Let’s say that the club misses out on the UCL, and gets knocked out of the FA Cup and the UCL this year.
And despite that, Slot is brought back. Perhaps given a one year extension so that he isn’t a lame duck.
I won’t be angry. It won’t be a “massive blow.”
I’ll perhaps be a bit more frustrated if Alonso goes elsewhere, as I think he’s an ideal replacement. But I’m not going to rant and rave.
I’ll hope that some reinforcements and perhaps a bedding in of Isak will lead to improved results next year, and I will be rooting for Arne. Because if Arne is succeeding, that means that the club is succeeding.
Slots biggest issue is…if he don’t like you no matter how bad someone’s playing or how desperate we are for a change…he wont play you.
Ramsey for example - we have no right back fit other than him yet this lad wont get a sniff.
OK he might not be 100% ready yet but with Gomez, unbelievably still not training after a clash with Alisson 3 weeks ago, PingPongs knackered hammy and Bradley joining Gomez as always broken - we will fudge someone in like Jones or Endo.
Its time for us to give Ramsey a go - how will we ever know he is good enough otherwise?
I was quite amazed to see people suggesting we should have appointed someone closer to Slot. Slot’s appointment came as a result of extensive data modelling suggesting that he was a very close fit for the squad we had.
I maybe wouldn’t have put it in those terms, but I agree with him that it’s inarguable that the direct Klopp>Slot transition worked as well as could be hoped given we won the league. It’s only the second time we’ve done that since 1990.
It won’t be a massive blow if he stays.
Because staying means…
Winning the CL
Or winning the FA Cup and qualifying for the CL.
Or at the very minimum qualifying for the CL.
Honestly, at this moment those goals are not achievable. So Slot will be gone.
Its sad, because he made the expectations higher by being successful in his first season. Added to quality we added in the summer.
and he was a good fit. Just that we probably need a bit more positivity or a lot more positivity about our play. More directness. Doesn’t help that teams often go into a low block when they are faced with our attack.