You simply can’t assert that as fact. He might have won it, but
a) he didn’t win it before with exactly the same players
b) Klopp himself was knackered and it’s doubtful he would have had the stamina for the challenge
c) 82 points might have been enough, but had we run at an 82 point pace all year then maybe Arsenal and City have enough encouragement to not basically give up as early as they did.
The only thing we can say for sure is that Slot won the league in his debut season. Everything else, all talk about what would have happened had he not got the job or Klopp had stayed is totally meaningless.
All I know is that things are not going to improve. There is no player in the world that will improve this team as it now exists, so spending money in the transfer market is 100% pointless, UNLESS, we are keeping Slot.
I am a pro get rid of him poster, I’m just not a pro caretaker manager. I think it will be Xabi, it’s who I wanted before Slot, I just knew it was unrealistic because of RM.
All the Klopp has vanished from this team. Klopp vanquished the Rodgers doom and gloom, it how now reared its ugly head once again. It will continue to fester under Slot, so the question is do we let it fester till the end of the season, get a caretaker or get our No 1 choice if available.
It’s not revisionist in the slightest.
The key point, as you yourself acknowledge with your reference about the recording of his leaving video, is that the club were already committed to selling. The fact it didn’t happen is because of the mess Palace found themselves in on deadline day. It’s much easier for Parish to push that deal through on his side if we had bid a little higher and done so sooner. With two days left in the window, any such deal inevitably becomes tied to what Palace can do to bring in a replacement.
A new manager need to have some input. If you buy a squad player or youth player then yes. If you are buying a major player (fee and wages), then we need to allow the new manager input.
Ozan Kabak and Ben Davies (the Spurs one) are available on bosman deals in the summer if we want to go full circle on the “we don’t have enough centre backs” narrative.
But for fuck ups by Brentford and Newcastle we would be eight in the table tonight.
This weekend should have been about consolidation of fourth place. But Arsenal bottled it today and we were abysmal yesterday.
The Man Utd that we love to deride and laugh at are ahead of us now. Lets take a moment to let that fucking sink in. Man Utd beat this years probable champions today and we fucked up against a poor Bournemouth side.
I am for giving our manager and players a pass at times. But the Bournemouth and Burnley performances were dismal. We won’t get fourth place this season. On yesterday’s form, not a fucking chance.
