Arne Slot | Liverpool manager | Bald sack watch

[LordSpud]

Regardless of Slott's fate, Liverpool have even bigger problems either way. Salah declining being one of them.

Agreed. Their squad of 2018 onwards with the likes of Wijnaldum, Trent, VVD, Fabinho and mainly Salah, Mane and Firminho has all but gone. Last year he pulled out one of the all time great seasons and single handedly won the the title.

Without all of that, let's hope they revert to some form of pre Klippity

 

[KiD MoYeS]

Crazy ripping up the playbook so soon, he got carried away after last season and thought he could build a galactico team to dominate. He has greatly underestimated the Premier League and having a strong balanced team with hard working players.

 

[OverratedOpinion]

It would be funny if someone like Guardiola chose to pick apart his tactics in the post match interview.

 

[Livewire1974]

Crazy ripping up the playbook so soon, he got carried away after last season and thought he could build a galactico team to dominate. He has greatly underestimated the Premier League and having a strong balanced team with hard working players.

Last season was a fluke, they were too dumb to spot it. Scouse delusion is something that will never change.

 

[Nogbadthebad]

Not yet but if we still struggle with simpler fixtures after the break, then maybe that’ll change. We’ve been below par for a while now.

indeed

 

[Oscar Bonavena]

Loathe as I am to defend David Moyes, comparisons between Slot's 2nd season at Liverpool to Moyes season after Fergie is grossly unfair to Moyes. Moyes didn't get half a billion quid to spend on players!

 

[thisisnottaken1]

indeed

Holy shit!

 

[Irrational.]

He is a follicularly challenged fraudulent man.

 

[Klopper76]

Loathe as I am to defend David Moyes, comparisons between Slot's 2nd season at Liverpool to Moyes season after Fergie is grossly unfair to Moyes. Moyes didn't get half a billion quid to spend on players!

Weird hearing that because at the time, the expectation was that Moyes would challenge from what I remember.

Slot won the league, Moyes was a complete and utter failure at United, out of his depth.

 

[2 man midfield]

indeed

That surely can't be true

 

[Shiva87]

Glad to see his cocky demeanor being wiped off as games go by. Looks incredibly one dimensional now without the Salah g/a and Diaz's industry on the right. Salah in particular looks done.

 

[ayushreddevil9]

Any complaints about the tactics?

 

[Signori]

K(a)RAP.

Keep Arne at Pool.... revision time

Keep aRne At Pool

KRAP - Keep Raging Arne at Pool

 

[adkb]

If SAF was managing Liverpool right now and he had the salah problem on his hands, he would have by now converted salah to some sort of CDM or DM hybrid and got him to contribute effectively while managing his minutes and extending his career.

 

[thepolice123]

If SAF was managing Liverpool right now and he had the salah problem on his hands, he would have by now converted salah to some sort of CDM or DM hybrid and got him to contribute effectively while managing his minutes and extending his career.

 

[Ahmer Baig]

 

[Ahmer Baig]

What's his excuse this time?

 

[lexisonfire]

If SAF was managing Liverpool right now and he had the salah problem on his hands, he would have by now converted salah to some sort of CDM or DM hybrid and got him to contribute effectively while managing his minutes and extending his career.

Kompany's doing it with Kane, if Mansour can tear himself away from backing civil war in Sudan I bet he'll be sounded out as Pep's successor.

 

[Tallis]

Any team can lose a game against city but it was total domination. I can’t recall such a one sided game between two supposed title challengers in a while.

 

[redDNA]

I do not see Slot turning this around,apart from integrating the new players,they have balance issues.

How do they play Isak and Ekitike together?One has to be on the bench or play out of position, if one has to play out of position, Gakpo will be benched.I think they will play Isak to justify the price tag.

Wirtz doesn't have the guile and grit to play off the right,neither do they have a good RB to support him.They also do not have the profile of two 6s for Wirtz to play successfully as a 10 .

Salah is the least of their problems, they will have to sale some of their big money buys to balance the squad and that is not happening next season. Next season they will probably buy a CB and a RB and maybe a RW.

Forget the long balls that Slot was complaining about,they lack intensity up front,yet Slot insists on his fowards pressing high,when teams by-pass the first line of press the space in midfield is bigger than Sahara Desert(reminds me of ETH's doughnut formation).

The squad building has Woodward's United written all over it.

 

[DarkLord1984]

If SAF was managing Liverpool right now and he had the salah problem on his hands, he would have by now converted salah to some sort of CDM or DM hybrid and got him to contribute effectively while managing his minutes and extending his career.

Either that, or he'd have binned him off. Fergie always knew when to get rid of players.

 

[Red Stone]

I propose the Arne Should Stay, He Objectifies Liverpool's Essence campaign.

 

[Wumminator]

Slot’s
Liverpool
Are
Perfect!
He’s
Everything
Anfield
Deserves.


Operation SLAPHEAD commences.

 

[erikcred]

Any team can lose a game against city but it was total domination. I can’t recall such a one sided game between two supposed title challengers in a while.

Tbh, there have been a bunch of draws between these two that have played out in exactly the same way even under Klopp. Sometimes Liverpool even squeezed out a win.

The big difference is that Klopp had that clinical front three and Slot has ...who knows what the hell he has. Even if Salah was in last seasons' form, I'd bet that this game would be a draw with 80% City possession and Salah scoring and assisting one.

 

[SilentWitness]

Weird hearing that because at the time, the expectation was that Moyes would challenge from what I remember.

Slot won the league, Moyes was a complete and utter failure at United, out of his depth.

The expectation is that Slot would challenge this season too.

The comparison for me is in respect to the squads rather than managers, as in last season felt like the old guard of Salah, VVD etc. were having the season of their life to get you through to the title but have now fallen off a cliff, and the rest of the squad isn't good enough to uphold that standard.

 

[DarkLord1984]

The expectation is that Slot would challenge this season.

The comparison for me is in respect to the squads rather than managers, as in last season felt like the old guard of Salah, VVD etc. were having the season of their life to get you through to the title but have now fallen off a cliff, and the rest of the squad isn't good enough to uphold that standard.

Exactly. Especially with the money spent.

 

[Real Name]

5 defeats in the league already, love it, absolutely love it!

 

[FortunaUtd]

The expectation is that Slot would challenge this season too.

The comparison for me is in respect to the squads rather than managers, as in last season felt like the old guard of Salah, VVD etc. were having the season of their life to get you through to the title but have now fallen off a cliff, and the rest of the squad isn't good enough to uphold that standard.

Weren't they also playing for a new contract for most of the season, at Liverpool or a new club?

 

[Buster15]

It would be funny if someone like Guardiola chose to pick apart his tactics in the post match interview.

He did it where it counts. On the pitch.

 

[Buster15]

Either that, or he'd have binned him off. Fergie always knew when to get rid of players.

Exactly. He got rid of them just before their sell by date.
Sir Alex was far more astute than many gave him credit for.

 

[Mike Smalling]

That surely can't be true

I get 16 to 16 when I do the count, including cup games where the teams lose the penalty shootout.

 

[NotChatGPT]

Writing off their entire season seems a bit premature. 1 point behind 4th, 2 points behind 3rd, 4 points behind 2nd and 8 behind 1st.

Nottingham forest
PSV
West Ham
Sunderland
Leeds


Plenty of confidence builders coming up

 

[ROFLUTION]

I think they miss Luis Diaz. They lack that non stop energy now and then to take away focus from Salah, even if it was usually for 60-70 minutes before getting subbed with him.

They’re struggling and it’s great to see

Edit: Also Isak worked best at Newcastle with a lot of hard workers around him. He’s a bit of a luxury player.

 

[SilentWitness]

Writing off their entire season seems a bit premature. 1 point behind 4th, 2 points behind 3rd, 4 points behind 2nd and 8 behind 1st.

Nottingham forest
PSV
West Ham
Sunderland
Leeds


Plenty of confidence builders coming up

I wouldn't be surprised if they finished top 4 still but the title is pretty much confirmed to be gone now. Had a look back at title winning sides and the max I could find a team losing going back to 09/10 is 6 games. Liverpool have already lost 5 and they look really weak right now. I doubt they will not lose more.

 

[Mike Smalling]

Writing off their entire season seems a bit premature. 1 point behind 4th, 2 points behind 3rd, 4 points behind 2nd and 8 behind 1st.

Nottingham forest
PSV
West Ham
Sunderland
Leeds


Plenty of confidence builders coming up

Forest and Sunderland are not exactly walkovers these days. For a side that hasn't fully found their feet and is looking vulnerable, they can be very tough opponents.

 

[moodyred]

Writing off their entire season seems a bit premature. 1 point behind 4th, 2 points behind 3rd, 4 points behind 2nd and 8 behind 1st.

Nottingham forest
PSV
West Ham
Sunderland
Leeds


Plenty of confidence builders coming up

Forest long ball and low block. Potential banana skin there.

 

[Alex99]

I wouldn't be surprised if they finished top 4 still but the title is pretty much confirmed to be gone now. Had a look back at title winning sides and the max I could find a team losing going back to 09/10 is 6 games. Liverpool have already lost 5 and they look really weak right now. I doubt they will not lose more.

Blackburn losing seven games in 1994/95 is the highest number of defeats for a Premier League winning side. However, that was also a 42 game season, so a slight caveat there.

The last time a team won the league with more than seven defeats was when you last won it in 86/87, with eight.

 

[NotChatGPT]

I wouldn't be surprised if they finished top 4 still but the title is pretty much confirmed to be gone now. Had a look back at title winning sides and the max I could find a team losing going back to 09/10 is 6 games. Liverpool have already lost 5 and they look really weak right now. I doubt they will not lose more.

Top 4 is hardly a disaster considering how competitive the league is at the top, but i wouldn't completely write them off for the title either just yet

Forest and Sunderland are not exactly walkovers these days. For a side that hasn't fully found their feet and is looking vulnerable, they can be very tough opponents.

Sunderland can be a challenge for them, but i don't think they'll struggle all that much against the rest.

 

[Josh 76]

Top 4 is hardly a disaster considering how competitive the league is at the top, but i wouldn't completely write them off for the title either just yet


Sunderland can be a challenge for them, but i don't think they'll struggle all that much against the rest.

Villa and Real Madrid played into Liverpools hands. The games against Forest and Sunderland will be more difficult.

Liverpool always struggle after the International break. The last team they want to face is a Sean Dyche side.

 

[SilentWitness]

Top 4 is hardly a disaster considering how competitive the league is at the top, but i wouldn't completely write them off for the title either just yet

It's a disaster when they won the league so comfortably last season and have just pumped 500m euros into the squad. They'd have to basically not lose a game until the end of the season to still win the title.