Job security - arne

[Shadey]

I’m sure there’s a manager out there that could turn these bunch of footballers around and get them out of first gear.

 

[peekay]

it’s just so bizarre. He won the league last year made some great signings and now we’re in freefall and he can’t seem to change direction.

It’s just all so utterly bizarre, that he’s like a deer in headlights. He can’t seem to manage this spell, well. Six losses in six games- just so bad.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a Jeckyl and Hyde situation in my lifetime. The owners must have whiplash.

I am surprised most people don't get this. Managers, like people, don't exist in a binary state of good or bad. There is a continuum.

Most good managers can contribute to and take advantage of a good environment and ride that wave. Slot is a good manager; Rodgers was a good manager. When that environment or that perfect set of circumstances doesn't exist anymore due to various reasons, you often see the results collapse.

Great managers can bend the environment to shape success through tactics, personality, and sheer force of will. Since I started supporting Liverpool, we have had two great managers - Klopp and Champions League Rafa.

Some of us have been posting doubts since the PSG game and have been accused of being reactive, throwing toys out of the pram, by the usual set of superfans. The only response we got was that you need to be loyal.

I deeply respect Slot and will be forever grateful to him for delivering the PL. He did not turn into a bad manager over the summer. He is as good as he was last season. He is now in an environment where his tactics are no longer working, and he doesn't have the answers. By the way, Slot may turn out to be a great manager in 10 years' time. But for that, he needs to make mistakes and figure things out.

Klopp worked brilliantly for us because we got him at the right time in his career. Klopp, directly out of Mainz, might not have been a success for us. We are too big a spotlight for a young manager to figure things out.