I’ve lost faith in Arne Slot, and it’s not because I’m expecting perfection overnight. It’s because the team looks like it’s lurching through games without a clear plan we can recognise, never mind believe in. You can take a bad spell if you can see the shape of what’s coming. What’s killing me is the feeling we’re not building towards anything.
The biggest issue for me is stubbornness. When Slot tweaks something and it actually clicks, it feels like we’ve finally got a lever to pull. Then, almost without fail, we end up reverting back to the same slow, awkward football again, like the problem is purely confidence and all we need is to keep doing the same thing until it magically starts working.
When it works, why abandon it?
I’m not saying every change is a masterstroke, but if you’ve found a way to make us look sharper and more coherent, why bin it? The frustration is that the improvements feel temporary, like experiments rather than a direction. We’ve all watched Liverpool sides in the past evolve through the season, keeping what works and building on it.
Right now it feels more like we’re trapped in a cycle: poor performance, slight adjustment, a bit of promise, then straight back to the stuff that has been boring the life out of everyone for months. That’s not development. That’s just repeating yourself and hoping the football gods take pity.
Identity matters more than a shiny finish
I can live without trophies every season if I can see potential. I’m serious about that. Under Jürgen Klopp, even in seasons where we weren’t at it, you could still tell what we were trying to be: aggressive, front-foot, brave with and without the ball. There was a clear identity, even when it wasn’t landing.
With Slot, I’m struggling to describe what we are. What’s the non-negotiable? What do we hang our hat on? When you can’t answer that, every bad run feels heavier, because it doesn’t feel like a step on the road. It feels like a dead end.
Transfers won’t fix leadership doubts
People will talk signings, because that’s what football does. And yes, we clearly lack certain profiles, especially in midfield where you want someone with real bite and authority. But I’m past pretending a new name on the team sheet solves a bigger problem.
If you don’t trust the manager to pick the right tool for the job, or to change the job when it needs changing, then recruitment becomes window dressing. At that point you’re not talking about one position or one player. You’re talking about whether the leadership, on the touchline and maybe above it, is actually taking the club forward.
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