Arne Slott Sack Calls Grow After More ‘Bad Decisions’ ‘See It’

Even the most die-hard Liverpool fans are now turning on Arne Slott after a rotten performance against Brentford.

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Arn is laughing at Slott

With the integrity of the league now compromised by teams like Brentford, playing in a manner not previously approved by Arne Slott, perhaps we could see how points are awarded in games against Liverpool.

If you allow the slot to pick your team and dictate your tactical approach you get a full 3, but only 2 if the manager chooses to do it for himself?
David Jackson, Maxfield

Arne slot needs to go!

I have supported LFC since I was a child growing up in Northern Ireland in the 70s. My theory right now is that Arne Slott inherited Jurgen Klopp’s team, he didn’t set much last season. Now!!! They have brought (supposedly) some of the greatest players in the world! It turns out, Wirtz is trying to shoehorn himself into a team that doesn’t need, SOB, playing like a right back.

We have no balance in the team, typical Dutch football, heavy attack….Mo Salah is doing nothing and I don’t agree with Jamie Carragher’s comments last week, he shouldn’t be given the honor of starting every game at the moment.. What are these players doing on the training ground that gives Sir a slot to select them. We weren’t that good as a team against Brentford. No bloody excuses. The slot needs to go!!!
Andy Hutchinson

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Now this is a crisis…

I think we can call it a crisis now. We don’t seem to have an answer to long balls in the channels and the press isn’t good enough to stop them at source. Deeply disappointing.
Tom, Andover

… I speak as I find of Liverpool – I never get myself into positions that I refuse to ring. I’ve written several times in the inbox so far this season that he defends them from criticism whether they’ve won or lost, and I genuinely mean it without a hint of bigotry or tribalism. I think most of the media coverage has been hysterical.

But Saturday’s game at Brentford? No. I cannot and will not defend it.

Circling around players like Conte for another goal. No backtracking. Feeling sorry for yourself. Throwing his hands in the air, Bruno Fernandes style. Advice on “I need a goal, so f*** someone else” mode.

Then you’ve got yourself a slot. It is quite reasonable to chase playing a 2-3-5 formation once or twice. But when this happens every week, don’t you start to question yourself, even just a little?

This is the first time this season that I’ve started to think something is seriously wrong. The slot has to show that it can get to grips with it quickly. Because it’s already gone on too long.
Andy H, Swansea

What was Liverpool’s worst defeat?

The slot seemed to suggest that the latest defeat was the worst but I totally disagree.

The first against Palace was very bad because we never showed in that game.

The next one against such a good Chelsea team was even worse. Not only did they have a crisis at the centre, but somehow we managed to push them forward as we finished the game with two midfielders despite a couple of defenders sitting on the bench. All because our manager is a coward and can’t bring himself to offload his underperforming superstars and imbalance the entire team to accommodate the underperforming superstars.

But the worst defeat has to be against United. Losing to such a poor team is unacceptable but made possible by poor slot decisions. He failed to start either Florian and/or Ektyke and when he brought them in at heart, he again couldn’t get rid of underperforming big names and sacrifice the balance of already defensively struggling players just to accommodate players who don’t.

We have yet to draw a single game this season, because of the party Kerkes is unable to use his right leg But largely due to the all-or-nothing approach of slots. In the first three defeats, we equalized late on but lost anyway due to his poor game management.

The latest defeat to Brentford isn’t really a surprise when you consider that this is quite literally the kind of team slot they’ve been roaming around in lately. They are comfortable defending in a low block and are also quite good on the counter and with set pieces. Not sure why this is suddenly a problem when teams did this consistently in their first season.

I like to imagine that a better manager would have started Gomes in one of the full-back positions given his current struggles. But no slot, he started the same full-backs who were poor again, finished them off and even thought he had done it at full-back before he recognized it and restored him to midfielder (hopefully for good this time) and finally when the damage was done, Gomes was brought on.

One thing I miss about Klopp is his ability to maximize the entire squad at his disposal. I’m not sure what kind of faction heroes we’ll see under this as the slot always avoids giving chances to freezing players. What’s the point of having Ando in the squad if he can’t be used in this type of fixture even when Goren Birch is unavailable and Macca is so clearly struggling?

He can do whatever he wants about the opponents’ tactics but he has to be flexible and use the right players. After accusations from rival fans that he took advantage of Klopp’s team, he is doing a great job of proving them right.
Philip Correa

What is the transfer to Liverpool?

I just read it Mailbox Another Liverpool loss followed and he found the transfer narrative worthy of comment.

Last year, Slott inherited a well-drilled Klopp team that was in contention for trophies. Without any pressure, due to the incompetence of others, the side entered the league honors with no blunders on its way. Slott was hailed a master as he did not manage to soil the bed all season and ensured it during the transfer window.

Now on to the transition. Fight, structure, organization, the confidence of title-winning heroes and new, big-money signings have all shifted the focus of football away from the club. The evidence suggests a cultural shift from Klopp’s big character management and style to a violent, moaning and finger-pointing environment.

To me, Liverpool are in a chrysalis to emerge as a diminutive version of a former title-challenging club.

Maybe it’s all karma for Asak’s behavior.

Let’s hope.
Alexander

No more Liverpool

A few short weeks ago there was an outcry against the alleged favoritism, and worse corruption, that PGMOL was demonstrating towards Liverpool FC. Allegations of decisions to obstruct competitors and support Skyscrapers sparked much public outrage that was evident on social media.

Did the very public outrage work?

There has not been a controversial decision in a long time. Now that the supposed security blanket of friendly refereeing has been removed, is that why Liverpool are now struggling so badly, exposed as the new-fangled emperors that they are, or not?

In reality it’s probably just terrible football.
Evan (loves a good conspiracy theorist) Ireland

This league is spicy

First and foremost you have to congratulate Keith Andrews and his team, I thought they did everything right. Then it’s generally much better for the league that anyone can lose to anyone.

We have seen it consistently over the last 3 or 4 seasons, at United, City, Arsenal and now again at Liverpool. This makes match day more exciting.

I’m generally surprised by both Sunderland’s away win against Brighton and United’s win.

I wonder if Mark Gowey would have been signed if VVD had been dropped a while ago. Letting go of players like him and Mohamed Salah are huge calls that very well-paid managers have to make.
Peter, Andalusia

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