What Liverpool Journalists Are Saying After Arne Slot Quits – Mixed Reactions to Dutchman’s Exit
For Wednesday night’s League Cup match against Crystal Palace, Liverpool paid the price for Arne Slot’s strange lineup selection, and the reporters who cover the Reds have voiced their opinions.
For Wednesday night’s fourth-round matchup with Palace, Slot selected a starting eleven that was nearly exclusively composed of young players and marginal players.
With just one victory in their past four meetings and two victories in their last eight when taking into account the conclusion of Jurgen Klopp’s tenure, Liverpool’s recent record against the Eagles is appalling.
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It’s difficult enough to defeat Oliver Glasner’s well-trained team, but it was nearly impossible to do it with the squad Slot announced because there were no experienced players on the bench.
As was to be expected, Liverpool’s 3-0 loss at Anfield ended what may have been their best chance of winning a trophy this year.
Lewis Steele of the Daily Mail, who made similar predictions prior to the game, was undoubtedly not shocked by Liverpool’s defeat.
Steele, the Mail’s Merseyside journalist, commented on X shortly after the team sheets were made public and long before the game even started: “Well at least Liverpool going out gets me a few midweeks off work, cheers.”
Steele may have taken a jab at Slot for not treating the League Cup seriously after the full-time whistle blew.
He posted on X that the Crystal Palace supporters were chanting, “You’re getting fired in the morning,” and “Arne give us a wave.”
They were also singing, “Can we play you every week?” This season, they have defeated Liverpool three times. Oliver Glasner demonstrates what happens when you take the cups somewhat seriously.
David Lynch, a reporter for Liverpool, too came to believe that once Slot announced his lineup, Liverpool had no chance.
Lynch added that Slot has now increased the pressure on his own team for the forthcoming matches against Manchester City, Real Madrid (Champions League), and Aston Villa.
“Think that result and performance were baked in from the moment the teamsheets dropped here, so it was a big call from Arne Slot to leave so many out,” a user commented on X.
“But if Liverpool doesn’t see the benefits over the next three—a big week coming up—it won’t look like a smart decision.”
One of the Liverpool writers on The Athletic claims that his decision was a little more lenient.
“Did Slot make a mistake by leaving out so many senior players?” he wrote. Only at 10 p.m. on Saturday will we truly know the answer to that query.
“This game was never as important as the crucial Premier League match against Aston Villa at Anfield.”
“Nothing good comes from a defeat,” according to Slot, but this loss will be swiftly forgotten if the players who missed it return healthy and competitive.
It made sense to rest players because the champions were under a lot of pressure to return to the Premier League following four straight losses.
In the run-up to Christmas, Slot needed to give players like Federico Chiesa, Wataru Endo, and Joe Gomez minutes in case they were needed more frequently.
“And with so much riding on every remaining Premier League game, when else would young Rio Ngumoha and Trey Nyoni get their chance if he didn’t play them here?
“It gave Liverpool a fighting chance by starting a few senior players, including Milos Kerkez, Andrew Robertson, and Alexis Mac Allister.”
For most of the first half, they were in control of the game, but careless errors tore them apart.
“The Carabao Cup won’t define this season, but Anfield won’t be as understanding if things don’t go their way over the weekend.”
With All This, Do you Think Arne Slot lose his job?
Fabrizio Romano stated on his YouTube channel earlier this week: “Liverpool absolutely internally…” And when I say “internally,” I mean that everyone at the club, including the ownership and hierarchy, genuinely trusts Arne Slot.
They firmly believe that Arne Slot is the most qualified manager to deal with this circumstance.
“Obviously, the season has gotten off to a bad start, but Liverpool is confident that everything will be alright, that it will take some time to evaluate the team with the new additions, to make a change, and to return to the mindset of the previous season.
And Also Two well-known journalists claim that the answer to that question is categorically NO.
However, Liverpool has complete faith in Slot. Every day, there is excellent contact between Arne Slot, the directors, and every member of the club’s management.
There are no issues, no strained relationships, and no issues between the players and Slot. Thus, [the problems] are evidently both tactical and mental in nature.
However, it is not an issue between Slot and the management or between Slot and the players.
Despite the terrible run of form, Phil McNulty, the top football writer for the BBC, agreed with the judgement that Slot is not in danger of being sacked.
“Slot is under the same pressure as every Liverpool manager – and that is the pressure to win games,” McNulty commented in response to queries during a Q&A session on TEAMtalk on Wednesday. pressure at work? Not at all.
“Slot won the championship in his first season after taking over for Jurgen Klopp, and although he needs victories as soon as possible, Liverpool is not the kind of team to panic, even if the next run of results goes poorly.”
However, I believe that they are now a dysfunctional, soft touch, therefore I would agree that they need to demonstrate evidence of becoming more resilient and balanced. Apart from Hugo Ekitike, their major acquisitions haven’t performed well yet.
“However, Slot still has a lot of credit in the bank, and Liverpool is a composed team that doesn’t make snap decisions, especially when it involves a manager who won the Premier League the previous season.”
“Of course, Slot would be under heavy scrutiny if the current dreadful run continues until Christmas, as any manager of a club of Liverpool’s stature would be,” McNulty said in response to a question about whether Slot would be in jeopardy if the bad form continued until Christmas. He would be under pressure, but not for his work, in my opinion.
“Liverpool’s owners are realistic; they seen Slot win the championship in his debut season, and I have no doubt that they will accept and comprehend the significant changes that have also occurred in the summer.
“All he needs right now is for fresh players and established stars to just perform better. I’m not sure whether he truly knows, thus he also needs to pick his finest squad.
Additionally, I believe that Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike’s presence presents him with a dilemma on how to make the most of those two players. Ekitike has delivered thus far. Isak hasn’t.
