I’m just teasing based on the general discourse of his two seasons being very different and therefore no one really being able to determine what his level is. It wasn’t specifically about you but you were first to take the bait.
For what it’s worth I think he did a fine job last year with a very settled group but this year he’s struggled with the first phase of building his own team. The longer it’s gone on the less convinced I am he’s the right man to have at the helm as we face another summer upheaval of big names leaving.
I think he’s done the job we needed in terms of cushioning the blow of losing Klopp better than any of us hoped. He’s also going to be the guy overseeing the departures of Trent, Mo, Robertson and possibly Ali. All cornerstones of that Klopp side and the team’s former identity. No new manager wants to feel like they’re the ones putting club legends out to pasture, especially first summer in the job. This way Slot has overseen the majority of that change rather than it sitting on the next guy.
A new manager and a fresh start seems the only way forward. The fact Alonso is sat there waiting to see what offers he gets seems to perfect an opportunity to pass up. And his appointment immediately gets the fans excited and back behind the team again, let alone what he can do to reinvigorate the players.
I wonder how his friendship with Arby is after the Real fiasco? Id imagine he’s clear eyed enough to not have hard feelings about being replaced by him, and so I wonder if Xabi came in whether Arby coming in as his hard headed enforcer coach would be on the cards.
It’s been said that one of Slot’s problems is that he’s “too honest.”
With him claiming that he feels nothing but support from owners who won’t extend him and supporters which have booed him, it appears that he’s learning that honesty isn’t always the best policy.
Arne Slot: Last year’s title masked inevitable pain after Liverpool’s Klopp era
Manager still feels backed by the club to lead them beyond the highly successful Jürgen Klopp years despite his side’s recent struggles
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If he is staying, I don’t think I want to watch any LFC match next season with the boring back passes and safety first/no risk football. I just can’t handle that!
Absolutely. It’s far from ideal and can be seen in Arne fucking off to the Netherlands etc at every opportunity. A Liverpool manager needs to have a connection with the city and its people and (fairly or unfairly) the Slot family have made this much more difficult. The contrast with Jurgen, just with respect to this, is stark and I think our next manager needs to be fully committed to living in Liverpool with any of his significant others so hes not constantly being tugged away
I think your guess is accurate…I think the main focus now for Slot and his wife is the son though…He’s probably at the age where he is doing his HAVO and possibly pushing to VWO..That could be why the son is still in school…
Klopp was Klopp, it’s not living in Formby and going to the city of Liverpool a few times that made him what he was here. Yes, he was special as a package and that’s hard to replace.
We don’t know how much these people spend their off times in Liverpool and who even cares. That is not important for our football performance.
Perhaps a better example for that connection with the city (something that can be very vague), more than Klopp’s family, would be the Benitez’s, who have fully settled there.
These things are a great bonus, but let’s not go too far from the football.
Anyway I would not be surprise if he goes during the summer. Qualifying for CL alone might not be enough to save him. I think there is a lot of conversation to be had between now and then between him and the Edward-Hughes team. He will have to somehow inspire confidence that he can turn it around next season despite having such a terrible one.
