Arne Slot | Liverpool manager | Bald sack watch

If he's had no say in their signings he's been hard done by in my opinion. They've fecked up all the replacements for an ageing squad. That said the only Liverpool fan I know hates him so maybe there's more to it.

Hopefully this is the start/return of the dark days for them.
 
Smores said:
If he's had no say in their signings he's been hard done by in my opinion. They've fecked up all the replacements for an ageing squad. That said the only Liverpool fan I know hates him so maybe there's more to it.

Hopefully this is the start/return of the dark days for them.
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He had a significant say in at least one of their expensive signings. A quick Google says "Wirtz chose to join Liverpool over other clubs primarily due to a compelling sporting project presented by Arne Slot, who promised him a central role as the team’s key playmaker".
 
Smores said:
If he's had no say in their signings he's been hard done by in my opinion. They've fecked up all the replacements for an ageing squad. That said the only Liverpool fan I know hates him so maybe there's more to it.

Hopefully this is the start/return of the dark days for them.
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It's felt like they had the squad on the cusp of needing a proper overhaul for a few seasons now, in retrospect last year was probably the last gap of a once great side.

Feels like it's been a bit of a meme in Fantasy Football leagues etc that one year Salah would be over the hill as he gets older, after years of consistent quality, but again it's happened very suddenly and he's clearly not going to be dependable moving forward even if you take aside all the off-pitch drama.
 
He won them the league so they better keep him for a long long time. I will be devastated if he leaves.
 
Looking at their next three in the PL

Newcastle (H)
City (H)
Sunderland (A)

Not great fixtures. I think they, unfortunately, will have to sack the slop or they will probably lose out on top 4. Fingers crossed they don’t, after all, he won them the league!
 
Alex99 said:
Klopp had a few belters.

Pre-VAR, they scored a goal that should have been ruled out for offside, and he went off on the ref for "overcompensating" for his mistake in a 1-1 draw.

He blamed a poor result on being on BT Sport for an early kick-off.

He blamed a poor result on being on BT Sport, who he alleged had shortened the amount of added time from 10 to 4 minutes.

The pitch was once too muddy.

The pitch was once too dry.

The pitch once had snow on it.

They played a game and it was windy.
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VVD has been listening. Executed the excuse to perfection today.
 
Saw his press conference. Did the guy just moaned about not having a big squad thus not being able to rotate players? After spending that huge loads of money in the summer? Really?

Why is the media not grilling him on this? Had it been Amorim, you can bet your house they would have been on his arse all day.
 
Feel like results won't turn too bad and he'll be around until end of the season but definitely not beyond that. The thing is when they replace underperforming manager they'll be getting Xabi Alonso. When we do it it's for past it van Gaal/Mourinho or ex-player Ole etc.
 
There are four teams that can overtake them today. I put the chances of that happening around 0%, but they could end the day in 8th.
 
ZainCRse7en said:
Saw his press conference. Did the guy just moaned about not having a big squad thus not being able to rotate players? After spending that huge loads of money in the summer? Really?

Why is the media not grilling him on this? Had it been Amorim, you can bet your house they would have been on his arse all day.
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At the beginning of the season he said he didnt want a big squad
 
Anustart89 said:
Good decisions from the management can improve results just as quickly as bad decisions can have detrimental effects.

The lack of planning for the aging of Robertson, Salah, van Dijk while getting rid of the facilitators of the high-energy style (Diaz and Darwin (who might have been a donkey in front of goal but added a lot of intensity) specifically) that allowed Salah to be as passive defensively is looking like a series of really bad decisions now. Combine that with pushing on for Isak after securing Ekitike and blowing £120 odd million there was really dumb even without hindsight when that money needed to be spent elsewhere in the squad.

Looks to me like those in charge don't understand what made them so good over the last decade.
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long may it continue
 
Mike Smalling said:
There are four teams that can overtake them today. I put the chances of that happening around 0%, but they could end the day in 8th.
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It’s a pity that we’re playing Arsenal and really up against it to capitalise. But, before the weekend, the likelihood, odds wise, was that we’d be 4 behind them. So no matter what, it’s a great result for us.
 
They’ve got 1 point from Burnley at home and Bournemouth away - whilst we got 3 points from City before we even play Arsenal.

Great outcome for us from these 2 gameweeks, even before a ball is kicked today
 
ZainCRse7en said:
Why is the media not grilling him on this? Had it been Amorim, you can bet your house they would have been on his arse all da
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I could never understand why there is no-one to try get the media accountable for how they mock United (for any possible reason) in comparison to other teams
 
Arne Slot: "It is safe to say a few players ran out of energy,
Maybe he could asked Klopp could he recommended anything the players could take!









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ElEcTrO said:
I could never understand why there is no-one to try get the media accountable for how they mock United (for any possible reason) in comparison to other teams
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We are the biggest club, so drive the most clicks, but we can’t moan too much when we’ve been an exploding clown car, driving over a cliff, for over a decade now.

As for Slot not getting as much stick as Amorim might have done, for all the (very legitimate) caveats to it, he did win the title last season. That does give you a lot of credit in the bank.

Personally, I think he’s quite average, he just inherited a very settled, experienced side that benefited from having someone a bit more chill after Klopp’s heavy metal. That tonic lasted about 6 months but was enough to have the league sewn up.
 
IrwinwasbetterthanCarlos said:
We are the biggest club, so drive the most clicks, but we can’t moan too much when we’ve been an exploding clown car, driving over a cliff, for over a decade now.

As for Slot not getting as much stick as Amorim might have done, for all the (very legitimate) caveats to it, he did win the title last season. That does give you a lot of credit in the bank.

Personally, I think he’s quite average, he just inherited a very settled, experienced side that benefited from having someone a bit more chill after Klopp’s heavy metal. That tonic lasted about 6 months but was enough to have the league sewn up.
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They really should reward that title win to Salah. I know the team played a part but Salah had a wonder season in the league.

On another note, Slot always comes out with excuses and never gets pressured.
 
IrwinwasbetterthanCarlos said:
We are the biggest club, so drive the most clicks, but we can’t moan too much when we’ve been an exploding clown car, driving over a cliff, for over a decade now.

As for Slot not getting as much stick as Amorim might have done, for all the (very legitimate) caveats to it, he did win the title last season. That does give you a lot of credit in the bank.

Personally, I think he’s quite average, he just inherited a very settled, experienced side that benefited from having someone a bit more chill after Klopp’s heavy metal. That tonic lasted about 6 months but was enough to have the league sewn up.
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Im pretty sure that had a United coach won the League to then proceed a historical run of bad form, he would draw even more criticism and banter
 
Alex99 said:
Klopp had a few belters.

Pre-VAR, they scored a goal that should have been ruled out for offside, and he went off on the ref for "overcompensating" for his mistake in a 1-1 draw.

He blamed a poor result on being on BT Sport for an early kick-off.

He blamed a poor result on being on BT Sport, who he alleged had shortened the amount of added time from 10 to 4 minutes.

The pitch was once too muddy.

The pitch was once too dry.

The pitch once had snow on it.

They played a game and it was windy.
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You've missed the time when Alison messed up a clearance and they conceded a goal because "Ali's feet were too cold"
 
If Slot does get sacked, how many managers would have gotten sacked the season after winning the league? Leicester sacked Ranieri, and I'm sure Chelsea have probably done it a few times, anyone else?

It's not what you'd expect from Liverpool, considering they've only won the league 2 times in 36 years, to sack one of the managers who's won one of those titles when they're still 4th in the table (not as if they're bottom half or something!)

You'd imagine winning the league would at least earn you the right to try and turn things around until the end of the season!
 
Oscar Bonavena said:
If Slot does get sacked, how many managers would have gotten sacked the season after winning the league? Leicester sacked Ranieri, and I'm sure Chelsea have probably done it a few times, anyone else?

It's not what you'd expect from Liverpool, considering they've only won the league 2 times in 36 years, to sack one of the managers who's won one of those titles when they're still 4th in the table (not as if they're bottom half or something!)

You'd imagine winning the league would at least earn you the right to try and turn things around until the end of the season!
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It would be very different if he was the manager who built the team. But he wasn’t. It was Klopp’s team. I don’t think they even bought a new player.
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
It would be very different if he was the manager who built the team. But he wasn’t. It was Klopp’s team. I don’t think they even bought a new player.
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I think the only player Liverpool signed last season was Chiesa. It actually helped Slot because he didn't have to worry about integrating new signings into the team, he could let them do their thing with a few tweaks here and there.

I said on here that I wish Liverpool had let Slot bring over a load of shite with him from Feyenoord and spend 6 months trying to fit them into the team, last season might have turned out a lot differently!
 
Said it after all those losses that he needed to be gone and nothing has changed since, I have no idea why we are lingering on this, especially with Alonso currently available.

5 wins out of 18, it's been since Kenny Dalglish second stint at the club when we had so few wins over an 18-game stretch. And Dalglish had the worst squad available to him that I can remember at the club.
 
RobinLFC said:
Said it after all those losses that he needed to be gone and nothing has changed since, I have no idea why we are lingering on this, especially with Alonso currently available.

5 wins out of 18, it's been since Kenny Dalglish second stint at the club when we had so few wins over an 18-game stretch. And Dalglish had the worst squad available to him that I can remember at the club.
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Title winning managers don't grow in trees, give him time, i'm sure he'll dig himself out of this hole. You just have to suffer a bit through the rough patch together, but he'll come good, be patient.
 
ShoePolish said:
Title winning managers don't grow in trees, give him time, i'm sure he'll dig himself out of this hole. You just have to suffer a bit through the rough patch together, but he'll come good, be patient.
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I know you jest, but we have been patient. We've been shite since mid-September and arguably all season if you included those 4-5 early wins to start the campaign.

I was wrong on those wins, thought we were inevitably going to improve once the new players settled in, and that it was just nice to pick up wins in the meantime, but it only went downhill after that.
 
RobinLFC said:
I know you jest, but we have been patient. We've been shite since mid-September and arguably all season if you included those 4-5 early wins to start the campaign.

I was wrong on those wins, thought we were inevitably going to improve once the new players settled in, and that it was just nice to pick up wins in the meantime, but it only went downhill after that.
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At least in your luck there is a Football genius currently available.
 
If they sack him then it makes sense purely on results. But I'll not ever listen to their fans claiming their club is different/special/classy again for not giving him the season after winning them the league.

I think their biggest issue is that, instead of just enjoying the title win, as always, they have to try and make it something more "the greatest title win ever" etc.

I hope that if United win the league again, United fans just celebrate it and accept it if it turned out to just be a one-off
 
There’s a lovely bit of irony in Slot talking about only doing deals if there’s a market opportunity they can’t say no to, while him being replaced by Alonso is the current biggest market opportunity available to Liverpool.
 
RobinLFC said:
Said it after all those losses that he needed to be gone and nothing has changed since, I have no idea why we are lingering on this, especially with Alonso currently available.
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Do you think they may have looked at the United and Amorim situation and be slightly worried about what it means to bring in a new permanent manager mid-season? Of course this Liverpool side is not struggling nearly as much as United when Amorim came in, but there are still some parallels. They might draw the conclusion that if Alonso is the guy long-term, it's better to get him in the summer.
 
It’d be good if Alonso came in and turned them into a 3-4-3/ 3-5-2 system and started badly, saying they’re the worst Liverpool team ever.

Could easily see them dropping points in their next three fixtures and pulling the plug before it’s too late for their season.
 
Irwin99 said:
It’d be good if Alonso came in and turned them into a 3-4-3/ 3-5-2 system and started badly, saying they’re the worst Liverpool team ever.

Could easily see them dropping points in their next three fixtures and pulling the plug before it’s too late for their season.
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They actually have the wingbacks for it.

Allison
Konate - VVD - Big Baby
Frimpong - Gravenberch - Mac Allister - Kerkez
Szoboszlai - Wirtz
Ekitike
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Tell me why this wouldn't work.
 
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