Lets see. Today they score 3 goals from 3 shots. They're still a very shit team and overly reliant on Fernandes.
If they finish above us its criminal, so sacking Slot should be first on the agenda tomorrow morning for FSG.
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Lets see. Today they score 3 goals from 3 shots. They're still a very shit team and overly reliant on Fernandes.
If they finish above us its criminal, so sacking Slot should be first on the agenda tomorrow morning for FSG.
A good time for a new manager is going into a tough game, nothing to lose really, expectations are low, and always a chance you come out of it well. I wonder if we'll have a new manager for the City game.
Let’s hope so, and that he is joined by a new centre back who can play right back as well.
Not sure if this (inc. that 4-0 defeat to us) counts as “wheels going off” but just sharing 😉
Xabi Alonso - Detailed Stats
Diese Statistik zeigt alle Leistungsdaten von Xabi Alonso. Die Anzeige kann nach Saison, Verein, Ligahöhe und Wettbewerb gefiltert werden.
P W D L GF GA GD
10 3 6 1 13 12 1
Results after this slump:
P W D L GF GA GD
11 11 0 0 30 8 22
If looking at even longer period:
P W D L GF GA GD
19 15 3 1 46 15 31
Getting feedback from Idrissi, Boadu, Nelson, and Kokcu compared to Tah, Xhaka, Grimaldo, Wirtz, and Frimpong is a whole different ball game imo too. 😛
i get the feeling @King Binny doesn’t have an arne slot poster on any of his walls
I wonder if a new manager would want to be able to field centrebacks.
I don't know. It's presumptuous, we really need to make sure we do things with the correct timing.
I don't know. It's presumptuous, we really need to make sure we do things with the correct timing.
Why would the accountants vote for that?
His future will be completely exposed to be that he's staying here until the summer at least.
Bombshell to be "Arne Slot has the full backing of the board"
Nah. I'll believe it when I see it.
More chance of Hughes buying a jacket
Jacket potato.
I got a strange email from the club on Friday. It seemed the usual link to queue for tickets for the next league game. Weird thing is the link usually goes live at 11am. This week it’s 1pm 🤔
Eh?
Liverpool have contacted ex-Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso's representatives to enquire about the Spaniard's availability, with the 44-year-old reportedly giving a positive response to his former club's approach. (AS - in Spanish) , external
That article reads like such typically Spanish footballing bullshit.
The massive news would be that we've already contacted them, sure, but the whole thing is just a winding bullshit summary with zero detail bar the historical record.
Liverpool’s real issue is lack of invention, not gaffes and set pieces
Arne Slot’s side conceded late again but with little spark from Mohamed Salah and Huge Ekitike against Bournemouth, fixing creativity must be manager’s priority
www.thetimes.com
Liverpool’s difficulties in creating chances fits within a broader trend of Slot attempting to re-establish control of games and slow them down. Liverpool’s games used to be too basketball-like, with shots at either end of the pitch, so Slot dialled down the attack resulting in fewer shots taken, but — importantly — allowing their opponents even fewer. It was dour and tough to watch, but it started to work and staunched the flow of chances faced.
The problem is, though, the shots that Liverpool are creating are not particularly threatening.
Their shot quality (measured as expected goals per shot) has been falling for some time. Over the past six matches, their xG per shot (excluding penalties) is 0.09, ie each shot has a 9 per cent chance, on average, in becoming a goal.
The league average is about 0.106, but Liverpool — with creative players such as Alexis Mac Allister, Writz and Dominik Szoboszlai or forwards like Salah and Ekitike who know how and where to get shots off inside the penalty area — should not be below average.
Slot has been at pains to insist that he is still an attacking coach at heart, and that his team’s recent struggles have been the consequence of getting a defensive grip on matches and facing low blocks.
Yet Bournemouth gave Liverpool the opportunity to press and left space in behind to attack. While Bournemouth did play direct, long passes (which Liverpool have been vulnerable to this season) and defended deeper when they took the lead, a team with Liverpool’s attacking and creative talent should be able to construct more than one “big chance”.
Beyond Van Dijk’s set-piece goal, Liverpool did not create a single shot within the width of Bournemouth’s goal.
The report is run by their Editorial Director and he even filmed a video for it. 🤔
View: https://x.com/diarioas/status/2015368659720708520
Translated article:
Xabi Alonso is in the process of recovering the energy he lost while managing Real Madrid since last June. He knows that, sooner rather than later, he will have the opportunity to return to the sidelines after his time with the Madrid team, but he is clear that he is not going to jump on the first train that comes along. It's in keeping with his character and his idea of work and commitment. For the moment, it's time for active rest
Back in the spring of 2024, he passed up offers from Bayern Munich and Liverpool . He felt it wasn't the right time to leave, but rather to stay at Leverkusen . Now, he's waiting patiently before making any decisions, but he knows he'll be welcomed back to Anfield. They're counting on him for the near future, or for the 2026-27 season, and the man from Tolosa is perfectly happy.
Waiting doesn't mean that either he or Iñaki Ibáñez , his agent and confidant, are turning their backs on what's on the horizon. And one of those possibilities is Liverpool. The English club's management knows that the Real Madrid player (he still is, despite leaving the Bernabéu) is determined to return to Anfield. The manager has completely dispelled any doubts he had after his initial approach to the team he managed for five seasons.
Slot is the current manager and knows that every match puts his job on the line. The club has assured him that he will finish the current season in a very risky and courageous move, because the current Liverpool side isn't gelling well, as reflected in the inconsistent form of a team ( they lost again this Saturday, this time against Iraola's Bournemouth ) that spent €482 million last summer .
What the English club is doing is trying to anticipate what might happen and find out if they can count on Xabi. Their contact with the manager's entourage has been positive , which is bringing some relief to Liverpool. Respect for Xabi as a player is mixed with admiration for the current manager despite his recent setback.
The manager knew on the plane back from Jeddah that his time at Real Madrid was hanging by a thread. He did everything he could to defeat Barcelona and win the Super Cup. He was convinced he could turn things around , but success eluded him, and the house of cards crumbled. The much-needed respite he's had in the last two weeks has given him a new perspective, and the prospect of seeing the Merseyside every day, just like he did two decades ago, is appealing to him.
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Old article dated Mar 30, 2024
What happened with Liverpool and Xabi Alonso – and where does the club look now?
Anfield executives were not surprised at Alonso's decision to stay at Bayer Leverkusen and are already pursuing other targets
www.nytimes.com
When Liverpool’s new sporting director Richard Hughes received a phone call from the agent Inaki Ibanez this week, it only served to confirm what he had long since expected: Xabi Alonso would be staying at Bayer Leverkusen this summer.
News of Alonso committing his future to the Bundesliga club on Friday was a blow for supporters hoping to see the Spaniard hired as Jurgen Klopp’s successor.
However, internally at Liverpool, there was little sense of surprise. They had started focusing their attention on alternative candidates.
Hughes has a strong relationship with Ibanez having appointed another one of his clients, Andoni Iraola, as Bournemouth manager in June 2023. There had been dialogue between them so Liverpool knew where things stood.
It obviously wasn't a "very last resort" situation.
