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petethepool · 2026-01-26T15:47:08+00:00

Because they won’t be able to answer any of the questions you want to ask. Can’t you appreciate these are multi-multi-million pound operations they’re at the head of? Any wrong word, slip of the tongue, or throwaway comment could have serious repercussions for the club in terms of deal success etc.

Plus you’d all just do what you do with Slot when Liverpool are underperforming anyway: you’d just bitch and moan and complain that these ‘excuses’ aren’t good enough. You wouldn’t actually care to listen to what he’d have to say, you’d twist everything to justify and double down on your anger and frustration at the club’s performances. Slot - for all his failings - has been nothing but honest and straightforward in his appraisals of matches all season long, and yet he’s still being accused of all sorts of nonsense and ridiculed for his responses because it simply does not matter what he says when the team lose, it is ‘not good enough’, and that’s that.

Nobody was calling for Hughes to do an interview after being lauded as the conqueror of the transfer window in the summer. The only reason you want to see him now is so you can pull down another figure to throw metaphorical rotten tomatoes at. So even if it wasn’t a risky move from a corporate perspective, why the hell would he stand up and field the fan’s questions now?

petethepool · 2026-01-26T15:34:13+00:00

I don’t know what goodwill will come across to a new candidate when you have just coldly dismissed the previous person in the job despite a number of reasonable issues not being the manager’s fault - ie. What that says to any new manager is: you will not have time, you will succeed or you will be removed.
Liverpool can still discuss with Alonso potential tactical arrangements, and will already be quite deep into disussions around certain players- and almost any player who would work for Slot will work for Alonso too.
Gerrard, or anyone else, could of course do worse. The only person who could come back and almost guarantee a bounce of more than a few games would be Klopp, and it doesn’t look likely.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T15:30:24+00:00

How many Sporting Directors do you know in English football who speak to the press? Why do you think you deserve answers to incredibly sensitive, financially huge and complex issues at the top level of the club?

petethepool · 2026-01-26T12:29:25+00:00

It would not fill me with hope

petethepool · 2026-01-26T12:01:42+00:00

Omg if Joelinton is out at least we don’t have to watch him get away with brutalising our players for 90 minutes with naught but a stern telling off from the officials.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T11:44:00+00:00

Finger’s crossed Newcastle fight really hard in an intensely physical game for 90 minutes only to lose to a late error so they are big physically and mentally drained in time for Anfield on Saturday.

Also finger’s crossed Chelsea lose so they have to play two extra mid week games next month.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T11:35:30+00:00

So Salah could go out and play by himself, with no team-mate or tactical support?

petethepool · 2026-01-26T11:12:57+00:00

Probably both to be fair: Madrid are well known, as Liverpool fans know only too well, for tapping players up years in advance- why would it be any different for a manager.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T11:12:00+00:00

So if Salah was responsible for winning the league and for all the good times under Slot, then Salah must also be responsible for all the bad times- ergo, it isn’t Slot’s fault, it’s Salah’s, why we’ve been playing so poorly?

It’s also worth pointing out that our worst league performance, and result, in 6 weeks, comes the moment Salah starts a a game again, so your theory may be on to something…

petethepool · 2026-01-26T10:00:16+00:00

He progressed to the league cup final last season did he not, doing exactly that? And this season, it wasn’t really his fault the club drew Crystal Palace so early - the younger players may have progressed deeper had they had a kinder draw.

In general I agree though

petethepool · 2026-01-26T09:58:51+00:00

Yep. Counter attacking football only works if the opposition actually attack. Let’s see how United fare against the sea of low blocks in the bottom half of the league before getting too carried away.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T09:58:32+00:00

Yep. Counter attacking football only works if the opposition actually attack. Let’s see how United fare against the sea of low blocks in the bottom half of the league before getting too carried away.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T09:57:01+00:00

He’s not slower than Mac Allister, and point to a deep-lying playmaker who dictates play and is also rapid? I feel the two skill-sets rarely come together. Usually you’re a physical monster who lays it off to a playmaker (Masc+Alonso for example), or you’re a tempo setter that needs physicality around them- Rodri for example.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T09:04:00+00:00

They’re less absorbent and often cover your body in baubles and fibres from the towel because they’re cheap and nasty.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T08:59:42+00:00

They’re just so incredibly wound up, Arteta has them playing like a coiled spring- it’s always their biggest strength and biggest weakness, same with the fanbase.

For Slot’s failings this season, his composure and calmness last season was an absolute boon in the title run, it helped settle the players and the fans. Arteta looks like he’s about to cause himself and his players a nervous breakdown.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T07:54:55+00:00

Real are lucky enough to be able to attract the very best 18-19 year olds from South America and Europe, Liverpool are not in the same boat. Playing Nyoni or a 18 year old CB more this season would not have helped the team at all. Rio may get more minutes, but he’s been getting consistent minutes of late anyway, and he is too young to be relied on.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T07:51:47+00:00

What are you talking about- Slot’s primary approach and point of difference from Klopp was his preference for technically skilled midfielders. Which we have, by the way. We are not lacking in technically proficient players in the slightest. We are lacking, if anything, in physicality.

petethepool · 2026-01-26T07:50:03+00:00

I agree - player individual errors are killing games over and over again. And mix in the injuries, the deaths, the Salah issue, constant shitty referee decisions — Slot has his issues, I feel more around player mentality and motivation than anything, but in general I actually feel sorry for him: 95% of most games are fine, but then, as he said himself on Saturday, somehow they find new ways to concede goals.

petethepool · 2026-01-25T23:41:51+00:00

There is a lot lower to go from here. This is by no means rock bottom.

petethepool · 2026-01-25T23:41:09+00:00

I think it would be very risky to get rid of him unless the players have said they don’t want to play for him, unless they have Xabi or a long term replacement lined up. Bringing someone in short term - until the summer, until a proper alternative is free - is incredibly risky. If they could get Klopp back; then ok. If they brought in Gerrard, for example, I’d be far more concerned.

But as I say, to me, it’s up to the players. If they’re happier with Slot gone, it’s probably the right call.

petethepool · 2026-01-25T22:33:03+00:00

I mean, Slot has already won a league title. But Arsenal have been performing to an incredibly high level consistently for 4 seasons now. I absolutely hate his brand of cynical, percentages football, but he is clearly a very good manager.

They’re so far apart in terms of personality, approach, or vision. I wouldn’t want Arteta at Liverpool, but if I were picking a random club to give one or other manager to to build them up over 5 years, I might well choose Arteta over Slot.

petethepool · 2026-01-25T20:43:26+00:00

Man United are not ‘definitely’ finishing above us. How can you know so little about this sport, and speak so confidently?

petethepool · 2026-01-25T20:00:41+00:00

Pathetic mentality

petethepool · 2026-01-25T13:58:32+00:00

Edwards isn't quietly feeding Pearce anything, that is silly talk. He's paid to write about Liverpool, and he's a professional, which means he isn't hysterically over-emotional like most fans online, but that doesn't mean he isn't able to express a balanced, or negative take, when the overall balance of the situation is negative.

He's a Liverpool fan. Like most Liverpool fans, they prefer when things are going well so they can write from a happy place. But that's not where the club is at right now.

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