There’s no joy in calling for a Liverpool manager to be shown the door. If it gets to that point, it usually means the football’s gone stale and the table isn’t where we want it. But the frustrating part here is the feeling that the longer Arne has had to put his stamp on things, the less like Liverpool we’ve looked.
That’s the heart of it. Not one bad half, not a single off day. More the sense that this has been bubbling away for a while, and that what we’re being asked to watch every week is getting further from what makes us good.
The worry: a philosophy that’s slowing us down
The biggest complaint isn’t even about one particular player, or one particular selection. It’s the lack of a clear pattern. We’re seeing plenty of slow build-up, plenty of safe passes, and not nearly enough of the snap and edge that Liverpool sides normally live on.
When it works, controlled football can be really effective. But when it doesn’t, it looks like we’re playing in handbrake mode. The ball goes side to side, the tempo drops, and suddenly we’re not stretching teams, we’re inviting them to get set. And once a side is comfortable, you’re basically asking for a grind every single week.
Same players, same problems
It’s easy for any manager to point to change. New faces in the summer, bedding in periods, learning new triggers and movements. That stuff is real. But the nagging point is that we’ve also seen matches where the majority of the XI are lads who were already here last season, and the performance levels still haven’t been right.
That makes it harder to shrug off. If you’re watching and thinking “this squad’s better than this”, you can see why the questions keep coming back to the touchline.
Game management and those late spells
Another part of the frustration is game management. Last season, there were times when Slot seemed to influence matches with subs and little tactical tweaks. Lately, it feels the opposite: games drift, momentum swings against us, and we’re not finding a response quickly enough.
That late spell on Saturday is the sort of thing that sticks in the craw. The final 20 minutes of a match should look like a plan, even if it doesn’t come off. Instead, it’s felt messy and reactive, like we’re hoping something lands rather than forcing the issue.
Yes, results can cover a lot. But you can only ride that for so long if performances don’t match. Fans pay serious money to follow this team, home and away, and it’s not unreasonable to want both points and a side that’s actually worth the time and cost.
If the football doesn’t improve, then the hard conversation becomes unavoidable. For now, it’s a wait-and-see job over the next few months, because that’s when clubs make decisions, quietly and without the noise.
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