I think just as importantly for him is the rest he gets. He basically had no break last summer, will get none in the summer coming either.
Hopefully, if he is being asked to takeover from Slot, that he can use this downtime to rest and do some prep ahead of joining, without the pressure and attention that being in the job now would entail.
I really struggle with the decision not to sack Slot right after the Brighton match - especially because of the break we’re having now. Do they really not care if we miss out on CL football (and the money that comes with it).
Are they still hopeful to finish Top5?
Quick look at the remaining PL fixtures:
Fulham - without a win against them in the last three games
Palace - without a win against them in the last four games
ManU - without a win against them in the last two
Chelsea - lost the last two against them
Villa - two draws in the last two games at Villa Park
Brentford - lost against them this season
Everton - without a win in the away derby since 2021
Fucking naive to think we are going to collect enough points from those with Slot in charge.
We have just to win the CL and all will be hunkydory!
I hear you, CL qualification is very precarious.
Let’s imagine the preferred candidate (say it is Alonso) is not available until the summer. Now the choice is between sacking Slot and putting an interim manager in there. The two main shouts on an interim would probably be Rob Page or Steven Gerrard.
Is either one definitely going to get us CL football? I don’t think anybody could guarantee that. So let’s ask, is either one going to be better than Slot?
You’ve got an U21 manager who has not been at the helm of a giant club in huge games before. I’ve no doubt he is good at what he does, but does that translate to facing PSG, or facing the Prem teams listed, and getting the better of it?
If we went with Stevie, you’ve got a club legend so the terms would have to be clear - interim, and you are finished at the end of the season. And now let’s look at the coaching chops. Few would say that Gerrard is a more accomplished coach than Slot. But what he might have is passion to bring, and that might breathe into the side to help them get us what we need to qualify for next season’s CL. On the other hand it might not.
All things considered, for me at least, if we aren’t getting our new permanent man, I don’t see an interim who is clearly better than Slot. All three - Slot, Page, Gerrard - have question marks over them with regard to getting us to qualify for the CL.
So in the absence of the new permanent manager, we are sticking, not twisting. It’s not ideal, but I don’t think an ideal option exists.
There’s even less chance of that now with Paris getting a free week inbetween !
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Can you do that, Arne?
Why? Hes never had to tell Cody off.
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Fair point about the new manager bounce.
Slot is doing the same things over and over again and it doesn’t work. Shit tactics. Shit man management. And most importantly it doesn’t seem that he’s able to reach - let alone motivate - his players.
The power of Anfield bailed him out a few times and he doesn’t know how to use that power for the next home match.
A muppet on the sideline for over 6 months now still in charge because the two guys above him don’t have the balls to sack him and probably thinking more about Saudi money.
The damage Slot caused can not be repaired in one summer and it will be worse if we miss out on CL football. 10 PL winners got worse under him this season. He fucked up our squad depth with his ‘I’m only using them if I have too’ credo.
What about scenario 3? Alonso doesn’t want to join / the leadership want someone else.
Depending on who it is of course…but may yield similar results to having Slot in place at the start of next season. Trepidation etc.
Still feel like on balance that any fresh management would instill more belief from the fans than Slot next season.
I can buy into that provided Xabi feels he can run a (decent) rule over the players by watching our games and getting indirect squad feedback from his sources. Personally I’m not sure how effective that could possibly be and for that reason any extra time he could get now would be greatly helpful - especially as the world cup will impact preseason.
Thing is whoever we are keen on may not be available even if it’s not Alonso. There is a lot of suggestion of changes this summer.
Could be even more coach changes in 2027.
Substitute Xabi for whomever - you’ll have a similar scenario. Xabi has a lot of cachet among Liverpool supporters, so I think the supporters would be more excited and patient with him than they would for maybe anyone else (bar a Klopp return).
Damn it,he could have invited TAN to help! 
Which is a load of bull shit by the way. Not that they’ll do anything about it because they couldn’t give 2 hoots about us but the FA should object it.
2nd time they got their league game rearranged.
Doubt we’ll beat them but I hope someone else does.
There weren’t many fans describing us as severely depleted. We were mostly buzzing about the new signings, albeit recognising we were short at CB when Guehi fell through. Neil on TAW was a bit of a lone voice saying the squad was really short in the wide areas.
Obviously the powers that be should have recognised this
Not so much about depth, but sense.
All the moves we did last summer, I struggled to see what we were trying to build.
Even without Salah now, it’s not like it suddenly becomes as clear as day what we’ll do.
It’s a quality 22 that shouldn’t be outside CL spots, but it’s also thrown onto a pile without enough clarity and we’ve had issues finding our 11.
Not to mention injuries of course and that’s perhaps generally unsustainable (having less injuries like we had last season) for more than 1 season being a top club in this league anyway.
I think you can look at the team and say its missing options but then its evidently not performing. You could have decent wingers and it still wouldn’t improve the pace of the build up.
Ultimately it probably is too much to expect a title challenge from this side but on paper and the quality we know it has even excusing the age of Salah it should easily be in the top 4 places and the points dropped would attest to that as some of those teams are pretty poor.
Like 1-1 against Burnley at home? It used to be if we struggled against a poor side they would then go on a bit of a run or were on a bit of a run, but they turn up against us get something and then get tonked again the week after.
That sadly is on the management, because it’s shown the quality it has regardless of where Marseille or Frankfurt or Inter or Gala are we’ve played well. So why do we get that against Spurs an utterly appalling side.
And if you can’t get a tune out of this type of quality then you should stand aside.