Slot

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Slot going off on holiday during the season on a number of occasions has set a very bad example, never mind other issues such as him sunning himself when he should be concentrating on trying to fix the numerous problems we have, some of which will definitely be down to him.

He repeatedly comes out with some highly questionable things during his interviews and press conferences. That alone raises serious questions as to his capability to rectify any issues that he and his team are having.

Agree. I've got the same worries/doubts.
In any workplace once a precedent has been set it's a very difficult thing to change without completely changing out personnel.
I remember saying on here last season it didn't sit right with me when we took our foot off the gas after the title was done. To some it was understandable and that's fine but to me it was the kind of thing a club that's high on their first trophy would do or a club that's simply not used to winning.
I can't imagine any previous LFC manager who'd had success allowing that.

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It's looking a bit of a mess so far. Hard to tell if that's all on Slot or on the transfer committee or both. It looks like we've signed players and don't know how to use them....Wirtz especially. To be fair that might be partially because Kerkez hasn't been working out as planned, Isak's been injured and Frimpong's been injured a lot. So maybe Slot hasn't really got to use his ideal first 11. And the ones he has used haven't been doing it.

I'm massively over-simplifying this, but given how often he talked about facing low blocks last season and how complimentary he was of PSG's ability to break sides down and have multiple creators of chances, it appears Slot has requested targets that can break down a low blocks.

Kerkez, Frimpong, Wirtz, Ekitike, Isak all excel in providing something to get around or through tightly packed defences. All are excellent individual players.

Having all of them in the same squad though raises some of the old "square peg, round hole" issues and it's a damn shame as this squad's potential, with an addition or two to correct the imbalance, is very high.

I'd also be reluctant to rush into a Managerial change as the new Manager will still face the same problems with the currently available crop of players, so I am hoping Slot can find a solution quickly and doesn't resort to the Brendan Rodgers style of trying a new formation until the first sign of trouble, then trying something else.

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1) There's the answer to why we're losing games. It's not much to do with formations it's to do with work rate. Those stats are damning.
Add that to our profligacy in front of goal and leaky defence and it adds up to a team that's struggling big time.
We are third lowest in the league over 90 mins. Absolutely unacceptable and as far as I'm concerned that lies squarely with the coaching side.

2) I've said it for a few weeks now, this a lazy team full of complacency who thought this season was going to be a cakewalk. After what Steveo mentioned about the defeats since PSG I think it can be traced right back to that. The deck chairs out with games to go also. Standards have slipped.

1) that's very lenient on several players......

2) After 34 games we were on par with cituae after 34 games in their recent title winning seasons.
The lads were celebrating Number 20 over our last few pl games, 2 draws & 2 losses in our last 4. Think you're making a big deal out of nowt. Very different times.

Here's the league/top4 last year after 11 games.
22 points is top4 pace after 11 games.

.......Won .. points ... GD
LFC .. 9 ...... 28 ..... +15
Cit .... 7 ...... 23 ...... +9
Cfc .. 5 ....... 19 ...... +8
Ars .. 5 ....... 19 ...... +6

This season: top3 & LFC

......Won .. points ... GD
Ars .. 8 ....... 26 ..... +15
Cit ... 7 ....... 22 ..... +15
Cfc .. 6 ....... 20 ..... +10
8th .. 6 ....... 18 ...... +1

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1) that's very lenient on several players......

2) After 34 games we were on par with cituae after 34 games in their recent title winning seasons.
The lads were celebrating Number 20 over our last few pl games, 2 draws & 2 losses in our last 4. Think you're making a big deal out of nowt. Very different times.

Here's the league/top4 last year after 11 games.
22 points is top4 pace after 11 games.

.......Won .. points ... GD
LFC .. 9 ...... 28 ..... +15
Cit .... 7 ...... 23 ...... +9
Cfc .. 5 ....... 19 ...... +8
Ars .. 5 ....... 19 ...... +6

This season: top3 & LFC

......Won .. points ... GD
Ars .. 8 ....... 26 ..... +15
Cit ... 7 ....... 22 ..... +15
Cfc .. 6 ....... 22 ..... +10
8th .. 6 ....... 18 ...... +1

I'm not being lenient on the players. I've said so a few times that I don't think they're working hard enough but those stats regarding how much ground we're covering must surely be something that the coaching has to deal with? It's obvious in games we're being simply outworked by some teams.
You'd hope it would have been spotted before now anyway but it doesn't look like much is being done about it.
In regards to last season maybe I am making too much of it, I hope that's the case. I do think there's been a drop off though. We've struggled to beat teams convincingly since the PSG defeat I think.