2025/26 Season

[vlahka]

Well, whether it's true or not, if we don't improve under Slot and heś moved on, the lasting narrative will be that he took over a team in Klopp's mold, built, coached and motivated by Klopp, and made them gradually more **** until he got the boot. If Slot doesn't get his **** together, in the long term, 24/25 will be regarded by most as Klopp's doing imo.

I already believe it. Hes an absolute fraud. Not being able to counter against a low block by now in his career shows his depth. He's not for us.

[peterbread]

In home games this season against Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Wolves, and Leeds, Liverpool have generated 4 Opta-defined big chances in total. One per game. 77 shots, 6.9 xG (0.089 xG/shot) from average possession of 69.4% in those games

[Kenneth]

Well, whether it's true or not, if we don't improve under Slot and heś moved on, the lasting narrative will be that he took over a team in Klopp's mould, built, coached and motivated by Klopp, and made them gradually more **** until he got the boot. If Slot doesn't get his **** together, in the long term, 24/25 will be regarded by most as Klopp's doing imo.

[vlahka]

So we went from having a team of performance monsters who never tire to half the team not being fit enough to play a full game and needing to buy more players to cover them. Pretty sure the club have screwed up with Slot and his staff. When Klopp first came it took him about 6months or so before the team started to play how he wanted, and a season later they were doing what was needed. If we take that sort of example of a team needing to play to learn the managers tactics, when Slot first came we were dominant and no different for the first 6months. The second half of the season we started to see us drop more and more till the last couple months where we were atrocious. This season has been no different from that period. Its like the team have finally started adapting Slots gameplay plan, which is forever passing back and forth, trying to walk the ball in, zero attempt to hurry and just control the ball, and **** all set piece intelligence. He cant even figure out what to do with a low block. The players are struggling with his low tempo rubbish because they're the exact opposite type so making them move less is causing them to be far more static and confused than they should be. We need a clear out of all the staff he brought with him. First time I've heard some boo's from our crowd after that Leeds game. Deserved too. We're a team thats absolutely gutless.

[peterbread]

I wonder if in trying to fix any second half of the season drop off and injury issues they’ve underdone the team and were hoping to build as the season goes on and have also tried to lower the intensity in games. Get them running and pressing less but hoping the quality of the squad would be good enough to still win with slow controlled football.

The is definitely something lacking I don’t know if it’s the intensity we were used to, fitness levels, attitude or something else. They’ve shown in some games it’s there but it’s a rare sight now.

[Exiled_red]

With the recent run of results I was hoping we had turned a corner, but the performances are still **** and we lack an identity or real style of play. I worry about fitness as I am still convinced a number of players can't (or shouldn't) play a full 90 mins Ekitike, Wirtz, Frimpong, Bradley, Jones, Chiesa add to that the likes of Gakpo, MacAllister and Salah (when he gets back from AFCON) being way off form and 7 more games this month I really think we are likely to see another dip in results. It feels like we really need to bring another couple of players in to add not just quality, but also numbers...

[vlahka]

Klopp made us believe again. Slot just makes us go back to sleep again.

[Exiled_red]

It’s mad that we’ve had a record challenging run of poor form, aren’t playing all that well with total inbalance in the team and are still clear in 4th. Maybe the prem ain’t all that?

I've been saying this for a long time but it's not just defeats that cost you in the PL, it's draws too, (more of an issue in 90+ point title challenges) but despite losing 6 only having 2 draws means we have failed to win 8 games, Chelsea, Man Utd and Sunderland have lost fewer but they have more draws and fewer wins Draws are almost as costly as defeats

[peterbread]

I doubt we’ll see those 90+ point seasons again or at least for a while. The levels Liverpool and City got to were ridiculous. The quality of those teams was outstanding. The old front three were just a perfect match.

I think it’s a lot more competitive now as well. The money and the level of coaching has gotten so much better that those middle teams are better than we’ve seen before.

[Buzzo]

3 points clear in 4th now.

Not that we’re winning the league but to be 10 off top spot with the season we’ve had and 8 off second in City who have lost 4 games already feels weird. Tough league with so many teams in the middle that can get results.

10 points between 15th and 4th.

It’s mad that we’ve had a record challenging run of poor form, aren’t playing all that well with total inbalance in the team and are still clear in 4th. Maybe the prem ain’t all that?

[vlahka]

Took long enough.

Liverpool have parted company with their first-team set-piece coach, Aaron Briggs, in response to the weaknesses that have blighted Arne Slot’s side this season.

[Charly]

Slot acknowledging that we're poor at set pieces.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c0jexl4y7dpo

He inherrited a solid defensive unit. Trent's was like in the bottom 2% of ariel balls wonfor fullbacks, so this one is purely on Slot if he has changed the system.

[Slinky Skills]

Slot acknowledging that we're poor at set pieces.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0jexl4y7dpo

[peterbread]

3 points clear in 4th now.

Not that we’re winning the league but to be 10 off top spot with the season we’ve had and 8 off second in City who have lost 4 games already feels weird. Tough league with so many teams in the middle that can get results.

10 points between 15th and 4th.

[Buzzo]

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