There’s a difference between disagreeing with someone and trying to write them off as a bad supporter. If a fan says they want Arne Slot gone, you don’t have to agree, but calling them “spoilt” isn’t it. We’re all watching the same club, spending the same emotional energy, and most of us are arriving at our opinions the hard way: by sitting through another tough 90 minutes.

The frustration here isn’t just about one result, or even a run of results. It’s the bigger feeling that the season has been miserable to live through and, worse, that the football itself hasn’t offered much comfort. You can accept a bad day at the office if you can see a shape forming, patterns improving, players growing into it. But when it’s a painful watch even in wins, you start asking the obvious question: what are we building towards?

Criticism doesn’t cancel loyalty

This is the bit that always gets lost online. Supporting Liverpool doesn’t mean signing a lifetime contract with a manager. It’s perfectly possible to sing your head off on matchday and still spend the week thinking the club might be heading the wrong way. In fact, that’s often what real support looks like: caring enough to argue about it.

I’ve always found the “you’re either with him or you’re against the club” line a bit lazy. Liverpool is bigger than any manager, any player, any era. If you think the current direction isn’t improving the side, you’re allowed to say so without being treated like you’ve betrayed the badge.

When it’s not just results, it’s the feel

Plenty of managers can survive a wobble if the team still looks like itself: intensity, tempo, control, a plan in and out of possession. What grates is when you don’t even get that. When the press looks half a second late, when transitions feel messy, when we’re relying on moments rather than rhythm. Even at our best in recent years, we’ve had scrappy wins, but they usually came with a clear identity.

And that’s why the debate doesn’t go away. It’s not simply “lost points” on a table, it’s the sense of a side drifting through matches without grabbing them by the throat.

Argue less, listen more

One fair point from the more fed-up end of the fanbase: endlessly posting “Slot out” every five minutes won’t force a decision from the club. But that doesn’t mean the opinion is invalid, just that repeating it doesn’t add much after a while.

What would help is a bit of breathing room for different views. If someone thinks Slot is still the right man, sound. If someone thinks he’s making Liverpool worse, they should be able to say that too. We can disagree without questioning each other’s love for the club. That part should be the easy bit.

Written by MK Scouser: 24 December 2025

Tags: transfers efl tactics