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I thought if they were to sack Slot, it would be for Alonso.

He’s definitely a better manager now after his Madrid spell. Even though that didnt go well, he would have learnt loads. Some say his style of football wouldnt suit, but i think he could adapt. Plus the big thing is we (i’d love to know who exactly) decided to spend massively on Wirtz last summer. He is undoubtedly a top quality player, and no surprise whatsoever that it would take him a full season to adapt to the PL (as so many before him needed), but Alonso has proven he can get the best out of him.

But with that option gone, im stumped. Luis Enrique would be awesome but presumably very unlikely.

100% agree. Same as Slot this season. Would be nice to have peak Salah, Mane, Trent, Robbo to break down defensive teams, but not a reality. Takes time to bed in new players. And we can only challenge for the league if we are relatively lucky with injuries, which we weren’t this season.

I thought initially Alonso as well ,his win record at Madrid was over 70% and then his connection with Wirtz but apparently he wasn't in consideration.Strange?

We wont know what happened with Enrique and Alonso. Some from the emerging groups have to join the ranks of the new elite level managers and Iraola has potential. Worst outcome is an engaged team playing with energy, something needed to develop a new squad. Arne no chance.

It takes a very strong personality to win the PL . The manager literally needs to be the biggest ego at the club, supreme confidence, the king of the jungle, that no one would dare challenge. Simeone would win it, 100% confident in that.

Slot literally managed us to a Premier League title and you done nothing but cut the back off him for it. Simeone is the highest paid manager is world football, and has won sweet FA in the last few years, also plays absolutely horrendous football to go with it...but now he's 100% the answer to our problems.

Regarding Simeone , I did mean to add, he'd win it, if you're into that type of winning.

I don't think I said anything personal about Slot, it was always about the football

Come on, we all know not a single thing was touched when he arrived, it was Klopps team, a team that Klopp got 82 pts with before he left, a total that was enough to win it in Slots first season. Klopps team literally just produced another 82pt season, again, with Slot on the sideline. It all fell apart when the tinkering started this season. But of course you have to give Slot the respect for not touching the team, and rolling with it, and allowing them to repeat the 82pts.

It's it true none of the players have posted a goodbye?

Simeone has completely changed it up over last 2 years also, it's very much a high press attacking approach these days , with false nines. Still think he'd win it, and it would not be awful to watch. You know the team would be on it every game with him, that's a building block .

Yet A Madrid went out so meekly to Arsenal this season the the champions league semifinal

I wasn't arguing any point with you. I wouldn't bother doing that.

It's strange that the club passed on Alonso, he looked the perfect fit, already had a strong connection with the club, was available, has a good level of experience, good record despite Madrid not working out, comes across as a level headed manager with integrity. Also would have got more time from the fans than pretty much anyone else likely in the running.

He also got the best out of Wirtz ( and Frimpong) who the club you would think want to build the team around, I would be astonished if the club didn't at least consider him when Slot was struggling badly before the last international break. Maybe an approach was made and they couldn't reach agreement, which in itself is worrying as it may suggest Alonso didn't like the proposal put to him. It's hard to see a better alternative out there, anyone else will be a bigger risk. Not a hope Enrique will leave PSG for us right now, so no point even contemplating it unfortunately.

Unfortunately, things had unravelled too far for Slot to stay on next season, it's obvious now that he had lost the players, once that happens it's impossible for a manager/coach to turn it around, so the best thing at that point is to change. It was a much bigger risk to hold onto Slot than to change, as next season would have been pretty much guaranteed to fail by keeping Slot and we would have had to change mid-season which is more difficult, at least now the club can make the change in a more controlled manner and give the new man a better chance to succeed.

I think the club could have handled it better, personally I think it should have been announced before the last game, so that he could have got a decent send off, but, perhaps with CL football still not secured they couldn't do that. Also announcing it a few hours before the CL final, feels like the club trying to bury it to avoid backlash for sacking him.

Whoever does come in has a tough job on their hands, we are probably in a similar situation to before Klopp came in, a squad bereft of confidence and morale at an all time low, so my expectations for next season are low, but, would hope to at least see an improvement in our style of play and a clear plan, which hasn't been apparent this season. It's a risk whoever comes in, and it might not work out, but, Slot was a busted flush at this stage, so had to go.

Ideally Slot would have worked out, I think that's what the club wanted as less risk involved and tbf the club gave him more than enough time to turn it around, but, there was no evidence in the last few months that was going to happen.