Liverpool Thread | 2025/26

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That Curtis Jones interview is damning. Slot has lost that Liverpool dressing room.
 
alexmcity said:
And Pep. You are not saying the manager doesn't matter, are you?

Pep won 100 pts with Delph at LB and Otamendi as our main CB.
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The manager has a part in it. But, if you have the best players, you have more of a chance of success than the others do.

Look at things over the last couple of seasons. We haven’t got the best players and therefore as great as Pep might be, he hasn’t been able to overcome that.
 
JamesMCFC said:
Anyone reckon he gets sacked if they get beat weekend? I need to check but I am sure they are on a worse form than we were this time last year.
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City had 6 defeats in 8 league games between the 2nd November and the 21st December. In that time we also lost 2 CL games and drew 1.

Liverpool have lost 6 in 7 Premier League games since the 27 September. They have lost 2 and won 2 CL games, and lost 1 League Cup in that time.

The records are very similar. The causes are similar. City lost Rodri and Stones to injury and KDB, Gundogan and Walker were at the end of their careers. The difference was that in City's case those players were at the end of their contracts and they were not renewed whereas Liverpool renewed Van Dijk and Salah's contracts.

City got out of the tail spin by changing tactics. Pep introduced O'Reilly and Nunes at right back and took 1/2 wingers out which made City defensively stronger (I haven't checked when O'Reilly and Nunes came into the side at full back but by the end of the season they were regulars). CL elimination also helped City in the Premier League as we were able to recover between Premier League matches. We also brought in Khusanov and Marmoush in January and that made City a little stronger.
 
alexmcity said:
If the players are *the* key, why is Pep the only manager in English football to win 4 titles in a row? Didn't United, Arsenal, Chelsea have great players as well, especially Ferguson's United and Mourinho's Chelsea 04-06?

Of course, players are very important, but it takes an exceptional manager to win multiple PL titles in a row.
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You could argue winning the 4th is what’s left us in the position we’re in now. We chased that and remained loyal to several who were clearly approaching the top of the hill, rather than saying three’s enough, let’s do a proper transition/rebuild.

If Pep wins the title or the CL with the likes of Marmoush, Savinho, Bobb, Reijnders and a declining Stones and Dias, I’ll take my hat off to him and accept I’m wrong.

There is hardly anyone in the current squad who gets in the title winning teams of years gone by. Let’s see.
 
noseve said:
He really is.

It's genuinely embarrassing hearing this on such a regular basis, isn't it?
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It's a total shim sham using Jota as an excuse.

The media and the dippers are tying themselves in knots trying to square this one off.

Jota was their inspiration at the start of the season and according to some; scored a goal for them at Wembley.

Heaven forbid (if you'll pardon the pun) the media blame Salah and Van Dyke for Liverpool's poor performance and they accept the half billion pound investment over the summer has fallen flat on it's arse.
 
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