It doesn’t feel like the season is over for Liverpool, no matter how loud the noise gets online. There’s still time for this squad to grow together and actually show what it’s capable of when it clicks properly.
I’m still fairly optimistic. Maybe not expecting perfection every week, but at the very least hoping to see a team that looks more like itself as the months go on, rather than whatever social media decides it is from game to game.
Slot, systems and using what we’ve actually got
Strip away all the drama and it comes down to something pretty simple: can the head coach put together a system that truly suits the players we’ve got? Not the ideal version of the squad, not a fantasy transfer window side, but this one.
That’s the big job for Arne Slot. Getting the balance right, getting the distances between the lines sorted, finding a press that the players can actually execute, and a way of attacking that doesn’t leave us wide open in transition every time we lose it.
The club, at least publicly, are very clearly backing him. You can see the messaging: calm, steady, trust the process. And to be fair, that’s probably the right way to go in the short term. Constant change rarely helps a team grow. If Slot can shape something that fits this group rather than forcing them into a model that doesn’t quite suit, the level of performance should naturally rise.
Until that happens consistently, though, the questions will keep coming. That’s just modern football. One good week, everything’s fine. One bad fortnight, and it’s crisis talk again.
The Mo Salah question nobody can ignore
The second big issue is the one you can’t have a sensible Liverpool discussion without touching on: what to do with Mo Salah.
On the surface, the club’s message is straightforward. All the official channels lean towards wanting him to stay, still talking him up as a central part of things. You’d expect that, to be honest.
But it also wouldn’t be a surprise if, behind the scenes, they were at least open to the idea of moving him on at the right time and on the right terms. That’s just how football works now, especially when you’ve got a player who has carried the side for years and is naturally edging towards the later stages of his career.
What matters most is how the club handle that transition, whenever it comes. There’s a massive difference between losing a player of that stature suddenly and phasing things in a way that lets the team evolve without falling off a cliff.
Noise, patience and a glass half full view
The truth is the chatter won’t stop. Not about Slot, not about Salah, not about the direction of the club. It will keep rolling on until either the stance from above changes or Slot finds a way to make this side win regularly and look convincing while doing it.
Personally, I’m still glass half full about where this season could go. Not in a “we’ll solve everything overnight” way, but in the sense that there’s enough quality in this squad for us to see a clear improvement in performances and results as it settles.
If the system starts to suit the players, if the noise around Salah is managed properly, and if the team is allowed to grow instead of being judged on every single wobble, then there are still good things to come before this season is done. It doesn’t feel finished. It feels like a work in progress that might yet surprise a few people.
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