Congratulations for surviving the sack. Individual moment, luck and red cards bailed him out. He now also has the excuse of many injuries and players missing.
Has he improved any players? Can anyone see some kind of tactical identity?
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I don’t even know what the tactics were but we looked clueless that last 15 mins and that does not speak well to the quality of the coaching
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yeah i commented a while ago that to survive he needs to get the team playing cohesively and to a plan…not rely on individual players talents…id rather get fifth and see a patern of play emerge that is sustainable and consistent than get 4th becuase Isak and Wirtz et al is good at footy…
in old fashion lingo, we need to see the team being better than the sum of its parts
definately not there at the moment
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You can see the clear framework of a tactical plan emerging if you’re not blind..
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Stop it. I am splitting my sides!! lol!
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If anything, this win should count against him. That was a mess of a performance that ended with 3 points because the other side was Spurs being Spurs.
Any serious team would have walked all over us.
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Unfortunately a lot of lads made up their minds weeks ago, and in a few cases the moment he was appointed. There is absolutely nothing Slot can do to win them back round.
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ill ignore the last few words, as it doesnt help the debate, but yes, i suppose you are correct, i can see a framework when we have the ball, and its horrendous, ponderous, lacks any movement and is easily disrupted.
without the ball i struggle to see it to be honest, there was one moment in the first half before the send off when all the midfielders were gesticulating to each other about what i percieve to be a complete misunderstanding about who should go and when.
never bothered me, a bit of inhouse argueing, but this one did, it was genuine confusion as to who should be doing what and where.
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I think IF we lose against Wolves or one of the other two (Leeds or Fulham), Slot will be under pressure again. They are all near the bottom half of the table and near relegation.
We should be looking at nine points there, but yet again we are licking our wounds.
Isak off with an injury that I really would be surprised if it turns out to be an ACL. Bradley looks to have been forced off by another injury, and Wirtz looked to have pulled his hamstring late on.
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We can only have a genuine debate when all participants have the ability of seeing and understanding.
For every example of confusion in the NP phase, there are multiple of opponents in the last six games forced to recycle the ball because of the Liverpool defensive shape…
In the attacking phase we can definitely do better, but we’re still creating chances.
My problem is with folks who exaggerate and dumb down the discussion because they lack the mental capacity to understand where we are at and the process of getting through it.
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Omg! Me ma always said bad luck comes in threes.
However, we should have enough firepower and quality players to get passed these three teams. We should get 9 points. Let’s hope so. We have a week to prepare which is good.
unfortunately if you want ‘all participants’ to engage in a certain dignified manner, the internet is not the place to be.
we need to sift through the chaff, to get the wheat …so to say.
I agree tbh. The problem is our mental (and physical) fragility, which the manager also has a part to play in
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It hasn’t actually been around a lot longer than
Slot mind.
Mentality monsters wasn’t a constant.
It was a theme though
They’re all inexorably linked and you can only work your way through it progressively.
That’s an established fact from every team that has gone through something similar
We’re easily on course for a Top5 finish which means Slot is safe for the next 10 games.
Wolves and Leeds both at Anfield. Even with the depleted squad I want to see clear improvement in tactics, quality and confidence. I’d be happy with 4 points if we dominate both of them.
After that Fulham away will be difficult and Arsenal away from home will be really bad if we play like today.
We’ve played Arsene at Anfield already this season (Dom’s wonder free kick)
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People who have their mind made up on Slot and want him gone, and people who generally went easier on Mo in light of his interview after the Leeds game, are almost one and the same.
Slot just handled an awful situation, foisted on him by Mo, quite superbly. As for the footy itself, it is a bit of a slog at the moment, we can all see that, but after a horrible slump there have been some signs of improvement.
Mind you, I do agree that we are still waiting to see a clear pattern of play emerge. That’s a fair point and we should expect it.
To my mind, as long as we stay in range for a CL finish, I don’t think Slot will be sacked. However, even if we achieve that but we continue to stumble along, without the pattern of play and clear identity we want to see, then I think Slot would be in danger of losing his job in summer.
But I don’t think we are close to that, and while there is a lot of football to play, how about we adopt a wait and see approach?
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