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So they let Xabi Alonso walk into Chelsea only to sack Slot a week later, for what?

I think CJJ CJJ is right, we all hail Liverpool as a well ran club but Christ they are as badly ran as anything over the past couple of years...fuck me imagine if this was us.
 
Aphex said:
People are acting like Alonso was nailed on for the job but there is a realistic chance that Liverpool actually preferred Iraola. Especially as their Sporting Director has already worked with him.

Would also explain why Alonso took the Chelsea job, if he felt that even waiting for the Liverpool job didn't guarantee he would get it.
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I'm guilty of thinking that way myself, it just seemed meant to be really.
The old "ex-player comes back to save club" romanticism of football...which to be fair, rarely ever works anyway.
 
Shadydan said:
So they let Xabi Alonso walk into Chelsea only to sack Slot a week later, for what?

I think CJJ CJJ is right, we all hail Liverpool as a well ran club but Christ they are as badly ran as anything over the past couple of years...fuck me imagine if this was us.
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Zero guarantee Alonso, or if it's Iraola do s brilliant job.

I think Alonso has it all to prove, and Iraola, if he is installed, won't have faced anything like the intensity of a massive job.
 
scott said:
Ha. Love him. But you are forgetting we still got
ENIC. RDZ could do amazing next year & miss out on the title by a point. Rather than back him to get us over the line the following season. ENIC would do a summer of no signings & sell our best player.
It’s a shame as you know our ceiling under ENIC is top 4 & a cup.
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We can do nothing but hope for a difference now that Levy, the biggest stumbling block imo, has gone.
 
Timberwolf said:
Yeah it's a huge step up. Never managed a big club, never managed in Europe, wasn't a well known player outside of Spain.

I massively rate the job Iraola did at Bournemouth, but I don't think it's a given he'll make a seamless transition to a big club. At Bournemouth apparently he makes the players come in to train every single day. I'm not sure you'll get away with that kind of thing at a club like Liverpool. Plus he plays a very intense style and hasn't ever had to juggle regular midweek games.

I think he's a considerably bigger risk than Alonso would've been who was a club legend as a player, as well as won trophies and got to a major European final as a manager.
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He plays attacking football which will give him time and was at Bilbao as a player so knows what a big club involves. Is he the elite trophy guaranteed manager though? I’m not sure, but who is nowadays?
 
Shadydan said:
So they let Xabi Alonso walk into Chelsea only to sack Slot a week later, for what?

I think CJJ CJJ is right, we all hail Liverpool as a well ran club but Christ they are as badly ran as anything over the past couple of years...fuck me imagine if this was us.
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It's kind of mad how quickly teams can fall off sometimes. Few years ago everyone had Liverpool down as this bastion of brilliance, but they've really shat the bed. All their big name players leaving on frees and, as of now, last summer looks like one of the most disastrous windows for a big club in recent memory (maybe ever?)

How you can spend 400m in one window and still have a squad so lacking in key areas is wild.
 
McFlash said:
We can do nothing but hope for a difference now that Levy, the biggest stumbling block imo, has gone.
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ENIC are all the same to me. Only interested in profits for themselves & more estate. Until they sell we will continue to be losers. To make matters worse they are incompetent too & terrible at spending. Average players for 30-60m seems to be there thing.
But I am pleased you have hope left in them. Mine went years ago.

I think top 8 would be a good season considering how bad we have been. And maybe within 25 points of Woolwich would be a start. At the moment it’s 44 points!

But you are right! I wanted levy & Enic gone. So it’s still a good thing we have got rid of levy. He was so bad at his job. Wouldn’t know the first thing about what’s required to be successful on the pitch. If he had his way we would be playing in east London at the bottom of super league getting embarrassed every week. But he wouldn’t care as he would be raking it in. Probably get another bonus for getting us in the super league.

I do like RBZ & levy going are reasons we will improve & I think at worse mid table next season. But it’s just a shame Enic will carry on holding us back whilst Woolwich's owners dominate & bring lots of success. Typical we get enic & they get winners who are hungry for more success on the pitch! Can’t even imagine that under Enic. Celebrating survival is more there thing.
 
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Suddenly LFC fans on other forums and social media are trying to take the high road. "I like Slot but it just didn't work, I hope he does well though."

Fuck off, these clowns were screaming for his head two weeks ago and laughing at Salah for calling him out. Now they get what they want and they try acting class.
 
I'm getting more and more disillusioned with football. In what world is a League title, and a top five finish, in consectutive seasons a failure, even at Liverpool?

Historically they've always been one of the more relucant clubs to sack a manager too, so what chance has any other club of building long term success?

Much as I despise the Gooners they've st least shown faith with Lego-head and have reaped their reward with the title this year (albeit wind-assisted) and are on the verge of an historic European Cup win.

I almost wish we'd have gone down this season. A year in the Championship might have got me enthused about the sport again. Instead I fear it's going to be more of the same old over-hyped unattractive PL bullshit.
 
walter said:
I'm getting more and more disillusioned with football. In what world is a League title, and a top five finish, in consectutive seasons a failure, even at Liverpool?

Historically they've always been one of the more relucant clubs to sack a manager too, so what chance has any club of building long term success?

Much as I despise the Gooners they've st least shown faith with Lego-head and have reaped their reward with the title this year (albeit wind-assisted) and are on the verge of an historic European Cup win.

I almost wish we'd have gone down this season. A year in the Championship might have got me enthused about the sport again. Instead I fear it's going to be more of the same old over-hyped unattractive bullshit.
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Modern day fans have no patience. LFC think they are Real Madrid or Barca where it is title or bust every season. It makes it harder and harder for managers to develop younger players, build their system, etc. If you do not win now, you are in trouble.
 
AJL92113 said:
Suddenly LFC fans on other forums and social media are trying to take the high road. "I like Slot but it just didn't work, I hope he does well though."

Fuck off, these clowns were screaming for his head two weeks ago and laughing at Salah for calling him out. Now they get what they want and they try acting class.
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Most fans are fickle.

It is a bit mad on Slot. Had Liverpool finished 5th in his first season, and let's say finished 3rd this season, even with the outlay, it's hard to believe he would have been sacked.

I'm not saying it isn't the right move, but I do think he can consider himself slightly unlucky.
 
Shadydan said:
So they let Xabi Alonso walk into Chelsea only to sack Slot a week later, for what?

I think CJJ CJJ is right, we all hail Liverpool as a well ran club but Christ they are as badly ran as anything over the past couple of years...fuck me imagine if this was us.
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Some of the things people complain about with this club is no blinkered compared to whats out there. it's such a superficial 'winning games = well run'
 
walter said:
I'm getting more and more disillusioned with football. In what world is a League title, and a top five finish, in consectutive seasons a failure, even at Liverpool?

Historically they've always been one of the more relucant clubs to sack a manager too, so what chance has any other club of building long term success?

Much as I despise the Gooners they've st least shown faith with Lego-head and have reaped their reward with the title this year (albeit wind-assisted) and are on the verge of an historic European Cup win.

I almost wish we'd have gone down this season. A year in the Championship might have got me enthused about the sport again. Instead I fear it's going to be more of the same old over-hyped unattractive PL bullshit.
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AJL92113 said:
Modern day fans have no patience. LFC think they are Real Madrid or Barca where it is title or bust every season. It makes it harder and harder for managers to develop younger players, build their system, etc. If you do not win now, you are in trouble.
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My suspicion is that its more than results. He fell out with a lot of players.

I think he suffers from the same problem as Ten Hag. Personality.
 
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