I don't know why I'm bothering, but...
18 games. 5 wins. 6 draws. 7 losses.
Shit football for a year.
Struggling to get top 4 in a weak league after spending half a billion quid.
Slow, turgid, insipid football.
Openly admits he has no clue against a low block and direct football.
Awful man manager.
Almost all players have regressed significantly, bar Szoboszlai.
Our options for left wing are a shit Gakpo and a child.
Our options for right wing are a finished Salah and Frimpong - the latter whom he refuses to play there now. Striker is Ekitike who is brilliant but can't play 90 minutes seemingly and Isak who is made out of the dusty remains of Joel Matip.
Bradley is injury prone and out for the season at right back. Frimpong is not a natural right back.
Left back we have an inconsistent Kerkez who's finding his way in the game and is not a guaranteed success. We're about to sell Robertson.
Centre back we have an aging, declining Van Dijk, Konate who got lobotomised at some point during the summer and whose contract runs out in a few months, Gomez who's injured again, out of contract next season and also made from the dusty remains of Joel Matip, and an Italian kid who's never played in the league before and is coming back from an ACL injury.
Our performances dropped off around this time last year. We had enough Klopp-scented fumes left in the tank to see us over the line against an underwhelming Arsenal side.
We were consistently good from August to January last year. Everything else from Slot has been poor. We've been crap longer than we've been good.
You need to invest in a better HD subscription. It doesn't make you big or clever or a superfan to be the only person pointing out contrary opinions. The vast majority of the time you're just wrong.
But yeah, maybe everything is fantastic. We'll sweep all before us in the CL. Let's just pray we avoid PSV and any English side in the knockouts, and hope news of the low block hasn't reached the continent. Happy happy happy. Joy joy joy.
Ok let’s break this down shall we.
Yep results haven’t been great, everyone including me agrees to that. However after the run of 9 defeats in 12 it’s progress in the right direction.
We dropped as low as 12 and are now 4th. We are struggling to get 2nd or 3rd, not 4th and 5th will good enough for CL next season.
It was only the other week many on here claimed England is the best and most competitive league in the world. 5/8 in the CL are English and mostly like will have 6 English teams in the knockout stage.
Yes the football could be more entertaining but during a transition it’s acceptable. And this is one half a season not fucking a year as you claim. Not to mention we’ve had some great displayed sprinkled in.
He doesn’t openly admit he has no clue, that’s just silly talk and countering defensive teams has been a challenge forever and a day.
We are not unique there.
Hmm all players? Wirtz is improving every week, Kerkez the same, Dom has been exceptional, Gravy is 10 times the player. Hugo looks better every week. The reality is he inherited an aging squad that needed reinvestment after years of underinvestment.
We lost Diaz, Jota, Trent, Nunez while VVD, Robbo and Salah are a year older.
We’ve lost players to big injuries in Isak and Bradley.
We had the predictable slump after a title win that every team suffers (bar the cheats).
Im not the only fan on here never mind the only fan in general that thinks the over the top negative viewpoint is too far that way.
And to be crystal clear yet again, I never once said everything is fantastic. Far from it. Do we have enough quality to beat anyone on our day in the CL with a bit of luck? I think so.
Do I think Slot is the long term answer? Fuck knows. Maybe not. Do I think he’s earned the right to show us? Absolutely.
