Arne Slot knows Liverpool haven’t been good enough this season, and our head coach has now admitted that even he hasn’t enjoyed much of what his own team have produced.
The Dutchman is still expected to remain in charge next season, with James Pearce making clear that Liverpool’s position on the 47-year-old “remains unchanged” despite social media rumours over his future.
That doesn’t mean the concern goes away, though, because too many performances have been flat, slow and short of the standards we expect.
Speaking at his pre-Brentford press conference at the AXA Training Centre, via Liverpool FC on YouTube, Slot gave a very honest assessment of Liverpool’s football this season.
The former Feyenoord boss said: “I haven’t liked a lot of the way we played this season as well. There were far too many games where we dominated ball possession but it didn’t lead to anything special.”
That line will probably resonate with a lot of supporters because it has been one of the biggest frustrations of this campaign.
Liverpool have often had plenty of the ball without playing with enough aggression, purpose or end product, which has left us watching games drift rather than feeling like the opposition were under constant pressure.
That is a major reason why doubts have grown around Slot, because without exciting football or consistent results, it becomes harder to see a clear identity.
The positive, if there is one, is that Slot isn’t pretending everything has been fine.
David Lynch has already warned that if Liverpool stick with the manager, they can leave him “no excuses”, and that feels like the challenge facing the club this summer.
The squad needs work, the attack needs more threat, the midfield needs more control and the defence needs far more protection than it has received for much of the season.
Liverpool go into the Brentford game still needing to confirm Champions League football, which is remarkable given how secure our position looked only weeks ago.
If Slot is given the chance to rebuild, then these comments at least show he understands that possession for possession’s sake isn’t enough at Anfield.
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1 we have had lots of the ball which didn’t lead to anything. 2 we can’t defend set pieces, the worst in the league 3 we can’t cope with the counter attack 4 our football is too slow 5 There’s no pressing 6 players keep playing in wrong position 7 we sold diaz one of the best left wingers on planet 8 frimpong, wirtz, kirkez too lightweight 9 Alisson, Robertson, Salah all going 10 konate, Jones, Endo, Gomez, Alexis mac allister all going 11 FSG sell to buy 12 slot has lost fan’s 13 Alonso gone to Chelsea 14 Isak injury prone 15 There’s no identity , no gameplan under slot
So many problems and its gone past the point of return. We have a Lame duck manager that’s going to be sacked, unfortunately FSG won’t act until October when the season is over.
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