Liverpool FC Premier League Champions 25/26 - Talk /Gossip/Rumours

Such a weak and cravenly performance. Kerkez is a sham of a footballer.

The first 15/20 mins of the game saw Liverpool play Salah into space, or attempt to play Salah into space around the box. It was working and there was a few small chances or almost chances. Salah involved around the penalty area which is where you want him. A couple of last ditch blocks by Bournemouth defenders.

And then we reverted to type and started to pass backwards and slowed it down etc. and then Salah became anonymous on the edge of the game on the touchline.

I guess he was trying to rest Ekitike for Qarabag but Gakpo again did nothing in his position.

It would have been better to start Rio and bring Gakpo on later.

I told my son that Robertson would be starting today based on Kerkez 1. starting the last number of games and 2. he seemed to be not mentally prepared to be playing Bournemouth at the start of the season. It looked like the booing was getting to him.

It also felt like because someone said it out loud during the week, forget who, maybe David Lynch, that we haven't conceded from a set piece since we fired the set piece coach we had to go and concede from a long fecking throw.

Almost felt similar to Palace. If we get possession from the first throw just boot it down the bloody field don't play it out for another throw in!

I think there would need to be complete player unrest like Real Madrid for Slot to be removed at this stage.

He needs to put all his eggs in the cup baskets for CL and FA Cup and plod through the rest of the season to get a CL spot.

Maybe the league win is giving him the breathing room in discussions to allow him a chance to win the CL.

I think if he loses to Qarabag this week, even though we make the play offs, he could be gone then.

We were hoping Slot could be the next Paisley to Klopp as Shankley. Unfortunately he's having more of a Joe Fagan second season.

Not a hope of CL spot. Mid table mediocrity beckons. I think Slot is finished. Booed by home fans, online die hards have also turned, the football is turgid, spent 500m (yes excluding outgoings), continues to reward poor performance with full games (Salah), has more excuses than Brendan Rogers, very poor man management behind the scenes it would appear. Times up. Qurabag is not comparable to PL and will be a false dawn like Marseille. We are going backwards years with this style of football. Loosing CL spot is something we know all too well and it was a struggle to recruit talent without CL. We will be building from scratch again very soon if we continue this path and it will be firmly on Slot.

If it's not clear at this point, I want Slot gone.

4 points from our last 5 games. Wolves have 6 from their last 5.

Reigning champions in worse form than the team 7 points off 19th place.

I think the problem for a new manager coming in now would be he's facing the same problems. The transfer window closes in 1 week.

We are screwed on CB's and we are not going to market to buy one.

Isak is still out until April.

McAllistar, VVD, Gakpo, Salah's forms have dropped off a cliff from last season.

Squad players have been used so little they are not up to match fitness if you do need them.

Our two left backs combined gives you about 1 player.

The new manager would have to be allowed to be given the rest of the season a write off and any cup run or win and as a high a league position as possible would be a bonus.

He would have to show though with the remaining months of the season a style of play that is getting us somewhere for next season as a new manager at the end of the season will not be allowed a proper pre-season due to the world cup.

I don't think we'll see any new signings this window, certainly not any senior permanent signings.

The manager's job is in the balance, and so the suitability of new players for both him & any potential new manager might not match. Also the transfer fee would eat into any potential recruitment funds for the new manager.

From what we see of Kerkeze we'd be stupid to sell Robertson

Yea, there is a lot of uncertainty at the moment.

Slot is the head coach, would Alonso accept that? He would know about the contract situation of the players and others at the club.

The spending spree at the summer was absolutely needed by it was too much too late imo. We are on a knife edge really.

On a lot of the podcasts I listen to, they frequently mention the fitness of the players so is that another problem that’s going on behind the scenes?

Weirdly enough there has been no leaks or massive rumours of “losing the dressing room” or that sort of nonsense. Slot wanted to keep Diaz is the only thing that I heard.

It will all come out eventually I suppose

40 touches inside their box

70% possession

14 Shots

11 corners

Commentators were praising the performance, until Bournemouth scored their first, I think we all were

'' as against the run of play as I've ever seen'' they said , or something to that affect

We never worked the keeper though, I think Wirtz's desire to score the perfect goals has infected the whole team, 615 passes, all worthy of praise, but Bournemouth had 5 shots on target, and smashed or bundled in 3

100%.

He's chosen 'control' over intensity. It's a way of conserving energy, in his mind. But what's happened is that I don't think we're actually fit enough.

Wow fair play for remembering that.

I just remember Heysel and finishing 2nd to a very good Everton team

Those were the days...