Very good way of putting it to be fair
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There is some intensity in our press but it is normally our forwards doing doggies
Mid way through the first half, Konate decides to shake things up by going on a run (yes he messed up the final pass). Kerkez just stood rooted to the spot.
Intelligence doesn’t seem to be a high attribute, so we should just use him as running up and down the touchline. Though we’ve changed from three start of the season (fully inverted), we now get Kerkez still coming inside when we have the ball.
This leaves either Wirtz or Jones by themselves on the touchline.
Then Alexis is spending most of the game standing next to Konate. Just bizarre.
Bloody hell, this is disgustingly poor.
This current team play reminded me in my university days that my flatmate left over mash potatoes on a sauce pan, then left in the cupboard and let fermented and moldy.
Just looking at the goal again, and it really is a great finish.
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I don’t know much about football tactics, inverted fullbacks, pressing triggers, or whatever buzzword is trending this week. But what I do know and what I’ve spent 30-odd years actually doing is change management and organizational culture. And from that lens, let me be very clear: this goose is cooked. It’s not simmering. It’s not salvageable. It’s fucking COOKED.
Look at Liverpool FC right now. Strip away the xG charts and the post-match excuses. What you’re seeing isn’t a tactical problem, it’s a cultural breakdown. Confusion, hesitation, players second-guessing themselves, senior leaders looking lost, and a collective body language that screams “we don’t believe in this.”
That’s why all the talk about Arne Slot and “needing time” misses the point. Time only works when there is clarity, trust, and alignment. What Liverpool has instead is a classic failed change initiative:
• No shared mental model of how they’re meant to play
• No emotional buy-in from the squad
• No visible authority or conviction from the leadership
• And zero psychological safety for players to express themselves on the pitch
In change management, this is the phase where people stop resisting and start withdrawing. That’s worse. Resistance means they still care. Withdrawal means they’ve already emotionally clocked out.
You can see it every match. Players doing the bare minimum of what’s asked. No instinct. No courage. No ownership. Senior figures who used to set standards now look like passengers. Younger players look like they’re waiting for instructions that never come. This is what happens when a culture built on intensity, belief, and identity is replaced with ambiguity.
And here’s the brutal truth most fans don’t want to hear:
You don’t fix this with a tweak to the midfield shape or a new pressing pattern. You fix it by resetting the entire change architecture, or you accept decline.
In organizations, when a transformation reaches this stage, the outcome is usually predetermined. Performance keeps dropping, explanations get more abstract, accountability gets softer, and leadership starts blaming “context.” Meanwhile, everyone on the ground knows the truth but lacks the power to say it out loud.
So yeah, call it impatience, negativity, or overreaction if you want. But from someone who has watched dozens of organizations fail exactly like this:
This isn’t a bad patch. This is a broken system. And once belief is gone, tactics don’t matter.
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We are going to end up with Dom as right back, and Grav taking Konate’s place at the back. Then VVD will spend the final 5 minutes fully forward, and we will get hit on the break twice.
Hopefully, we get an early equalizer from most likely a set piece.
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At least Wirtz runs at the opponent…some just fuck around tip tapping, pass to the wrong team and thenstop running forward…
What has happened to Mac Allister?
It was but how were we carved open with 2 passes?
Didn’t think we could perform worse than we did against Leeds but I was wrong again. Slow,no confidence and so predictable. I beginning to think like the Slot out brigade.
Got the Fabinho itch
Whats happened to them all?
Not one player from last season is performing.
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Alternatively move Gakpo back to the left wing and Wirtz in the middle with Szobo
Anybody still defends Slot?
It’s a bit depressing watching 11 players watching … 
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It’s a great move, to be fair. Carragher has just had a pop at the centre backs not shuffling across to block the run, but had we scored that (and we gave in the past) nobody here is laughing at the defending.
The xG is actually pretty telling. Not even half a goal xG despite 67% possession.
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When so many previously stellar players are so off form I don’t understand why people are asking questions about the individual players.
This is systemic and the players are not being set up for success.
See @jabu s comment
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