I do feel bad for Slot. As much as he deserves some significant criticism for the way the team is performing, there are also factors beyond his control - namely, injuries at key positions which have forced him to overplay certain players or play others out of position (e.g. Szobo at RB, Ekitike overplayed at CF), and a lack of depth otherwise at key positions which is hard for him to work around (Salah and Gakpo on the wings, VVD and Ibou at CB, Grav/Macca). Wirtz has been stop start, as his work to build his strength also caused him to have some muscle injuries. Isak - their prized signing - just starting to click in before breaking his leg. And Diogo, of course. Plus, coming into the season with worldbeater expectations after winning a title. Anything short of another title challenge and a deep UCL run was to be seen as a disappointment.
Pretty well agree, it is disingenuous to hang this on players, some,who like Chiesa,have been given a few well spaced cameos and can hardly be expected to show what they are under those circumstances.Many are better players than what they have been given a chance to do, this is squarely down to Slot!
Granted Stevie has not set the world on fire as a manager, but if we were to go with an interim(not my preference)Why not give Stevie a chance, he’d certainly set the Kop on fire, figuratively speaking, and we know what Anfield can do to lift a team, with Stevie at the helm it might be quite interesting.
This is the exact point where he is completely in control of it?
Is Ramsay so bad that he couldn’t have a short run at RB??? Is Jayden Danns so bad that he couldn’t make it to the subs bench? Is Jones and Nyoni so bad that they couldn’t deputise for Gravenberch and Macca with 20-30 minutes left in a match???
It’s just the vibe I got when they actually turned up and played Gala off the pitch… I think the CL is an escapism for the players from the PL misery the whole of Anfield has endured all season…
I’m crap at predicting a scoreline… Do think we will beat them though
Don’t want so pile on, but Arne gave the players all the excuses before taking to the pitch.
His pre match press conference, mentioned time frames, injuries tiredness, when it should be great, performance on Wednesday, lads are up for it, we go again and will be showing the same effort and desire.
He needs to cut out the negativity and stop sending the wrong message, it all becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
I like Arne, but he lacks positivity and a game plan and and and
Because if he gets halfway decent results, which he might do on a wave of emotion, there’ll be a clamour to make it permanent and then his deficiencies will be found out.
I sometimes think Slot words his press conference tid-bits for the benefit of himself in front of the watching FSG audience - A sort of zoom call to them outlining an operational progress report
Gary off YouTube is reporting that the future of Arne Slot will be clear one way or another by Wednesday at the latest. He’s been talking to his contacts at Liverpool (Damo from Bootle) and is 100% on this one. Another scoop for our man in the know!
The problem with selling Jones and Gomez is that the HG quota is hanging on our necks thanks to Hughes and Slot’s squad mismanagement. Even if Jones and Gomez stay put, we will actually have to buy a few England internationals this summer to increase the number of domestic players in our squad.
Reintegrating Elliott is the cheapest way to do so.
