Maybe, but it also reminds me of the time when Houllier claimed the 2005 Champions League win because Rafa won it with Houllier’s team
No man is an island, much less a football manager, and Slot has spoken well about the good inheritance he received from Klopp. Still, Slot was the Premier League winning manager last season and he gets the credit for that.
I don’t want to to be the club where the manager wins the league, has to bed in bed in seven new players, then has to deal with picking up the squad after a team mate gets killed, and then gets sacked when the team go through a predictable spell of poor form.
He won’t be sacked, he shouldn’t be sacked and anyone expecting him to be sacked should remember the club they support.
He inherited a fine squad, but one where several player were in ‘last dance’ territory. It was an aging team and it needed an injection on younger players.
That the club tried to do a huge amount of business in one summer is something that responsibility is shared for.
I think FSG have demonstrated that in football matters they don’t give a fuck what fans think. If they believe in him and his ability guide us through this run, then he’ll stay. If they don’t then he’ll go. We have absolutely no impact on the matter.
Might not be the moment right now, but clearly there’s a limit to what is acceptable to the club, IF this continues.
I’d also expect they are already looking at possible alternatives. Quietly, internally.
We had an average age above the league average, but was driven up by the ever present status of 2 players we invested big money in keeping and another we promoted to VC and are still trying to extend. This story is just completely at odds with the decisions we made this summer.
I don’t want us to be that, but he consistently picks players out of form or players going through the motions and as many have said his main tactic after going one behind is chaos, just throw on forward after forward and then concede more.
Arne needs to some how lift the players and especially have a cohesive defensive plan.
There’s a general malaise about the team. We can all see that. The explanation for this is where it gets murky.
But its increasingly clear its not simply about tactics and or the integration of new players…
I can’t see FSG accepting not qualifying for the Champions League and at the moment, it’s looking like we’ll have to win this year’s competition in order to do so. I honestly can’t see that happening.
It isn’t about replacing per se - but younger players needed bringing in. When your Centre Back is 35 and your main goal threat is 34, you do need to start planning for the future. Isak and Wirtz were bought with a view to a post Salah future.
For me last season he demonstrated he didn’t have any understanding of the EPL and I suspected a lack of respect. I think what happened today just hammers that nail all the through the wood.
I don’t give up on hope though even if not even Hodgson managed to get me as depressed. I mean FFS this Slot has good players!