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

It doesn't matter what manager comes in, the message should be the same;

You are good players, go and play good football without the handbreak on.

The amount of sterile, safe, backwards crap we see now is far too much. Szoboszlai was terrible yesterday. Kept turning backwards and passing it back whenever a chance of a break or quick pass forwards was on. He basically did what the Jones-haters claim Jones does. And Slot was applauding and supporting those actions.

Exactly as above Slot has shown again and again he doesn't rate most of the squad outside the first 11 and doesn't play them at all unless he's forced to.

This has the double whammy effect of letting the players know he thinks they are **** while also simultaneously not preparing them for being thrown into games which he inevitably does and the feedback loop continues. The squad players are just expected to perform based on nothing and no game time. I genuinely think he's one of the worst man managers Liverpool have had and that's saying something.

I agree that Gakpo is over used but we have one fit striker and we can't flog him to death,as in we can't overuse him. I think it was actually the right call to start Gakpo yesterday,as much as i don't rate him myself. We would of been in a strong position going into the second half if VVD wasn't so arrogant and actually tried to defend

I wonder if Enrique is remotely possible? I'd rather him than Alonso

This is my feeling too. And the Jota situation. It irks me a bit that the fans can applaud at 20 and boo when the game is over. Like what’s that about?

As they say it’s a results game and they have been atrocious.

A new manager might be what’s needed a clean slate. Slot might not what to be here anymore.

Just to echo what @jones said above. Slot has completely ostracized a lot of squad members. They don't feel part of the core first team. That's both in what he has said publicly, and also by his actions in what players have played in certain games, starters etc.

He has sucked all confidence out of these squad players, and then out of the blue is calling on them, expecting them to make an impact in games. Freeze them out for months, yet expect them to make an impact out of nowhere. It's baffling.

This is how our squad looks right now.

Which leaves the following players that Slot will actually trust to start in games. 14 players, including 2 GKs. Only 4 defenders. Frimpong needs his minutes managed too, as does Ekitike.

Just on Ramsay,now i don't agree with how Slot commented on him recently at the press conference,but seriously is he good enough to play for us? He was on loan last season at Wigan and Kilmarnock(?) and made no impression for either team,had about 8 appearances for both. Starting him or bringing him on in a team short of confidence and playing brutal is not going to end well.

He's not good enough, no.

But no manager should be speaking publicly, basically telling the world that he's not good enough.

Klopp was a master at making the likes of Ramsey (see Rhys Williams) feel like he was good enough to be a PL football. Slot has completely torn him, and others, down.

Slot has no problem throwing Ramsey to the wolves in that Palace team though.

But if he is not good enough then questioning Slot for not playing him is wrong. As i said Slot shouldn't of said what he said in public but that doesn't change the fact that Ramsay is not good enough to play minutes for Liverpool. So why berate a manager for not playing a player who is not good enough to play for us? Aren't things bad enough as it is?

Yes this seasons demise can't be fully blamed on Slot,although he has to take the majority of the blame and it will cost him his job. But serious questions need to be asked of Hughes/Edwards on how they could leave the squad so imbalanced

They lost the run of themselves in the summer. The Isak deal was awful especially considering how tight we were at centre back. That on Hughes and Co.

Slot takes responsibilities for the on field mess :

Persisting with the tinkered formation for so long when it wasn't clear it wasn't working.

Not dropping players soon enough, eg, Salah, Gakpo.

Slowing our game down so much that it's a chore to watch at times. The life is sucked out of the team and also atmosphere at the games as a result.

The trend is your friend. And our football and results have been trending down since last April - the freakish start of the season aside.

Lots of talk on X that we're in talks with Alonso. With it being a World Cup year, they don't want to leave it until the summer.