If we’d gone out of Europe and were languishing mid table mate then there’s no way Slot picks the team he did against Plymouth.
But given the way the season is going, he’s picked a team that he thinks will help us get better results down the line - especially given how hectic the rest of this month is and made worse by the Villa game being squeezed in.
For me the players let Slot down more than Slot let the club down. Our squad players should be able to deal with a club bottom of the championship. But none of them stood up to be counted. And it probably makes Arne’s decisions in the summer a lot easier because they’ve shown him that they can’t be trusted so he can show them the door without any pressure.
100% correct, now ok Arne could have played one or two regulars especially in midfield Vs Plymouth but what if say Szlobo or Macca got injured ??, so he went with a midfield he believed would more than compete with Plymouth’s, ppl will say he disrespected the Competition but F**k off, we have a testing period ahead, and a pivotal match at Woodison that could very well kill off our nearest rivals, we seen last season how it all went Tits up after a FA cup defeat 🤬🤬
So F**k the FA cup, winning the league is our bread & butter and absolutely F**k all should get in the way of us achieving it, and we are, just to remind you, so f***in close right now to bringing No 20 home !!
Arne let no one down, no one, the let down came from those he trusted to look after and guide those youngsters at Plymouth, seasoned international players like Jota, Diaz, Chiesa, Endo to a certain extent, Harvey Elliot a youngster still himself was found out, and Curtis Jones didn’t cross the whitewash apparently cos he felt unwell,
Like Billy alluded to, Arne learnt who he can now trust going forward and what he will need to achieve what his aspirations are, Jürgen decided to move on in mid transition, his rebuild was far from finished when he hung his snood up, he left a squad of players capable of challenging for major honours but, definitely not the finished article,
For me, we ARE still in transition, and it’s up now to Arne to add what he thinks his system will need, and if I’m honest I don’t think he feels, Diaz, Harvey, Curtis, Endo, Kostas, are on his Xmas card list, and will be looking for a much higher standard of replacement’s, Robbo on his last legs, Trent likely to move on, Gomez increasingly unreliable, that’s Eight players that could either be heading for the exit or indeed half way through it,
So the rebuild continues this summer, those mentioned above will be phased out and as new blood come in we will see exactly what Arne wants his Liverpool side to look like, and I don’t think anyone can argue his methods don’t work, and who’s to say we won’t continue our upwards spiral and be even more successful, are you excited yet, I am ??
YNWA
