But apparently with loads of diamonds all over the pitch in possession. 
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We should have a Slot/Mo/Edwards/Hughes/Linda/John bingo (did I miss anyone)
And Billy Hogan.
Title is “Whose fault is it”
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I hope this diamond formation doesn’t go the way of Salt Bae’s restaurant business
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Answer is: Traore.
He just can’t control his feet 
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I’ll be glad when this saga is over one way or the other. It is pitting good reds against each other, which actually tells us how divisive Mo was in the interview he gave. And when we are going at each other, things get stupidly forensic.
Mo has been brilliant for us. If he is to stay, although his powers have waned, he still has something good to offer. Perhaps, if we are going with two up top, that might be a way to get more out of him, as being isolated on the wing is doing him no favors.
He made a mistake, everyone agrees on that, and if he is to stay there must surely be some sort of reconciliation, as letting it fester won’t heal a thing. If we don’t see any signs of that before he leaves for AFCON, I strongly suspect that will be it, and the last time we see him will be against Brighton tomorrow. Seems surreal to say that.
He may or may not start, we are all watching, and in the absence of anything definitive, we will be paying special attention to the nature of the wave he gives to the crowd on the pitch at the end.
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But what about his goal at Burnley
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I said I would be happy if we won it again in my life. Klopp did. Slot did. So he has huge credit.
But in terms of history changing coaches I am not sure. But then who out there is?
Bambi on ice 
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Traore?
I would say that’s really disingenuous use of stats. How many premier league games did we actually play in March …….
One
The game we played against Southampton were Salah scored 2. Salah also scored on 27th of April against Spurs when we were awarded the title.
So that leaves basically the games from the start to mid April.
Against Leicester. Here is what TIA said about him 7 out of 10 “ Salah was the locksmith today. He tinkered, tampered and rearranged, slotting new parts in between the defensive ranks as Liverpool had to look for new avenues of attack.
Could’ve been more clinical with his own chances, having been denied by the woodwork and bodies on the line. But Salah was always there, taking up those positions, jinking inside and serving those deft, curled left-foot crosses high to the back post. Jota should have scored from one such offering”
So clearly not bad game.
Ok so what about game before that ? Well the BBC sub headline for game is “hero Salah helps dig Liverpool out” as he set Diaz up for first goal. Don’t need to say much else.
Fulham we lost, 3-2. Salah did have a bad game (so did rest of team). But match review of Salah “No shortage of effort and a couple of moments of promise but soon became frustrated at the lack of quality.”
That just leaves Everton. Game we won 1-0. Match review “Was at the centre of everything good for Liverpool but just lacked that final pass or shot.”
He clearly didn’t down tools from March.
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It’s been Billy Hogan’s fault for about 15 years…
I’m still confused why he gets so much hate.
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Oh! That’s interesting. And I’m assuming that there were no other matches going on then right? Nothing of import?
No one said he downed tools from March. It’s that his form dipped. And that dip turned into the valley we see today, which you’re conveniently ignoring in all this.
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Exactly. Lots of posters had been calling for Mo to be dropped well before the 2.5 games that precipitated his outburst and felt Arne’s failure to do so was a big black mark against his ability to turn things around. As it turns out, Slot probably was seeking to avoid the wrath of Salah by keeping him in the team much longer than he deserved.
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Yeah, it was 2 goals in 9 games across the last 2 months of the season. But if you want to include the Southampton game when he scored 2 (and then made the more out than in comments) then adding that additional month when EVERYTHING was still at stake, it comes out at just 4 goals in 13 games in all competitions over the last 3 months. That arguably makes it worse. It’s still WAY off the pace of what is needed from him, extends the period to one lasting about 1/4 of a season, and especially when you focus on how bad the performances were in the March we cannot use the excuse of “the season was essentially already over” that was so tempting to use for the slow down in April and May.
And qualitatively, it is probably relevant to consider how utterly bossed he was against PSG, especially in that first tie, the game that kicked off the period. It was probably the first time anyone saw Mo in a Liverpool shirt handled like that. That was the game people responded to at the time asking “shit, was this the game when Mo became old?”
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And THAT block in the CL final from Shevchenko!
Anyway those comments from Slot in the presser today really drive home how misdirected lots of people have been imaging how this played out using literal interpretations of Mo talking about “no relationship” and “no conversations”.
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This is what I mean about the forensic bollocks. Mo’s post was so divisive that it pitted good reds against one another.
In the spirit of Rafa Benitez:
Fact: Mo had a brilliant first half to last season
Fact: Mo settled down the second half of the season, but overall his season was awesome
Fact: Mo has been way below the standards he set last season
He gave his incendiary interview. Not on. The club, and Slot, has tried to manage the situation since. He’s in the squad tomorrow. Will he start? What sort of a farewell will he give to the crowd at the end?
Fact: we know there are issues to resolve, between Salah’s agent and the club, when Mo goes off to AFCON.
Will it lead to an exit? Will Mo end up staying?
That’s what we don’t know yet.
My best guess is there will be a couple more salty comments from Mo, before a January exit to the Saudis. Could be wrong. Let’s see.
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Both goals against Southampton were penalties
It’s coz he’s related to Hulk Hogan 
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What are you trying to get from all this? That at the first sight of trouble drop out leading scorer of 8 years who JUST swept up every personal accolade going in the country including being the top scorer in the league?
Arne has been beaten to a bloody pulp by some here about performing badly with the team from exactly that time. You seem to be conflating our drop in form for a myriad of problems with Mo’s form.
If you can’t give the current holder of the PL golden boot some grace then honestly I don’t know what to say.
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