Don’t Make Slot the Easy Scapegoat

There’s a difference between being fed up and turning on the manager at the first proper wobble. Liverpool supporters have every right to be frustrated when performances dip, but making Arne Slot the lightning rod for everything that’s gone wrong is a bit too convenient.

Truth is, a season doesn’t drift because one bloke on the touchline has a bad week. It drifts when too many players go missing at the same time. You can talk about structure, tweaks, selection, all of it. But at some point you have to ask: are enough of the lads actually doing their jobs?

Accountability can’t be a one-man thing

I’m not saying the manager is above criticism. Nobody is. But there’s a habit in modern football of treating the head coach like a plug you can swap out when the telly picture doesn’t look right.

Some players simply haven’t hit the levels we know they’ve got. That’s not an excuse, it’s the core of it. You can have the best plan in the world, but if the basics aren’t there on the pitch, intensity, sharpness, decision-making, you’re always going to look like a side trying to run in treacle.

And that’s the part of the conversation that gets lost when it turns into “manager out” within months. It’s too neat. It lets everyone else off.

Bad results happen, but not everything is doom

The Leeds result and performance weren’t great. No need to dress it up. But even in games like that you can find something to cling to, if you want to. A clean sheet matters. Any team that can keep one when the mood is edgy is showing at least some foundation.

And if the opposition are in form and scoring freely, then shutting the door for a night is not nothing. It’s not the end goal, but it’s something you can build from rather than a stick to beat everyone with.

Build them up, don’t knock them down

I get the anger. I really do. Football’s emotional, and Liverpool especially lives on feeling. But there’s a line between demanding standards and just hunting for negatives because it feels satisfying in the moment.

We pride ourselves on being different, and that should show when the pressure’s on. Players are elite athletes, but they’re still human. If you need a reminder of that, go and watch the Robertson interview mentioned after the Scotland qualifier. It lands.

Support doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine. It means keeping your head, holding everyone to account, and not reaching for the most dramatic solution after every rough patch.

Written by JonnyNo6: 11 January 2026