There’s a bit of revisionism creeping in around Liverpool, and it does nobody any favours. You can adore Jürgen Klopp, appreciate what he built, and still admit there were periods when we were miles off it. Loving a manager shouldn’t mean pretending every season was a highlight reel.
Klopp gave us the heights, but not every week was a party
People forget how quickly the mood can swing at Anfield. In 2021 we lost six on the bounce at home. Six. That’s not a tiny wobble, that’s a proper spell where teams came here fancying it and, truth is, we looked easier to play against than we ever should at our place.
That doesn’t undo the lot Klopp did. He changed the culture, raised the standards, and dragged us back to the top table. But the whole “we were flawless under Klopp” thing just isn’t true. Even great sides go stale for spells, legs go, confidence dips, and the margins stop going your way.
Bad spells happen to the best, even the ones we mythologise
Look around football and it’s the same story. Guardiola has periods where his team looks a bit flat. Ferguson had rough runs. And Shankly, the very foundation of modern Liverpool, had years without a league title while he was trying to build something that would last. That’s the bit people miss: the building stage is messy.
When you’re changing a squad, you’re not just swapping names on a team sheet. You’re changing how you press, how you control games, how you defend transitions, who leads in the dressing room, and who can still do it twice a week at full tilt.
Slot looks like a manager who can adapt
That’s why I’m leaning towards patience with Arne Slot. He’s shown he can learn and improve, and the last seven games have felt like evidence of that. Not perfect, not finished, but trending in the right direction. You can see tweaks, you can see ideas settling, and you can see players starting to understand what’s being asked.
It also matters that some of the older lads from Klopp’s very best team are naturally on the decline. That’s not a criticism, it’s football. Cycles end. New ones take time.
So, yeah, give him time. Judge the trajectory, not one bad afternoon. With a couple more transfer windows and a bit of patience from the stands, I’m genuinely excited to see what this squad becomes.
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