wirtz is running around everywhere. not sure of his role or position. and he is playing in slow motion. really not up to speed with the epl. gonna be another kieta if he doesn’t speed up.

slot is being exposed. last year he won with Klopp's team, and his playing style.

the problem now is he doesn't know his team, or his formation, especially with the new players coming in. not to mention doing stupid things like changing formation when we are chasing the game. I mean, why keep moving Szob to right back and remove bradley? Swap players and maintain the shape, not keep moving everybody around just because they can play there.

and suddenly after the first round of subs we had two strikers on the pitch, and 5 minutes later we went back to one striker when chiesa came on for isak? What kind of random substitutions is Slot making?

seriously? Slot preparing his "we fielded the reserve team, that's why we lost" script already?

we need a win so badly, and he decides to start kerkez AND robertson?

the only reason Slot is still in a job after the most dismal run of form since the 50's is because there was no other world class manager out there available to replace him.

Gerrard was a romantics choice as an interim replacement which probably was a bad decision, and getting klopp back even as an interim solution was not something klopp would have agreed to anyways.

Tonight's City/Madrid game might get Xabi Alonso sacked, and as soon as he becomes available, Slot might not have it so easy anymore if results don't turn around.

He won the league, by not doing anything.

Did he bring his own formation or new tactics to the team - hardly.
Were there new players he needed to get in to adapt to the team - no, even chiesa was barely in the team.

He basically jumped into a A380 that was cruising at attitude, left it at auto pilot and won us the title. Granted, we have to thank Arsenal and Manchester City for having a massive dip of form at the same time.

But the cracks were showing. There were two BIG games where his tactics and knowledge and management skills were desperately needed. At home to PSG, and also the League Cup final against Newcastle. These two games was where he was found out to be lacking.

And players, especially elite players like Salah know when to look up to a Manager who knows what he is doing, and one who does not. Before these two games, Salah was firing on all cylinders, gunning for the Balon D'or. Even with the PSG defeat and being out of the CL, Salah would have still been a favorite if he has continued his form all the way till the end of the season. This did not happen. And it was not just Salah, the whole team, the malaise for LFC did not start this season, it started last season.

The early form, and luck, and the Jota factor drove us for the first few games on this season. The Isak situation did not help, but we still won ugly, late goals covered up the cracks. The silly transfer window where we replaced players who worked hard like Diaz, Nunez, even Elliot just never made any sense.

Getting so many new players in, and still playing a system that was still essentially the system Klopp built up from scratch - a system that desperately needs players to work hard, and press high and chase down every ball - with new players is not easy, but Slot just stuck with it, throwing square pegs in round holds, and just hoping it works is the ethos of a manager who is severely out of depth, trying to play a system that was never his to begin with.

This post has been edited by carmensandiego: Dec 10 2025, 02:46 PM