I'm curious about the difference between Heitinga last season and Van Bronckhorst this season in terms of how disjointed the team has looked all those season bar the last few games of last season when the title was won.
Do we know which areas Slot delegates responsibilities to different personnel under him in the club?
Assistant managers are a difficult one to gauge because so much of their work is behind the scenes, but that also means people can apply unfair narratives to them, as seems to be happening here (not you, of course, but others on social media). I always remember Pep Lijnders getting stick when things started going wrong for Liverpool under Klopp, despite that being nonsense. Ultimately, my sense is that very little has changed since Van Bronckhorst’s arrival, and that it should be forgotten that this slide in performances started while Heitinga was still at the club.
Another lack-luster performance exhibiting the same characteristics as the PSV game will cement in my mind two things: Slot can't pull it out of the drive because the players aren't playing for him either as a function of self confidence, or confidence in him. Maybe both.
Who to replace? In the corner of my mind, I can imagine Klopp seething. His 9-ish years of work undone, the team ethos gone, LFC reputation in the Prem and world football standing is in smoking ruin. I'd make the case that he returns for a year to right the ship...for a hefty price.
FSG have to look at their long term investment taking a serious hit if this isnt fixed. As football is a business, the fuse is probably very short now despite all the public pronouncements. Money talks.
To use Rodgers as an example is misguided , he was sacked after that run because Klopp was available and it was “now or never” to get him . There is no such candidate waiting in the wings this time
I'm curious about the difference between Heitinga last season and Van Bronckhorst this season in terms of how disjointed the team has looked all those season bar the last few games of last season when the title was won.
Do we know which areas Slot delegates responsibilities to different personnel under him in the club?
Assistant managers are a difficult one to gauge because so much of their work is behind the scenes, but that also means people can apply unfair narratives to them, as seems to be happening here (not you, of course, but others on social media). I always remember Pep Lijnders getting stick when things started going wrong for Liverpool under Klopp, despite that being nonsense. Ultimately, my sense is that very little has changed since Van Bronckhorst’s arrival, and that it should be forgotten that this slide in performances started while Heitinga was still at the club.
That's fair, I think. A bit like Buvac leaving and people wanting for the wheels to fall off before that too.
Another lack-luster performance exhibiting the same characteristics as the PSV game will cement in my mind two things: Slot can't pull it out of the drive because the players aren't playing for him either as a function of self confidence, or confidence in him. Maybe both.
Who to replace? In the corner of my mind, I can imagine Klopp seething. His 9-ish years of work undone, the team ethos gone, LFC reputation in the Prem and world football standing is in smoking ruin. I'd make the case that he returns for a year to right the ship...for a hefty price.
FSG have to look at their long term investment taking a serious hit if this isnt fixed. As football is a business, the fuse is probably very short now despite all the public pronouncements. Money talks.
To use Rodgers as an example is misguided , he was sacked after that run because Klopp was available and it was “now or never” to get him . There is no such candidate waiting in the wings this time
How do we know this? Nobody picked Slot before he emerged.