A Fanbase Fracturing Helps Nobody at Liverpool

I’m not having anyone rewrite what’s being said here. No one sensible blames the fans for results, and I’m certainly not doing that. What is fair to say, though, is that the constant sniping and arguing inside our own support has become a bit grim, and it feels louder than I can ever remember.

You can be fed up with how we’re playing. You can be worried. You can even be angry after a run like losing nine in 12. But there’s a line between holding standards and turning on each other, and lately we’re spending too much time on the second part.

Discontent is normal, division isn’t

Anfield has always had opinions, that’s part of what makes it what it is. But it’s different when every debate becomes a scrap. People are desperate to put someone in a box: “happy clapper” or “top red” on one side, “negative” or “plastic” on the other. It’s draining, and it doesn’t push anything forward.

There’s also a bit of selective memory going on. Not that long ago, most of us were talking about compassion and context around a young group of players and what they’ve had to carry. That doesn’t buy you endless patience, but it should at least buy you a bit of perspective before we start lashing out at anyone who sees it differently.

What about Arne Slot and the dressing room?

I don’t buy the idea that Arne Slot wants Liverpool to look flat, slow, or unsure of ourselves. Managers don’t set out to make their own lives harder. And I don’t see enough to suggest he’s “lost the dressing room” either, which is a phrase people reach for when they’ve run out of actual explanation.

Truth is, this league is brutal. You can play well and still get done, and you can play poorly and scrape a result. It’s not pretty, but sometimes you’re just trying to build something while keeping your head above water.

Standards, support, and not chasing the quick fix

Shanks had it right, didn’t he? If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win. That doesn’t mean clapping anything and everything. It means remembering the point of it all: backing the club, not farming arguments.

And for anyone already reaching for the sack button: have a look around at the chaos elsewhere. Changing managers for the sake of it doesn’t automatically make things better. The grass isn’t greener, it’s just different problems in a different colour.

By all means be demanding. But let’s not turn on each other while we do it.

Written by JonnyNo6: 10 January 2026