Is Arne Slot Missing What’s In Front of Him?

I keep coming back to the same thing: I’d genuinely like to see this put to a poll, because I’ve got a feeling the fanbase split on Arne Slot would be fascinating. There’s gratitude in the mix, but there’s also a proper, gnawing frustration about what we’re watching and what it might say about where this is heading.

I’m not taking away from the idea of success, either. If you’ve won a league title, you’ve done something huge. Nobody sensible pretends otherwise. But football doesn’t stop the minute you get your hands on silverware, and this is where the patience starts to run out. When you look at the quality Liverpool have and the resources put into the squad, the standard of performance has to match it. If it doesn’t, fans will ask why, and they’re not wrong to.

It’s the feeling he can’t see the issues

The worry, for me, isn’t just a bad run or a couple of flat games. It’s the sense that Slot either can’t see what’s going wrong, or refuses to accept it. That’s a bigger problem than form, because form can change quickly. Stubbornness doesn’t.

There’s a difference between backing your principles and forcing an idea onto a team when it’s clearly not working. Liverpool fans can handle a manager trying something. We’ve watched plenty of tactical tweaks over the years. What we struggle with is watching the same problems repeat, week after week, while the answers feel obvious from the stands.

No free-pass seasons at Liverpool

This is Liverpool. There isn’t a “free pass” year where you just experiment, shrug your shoulders, and hope the mood stays warm. Standards are the whole point. If the message inside the club is that this season is one big bedding-in exercise, then you’re in the wrong seat.

And that ties into the bigger question: does Slot have the mentality to build something that wins again and again? One big triumph is brilliant, but the great managers are wired to go again immediately. They don’t sit back. They don’t get comfortable. They get sharper, more demanding, more ruthless.

If you change, who’s good enough?

If you’re saying “move him on”, you’ve also got to ask who comes in and raises the level. For me, the names that feel like they fit are the elite, proven types: Alonso first choice, then Rialo if Alonso isn’t happening, then Flick if neither are achievable.

None of that is about fantasy football. It’s simply the point that Liverpool shouldn’t settle for a manager who looks content with being a one-off winner. If the club want to be serial contenders, the manager has to look like he’s got that hunger too. Right now, it doesn’t feel like it.

Written by Slotthedross: 7 January 2026