Earlier I mentioned Steve Nicol possibly being on FSG's payroll and being unwilling to tell it like it is, namely that Slot should be sacked. In the video linked below both him and Hislop were talking bollocks, especially Nicol. Both say that Slot should start next season because of the credit he has, or should that be had in the bank.
Nicol says that nobody complained about the signings we made in the summer. He obviously took no notice of the many people that said that after years of neglect we needed at least one top quality CB and a top quality DM. Instead of doing that the club spunked Ł200m on a pair of forwards that want to play in the same position, and those in charge of transfers screwed up the Guehi deal in not one, but two transfer windows.
Nicol ignores everything that suggests Slot isn't up to the task and that he benefitted from Klopp's legacy, but he grasps at anything to try and excuse Slot no matter how ludicrous it is. You know he's talking crap by how defensive he gets towards the end of the video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb5Z_VRaIfs&pp=ygUHRXNwbiB1aw%3D%3D