Arne Slot

[Charly]

Which injuries have really hampered our playing style specifically though?

[Ams12]

What i am struggling to understand is how we played against Gala 2nd leg to then how we played against Brighton. Why a drastic change? It’s not the first time either.

What will Slot do next season if he stays? Are we hoping injuries don’t hamper our style like this season? Im pretty stuck what to think right now…

After the spurs result that was 1st time i wanted Slot gone. I just don’t see how we improve with him going forwards. Seen all the stats how we’ve become soft, weak, out played and out run. Just cannot see him undoing any of that any time soon.

New manager in, sort our **** out and build from there. I dont want to see us bullied game after game again.


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[Exiled_red]

I don't see Isak and Ekitike playing huge amounts of games together Isak has obviously been injured or unfit more or less all season. Ekitike looks knackered. We are probably hoping dor them to play between 50 and 60 games a season in a typical season, given added time, that's probably 5000-6000 mins, I would imagine something around 3500 each spread evenly over the season is a more realistic aim, availability, form and match situation influence yhat but I would expect that as a ballpark work load. If we want 2 strikers to play together we need more strikers, I think we bring in wide players and play one striker

[Charly]

Why would the club be divulging future plans and tactics with journalists though?

Dont really need a new manager then if we have it all worked out.


i thought we wanted continuity?

What about Klopp's style didnt work?

It fell apart a bit after Firmino left as we lost the bridge between the midfield and attack, and Nunez just didnt fit

[Doc_Piptorious]

Why would the club be divulging future plans and tactics with journalists though?

So the folk on EST can find out, you silly Billy.


You think the sporting, political, financial and entertainment worlds turn without first checking what us lot have to say about things?

[rudedog]

Why would the club be divulging future plans and tactics with journalists though?

[peterbread]

This is a part of an article from the Athletic about Salah going and what the plan is after he goes.

Part of the plan post-Salah is that Liverpool will have the option of playing a 4-2-2-2 with Isak and Ekitike paired together up front + Wirtz and Szoboszlai operating in front of two deeper-lying midfielders. One of the priorities is to get Isak, Ekitike and Wirtz in the same team.

This seems weird as we are linked with plenty of wingers and I’ve seen it mentioned we could be in for a couple in the summer window and then add in Rio as well. I know it’s says the option of playing but that would mean we’d need more forwards as you can’t have your only two playing together regularly. Did they not have a plan of how to get them all in the team when they signed them in the first place?

And right now wouldn’t that suit Salah better than playing wide.

[Le Chef]

The only way I can see Slot staying is if we win big ears but he has defo'd struggled this year

[DerKrampus]

Which players could actually keep up this high-intensity play? Virg? Salah? Mac? Grav? Wirtz? That's 50% of our regular starting outfield, and I think they'd all struggle in one way or another. Did you see Frimpong today? He's got exceptional speed but came up against a player just as fast, but bigger and stronger too; he (Frimpong) had to stretch and strain every fibre of his being to stay in the fight - you could see the extra effort a more diminutive player has to make in order to at least make a fist of it vs a bigger opponent - there is no doubting the effort but how big a toll is this constant effort going to take, notwithstanding the numerous injury setbacks he's already had? And that's ignoring how much of a liability he is with high-balls to the back post.

The balance of the squad looks totally off, with too many passengers when we haven't got the ball.

So how big a player is Connor Bradley then?

[Tatterdemalion]

I don't know why we are discussing potential interim managers, like Gerrard. We've a handful of games left - it just won't make a difference. If Slot goes - and I'm not convinced he will - there is no way it is getting done outside of a close season. Frankly I like the fact that the owners don't knee-jerk the way some of us do.

[peterbread]

Could also depend who the main target is to replace him. If they are available in the off season do you make the move or risk not being able the get them until the start of the season after if they’re currently at a club and won’t leave during the season. Or if it’s someone like Alonso who’s free now and you don’t make the move and he gets another job.

Plenty of things to consider.

[Exiled_red]

Only way I see that happening is if the club is committing to a serious investment in bringing players he wants and that they see current (possibly to be sold/let leave) players as being the issue rather than him.


From the outside looking in, it looks more likely the coach would go before players though. Do think what would save him is winning the CL.


Only thing I am pretty sure about is that he will make it to June as head coach or rather that the only way he will not be head coach until June would be if he quit.

I could see the case where they say that things with Jota affected the squad preparation and fitness, resulting in more injuries etc and factors which weren't predicted such as Salah's form falling off a cliff, could also see some kind of collective responsibility argument where they didn't give him to tools he needed etc. If all the issues this season are attributed to the tragic circumstances in the summer next season should be better, but if the football is still **** and we don't get off to a good start he is immediately under pressure and we are in danger of having to write off another season. At this point it feels like it could be more of a risk to keep him than replace him

Obviously they can't come out and say 'We're booting him out of the door as soon as the season is done' even if that is what they intend to do, but I have never been as convinced as many that he gets the sack this summer, as I have said previously I could see a scenario where he is the one who initiates a move (not suited to the league or homesick and missing his family etc...)

[super_xabi]

Or we could be just papering over the cracks

He's bound improve the spine of the team surely?

[Doc_Piptorious]

Was posting more for the Hughes/Edwards bit.

Of course you were, you Temu Mark 3

[Mark79]

Was posting more for the Hughes/Edwards bit.