The search for a NEW LFC Manager Thread - Arne Slot (?)

speker · Apr 24, 2024

Liverpool have had an opening €9million offer for Arne Slot rejected. (The Athletic)

usscouse · Apr 24, 2024

newterp said: ↑

They's have to be pretty tall to kiss the sign.
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My point exactly.

Red Bird · Apr 24, 2024

It’s too public.

Red Bird · Apr 24, 2024

usscouse said: ↑

My point exactly.
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Tee hee hee

speker · Apr 24, 2024

Melissa says Slot ticks the boxes.

usscouse · Apr 24, 2024

speker said: ↑

Melissa says Slot ticks the boxes.

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Well that settles that then.

Samarkand · Apr 24, 2024

I see Xavi has done a U-turn at Barca.

newterp · Apr 24, 2024

Samarkand said: ↑

I see Xavi has done a U-turn at Barca.
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I always thought that was going to be the case for some reason

Samarkand · Apr 24, 2024

In other musical chairs: Dutch TV tonight saying ten Hag is now favourite to come back to Ajax, just ahead of Pep Lijnders in the betting.

Samarkand · Apr 24, 2024

newterp said: ↑

I always thought that was going to be the case for some reason
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I blame Calvin Ramsay.

LiverpoolFanatic · Apr 24, 2024

Profile on Slot on the Beeb by a Dutch football writer.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c72plnjy4qeo

feyenoordsoccerfan · Apr 25, 2024

If I understood it correctly it's not just Klopp leaving, but his whole staff.
If that's true, Slot should scratch his bald head and think again.

Samarkand · Apr 25, 2024

feyenoordsoccerfan said: ↑

If I understood it correctly it's not just Klopp leaving, but his whole staff.
If that's true, Slot should scratch his bald head and think again.
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Maybe he should, but these days, it’s never just a new manager, it’s his whole staff. Allardyce (yes, we know!) famously had a backroom staff of close to 50 who came with, whenever he took a new job. Slot, if the new manager, will be the same. And honestly, why would you not want your loyal, tried and trusted lieutenants rather than a crew imposed by the club whom you don’t know?

feyenoordsoccerfan · Apr 25, 2024

Samarkand said: ↑

Maybe he should, but these days, it’s never just a new manager, it’s his whole staff. Allardyce (yes, we know!) famously had a backroom staff of close to 50 who came with, whenever he took a new job. Slot, if the new manager, will be the same. And honestly, why would you not want your loyal, tried and trusted lieutenants rather than a crew imposed by the club whom you don’t know?
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Yeah, but with clubs like Liverpool in the EPL, staff size are different from Dutch clubs.
You're still handicapped without inside knowledge about the players group to start with, while building your own picture.
Probably Slot knows alot about the players already, being an avid watcher of both Klopp and Pep teams, but still.

newterp · Apr 25, 2024

feyenoordsoccerfan said: ↑

Yeah, but with clubs like Liverpool in the EPL, staff size are different from Dutch clubs.
You're still handicapped without inside knowledge about the players group to start with, while building your own picture.
Probably Slot knows alot about the players already, being an avid watcher of both Klopp and Pep teams, but still.
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You just don't want to lose Slot - be honest!

feyenoordsoccerfan · Apr 25, 2024

newterp said: ↑

You just don't want to lose Slot - be honest!
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speker · Apr 25, 2024

Its certainly not unusual in the prem league for the incoming manager to bring his support staff with him, in fact its probably the norm.
Slot can begin studying videos to get an idea of the squad and he'll have the preseason to watch up close. I would think Edwards and his staff will work closely with him and there is also an entire Academy coaching staff with extensive knowledge of the younger players.
I don't really see an issue as long as Slots assistants are capable coaches and trainers.

feyenoordsoccerfan · Apr 25, 2024

We have a saying in the Netherlands:
Achter Slot en grendel zetten = Put under lock and key
If I only could

bayred · Apr 25, 2024

We think he'd slot right in here...

Wingtips1 · Apr 25, 2024

feyenoordsoccerfan said: ↑

Yeah, but with clubs like Liverpool in the EPL, staff size are different from Dutch clubs.
You're still handicapped without inside knowledge about the players group to start with, while building your own picture.
Probably Slot knows alot about the players already, being an avid watcher of both Klopp and Pep teams, but still.
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He'll be bringing his key #s 2, 3, and 4. But beyond that he won't be bringing much.
Recruitment/scouting is already in place.
The youth coaches aren't going to be changed out.
Phsyio room will remain.

No need for much beyond that.

Barnsie · Apr 25, 2024

Has anyone ever thought about a need for a change? Perhaps a new perspective wouldn't be such a bad thing ... just asking, mates.

feyenoordsoccerfan · Apr 25, 2024

Barnsie said: ↑

Has anyone ever thought about a need for a change? Perhaps a new perspective wouldn't be such a bad thing ... just asking, mates.
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Yes, yes, yes....try catenaccio.
No need for Slot, he's terrible at it.

newterp · Apr 25, 2024

Barnsie said: ↑

Has anyone ever thought about a need for a change? Perhaps a new perspective wouldn't be such a bad thing ... just asking, mates.
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Well - it seems like it's ended up there - right? As Suss very well expounded - Klopp's farewell should have rallied the team and did for a while - but then the players basically quit at the first sign of adversity.

It's a truth we probably don't want to deal with - but many of the players are stale and only have a year or so left with Liverpool or at the top level - Robbo, VVD, Salah to name a few.

There is more to discuss here - but I'm too annoyed to do so - haha.

burning247 · Apr 25, 2024

bayred said: ↑

We think he'd slot right in here...
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Hopefully he can help Darwin...slot....a few more of these sitters in the net....

I'll get my coat.

Samarkand · Apr 25, 2024

newterp said: ↑

Well - it seems like it's ended up there - right? As Suss very well expounded - Klopp's farewell should have rallied the team and did for a while - but then the players basically quit at the first sign of adversity.

It's a truth we probably don't want to deal with - but many of the players are stale and only have a year or so left with Liverpool or at the top level - Robbo, VVD, Salah to name a few.

There is more to discuss here - but I'm too annoyed to do so - haha.
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Really? Where was the adversity in the Cup game with United that was more than the Carabao final with the kids? Incredibly unfair to claim the players quit in the face of adversity. Really wrong.

I saw a team where 2-3-4 key players lost form at the same time, allied to a huge amount of tiredness and exhaustion which can often be the same thing. Klopp can work wonders with belief but he cannot make players not exhausted. Had our injuries not been so many and so intense, there would have been a lot of rotation so players like MacAllister, Szoboszlai and Endo in particular were not required to play nearly every game when fit. If Klopp is guilty of anything, it’s not rotating enough.

It seemed he trusted the kids when he literally had no other options. None. But when faced with say a buoyant McConnell or flagged out MacAllister, he went with experience every time. He went to that well too often when the kids had shown there was at least a Plan B or Plan A-. Salah, TAA and Jota to name 3 were put straight back in on a full schedule and if I’m not mistaken, all 3 suffered subsequent injuries when they returned.

Basically the funk we should have suffered around the Carabao final was time-shifted forward by about 6 weeks. It was many things, but, come on, it wasn’t the players quitting.