Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

It really is a shame it unravelled so quickly, a decent man.Will always be grateful that he gave the club and fans the opportunity to celebrate winning a title properly as 2020 was ruined with covid. I think it's probably a relief to him that it's all over as this season was extremely difficult for him, I wish him all the best for the future.

It's unlikely but I'd love to see him back on the staff at Liverpool. There would be no reduction in standards on his watch anyway. Think he would make a great coach somewhere.

Surprised Milner is retiring as he seemed to have a resurgence this season, thought he might stay on another season. An amazing pro, a great example to to all young players coming through. Wouldn't be a bad idea for whoever takes over to bring him in as part of the backroom team.

Yeah I'd have thought he'll sit pretty in his nice well paid made up job until the German national team comes knocking. International football would seem ideal for him at the stage he's at, he can get that hit from coaching but only have to do it intermittently, leaving good pockets of time for life. And given his talent at man motivation, which i reckon is at least 60% / 70% of the international job, I'd say he'll be a roaring success when the time comes

Personally I felt he had strong integrity, and I didn't have an issue so much his interactions with the press and direct way of speaking etc.

I actually think him leaving now will afford him much better opportunities in the future rather than it getting dragged out into a poor start next season. Winning the league and then getting champion's league, even though performance was poor, I think will stand to him when other clubs look at his record. Most foreign clubs don't pay attention too much to the points totals as much as the position. Germany and Italy I think would have a number of CL level clubs that would look at him imo, and he always can go back to the Netherlands with no issue. Wish him all the best.

Tbf I think if a club is going to appoint a head coach or manager they will do more than a surface level scan of his credentials, they will dig a little deeper into how his last jobs went, how he sets up a team etc. Appointing a head coach is a massive decision for any club so everything has to be taken into account. Slot's time at Liverpool means he has a high profile, so this means he will be on clubs radar, but, it doesn't necessarily mean he'll just walk into a job.

I totally agree, I more mean that Slot, after winning the premier league, would have had an elite level profile, similar to Alonso after he won with Leverkusen. But last season would have dropped his profile a far bit, however I think if he had stayed on longer it was a risk it would drop significantly more. Having one semi-poor season should be recoverable for him, similar to how Alonso was still in high demand after his Real stint.

Overall Slot still has the PL and his time in Netherlands to fall back on, and when there are not a lot of good managers out there currently this will still serve him well imo. The likes of a Napoli, Roma, AC, Leverkusen, Dortmund etc. I think would all at least consider him, if not hire him.

I’ve seen Thiago mentioned somewhere too

Slots statement is the most media astute piece he has done in a long while. After our bad run in the first half of the season, I gave him til the end of Jan to turn things around. And "turning things around" didn't necessarily mean points on the board, it meant showing to us that there was some semblance of an approach with the team that would work long term. It didn't materialise. I'd be happy with Iraola, Bournemouth were one of the best teams to watch in Europe under him. Roll on next season

I keep hearing things like "Will Iraola be able to handle playing 3 games a week" etc. And this "3 games a week" crap has become common parlance but I'm curious how this came about cos Liverpool don't play 3 games a week. No professional football team in the world plays 3 games a week for the entire season or even a part of the season.

Bournemouth play 1 game a week as standard and will occasionally play 2 games a week with cup competitions and whatnot whereas Liverpool might generally play 2 games a week more often than just 1 throughout the course of the season. We play a game at the weekend and a midweek game. Due to TV scheduling we occasionally end up playing on a Sunday then Tuesday or wednesday followed by a game on Saturday.

This means we will play 3 games in that paticular 7 day period every now and again, due to TV. But we do not "play 3 games a week" over the course of the season. We play 2.

U remember Welbeck getting a hat trick in a game Brighton beat us 2-1 🤔

Some strike by Isak for Sweden

What are the odds on him being out for the 26/27 season after playing a blinder for Sweden for the whole of the World Cup?!