Many of us - me included - have criticised our recruitment over the last few years, but imagine going from winning the league; spending £450m gross on 5 players they craved; breaking the transfer record not once, but twice; and then having these results? We'd all be pulling our hair out - at least Slot's lucky in that respect.
And the Jota business is fuck all to do with it - they won their first 5 games and they were being considered as world beaters, with pundits saying that they were going to win the league with a record points haul.
I'll whisper this next bit - should the club as a whole stop the Jota worship? Should someone there show maturity and leadership on the point as, so long as some of them keep him in focus so strongly, he'll become the excuse they can rely upon - notwithstanding the fact that THEY considered themselves world-beaters in the first 4-6 weeks of the season. .
But, they'll continue their 20th minute pathetic vigil forever and a day because, "This is Liverpool F.C. we're talking about!" They love their "Look at me, being sad and loyal" little show every game, when no-one can be as sad as them.
They love a fuss, and it's never their fault - just another great European night under the lights at Anfield for the rest of us - and, did you see all those empty seats before the end?