us.

09 Apr 2026 22:02:00
Romano putting out a rumour. Not sure how accurate he is, and also various rumours on newsnow that FSG have at no stage considered sacking Slot. In fact they have faith in Slot and look to his imput for how to move forward next season in a team revamp. Now I know this might be a rumour based around old news.

My opinion is there's no way Slot can survive; the fans have turned and I sense a few more damaging defeats and the players will publicly turn on him. His position is technically untenable. FSG potentially backing him seem a very naieve move.

09 Apr 2026 22:14:05
If that was true, FSG cannot and will not fight the fans, as they know they would lose massively, just my opinion.
I get the feeling around 75% of LFC fan base want Slot gone. If you're the owner of a club, would you really go against the fans' wishes?

09 Apr 2026 22:26:31
Bazz, only if your name is Mike Ashley.

09 Apr 2026 22:28:19
I'm not a big fan of knee jerk sackings, so I was relatively happy with Slot staying even when we went on that long run of defeats before Xmas, but... the poor performances have gone on way too long now, and there is zero excuse for how unfit the players obviously are. His time is up now for me.

09 Apr 2026 22:44:00
There'll be no hiding place on Wednesday when PSG inevitably beat us at Anfield next week.

10 Apr 2026 02:33:44
The concerning thing is that we are losing games due to small, basic details. Team shape, throw ins, set pieces, tracking runners, communication.

These are all basics that should be drummed into players day in, day out.

When the fixture schedule is so busy, I get that you can't drive the players too hard in training because they need to recover and be ready to go again in 3 days, so the main things you coach are the not so physical aspects like team shape in and out of possession, set pieces, throw ins, communication.



We are obviously not doing any of this because the players look totally lost. There's literally no team shape or connections. We got ripped open 3 times against PSG from a throw in! We are too far apart out of possession, which is why, when we press high, they could just play around us.

It's almost as if they are not being coached at all and he's just shoving them on the pitch and telling them to work it out for themselves.

10 Apr 2026 09:39:04
FSG may not have considered sacking Arne, that's Richard Hughes' job. If the director isn't trusted, then I guess it would get taken out of his hands, but they must have full confidence in him and Edwards. I agree with Bazzinga, though the fans just need to turn on the board and it's all over.

10 Apr 2026 10:43:49
Exactly, Overkill. FSG did not hire Slot. Hughes did, and why would these journos mention FSG specifically, and not the guys who are actually tasked with evaluating Slot as their direct employee?

We know FSG do not handle the day to day operations of the club (Billy Hogan does that) nor do they decide who to sign as players/manager (that's Hughes' job).

Suddenly they have a say on who should be kept as manager/player? Okay, bro.

I propose people just ignore all this crap (and Romano spreads crap anyway) and just wait for the season to end. Then, we will all be here to see what happens. Anything else from any journo is white noise, at this point.