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New Liverpool head coach Arne Slot will face the media for the first time and hold an unveiling press conference on Friday morning at the AXA Training Centre.
[Lewis Steele, Mail Sport 
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I was hoping if people looked at my team, it wasn’t 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3. It’s a lot of freedom to take different positions. A lot of freedom when we have the ball. When we don’t have the ball, we want to be really aggressive. I wouldn’t say I prefer 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. If you asked me, I’d have said we played 4-3-3. Full-backs have different roles.
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So self-assured, isn’t he? Clear and direct, which is fantastic.
I was trying to work out Richard Hughes’ accent. Seemed to be some sort of Scottish/Italian hybrid. Also looks a lot like Captain Pike from Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
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Good first presser, seemed calm and very measured. Masterfully deflected a few of the questions put to him.
Nice to see handsome Richard there with him, he also came across impressively well.
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He grew up in Italy to a Scottish family and they didn’t move back the UK until he was about 14-15 so he’s got that weird Owen Hargreaves sort “WTF is happening?” accent
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Was impressed by Hughes…speaks very well, very articulate. Handled the questoons very well.
Slot was very good, to the point, came across as his own man. Didnt go for the first question re a label. Seems hes not going to the hugging type, but did say its about unity and if a players not wanting to be part of it…cya.
Overall positive.
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This is really simple, but I still loved it - when asked about Gapko and Trent’s best position…
I do have my opinion about where they’re going to play here but if you don’t mind I want to talk to them first.
Clear of thought and people focused.
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I just watched Arne Slot’s first press conference. First impressions, I was very impressed. 
Arne knows he has work to do and he knows how to improve the team. He seemed very positive and has a clear vision of how to steer the team to success. He clearly acknowledged Jürgen’s work and that the task is not too much because Jürgen has laid the ground work and already got the players ready to go, they just have to be adjusted a little bit to Arne’s style, although it is similar to Jürgen’s way of playing.
I thought Arne spoke very well indeed. He didn’t have any stand out one liners like the “Normal One”, but fair play to Arne, he is not Jürgen, he has his own style of communication and he is not daunted at all to take over the club from such a popular iconic and charismatic personality. Arne came across as quite a charming and intelligent person with a good sense of humour. He knows how to handle awkward questions by the press with a firm but laid back style.
He seems to have a clear idea how he wants to set up the team tactically. I think he will get on with the players and give every player chance to shine and help those players who need to improve.
I am really happy and reassured that Arne Slot is our new manager/Head Coach.
Welcome to LFC Arne, you have my full support. I hope you and your family have a wonderful time in Liverpool and you get time to see the beautiful city and the people.
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I agree.
He talks the talk, gave big props to JK.
He knows what he is doing.
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He’ll be relieved to have the backing of two TAN stalwarts 
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Looking forward to the references to Klopp stop.
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You know what, Arne won me over with “his smile” and shiny bald head 
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he is going to Terminate all our competitors, he will be our Arne Slotzenegger
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I thought this portion was perhaps the most illuminating part of the presser.
And my takeaway from it is that the base 4-3-3 formation may not change, but how it is adapted to different phases of the game…
In the last 2yrs of Klopp/Lindjers, I often thought that the game model could be further stretched…
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Let’s hope that people remember this.
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@PeachesEnRegalia will be quite happy when he reads this post.
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Okay, I could have done without THAT image in my head this morning. Geez, haven’t even finished my coffee yet!
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