I find it very odd that people are so open to sacking Slot. He won us only our 2nd league title in 35 years. Yes it was with Klopp’s team but where there many people saying we’d had a shit transfer window come the end of August?
The sale of Quansah made no sense to me and neither did not buying a centre back. I know we tried to get guehi but only late on. That is coming to haunt us now as konate has been pretty piss poor and there appear to be concerns about gomez’s fitness.
However despite how shit we’ve been, we’re still only 3 points from 4th place and still in the champions league. Personally I think Slot deserves more time and certainly more respect than what he’s been receiving from the non-match going public.
Does slot make decisions that seem confusing? Yes. But has there ever been a manager anywhere that doesn’t. Just because you can’t get your head round them doesn’t mean that he’s wrong (it doesn’t mean he’s right either) but I do believe Slot’s earned time in the job based on what he’s achieved for us.
I agree with a lot of what you’ve said. Salah will always be a legend and one of my favourite ever players. Has given me great memories and adored by my son helping him become a Liverpool fan for life (hopefully).
I don’t think it’s FSG. They are not involved in day to day running. This idea is from Hughes/Edwards. There is no way we have money for Semenyo and Guehi…nearly another 100 million without selling a top player.
You cannot sell a player like Mo just like that…as it will turn fans against you…so teams drop in form and Slot being scared to hold onto his job is a perfect opportunity to orchestrate this and let the fans turn against the player instead.
The only thing Mo did wrong was to come out and speak. But, I guess if indeed this was an orchestration from the suits above…what options did he had left…silently accept being sold or fight , even if it goes against the ethos of the place he been there for years
I mean…as a player no one knows more than himself every day what this club stand for, so why tarnish that legacy unless you can smell what’s brewing.
I understand but I am advocating why an extreme step is required each time, a player comes out and speak. If you read his comments they seem to be pointing fingers upstairs instead, especially, the quote where he says someone is trying to get me out of the club. This is a player who wants to stay and one who loves the club.
I mean what options will you have as a player if this happens to you and you are being forced out of the club. You either stay silent , accept the conspiracy to be sold from the club you wanted to finish your career with or you rather come out in the open , expose the agenda and are willing to give up on your legacy if it meant you wanna stay and play for this club.
Don’t think he had much of an option there…but I am completely against selling our best player. No fcking way…
I’ve said over and over again that these players look mentally shot. They look so, so fragile. That might be Slot’s fault. It might be that we’re being let down by players who should be better than this. It might be that we’re struggling to deal with the huge amount of squad churn. It might be the fucking set piece coach (who seems to escaping a fair bit of criticism for our total inability to defend a set piece) is utterly clueless. It might be an understandable reaction to the awful circumstances of the summer. The likelihood is that it’s all those things to a greater or lesser extent.
Nothing about this is self evident from the scraps of information we have at our disposal as fans. We see a tiny, tiny bit of the picture.
The problem is have with @The-AllMightyReds is that he has a hammer and therefore every problem looks like a nail.
Mo Salah still starting games? Slot is clueless get him out.
Mo Salah upset at being dropped? Slot is clueless get him out.
If that’s the case will Mr. Edwards/Hughes sell him to a direct rival like City or Arsenal or even Chelsea ? Or will you be alright if he is sold to any of these ?
Or have a bit of a doubt that this may come back to bite you if he storms up the league with City ?
If that’s the case…he is still the best player you have. It’s not like players become bad overnight. They need to be given a proper platform to perform.
For me, a coach should always be a mix of success and humanity/team leadership. And I’m really bothered by how poorly he utilizes the squad, the coldness he shows towards the substitutes, and the constant reliance on his favorites, no matter what. I brought this up weeks ago; you can get away with that kind of thing when things are going well, but in a crisis, these traits obviously become one of his biggest weaknesses, and things escalate when players don’t feel valued or like part of the group. As we say here… “Nun haben wir den Salat”… now we’re in a mess.
But that’s somewhat self-inflicted due to a lack of tact and poor man management skills.
Would love to see him as manager especially if losing , he’d be on here saying he should be sacked as he’s clueless whilst the match was still playing…and then doing press conferences talking about we played well etc
Im fine with any option…simply because lets be honest Mo didnt make liverpool , we made him the player he is, i guarantee you wherever he goes , he will not reach the same level as he did here.
It’s Hughes first policy we are living in.
As I said a couple of posts ago, we need a bit of player perspective here .
What options did he have left if he was being conspired to be sold to fund new signings.
He either went silently or because he loves this place and wanted to finish his career here, he would rather be willing to tarnish his legacy but try and stop the sale somehow.
Something is obviously rotten behind the scenes and for me Hughes must go …if Slot departs.
The Gakpo/Diaz/Ngumoha thing to me looks like a bit of a disconnect between Hughes and Edwards.
I totally get not signing a Diaz replacement if the club believe that Rio is ready or nearly ready. But Slot’s refusal to give him any meaningful minutes suggests that he doesn’t agree with this.
100%
Any of those clubs would take him without question. Lets be honest here, his form dropped because of circumstance, not because he turned a certain age and can be sent to the glue factory. On Wednesday night he put a few decent moments together, made us look a threat at times. Whatever the outcome of this fuck fest, Salah is still a pretty valuable player.