Liverpool Thread | 2025/26 | Slot Out (p382)

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N1985 said:
Wanted a London club apparently.
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This is more real than people like to admit. Talking to an academy worker at spurs here where i live now, he says agents have been in the ear of players and managers, the rise of nationalism in the provinces will drive all the best talent to London. Agents are pressuring players to sign for a London club as they will face less grief!!!. so the players and managers are told ..Farage fks us again after that bloody brexit farce!
 
What a mess over there. Could've gotten Alonso but held on to Slot and still ended up sacking him.

Has to be Iraola I believe, not exactly swimming with options at present.
 
Klopp's Liverpool were our greatest threat for 3 superb seasons but the problem with "heavy metal football" seems to be that it is difficult to maintain consistency over more than a season. After the title win of 2019-20 (99 pts) they fell off to third with only 69 pts. They got 92 pts the next season but Klopp only managed 82 in each of his last two seasons. Slot won the title with 84 in 25-6. The conclusion is that Klopp style football is far too demanding physically to compete over a number of seasons with Guardiola style football. By the time Slot got the job Liverpool were entering one of their troughs. Slot did well to win the title but change in personnel was necessary, as it was, for different reasons, at City.

This is what I think cost Slot his job. He brought in new players to the tune of almost half a billion pounds. Whether he concentrated on the right positions is a question as is whether he bought the right players, but they have not performed as expected. The true cost of Slot's reconstruction may be and unbalanced side that the club, now challenged financially, may struggle to rebalance.
 
youngbob said:
Five managers in a row now who won the title in their first Premier League season and then either left/got sacked within two years.

Slot - sacked one year after
Conte - sacked one year after
Pellegrini - left two years after
Ancelotti - sacked one year after
Mourinho - left two years after

And although it wasn't his first PL season, Ranieri was sacked eight months after guiding Leicester to the title in his first season.
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We all know that Pellers was only keeping the seat warm for Pep, whereas none of the others was doing a similar thing.
 
Urzu1234 said:
Klopp has a champions league and 3 domestic trophies too. I've no dog in this fight, but why are you conveniently leaving out the rest that he's won? Yes I get Klopp had much more time to win them. But the point still stands.
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5 trophies in 9 years is no great shakes especially as in 2 of the cups, they didnt even score a goal
 
Tolmie scores said:
This is more real than people like to admit. Talking to an academy worker at spurs here where i live now, he says agents have been in the ear of players and managers, the rise of nationalism in the provinces will drive all the best talent to London. Agents are pressuring players to sign for a London club as they will face less grief!!!. so the players and managers are told ..Farage fks us again after that bloody brexit farce!
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What a load of old tosh. They probably want London because frankly that was where the vast bulk of the European Union money went.

And where is the rise of Nationalism in the leafy lanes of Cheshire where most of these grossly overpaid prima donnas reside?
 
lasereyes said:
5 trophies in 9 years is no great shakes especially as in 2 of the cups, they didnt even score a goal
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I guess his main mitigating circumstance is that - for most of that time - he was up against you guys, and you were simply better and the best team English football has ever seen.

It's harsh if you think about it, as he posted top 90s one or two times and didn't win the league - whereas Leicester and rags did many times on much fewer points.

He also made two CL Finals he didn't win (and another he did) and tbh those games were close, or the first would have been had Ramos not gone UFC on Salah.

I guess you might make the argument he only got that many points as you brought the best out of them and they had to maintain pace, but still.

They're a fucking weird club but if you think of them as a formidable opponent, it only strengthens the greatness of Pep's City.
 
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Not arsed if they appointment iraola. No guarantee he will do well there managing bigger egos and a rebuild needed with the exodus of players.

Seems slot was stabbed in the back by certain players - who are used to klopp's style of management. Whose to say they wont do that again
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
Klopp's Liverpool were our greatest threat for 3 superb seasons but the problem with "heavy metal football" seems to be that it is difficult to maintain consistency over more than a season. After the title win of 2019-20 (99 pts) they fell off to third with only 69 pts. They got 92 pts the next season but Klopp only managed 82 in each of his last two seasons. Slot won the title with 84 in 25-6. The conclusion is that Klopp style football is far too demanding physically to compete over a number of seasons with Guardiola style football. By the time Slot got the job Liverpool were entering one of their troughs. Slot did well to win the title but change in personnel was necessary, as it was, for different reasons, at City.

This is what I think cost Slot his job. He brought in new players to the tune of almost half a billion pounds. Whether he concentrated on the right positions is a question as is whether he bought the right players, but they have not performed as expected. The true cost of Slot's reconstruction may be and unbalanced side that the club, now challenged financially, may struggle to rebalance.
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Earnie Lost won the League in 24/25.

Lego head "won" it in 25/26.
 
Davie82 said:
Good one :)

They better hope they get off to a better start next season or it could be a Hazy Shade of Winter. Things will be Getting Out of Hand over there. They need Iraola to give them Something to Believe In.
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When Littlewoods appoint their new manager, we might see things In A Different Light.
 
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