There were a fair few who wanted ‘Arne who?’ sacked the moment he was appointed.
I don’t think he gets sacked before summer. Even then it will dependent on a number of factors.
Personally I think this squad is caught between the team it was and the team it wants to be. And that being the case, with winning the league no longer on the table, then get the next team started now. Go all in on whatever it is that these players were bought for, even if that mean sacrificing certain holy cows. If it means Mo Salah becomes a bench player, even if it means Robertson isn’t used as much, even if it means replacing Konate. Whatever this team is supposed to be in 2026/27, bring it forward.
The risk at the minute is that Slot spends the season caught between two stools and never gets to implement the team that he is aiming for.
The closest parallel to this I can think of is Man City last year. They lost nine times in the league last year, which is unthinkable for them. At one point they lost six out of seven in the league, with only a draw breaking the run.
Which is part of the discussion whether we agree or not. It’s part of being involved in a disparate group, oppositional viewpoints and all.
I’m at a crossroads with the season…let him rebuild, reshape, restructure or whatever. But only if we TRUST he gets it right next season.
From memory Klopp was on his sabbatical? at the time, in demand, BR was full of it unpopular and results were shite for a while. Defo change needed.
No brainer sack and get Klopp.
IMO don’t pull the trigger right now.
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Rodger’s was sacked after a mediocre 0-0 draw at Goodison Park. There were more dreadful spells of form to pull the trigger if it was ever a simple reaction to his performance.
I think they were waiting for Klopp to give them the nod. They would have bulleted Brendan in the summer had Jurgen been up for it then. They would have waited longer than they did had he needed more time on sabbatical.
It was never about sacking Rodgers. It was all about getting Klopp.
Klopp got way worse teams than ours right now to finals. Klopp had way worse teams playing better football than this. Klopp won the UCL before the league win. He also never, ever got the war chest Slot had got and had to deal with the likes of Ben Davies being bought for him during a defensive injury crisis so stuck with Williams and Phillips at cb to get us 3rd.
What I want Arne to do on reflection is start playing players in their positions. No more of this silliness if you need a CB on then Gomez (if he isn’t fit seek one in the u21s, even consider Robertson) Grav is your cover and so is pointless removing him from the CM. At right back Ramsey if he is fit.
Utilise the bench they haven’t let anyone down because they haven’t played. Let’s get basic tactics right. Say the first 30 was good yesterday then build on that. Why did the other 60 happen, it was at home, you have an excuse away but this has to be the low point otherwise my opinion that he has to go stands.
The next 8-10 games are the easiest he will get and it’s started losing 3-0 at home to a Sean Dyche team, I’d wonder how many times Sean Dyche has won away by 3 goals in the PL. I’d say it’s lower than 10.
I remember that it didn’t take long before the main candidates were Klopp and Ancelotti. Of course, helped by the fact that they were free at the time.
But had Klopp stayed at Dortmund, Rodgers would probably have been sacked sooner. He was out of his depth and embarrassing himself in his interviews.
It would have been a mistake to stick with him out of loyalty or because it’s the ‘Liverpool way’. He was shite.
Liverpool’s most successful period was under Paisley. Shankly was banned from the training ground and Paisley famously wasn’t squeamish about binning off former greats. The Liverpool way is not about being charitable to underperforming has beens.