Liverpool have had a very difficult few weeks, categorised by four defeats in a row across all competitions. The latest came on Sunday as Man United emerged as 2-1 winners at Anfield, which was a particularly painful result for all associated with the reigning Premier League champions.
That result follows losses against Crystal Palace, Galatasaray (Champions League) and Chelsea, which means they now trail Arsenal by four points in the Premier League standings. As such, there is now increased focus on Arne Slot’s situation.
Arne Slot not under pressure at Liverpool – yet
For now, Liverpool are not thinking about Slot’s future, as per Mick Brown (via Football Insider). However, that could change if the poor form continues.
“If any team loses four games in a row, they’re going to be concerned. Slot has done a brilliant job since taking over from Jurgen Klopp, they won the league last season and did very well, and I think they’re still clearly a good side. He says all the right things in the media, but with the drop in form and performances they’ve had recently, there will be people who aren’t happy. Especially after a massive game like the one against United which they always want to win.
“That’s always the way when you’re managing a club the size of Liverpool, you’re expected to win every game, so losing four in a row is not good enough. The fans will see that, and the board will as well, and they’ll be expecting those results to pick up sooner rather than later.
“Sometimes it’s difficult, things start to drop off and you can’t quite put your finger on why, and things just don’t seem to be clicking for Liverpool right now. They’ll pick it up and get back to the form they’ve shown before, I’m sure of that, but the manager probably needs it to happen sooner rather than later or he’ll be under pressure.”
Liverpool face Eintracht Frankfurt and Brentford in their next two matches, and Slot will be desperate for his side to win both. If they fail to win either, the pressure will continue to build on the Dutchman.
The problems are deep seated. He has no discernible style of play apart from aimless and ponderous passing the ball around. He has no idea about how to use his new players, and panics when we go a goal down with not much time left. Add in his terrible treatment of Chiesa and you have a guy who needs wins soon or big questions have to be asked.
The “problems” are not “deep seated” in any way.
They lie under a thin veneer of diplomacy.
Once the problem is sorted “behind” the scenes, the veneer will be removed and we can then get back to proper footy.
Think of it as Sports version of Brexit.
A play to loosen national ties, sort out the dirty washing and corruption without publicly addressing it in front of the world, then getting back together, cleaner and wiser.
Kind regards.😃
Utter drivel. He won the league last year at a canter. Thus season was always going to be difficult due to Jota’s death. The higher ups clearly understand that and there won’t be any pressure on him unless Liverpool are way off Champions League at the end of the season
Don’t think DJ and Andre’s tragic passing is solely to blame, Bob, though it will have knocked a few confidences.
I’m sure that the team also recognise that “doing it for Diogo” can be a motivating factor.
There’s clearly some reason for the mini-slump, but it appears that nobody can quite put their finger EXACTLY on it for now.
Too many new faces to integrate into the team along with something tacit affecting a lack of focus in front of goal and organisation in defence at specific moments rather than the whole game appears to be the most suitable diagnosis for me.
Let’s hope that UCL Last 16 and Top Four in the league is the minimum we achieve if this is just going to be “one of those seasons”.
Problem is, I believe, when Klopp left and Slot took over he inherited a well oiled machine and he didn’t need to buy any new players and they went on to win the league. This season though he sold 3 defenders in Tsimikas, Quansah and Trent and brought in Kerkez who is either not gelling with the team yet or feels out of his depth in the PL only time will tell. Losing Jota affected Salah as they were good friends and Trent and him seem to have a connection when it came to feeding Salah. We also lost Diaz, Nunez and Jota of course along with Elliot upfront and the ones that came in, except for Isak, hadn’t played in the the PL, I don’t think but could be wrong. He should have just replaced a couple of players and kept some he let go of. Letting those 3 defenders and only bringing 1 defender Slot needed him to hit the ground running but he is struggling bring Robertson back in for a few games to help at the back and give Kerkez a break. Gotta get Guehi in Jan and maybe another one or 2 as we might be losing Konate
No. Not well oiled.
Jürgen, for all his wonderful presentation and charisma won 1title and yes, a UCL.
We should’ve won more. It’s our bread and butter.
Yes, Pep and City are formidable.
Arsenal are an irritation at times.
Arne sorted the issue instantly with a title win.
The issues at the moment are temporary.
We just need to weather it and all will be fine.
Tsimikas is on loan.
Nuñez clearly couldn’t express himself the LFC way, Diaz wanted away (and better pay, the Bayern deal was good for all).
One cannot gel a player without seeing how he goes in a real scenario.
Robbo was closer to Diogo, but yes they all miss him. They are also professionals and time has now passed.
Mawkishness is something we don’t need.
It does Diogo, Andre and their family a disservice.
Use paragraphs, Dawn.
It makes you missive easier to swallow if you make them accountable, point by point.
You’ve hit the nail on the head over the defence, Dawn.
I’d suggest it was probably just fortune that we’ve had to address the issues up front (a pricy thing), before we could do it at the back.
The amount we had to spend in order to stay within financial rules, longer term game plan and availability of Guehi and Palace’s situ was key, and if course, Leoni was terrible bad luck.