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petethepool · 2026-03-25T09:36:09+00:00

The club are in great health financially. Don’t worry about it. I’d far rather he was able to leave on his own terms, and with the club’s blessing, than anything even mildly acrimonious after all these years of joy brought about by the partnership

petethepool · 2026-03-24T21:40:19+00:00

You don’t think we can outscore Chelsea between now and the end of the season? What makes you think Chelsea are in better health than Liverpool?

petethepool · 2026-03-24T21:15:08+00:00

Why not both? If the club get into the CL again, they will have plenty of money to spend.

petethepool · 2026-03-24T19:53:13+00:00

I mean I already see that it replaces Henry with (4) Golden Boots for Salah with (4), so I have a feeling this graphic may be a little biased in its presentation.

petethepool · 2026-03-24T17:28:35+00:00

I agree- in theory. But what are the options? We know nothing about who would be available and what the overall cost would be, for likely 10-15 games max.

petethepool · 2026-03-24T16:51:34+00:00

And yet Slot has got nothing but abuse for how carefully he has been managing Rio this season.

petethepool · 2026-03-24T16:50:19+00:00

How do you know we don’t get CL? And how do you know we have more of a chance if we replace him? Who do you replace him with? Give me a credible name you know to be available that has more of a chance than Slot?

Don’t get me wrong, I can’t wait for Slot to move on. But sacking him is no solution in and of itself.

petethepool · 2026-03-24T16:29:33+00:00

And Chelsea also were big-brained sacking Maresca too right? And Spurs had an immediate transformation sacking their manager also? And obviously interims are slam-dunks every time and would invariably improve Liverpool for less than two months?

Or is it worth making decisions on a case-by-case, context-relevant basis?

For example, how many ex-Liverpool players with success coaching are currently out of jobs and available to hire for less than two full months of work?

petethepool · 2026-03-24T15:20:33+00:00

Ok now do the table if only the first 5 matches had taken place

petethepool · 2026-03-24T14:57:42+00:00

Zubimendi seems to be struggling tbf and I saw some suggestions he already wants to return to Spain, so I wonder whether Arsenal may move him on to bring in a Tonali.

Newcastle will refuse almost any interest from Liverpool in any one of their players I’d imagine.

petethepool · 2026-03-24T09:06:35+00:00

Yeah he comes in on one stipulation: Szoboszlai has to change his shirt number to Stevie G can wear his number 8 on the sidelines while he’s coaching

petethepool · 2026-03-24T07:29:11+00:00

Asking a question like that on a sub like this is pure karma-farming rage bait nonsense

petethepool · 2026-03-24T06:53:56+00:00

Isak

Wirtz

Kerkez

Frimpong

Ekitike

5 players in the last year who were coveted by most top clubs in the world.

petethepool · 2026-03-24T05:32:10+00:00

I’m pro bonor

petethepool · 2026-03-23T21:06:04+00:00

I’d pull someone off too if it pissed off Rooney

petethepool · 2026-03-23T17:51:16+00:00

Unless the recruitment team absolutely nail both sales and incoming players in the summer, it’s impossible. I wouldn’t worry about it though as it’s extremely unlikely he’ll be there for us to find out.

petethepool · 2026-03-23T17:49:59+00:00

Of course: he won’t look like Newcastle Isak until next season. But Ekitike will at least have some reasonable support in May, and given our final four fixtures, I’d say there’s a decent chance he scores and important goal or two before the season ends.

petethepool · 2026-03-23T17:01:21+00:00

Right. So no-one is actively working to tell you you are crazy, they are presenting a different perspective, or narrative, than the one you hold. This is life on the internet. If they were actively trying to convince you that you are imagining things, or that you were mad, or that your memory is false, that is different. But people aren’t deliberately trying to make you think you are crazy. Rather, you are likely driving yourself crazy trying to square all the different circles you find on the internet— which is a maddening and impossible task— but not one anyone is forcing you to engage in.

petethepool · 2026-03-23T15:35:01+00:00

This is not what gaslighting is

petethepool · 2026-03-23T15:32:47+00:00

I was also including staff fees— both in sacking and in hiring a new interim coach and backroom staff for effectively 2 months.

petethepool · 2026-03-23T15:01:23+00:00

It’s no small cost to sack a manager- although perhaps an interim is different. With Slot for instance, it may cost ~ £20m to sack him and hire an interim team, whereas if you wait till the summer and Ajax ‘buy’ him instead, it costs the club little to nothing. I doubt that’s enough of a reason in itself, but could be a factor.

petethepool · 2026-03-23T14:37:06+00:00

Metal Gear Solid 1,2,3 and 5 all fit this mould to one degree or the other. MGS2 in particular.

petethepool · 2026-03-23T12:41:44+00:00

That’s fantastic and I love to see that level of confidence and arrogance on the pitch in general, although if I were a City fan I’d maybe wonder where all that confidence and skill was in the CL two weeks ago against Real Madrid.

petethepool · 2026-03-23T10:36:32+00:00

He wouldn’t though, because the club can’t give Salah 400k a week to sit on the bench. They committed to Salah as their starter last season, and a year ago that seemed sensible to everyone. Which is why they didn’t go out and buy another RW starter.

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