The Bigfooty Liverpool Thread

[jod23]

Konate put in a monster performance again. Completely locked Boniface out, gave him absolutely nothing.

I do find it funny how most teams move their best striker as far away from Virgil as possible only to run into Konate who's a beast.

 

[jod23]

Thank god Alonso rejected us. Arne Slot is my hero.

It's starting to become quite a thing isnt it.

I didnt think it would go this well at all. Particularly when we brought in basically nobody in the summer.

16 games under Slot now in the League, League Cup and the Champions League and we've gone...

14-1-1.

That's incredible to be fair. With the only blemishes on the record a pretty good draw away from home against Arsenal and a shock loss at home to Forest.

Apparently we had an easy run of fixtures to start the season and this epically difficult run was to be the making of us.

Chelsea W
RB Leipzig W
Arsenal D
Brighton W
Brighton W
Leverkusen W
Villa
Southampton
Real Madrid
Man City

I mean...

What is even going on??

Villa, Madrid and City will still be tough games for sure. But we've negotiated this tough period almost flawlessly so far.

 

[jod23]

Klopp who?

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Blasphemy to be fair.

I love Arne, but none of this is possible without Klopp.

Remember what we were like before he arrived. He changed everything. He is our Shankly, now hopefully Slot does the Paisley role.

 

[jod23]

Our PL to lose this season. City are in a massive slump and Arsenal aren't as big a threat as last season – need to capitalise.

A Rodri sized slump. They wont go away though, they will find a way, they always do.

 

[The Punter]

It's starting to become quite a thing isnt it.

I didnt think it would go this well at all. Particularly when we brought in basically nobody in the summer.

16 games under Slot now in the League, League Cup and the Champions League and we've gone...

14-1-1.

That's incredible to be fair. With the only blemishes on the record a pretty good draw away from home against Arsenal and a shock loss at home to Forest.

Apparently we had an easy run of fixtures to start the season and this epically difficult run was to be the making of us.

Chelsea W
RB Leipzig W
Arsenal D
Brighton W
Brighton W
Leverkusen W
Villa
Southampton
Real Madrid
Man City

I mean...

What is even going on??

Villa, Madrid and City will still be tough games for sure. But we've negotiated this tough period almost flawlessly so far.

I have a theory on this.

Most new high profile managers bring in new players who they like or have collected.

I think part of the reason the transition has been so effective is Slot decided "these players are really good, let's back them in to play in my system before I look elsewhere" and that is the reason they've have bought in and are doing so well. So far it's a fantastic zag to a Ten Hag style zig (all ETH did was bring in former Ajax players).

Slot obviously has strong views on training and strategy: no manager can get to this level without that. But other than that, he's avoided upheaval for its own sake and trusted players who have proven track records, and he's being rewarded for it.