Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

The latest press conference gems:

“The main thing is how we were able to compete against Paris Saint-Germain after only having two days off, with them being rested for a week, how we have been able to compete against the other quarter-finalists here at home.

“Then you see that with doing the right things in the summer and not being as unlucky as we were this season. Then we can even have a better season.

“And the reality is that we went out in the FA Cup and the Champions League against in my opinion the two best teams in open play at the moment with two incredible managers [Manchester City and PSG] so that is also the reality that we have been unlucky with the draws.”

Is he delusional or taking the piss out of us all?

I agree that any kind of personal abuse towards him is wrong, and there is some pathetic stuff out there on social media. I think it's fair to post his comments though? He has been saying some strange stuff for a while now and he really doesn't help himself in terms of the relationship with the fans.

Like many of his comments recently, there's a grain of truth in what he says but it really doesn't come across well.

I think there's a middle ground between being defeatist and making excuses. In reality we lost 4-0 over two legs (and it could have been much worse) and we couldn't lay a glove on them. Yes there was a period of about 25 minutes where we put some pressure on, but overall we were absolutely schooled.

You can say something like "The better team won. We can take some positives from our play in the second half but we know we need to do more to be able to compete, and we know what we need to work on."

Saying the future looks bright off the back of our recent defeats is just nonsense. Blaming an unlucky draw is nonsense, you expect to meet a quality side in a CL quarter final, and compared to when we faced PSG last year we have regressed massively.

It just gives the overall impression that he thinks our issues this season are down to bad luck. Valid criticism is batted away with excuses. It's concerning to hear that as a fan of the club, because if he's saying this stuff in public God knows what he's saying to the players.

I think Slot's delivery is very blunt, and without realising it, whatever message he is trying to delivery seems to get lost in translation, there's possibly a disconnect between what he thinks he is saying and how it comes across, English isn't his first language, so that might explain some of the strange quotes this season. I think he probably had a few daft quotes too last season, but, these were brushed over as things were going well, but, now that we've been poor for so long these quotes are getting highlighted and scrutinised more. Some of the stuff he has said publicly has alienated a lot of players within the squad, players that he later has to rely on, so not exactly the way to about getting the best out of players.

I know I keep going on about Van Bronkhurst, but I really think we need a war time consigliere. Someone to help Slot with how he should go about things, someone who knows Liverpool and help Slot with the nuances of what to say. Maybe Richard Hughes does that but I wasn't impressed with the appointment of Van Bronkhurst in the first place. I'd try and get Heitenga back.

Surely someone has the balls to say to Slot to stop going on about PSG or Low blocks and phrase things a little differently. It would by him some time.

Nah, yes on the curly wig but clowns in Liverpool need a shellsuit and a good rigid elbow while screaming "calm down, calm down" to the rest of us 😉
Slot's in the middle, calming down the pre-derby jitters.

Chelsea have only won once in the last 6 - so i think a United win or draw is the best overall result.

Way more important to have a buffer against 6th than to be closer to 3rd. United with a tight win is probably the best result for our season. We still have to play them in any case, so third is in our own hands.

We were punished for every mistake we made but we couldn’t punish the other team for their mistakes.

We've been piss poor all season, we're lucky to be in the running for champions league.

Arsenal are probably the only team up to a few weeks ago that didn’t have a piss poor run of form all season. They are just having it now at the worst time for them.

Other than PSG and Bayern, I struggle to think of any of the top clubs who are having the sort of season their fans really want.

Arsenal fans will be delighted by the end but definitely don't seem comfortable or happy right now

Chelsea having a mare all season. United were out of the running for trophies before Christmas. City out of CL and soon PL running with rumours of Pep leaving in the summer. Spurs? Ha!

Barcelona and Inter will canter to a league title but fans hugely disappointed with how they went out of the CL. AC Milan and Juventus not challenging. Dortmund a distance second and very poor CL exit. Real Madrid winning nothing and likely going to fire their 2nd manager in less than 6 months.

Who is having a good season other than PSG and Bayern where their fans are genuinely having a great time?

Atletico maybe for their CL run? But 4th in the league.

Nobody in England seems to be having a good time other than clubs like Bournemouth, Sunderland etc finishing higher than expected