And yet I remember us all being very concerned about his shortcomings before and during games. There were some very sketchy moments.
It was a patch job that we were forced into and got through it by hook or crook.
Being honest, I don’t think playing a young right back to free up Dom into midfield solves our problems in that department. We’ve seen that already when we’ve had a full complement of defenders to choose from.
For me, we have a problem in midfield that needs to be sorted somehow with the personnel we have.
Whether we felt nervous or not is irrelevant really, it worked.
Yeah, Klopp had to adjust the team to cover for Phillips and Williams. It worked.
Slot has already made similar adjustments this season - against Sunderland, at Anfield, we defended with a back 6 until the first goal was scored. Klopp’s adjustments weren’t as drastic as that.
Slot just isn’t managing his resources well enough. We can argue all day about whether Endo, Ramsay etc are good enough, but Slot’s alternatives aren’t working. This squad might not be title winning quality but it is certainly not this bad.
I agree with you, but I am always uncomfortable with comparisons to Klopp. He was a one off. A managerial unicorn. There isn’t another one of him out there, and there won’t be for a very long time.
Klopp is a one off, but we could have hired more closer to his profile. Slot looks at the other end of the managerial spectrum, uninspiring, and overly technical. The transition hasnt been managed very well at all, and someone should have looked at the seamless transitions in the 70s-80s, because right up to Dalglish, we were still mostly playing Shankly’s philosophy of football. Here it seems we’ve not had enough regard to continuity, and just dropped our money all in on a completely new model. Which is blowing up in our face.
That was a case of promoting from within the existing set-up. Generally clubs replace most of their coaching staff with the management, so that kind of seamless transition isn’t possible.
Probably not, even with the best Apps in place . but I wasn’t making that more extreme point. Im saying we could have hired closer to Klopp’s profile and tried to preserve a philosophy of playing more akin to what we had become accustomed to. Right now we aint got an identity either, as in a footprint for what we are doing. Which is why it looks rudderless and dishevelled.
The same as you if they do sack him?
Stay supporting the club and want only the best results, more trophies and success.
I made my position clear, I wan him to turn this around, but its not working at all.
If he goes, I (and you) will get over it and support the next manager.
Well said. It’s almost as if positions become so entrenched that it’s supporting the mamager, or not supporting the manager as the case may be, instead of the Club.
End of the day what putting Williams, Phillips and Kabak tells you is you play players in their positions.
I’m not sure about Dom at right back but the positive results when he has been there aren’t particularly a lot even though he himself has been good. Try it, play Ramsey there you lose or draw then nothing has really changed.
I don’t think that’s fair. I’m not gung ho slot in. I don’t really mind whether he stays or goes - I just feel some people are so Slot Out at this point, it’s going to be a massive blow if he does stay.
The problem is that I’m not particularly Slot In. I’ve said before I’m open to a change.
A lot of you are so vitriolic now in how fervently you want him gone, that an opinion like mine - which is I like the guy and appreciate what he’s done, but I’m fine with a change if the club think that’s best - gets attacked at being staunchly pro Slot.
We transitioned from Klop to Slot in 2024/25 and won the league. That is a successful transition to a new manager.
In his second year, he’s struggling to maintain the standard from his first year, and transform the game model with a new profile of players. That is a fact.
But none of that changes the fact that we successfully transitioned from Klop to Slot…
Whether you like Slot or not, you’re still obligated to make intelligent discourse…
. but I wasn’t making that more extreme point. Im saying we could have hired closer to Klopp’s profile and tried to preserve a philosophy of playing more akin to what we had become accustomed to. Right now we aint got an identity either, as in a footprint for what we are doing. Which is why it looks rudderless and dishevelled.