The Liverpool FC Thread XVII

So we just threw away a lead 3 times? Just awful.
Can't work out if Slot has lost the dressing room but the performances have been awful.

What do you all think of Salah's latest comments?

I can't understand Salah's motivations behind making those comments. He did throw his toys out of the pram once when Klopp dropped him so it's something he's done before. But not only is he wrong about being made the scapegoat, these are views he should be airing privately. The reality is that he has not played well this season, and has therefore been dropped. There's nothing more complicated to it than that. As a professional and a player who is approaching the twilight of his career, he should be able to recognise that he can't stay at the top of his or the game forever. Since he has been dropped, I do think we've played better.
We'll have to see how this all plays out. Feels like a move to Saudi may happen sooner rather than later though. It would be a shame for such a legendary Liverpool and Premier League career to end like that, but you can't always get the ending you want. It won't affect his legacy.

Unforgivable. No player is bigger than the club.

Unforgivable. No player is bigger than the club.

Shocking to be honest. Quite the reaction to being on the bench for 3 games when in terrible form - clearly Slot was trying to send a message (whether from himself or higher up, who knows?), but given what he’s done it is a dramatic change and he would atleast be owed an explanation. We don’t know at all what’s going on inside but this is absolutely seismic regardless of who is in the wrong.
Either way, you can’t publicly talk like that about the club and expect everything to just be ok and I think Slot and Salah together now is absolutely untenable and I don’t see a way out unless one of them leaves or the dressing room really will be torn apart. Perhaps it already has by this which adds to the reasons for our terrible form and confidence.
If it is the end of Salah at Liverpool it’s a really, really sad end to a legendary career but I think that’s the most likely scenario.

I can't understand Salah's motivations behind making those comments. He did throw his toys out of the pram once when Klopp dropped him so it's something he's done before. But not only is he wrong about being made the scapegoat, these are views he should be airing privately. The reality is that he has not played well this season, and has therefore been dropped. There's nothing more complicated to it than that. As a professional and a player who is approaching the twilight of his career, he should be able to recognise that he can't stay at the top of his or the game forever. Since he has been dropped, I do think we've played better.
We'll have to see how this all plays out. Feels like a move to Saudi may happen sooner rather than later though. It would be a shame for such a legendary Liverpool and Premier League career to end like that, but you can't always get the ending you want. It won't affect his legacy.

Salah has been a problem for years but it had been ignored because he delivered the goods with goals. Some of his former colleagues had called him out in the past including Firmino and Mane for his selfishness and disregard for teamwork.

I can't understand Salah's motivations behind making those comments. He did throw his toys out of the pram once when Klopp dropped him so it's something he's done before. But not only is he wrong about being made the scapegoat, these are views he should be airing privately. The reality is that he has not played well this season, and has therefore been dropped. There's nothing more complicated to it than that. As a professional and a player who is approaching the twilight of his career, he should be able to recognise that he can't stay at the top of his or the game forever. Since he has been dropped, I do think we've played better.

We'll have to see how this all plays out. Feels like a move to Saudi may happen sooner rather than later though. It would be a shame for such a legendary Liverpool and Premier League career to end like that, but you can't always get the ending you want. It won't affect his legacy.

Shocking to be honest. Quite the reaction to being on the bench for 3 games when in terrible form - clearly Slot was trying to send a message (whether from himself or higher up, who knows?), but given what he’s done it is a dramatic change and he would atleast be owed an explanation. We don’t know at all what’s going on inside but this is absolutely seismic regardless of who is in the wrong.

Either way, you can’t publicly talk like that about the club and expect everything to just be ok and I think Slot and Salah together now is absolutely untenable and I don’t see a way out unless one of them leaves or the dressing room really will be torn apart. Perhaps it already has by this which adds to the reasons for our terrible form and confidence.

If it is the end of Salah at Liverpool it’s a really, really sad end to a legendary career but I think that’s the most likely scenario.

Salah has been a problem for years but it had been ignored because he delivered the goods with goals. Some of his former colleagues had called him out in the past including Firmino and Mane for his selfishness and disregard for teamwork.
I agree that the Saudi move is inevitable but he should have stayed to, at least, try to beat Kane or Shearer’s goalscoring tally.
Some Liverpool fans are unforgiving and if the player leaves in a manner that they don't approve, that’s it for them e.g. Trent.