I would say no based on the crowd at Anfield. Also would say we’ve given him a lot longer to prove himself than any other club but there’s no improvement and those exceptional players under Slot are a shadow of their former selves.
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Messi would diminish under him too. A young Gerrard would fail cause he wouldn’t be trusted.
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They were insipid, a shambles out of possession once more, but, hey, according to the head coach Arne Slot they are a few tweaks over the summer away from being the football team their fans will fall back in love with. That will be quite the redemption story with many having headed back up the M6 before the end.
Joyce
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Even Joyce sounds fed up.
Thing is it’s actually got progressively worse over the last few weeks.
They are not a team, and Slot is not a coach, that responds well to set backs.
Some managers ride momentum well, but really struggle to arrest a decline. Rodgers was like that, and I think Slot has a bit of that about him.
I was feeling confident about the United game, as we’d just won three on the bounce and looked in decent form. All it took was an early goal for United to end up with three of the most insipid, hopeless, gutless performances you would ever see. The mentality is absolutely shocking.
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The parallels between Rodgers/Hodgson and Slot are unmistakable. The longer he stays, the greater the damage he inflicts. If FSG persist with him, they will set us back for years and the fans won’t be raging solely at Slot, but, quite rightfully, also at those that keep him in place.
Failed in what way? The results were largely fine with a win percentage that exceeded 70%. He left the team after only 8 months trailing Barcelona by 4 points amid discontent caused by toxic personalities like Vinicius and Mbappe. He also had to deal with a mountain of injuries and had a shortened preseason because of the CWC or whatever it’s called. If that’s failure, what term should be used for Slot’s season?
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Ronaldo still looked at the top of his game when he left Real and signed for Juve for whom a striker was supposed to be ‘the last piece of the puzzle’ for a CL. Mo hasn’t looked that for about 18 months. 18 months ago we could have got a large fee for him had all parties desired.
Also worth noting that that deal was a disaster for Juventus. It ended their run of Serie A titles and crippled them financially, it really ended an era
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Exactly. But the point remains, Ronaldo was much more bankable then - much more akin to Mo 18+ months ago.
Maybe there will be someone else. You never know with this club. Ups and downs all the time. 
What if Alonso isn’t first choice.
What if we have a deal in place for someone else, someone currently at a club? Like Bournemouth, Palace or PSG.
Journalists briefed Slot staying, to keep the negotiations secret.
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The old adage you are always backed till you’re sacked.
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The more I think about it, the more I think it might be just waiting for Nagelsmann.
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That had been my thinking. Possibly someone who was involved in the World Cup. But someone from another English club would be a delicate situation, particularly the likes of Bournemouth where it could be a conflict of interests.
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That’s not a mitigating factor.
That’s a self-inflicted wound.Almost verging on industrial sabotage.
It’s the opposite, that is a big one in the list of damning indictments against Slot/Hughes.
Regarding injury problems, zero sympathy. We used to have Diaz, Nunez, Jota (RIP), Salah, and a productive Gakpo.
They (Hughes/Slot) rip up the template and sell Diaz without replacing him with a multifunctional wide forward, and get TWO traditional no 9s (I’ll give some leeway for Hugo as he can operate effectively out wide and also drop slightly deeper and link play) in a team that hasn’t used such a striker for the better part of a bloody decade!
For the price that could have gotten proper replacements for all three of them.
You gut the squad and then complain your bench is weak and you don’t have players?
Both of them can fuck right off. And take Tompkins with you.
If Alonso is open to coming, and we pass on the opportunity to retain Slot to take us into next season, that seems like a terrible decision. Slot has simply not shown us anything that would suggest he can turn it around.
If Alonso is open to coming, and we pass on the opportunity in favour of another man to replace Slot, fair enough. Let’s see who the club have identified. We would get the reset we desperately need, and we can look ahead to next season with renewed hope, or at least an open mind, and not the sense of dread we would collectively feel if Slot were to continue.
If not Alonso, I’m wondering about Iraola.
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The only thing I remember about Nagelsmann, he was abit cocky in the pre-match press conference, but alright otherwise. When his team (Leipzig) played against our team in the Champions League at Anfield, he was chewing alot gum throughout the match. 
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Has he gone yet…anyway…if it’s not Xavi…then can Gerrard step in to cover…and as a long shot…can Robbo be his assistant…straws n grasping come to mind…
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I randomly remember he went to Old Trafford dressed like a clown to face an average United side and they tore Leipzig apart.
Honestly, he deserved that 5-0 just for wearing that blazer.
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