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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You mean top 5, eh?
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.
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I don’t think the squad is good enough to get a top 3. There are obvious deficiencies in the starting 11.
No proper left winger
Right wide forward is in permanent age-related decline
Deep lying passing midfielder is bad in defensive transitions
DM is great at winning the ball and then turning out of pressure, but then puts the wrong weight on the pass and opportunities are lost
Best midfielder is constantly filling in for two injury-prone right-backs
The junior CB is prone to lapses of concentration.
And all that’s before the bench which the Dof, in his infinite wisdom, has completely depleted.
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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.
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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.
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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 results and performances are the blow. They’re the reason people want him gone, not just because he’s bald and Dutch.
If he turns it around, all will be well. We all just want to the club to do better.
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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.
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The transition led immediately to a PL title. By any standard, that is an example of successful management of a transition…
Secondly, he was hired for the similarity of his game model to both Klopps and fit with the squad.
So either way, you’re not making sense…
Nah you’re not making sense, so the transition was completed last season was it? Take a look around. Right O. Do you always use hyperbole?
Its ok everyone we are not in transition, false alarm.
If we go on a run like Klopp’s season and qualify then I would be open to keeping him, if we continue to see what we’ve seen then he has to go.
Only thing if he didn’t do that would be winning the CL.
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There were times before , with Conte at Chelsea for instance , that an immediate change of management led to improved initial results.
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…
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So what’s your excuse then?
Jokes aside, there is no question that the transition has been the best we could have asked for.
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None. Because I don’t think from my derriere…
No you dont seemingly even think 
Only 2 posts above you were claiming we had made the transition, it is suggested you open your eyes and not your derriere.
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