Flight

I do think we're a team in transition. Tactics have moved on - a lot depends on playing at least one and often two defensive midfielders. We don't have a single one at the club. That doesn't begin to justify keeping Slot on. He's not committed to the club, it's players or the city. He'll throw anyone except himself under the bus. He hasn't got any ability to develop creative players. His tactics are small time as are his substitutions and use of the squad. He's turned into a gobs***e who embodies the worst elements of Hodgson and Rodgers. It's only a matter of time before he has a go at Alder Hey. And to put the cherry on the cake it annoys me that he chooses to live in Manchester.

Watching it live VAR drew a line from the edge of the ball to the front edge of Wellbecks foot. It was clearly not parallel to the white line of the 6 yard box. The pictures released after the game didn't show this. Plain as day corruption.

Haven't watched it back and could be wrong but I thought we were on top for the first hour and should have been 3 or 4 up. The players legs started going to let Spurs more and more into it and with the sub we fell apart. It takes some doing to make that Spurs team look good but we managed it. The players aren't playing for Slot, they're not fit enough and I'm worried some of the better players might fancy a move. Slot should have walked months ago. The danger is not just not getting CL it's losing the best players and finding it more difficult to recruit who we want. If we aren't going to play like a Klopp team we desperately need a proper no 6. Camavinga is the dream or possibly Elliot Anderson. I'm not sure I'd have given Grav a new contract and hope we're not paying him too much because I don't see him fitting in if we play a proper 6. Here's that defensive stats analysis again :

Taxi for Slot

Rio made a huge difference. Ridiculous management that he doesn't get any starts ahead of Gakpo.

We've not played many worse halfs of football in the last 50 years.

Owen scored 45 league goals total across all clubs over 9 seasons after leaving us aged 24. Famously never managed to get 20 league goals in a season. 13 for Madrid in his one season there. He can do one, the Manc c***.

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On the other hand if it was down to Slot we would probably have bought 4 more Gakpos, a Poulsen and a Konchesky.

I suspect a lot of our injuries are down to fitness, conditioning and bursts of intensity. Of course he can be blamed for those things. I'd also say he hasn't got an ounce of leadership in him. Nor can he motivate. Given some of the stuff he comes out with in interviews I can't see the players being inspired.

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Saw this online and wondered who might have posted it. https://www.reddit.com/r/footballtactics/s/jBAprXLBEn

Are all the injuries bad luck or are some of them down to rotation/lack of, training, conditioning ? Not saying it's Slots fault but could we have done better as a club to prepare the players ?

If Slot gets us down you can only imagine the confidence he does(n't) inspire in the players.