Because they only have 2 fit CBs most weeks.
Arne Slot | Liverpool manager | Bald sack watch
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Fair pushback.
Endo can fit in their, for me you try to play around the available players but keep the system. The problem right now is that Slot has no fixed system at all, it changes almost every match.
Fergie used to play Rafael and Fabio in central midfield during an injury crisis.
According to everyone in the know you can never ever ever win a major trophy with three at the back. It just doesn’t work
But actually the wingbacks are probably pretty good in that formation.
I just hope they stick with Slot for the rest of the season but their next three league fixtures I can see them dropping 5 or 6 points with us, Villa and Chelsea probably moving further away from them.
He did that once vs Blackburn and it backfired spectacularly, as we lost 2-3 at home, so that does undermine your point somewhat.
It was Rafael and Park in CM with Carrick at CB. The game that convinced Pogba to feck off to Juve.
The Carragher analysis was brutal today, this guy is getting sacked soon.
Be funny if they hired Alonso and he was worse.
Yep. I don't think Fergie ever partnered them both in midfield. Maybe the poster was confusing it with that FA Cup game vs Arsenal where they both played out of position on the wing.
But he won the PL last season. Give him more time you spitter.
Is this situation totally unique? Winning the league in the first season as a manager, and then being this close to the sack in the second. Can’t think of a similar case in the PL.
"Arne Slot has never won AFCON."
Ranieri was fired at Leicester half a year after winning the league, no?
Edit: Conte at Chelsea, too.
For all the chat of Alonso, I don’t see why he would want to arrive now rather than take a break and wait til the summer, or at least later in the season where any uptick would be a bonus.
I’ve also heard a couple of times that Kompany will be going to City and Alonso will replace him at Bayern. If the choice becomes Bayern or Liverpool, the former is a lot lower risk… and less of a sh*t hole.
I’ve also heard a couple of times that Kompany will be going to City and Alonso will replace him at Bayern. If the choice becomes Bayern or Liverpool, the former is a lot lower risk… and less of a sh*t hole.
Sorry I was remembering the Arsenal FA Cup game, which we won, although looking back at the line-up, Rafa and Fabio played as wingers (Gibson and O'Shea were midfielders). Even Berba played CB against Leeds for a few minutes in an FA cup game
For Fergie, no matter how many were injured he would usually stick to the game plan he had for the day and adjust his players. Endo can very easily slot in as a third CB, and before his injury Gomez could have as well.
Gerard for Interim please!
Conte lasted the full season after winning it I think, but didn’t realize Ranieri was just appointed when he won the league. That’s even more spectacular.
Feb 23rd after 25 games, so if Slot survives the next two games, he "wins".
And they “only” regressed to the mean after playing one season out of their skin, yet Ranieri still got the boot. Meanwhile Slot has very good to great players underperforming for 6 months straight and he still has his job.
Ranieri at Leicester; won the Prem and was sacked mid way through the following season when it became apparent Leicester would not again compete for the title.
Leicesters qualification from the group stage of the CL could not save Ranieri which seems likely to be Slots fate too.
The major difference between the managers is, during the summer, the Leicester board sold their best players to Chelsea and City, replaced them with cheap non entities then blamed Ranieri for the inevitable failure. Pool invested heavily on wannabee galacticos to improve Slots squad which has proved to be money squandered on expensive non entities. Unlike Ranieri, Slot deserves his fate.
What are the scenarios that he doesn't last the season?
Mourinho lasted only till December after he won the title with Chelsea in his second stint....he is the worst defending the title manager in the Premier League era..
Ignore for a second that it's Liverpool, but isn't it somewhat of a madness that a manager who just won the league may be let go the following season?
Am I too old fashioned to think that not all seasons do you win the league? I understand the performances are not up there, but surely a league win gives the manager some credit for a season at least?
Am I too old fashioned to think that not all seasons do you win the league? I understand the performances are not up there, but surely a league win gives the manager some credit for a season at least?
He's actually just playing the Ten Hag doughnut midfield.
He's actually just playing the Ten Hag doughnut midfield.
The Double Dutch Depilated Doughnut Defence
That set up seems quite common amongst Dutch coaches. Bronckhorst, ETH and now Slot.
It’s ok to not win the league, but to be 6th with 5 wins in 18 league games and next to no good performances or a coherent style of play after £450 million spent on players isn’t acceptable.
He’s not the only problem but he’s setting the team up terribly. We’re so easy to play against.
Winning titles in your first season with what was a title challenging team built by another manager is no proof you have what it takes to win it again or that you can choose the right players and tactics or that you can motivate them properly to be a success.
Second season syndrome, when everyone knows what you're about, can be hell in the PL and he doesn't seem to be able to cope with it.
This isn't just a dip in form where they're a little bit off it after winning the league and finishing a distant second or third. They've spent a fortune and have looked an awful team all season and could well drop out of the top 6.
I don't know who calls the shots in terms of signing players, but from the outside looking in, 450mil was spent but not on players that were needed. Half the money spent on Isac could have been spent on a CB, which may have improved the performance/results.
Anyway, besides the money spent, I still feel it's okay for a team to be in the CL spots after a league win. With quite a few games to go, if he finishes in top, that should suffice.
Are you sure it's not a healthy dose of Alonso-itis that's hitting the Liverpool fans?
The team just looks broken and tired. Like some of the players are past their shelf life.
I don’t think top four will save him. We’ve been playing badly since February/March 2025. Basically the longer he’s been manager, the worse we’ve looked.I don't know who calls the shots in terms of signing players, but from the outside looking in, 450mil was spent but not on players that were needed. Half the money spent on Isac could have been spent on a CB, which may have improved the performance/results.
Anyway, besides the money spent, I still feel it's okay for a team to be in the CL spots after a league win. With quite a few games to go, if he finishes in top, that should suffice.
Are you sure it's not a healthy dose of Alonso-itis that's hitting the Liverpool fans?
I don’t know if Alonso has the right answer, but we need a lift. United and Chelsea seem to have had that from a managerial change.
I don’t expect us to finish top 4/5 with Slot in charge.
Maybe he doesn't share Klopp's philosophy on transparently dishonest asthma diagnoses.
Facts aren't a friend of either of yours.
We played the two of them as wingers together once v Arsenal and beat them.
But someone has already corrected you on that 2-3 defeat game.
It does seem mad..especially for a team who have barely won it in 3 decades.
Especially as if he'd started with this season there wouldn't have been any moaning, as it'd have followed an impossible act in Klopp.
But champions then adding 600m of players and looking as poor is crazy.
The post said ‘central midfield’, to be fair.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's found that there's a strong correlation between Xabi Alonso's availability and the venom in Carragher's recent analyses.
They have been foolish not to sack him already. Absolutely no reason to be sentimental because of a title win.
City and Chelsea have sacked title winning managers and it usually pays off. Even miracle title winner Ranieri got sacked.
City and Chelsea have sacked title winning managers and it usually pays off. Even miracle title winner Ranieri got sacked.
Another piss poor press conference today, sick of his excuses.
The new one today is him saying we only won the league last season because PSG knocked us out of the CL. Despite being 16 points clear at that stage...
The new one today is him saying we only won the league last season because PSG knocked us out of the CL. Despite being 16 points clear at that stage...
What do they all have in common?
He actually said that??