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

As bad as Slot is performing right now, he is still a better option as manager than Gerrard is and he is a hell of an option better than Fowler.

Leave that ex player sentiment stuff at the door.

I think football management has become so formulaic and process driven the specialness of a man manager like Klopp has gone.

I saw some videos of Kompany in training sessions with Bayern players and he seems to have that old school mentality of management.

I'm surprised City are looking at Marescha to replace Pep and not sounding out Kompany. You can say any manager should be able to win the German league with Bayern but Tuchel finished 3rd with them in 23/24.

It said a lot too that Celtic had to go back to Martin O'Neill instead of finding a new modern manager.

Enrique for me is the only one out there that is top level that I would love us to get but I still think he'll see out his last year of contract and we may miss out on him as we need a new manager this summer.

I hate that it seems that I'm right about this. i'm aware that I looked like a complete díck for months over it, but I really don't revel in the malaise. i'd far prefer to have been wrong, he was just going through a blip, and you could all tell me how stupid I was.

i also think there is a clutch of managers who want to play a style of football that doesn't suit the players that Liverpool brought in for Klopp. everyone seems to want to play this analytic driven, risk averse, patient style that is ok with relying on set pieces if necessary.

Salah, VVD, Alisson - 3 of our all-time greats - aren't at their best when they're playing in this way.

​Klopp was the "Da" of the club; Slot is a lad with a spreadsheet. Edwards and Hughes moved to a "Head Coach" model but forgot to tell the fans that the passion was being replaced by "transactions." They didn't sell the shift from a leader to a coach, so now the atmosphere feels corporate and cold. They also left him to field all the questions about Trent, VVD and Salah's contracts which he shouldn't have had to deal with.

​Edwards and Hughes they didn't get him a proper #6 or defensive cover, or proper wide capability which he states he prefers to use.

​The Big Game Blunders, he watched Trent get roasted by United at home and didn't hook him; he let Dan Burn bully us in the Cup without a tweak; and that PSG team selection at home meant we ended with the wrong players on the pitch for.penalties when there was a high probability of a shoot out, Kelleher for the penos, would have been a smart move.

​Klopp made the kids feel like giants. Slot has killed rotation and indeed consequences for poor performances. Preferring to deploy Dom at right back when other options are available. When you arent using established squad players to rotate no chance your giving youth a chance.

​We’ve gone from "Mentality Monsters" to being terrified of a corner. It took far too long to address that problem.

​Edwards and Hughes failed to assess quickly enough Slots strenghts but equally his development gaps. His coaching ticket should be padded out with people who could generate the energy we are not seeing now. Perhaps thats him he seems sniffily arrogant in the Dutch way and it seems he is oblivious to those blind spots. People change management in any organisation is a significant challenge and one this highly paid trio seems not to appreciate at all.

The Jota tragedy and the departure of characters from the dressing room blew away the last of the Klopp spirit and exposed the new culture in the group and Slots change in direction.

But that said its over for Slot now his run way of time has exceeded his learning gaps unfortunately. But as I said before he has bagged a league title and at least we arent Arsenal reduced to what they are at almost 1 bn later to scrape accross the line so hats off to him for that. He heads back to the Netherlands a rich man. Its mad to think we will never see really what his game was really about or if he even knew. Or indeed woukd it be effective in the current football cycle.

Not sure what comes next there are no sure things out there as replacements. Flick, Enrique or Alonso are the main choices.

​If we want the Klopp vibes back, Flick is closest. He’s playing a high defensive line, relentless pressing. He trusts youth (he’s built a Barca team of kids) and he’s an "arm around the shoulder" leader, not a spreadsheet guy. His style is high-risk. If you don't have the right defenders, you get caught out constantly. Something the way the PL is gone could be a challenge.

​Enrique is all about possession, "3-2-5" shapes, and absolute control. He’s a winner and he’s tough as nails. He wouldn't take any nonsense from Edwards or Hughes. A bit cold and obsessed with possession not a man to admire a scrappy error ridden gritty 3-2.

Alonso had a tough time at Madrid legendary stint with Leverkuesen can work with Wirtz clearly and if we want him to be the centre of a new team it makes sense. Some have mentioned his three at the back.and slow build up as an issue but he might be pragmatic enough to change something we dont see from Slot. He knows Anfield and the City and can work on a budget certainly something we have to do if we dont bag CL football. But no easy choices and big task to rebuild that sqaud.

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I'm not gonna say I 100% wanted him gone since November because I was never that decisive but I couldn't find a single positive to hang my hat on going forward.

Klopp''s early years had very clear improvements in style, success, mentality everything.

It's never been clear what we wanted to do with the personel imo.

A lot of it probably comes down to lack of experience. Slot doesn't seem to know how to manage the players and as you say he seems to be a spreadsheet manager. Personally i would prefer a more human Manager. Liverpool is a club built on heart. That's why klopp was a perfect fit. But ultimately the football has been dire. Even last season it was quite boring most of the time but effective. I hoped that it would get better with time but it's been the opposite. This season has been a train wreck. And even the first 5 games were lucky late wins or grind-it-out affairs

Outside of Liverpool and City, how good was the rest of the league though, we probably weren't playing too close attention as we were in the thick of title challenges and CL runs, but, take us and City out of that era and the rest of the league was probably fairly poor. Granted the top teams play dreadful stuff now too, so it probably feels a lot worse, plus the fact we are one of the worst teams in the league to watch doesn't help our perception of the league

Alonso would get us playing with far more intensity, that's for sure.

I literally can't be confident a win in any of those fixtures at the moment.

The first change Slot most make immediately is put Szoboszlai back in midfield permanently.

Our midfield is a problem this season and the best performing one is still at right back, despite having a fit RB at the club.

Crazy stuff.

Then tell him to stop dawdling on the ball and playing backwards passses

I would like to see Alonso in now also. Can he get a tune out of the current squad would be the question. If he couldn't, blame can be handed to Slot and we restart in the new season.

Also, the world cup will be an issue for pre-season as it's in the way. Injury seems to follow big tournaments also. Players will want rest. So bring him in now to get a grounding.

I think we will either loose or 0-0 draw with Gala so we will be out either way. I don't see any fight in the team right now. We may need the new manager bounce to get CL football for next season.

Talk of either Gerard, Fowler or god forbid Carragher (was he mentioned) is crazy stuff. Of that lot, Gerard is most qualified and that's a stretch.

Time for a change.