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Wasn’t he interested, but wanted one more season at Bayer, so we went with slot? either way, clearly got Madrid out of the way for now, he may want to try again later. After few titles and cl with us.

There is no reason to stick with slot, if we are even speaking to Alonso. get him in now, bounce will get us top 4, then summer is more attractive. summer transfers are starting now. clarity makes it or breaks it, or means summer is a mess.

Really strange we seem to be stumbling around. our ownership and structure normally solid. Surely they watching this and thinking it’s crap?

I find it bizarre he’s still here. results aside, we have no pattern of play. No one can guarantee trophies. But you can have put down a style of play that the fans and club want. You can have a coach that trusts academy and bring energy. i don’t expect us to win title every season. I do expect a coach to have a style and see that emerge. Rafa, houllier, even Rodgers did. You knew what you were going to get. we are clueless. And it’s been 5 months now. hate to change the manager. But he’s lost. And not able to shift either his mentality and approach, or his coaches or motivate the players. yes Alonso is a gamble. But so is what we doing now. at least if we bring him in, we have second half of season to plan for next season and go again. Instead, we stumble around for another 4 months, then we have another transition season next season. nah. do it now. And plan ahead. wasting everyone’s time at the moment and could waste next season at this rate.

How is that any worse than ours?

I think he’s done. would’ve waited until summer but do it now, bring in Alonso, he has until summer to get things organised and start next season at a sprint. why wait until summer he then has to adjust we have to figure out signings, we waste months settling.

As opposed the hunger annd urgency we show at any other moment?

Has to the worst best run we’ve ever had.

Really need to see a pattern of play emerge. Something that we can get behind and support. looks like players want to be here and support the manager. Salah back soon too, which will be a lift. make a run for top 3, show pattern of play and make cup runs in Europe and fa cup - then go again. intent is the main thing - give us a view of the future.

I’d give Wirtz 45. See how he goes against German club level team. gakpo for shooting practice. chiesa to play everywhere. Ramsey in case we need him now Bradley out.

I do want Arne replaced and that’s because I can’t us getting out of this no effort football. I don’t like the lack of youth - Elliott, Ramsey etc not even getting look ins. And feel like he’s not holding his back office coaches responsible so far either. saying all of that, he’s young, won a title and has shown what we can do. The best option by far is that he turns it around and learns from this. Definitely don’t want us to Chelsea/United our way through managers.

I don’t want to watch us. He’s made us boring. Even watching us win is boring. by comparison, Rafa, houllier, Klopp - you always knew there would be work and effort. Not seeing anything. I don’t blame the players at all. I can see it getting ugly in the ground soon and that’ll force the clubs hand.

He was apparently good at his job before he was assigned set pieces. Why not give him old job back. Firing seems harsh.

I’m amazed his back room staff is still the same.

If we don’t sign a center back in Jan, can see that coming back to bite us later in the season. we want to basically qualify for cl by april and still in at least one of cl and fa cup.

Whilst that is true, still should be performing better in-game.

That was away. This was anfield.

We were appalling. Wolves scored and with the pressure they were applying to not get a shot on target again after they scored… s*** show

Holding on at home to bottom team with 2 points. wtf. we even had a shot on goal in last 30 minutes?

Wolves player wasting time. Ref letting him.

I’d love to see him etikite and Salah as a front two with kerkez and Frimpong providing width and jones and Dom behind wirtz virg and konate protected by grav.

I’d go frimpong konate Virgil kirkez mac, grav, jones —— wirtz etikite, Rio then bring on gakpo at half time. If konate not fit, is Endo? or does grav start there instead of moving there when we are 1-0 down on 60 mins? If not Rio, let’s give chiesa a start.

Slot has made mistakes, he needs to sort that. His changes in back room haven’t worked or been fixed either nothing wrong with the transfers, guehi bad luck not withstanding. There was a lot to do in one go in retrospect. Diaz wanted out. Trent was already gone. Nunez needed to out. Left back needed a plan. Gk needed succession plan. And jota situation was unexpected. In context all kind of fit. issue is a lot to digest and injuries didn’t and haven’t helped. Frimpong and Bradley are bad timings. Isak took long to settle. Wirtz I’ll give a pass because he’s young and I love him. Kerkez and gakpo haven’t gotten on wavelength yet. And Rio hasn’t gotten near the pitch again. slot should be doing better despite all the challenges - at least with style and intent of play or at least understand why it isn’t working.

It would take a normal person 8 weeks to go back to normal duties. Athelete you’re looking at 12-14 weeks. End March/early April? Then form… he’ll be back for our European cup semi 2nd leg and final. (And ready for next season) good thing we got a 6 year contract.

Maybe naive but they were at home and chasing the game - is that not reasonable? I’d expect the same from us.