Originally posted by frank the tank
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Good post 
We definitely have regressed this season but how much of that is down to Arne is debatable and will be analysed at the end of the season. The football is terrible but as mentioned above there are mitigations all over the place. As mentioned above, Jones not ****in throwing his head at the chance the other day and taking the collision that would have come with it.........to use as an example, that's not down to Slot. I would say that if we watched every game from last season again, there were fine margins in a lot of those wins too but we came out the other side of it. Overall we haven't been clinical in both boxes. People have rightly said that we needed a central defender last summer but it is possible that we'd still be starting with Konate and Virgil each week (although we have been ****in lucky that they haven't picked up any injuries this year......and relying on virgil to play 2.games per week will probably cost him next season ffs....especially after the World Cup too.
In hindsight, I believe that had we signed Semenyo and Guehi last summer instead of Isak, then we'd be challengers for the league now.
However, mitigating factors include:
- Isak having been a huge let down. People will rightly point out that he broke his ****in leg but he was a huge disappointment before that too.
- Salah form falling off a cliff in a huge way. ****in nuts
- we tried to integrate too many new signings at the same time
- didnt replace Diaz......although maybe the idea was to put Ekitike out there if isak hit form
- right back injuries have ****ed us. So the defence has not been settled. Leoni injury also impacted us.....not allowing konate and/or Virgil to take rests in particular games
- Form of other key players has been pretty ****e this year- particularly thinking of MacAllister and Gakpo who have been poor imo but also the likes of Jones and Chiesa haven't exactly made it rain when they have been used either
- their mate died in a terrible car accident last year, and it has made an impact on the preparation for the season as well as the difficult ongoing mental health impact that it has undoubtedly made
Slot has obviously made some errors as well but that bingo card above is.pretty long so should be taken into account.
I think one big problem that Slot will have though is the fact that there is only one year left on his contract. The club surely can't extend it and the fact that we still have some important squad surgery to be done might mean that the head coach position has to be a bit more secure. Also, the fact that Alonso is available is also a problem for him. If lfc were interested in alonso, and he was interested in coming, then liverpool fc pretty much have a straight question to ask themselves - who do you want to coach the team. The fact that Alonso has big history with Wirtz, who we will surely be building our team around - will play into that as well imo.
We definitely have regressed this season but how much of that is down to Arne is debatable and will be analysed at the end of the season. The football is terrible but as mentioned above there are mitigations all over the place. As mentioned above, Jones not ****in throwing his head at the chance the other day and taking the collision that would have come with it.........to use as an example, that's not down to Slot. I would say that if we watched every game from last season again, there were fine margins in a lot of those wins too but we came out the other side of it. Overall we haven't been clinical in both boxes. People have rightly said that we needed a central defender last summer but it is possible that we'd still be starting with Konate and Virgil each week (although we have been ****in lucky that they haven't picked up any injuries this year......and relying on virgil to play 2.games per week will probably cost him next season ffs....especially after the World Cup too.
In hindsight, I believe that had we signed Semenyo and Guehi last summer instead of Isak, then we'd be challengers for the league now.
However, mitigating factors include:
- Isak having been a huge let down. People will rightly point out that he broke his ****in leg but he was a huge disappointment before that too.
- Salah form falling off a cliff in a huge way. ****in nuts
- we tried to integrate too many new signings at the same time
- didnt replace Diaz......although maybe the idea was to put Ekitike out there if isak hit form
- right back injuries have ****ed us. So the defence has not been settled. Leoni injury also impacted us.....not allowing konate and/or Virgil to take rests in particular games
- Form of other key players has been pretty ****e this year- particularly thinking of MacAllister and Gakpo who have been poor imo but also the likes of Jones and Chiesa haven't exactly made it rain when they have been used either
- their mate died in a terrible car accident last year, and it has made an impact on the preparation for the season as well as the difficult ongoing mental health impact that it has undoubtedly made
Slot has obviously made some errors as well but that bingo card above is.pretty long so should be taken into account.
I think one big problem that Slot will have though is the fact that there is only one year left on his contract. The club surely can't extend it and the fact that we still have some important squad surgery to be done might mean that the head coach position has to be a bit more secure. Also, the fact that Alonso is available is also a problem for him. If lfc were interested in alonso, and he was interested in coming, then liverpool fc pretty much have a straight question to ask themselves - who do you want to coach the team. The fact that Alonso has big history with Wirtz, who we will surely be building our team around - will play into that as well imo.
I also really agree with you on Semenyo & Guehi instead of Isak. We may have come up a bit short in the league due to the other issues you've highlighted but we would sure as hell be a LOT closer
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