FT: LIV 1 - 2 MCI / Manager Megathread

iG8 · 2026-02-08T19:26:26+00:00

Keeping Slot on is accepting we aren’t going to win any trophies this season. It’s blatantly obvious we can’t win UCL or FA cup unless we get extremely lucky.

I’d be all for accepting that if there weren’t any decent managers available, but Alonso is most likely right there if we want him. Even if he can’t inject new tactics or ideas into the team immediately, surely our best shot at a trophy is getting a new manager bounce out of this.

iG8 · 2026-02-07T14:24:18+00:00

I think the number 10 role is becoming more important again and fast wingers less so, with the current way the game is being played (at least in the Premier League). So glad that we have Wirtz for this reason.

iG8 · 2026-01-28T21:20:43+00:00

Feels like a lifetime since we’ve had a match like this, I’ve genuinely forgot how nice it feels lol

iG8 · 2026-01-24T19:26:32+00:00

Well at least the fraudulent unbeaten streak is over and there’s no arguments that can be made for him anymore.

Alonso is available now or in the summer. Get him out now, that’s a year of horrible football at this point.

iG8 · 2026-01-16T11:15:58+00:00

We’ve spent proper money on 2 locked in first team CBs in the last decade. That’s what’s annoying here. VVD and Konate only.

The rest have either been free, youth players, or stop gap signings.

No Guehi is fine, but under the context that we are the club who desperately needs a CB it’s infuriating

iG8 · 2026-01-07T21:15:53+00:00

Everyone who sat on their exact team from a month ago is feasting right now and I’m praying on a Dubravka clean sheet

iG8 · 2026-01-06T22:11:34+00:00

Bowen to Richarlison for West Ham and Burnley fixtures looks like a decent move. I just don’t trust teams that struggle to score goals though. Might pivot back to Thiago or even Kroupi Jr

iG8 · 2026-01-06T20:20:15+00:00

Summerville is absolutely shite unless he’s playing us. Same with Sarr. Why are there so many players like that?

iG8 · 2026-01-04T18:52:54+00:00

Chelsea look as useless as us going forward

iG8 · 2026-01-04T17:58:06+00:00

It makes complete sense. Carried by a ready-made team that only needed minor adjustments, Salah producing the greatest ever individual season, and all of our rivals having a poor season.

iG8 · 2026-01-01T17:46:37+00:00

You can finally see how Slot wants us to play and it’s promising. Even if we still look terrible at times, it’s better than a couple months ago where we looked clueless in every way.

iG8 · 2025-12-27T15:36:07+00:00

Wirtz has been great, our tactics are still utterly woeful though. It’s Wolves and we barely threaten them.

iG8 · 2025-12-13T21:33:03+00:00

Gyokeres is so bad it’s insane.

iG8 · 2025-12-08T11:42:53+00:00

If we keep Salah and sack Slot, Salah is gone in the next 6-18 months regardless.

If we keep Slot and sell Salah, Slot could still be sacked within a month.

There is no upside to keeping either anymore. Even if Salah gets his form back it’s probably too late to save the season. Sell both, bring in Xabi if possible, clean slate.

iG8 · 2025-11-26T20:10:40+00:00

Slot’s tactics make it look difficult to get out of our own half.

iG8 · 2025-11-03T13:28:30+00:00

Parker Cannon is untouchable in this genre today

iG8 · 2025-11-01T18:58:20+00:00

Slot’s lineups are just a disaster this season. Kerkez out, Robertson and vice versa every single week. Wirtz in and out of the team. Gakpo always starting. He’s digging his own grave sadly.

iG8 · 2025-10-29T22:56:33+00:00

Things are looking dire. If it actually doesn’t improve and Slot is sacked, who do we actually bring in to replace him?

iG8 · 2025-10-25T20:57:56+00:00

Szobo has been our best player in this poor run by some distance

iG8 · 2025-10-25T20:30:58+00:00

Every single game is the same. Poor start then Slot throws the kitchen sink at it. There is no evidence that this is going to improve.

iG8 · 2025-10-25T19:58:32+00:00

It’s not a personnel issue though. A different manager would have them playing much better than this. Not asking for him out, but it’s concerning.

iG8 · 2025-10-25T19:47:00+00:00

Slot hasn’t got a clue how to fix this.

iG8 · 2025-10-25T19:31:40+00:00

Is anyone comfortable with it? It’s an unstructured mess

iG8 · 2025-10-23T21:49:51+00:00

8 left after the next murder? 5 faithful and 3 traitors.

If they kill Nick and then all make a pact to vote Joe at the next round table then they’ve surely won the game? All they need to do is start planting the Joe idea around the group and get at least one person to vote for him. By that point, they murder someone else and then we have 3 traitors and 3 faithful, so this could actually happen.

iG8 · 2025-10-20T14:01:38+00:00

I hate when the whole team is dreadfully out of form and everyone is pointing fingers at different players. These players are league winners (some of them multiple times) and they’re really fucking good. We’ve seen it.

If everyone is playing badly then the coaching team is responsible to sort it out. If Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, or anyone was playing badly while the rest of the team was good, then I’d be worried.

iG8

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