"AWFUL FOOTBALL!" Fed-up Liverpool fans want Arne Slot OUT despite first-season success!

Added: 2026-05-15

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[00:00:05]Aston Villa and Liverpool. They're locked on 59 points, four points clear Bournemouth in sixth place. The winner will guarantee themselves Champions League football for next season. On the back page of the Sun this morning, you will see pictures of Anie Slot and Michael Carrick side by side. The headline is take it as red. Carrick's people have opened talks over a full-time role while Slot yesterday had this to say on his future. I have every reason to believe I'm the Liverpool manager next season. First of all, I'm contracted to this club. Uh and second of all, from all the talks we are having. Uh and um so yeah, that is uh my take on it. But as you said, if if if you don't have the best season, especially if you compare it with last season, if you compare it with other season, maybe we have a different debate, but if you compare it with last season, this has definitely not been a great season. Uh then it's also normal that criticism comes. Uh and I think we've all had our share. Uh um and with all I mean the players have had their share, the manager have had their share and other people in the club have had their share. That is uh how things work nowadays. Uh if um if you don't um win the league.

[00:01:13]>> Look, we've talked about Jabonzo many times. He's been linked to Chelsea. Um would it be a missed opportunity for Liverpool if they don't take him while he's available?

[00:01:23]Yes, I think he's um done done a great job at Leveracus. Didn't work at Real Madrid. That was his fault. Um toxic bunch of players there. So, he wasn't wouldn't work for most managers at Real Madrid. But it's a tough one with Slot because a lot of Liverpool fans will say, "Get rid of him. The the football's boring. Um there's no identity. There's no style of play." But when you won the Premier League in your first season, it doesn't matter if it wasn't his team. He know to go and win the Premier League.

[00:01:48]He did it. This season hasn't been great. The players that have come in haven't worked. Pong's not worked.

[00:01:54]Kirkus hasn't had a great season. Each has been injured. Ekatik now out um probably for nine months.

[00:02:01]>> But they did lose Lewis Diaz. We know that the the sad situation about Jot as well. All that and still they've got a chance of getting Champions League football. If I'm Liverpool, I say, "Okay, that's you. That's you one average season. Next season, we have to be >> it has to be right. It has to be a great season next year.

[00:02:20]>> We have to be fighting for the title.

[00:02:22]>> You can't spend that much money and not fight for the title.

[00:02:24]>> Yeah, this can't be again Liverpool fighting for top five. Liverpool have to be fighting for the title.

[00:02:29]>> Let's find out if the Liverpool fans behind the manager. Frank's one of them.

[00:02:32]He joins us first up. Good morning, Frank.

[00:02:34]>> Morning, Frank.

[00:02:36]>> Gabby Andy, you're all right.

[00:02:37]>> And how are you today? You all right, Frank? Happy Friday.

[00:02:40]>> Yeah, I'm all right, mate. But I'm fed up as a guy, mate. I can't stand him. I can't. And you know what? 90 90 90% of Liverpool fans will tell you exactly the same thing. The guy's an absolute joke.

[00:02:52]>> Frank, let me ask you this because obviously when you won the Premier League with him, you would never have phoned up and said that. So when did your view on him change?

[00:02:58]>> I I've said it right from the off before we even won the league from from January from January the January we won the league last season, we played awful awful football and we were very lucky to win that league. Very lucky to win it.

[00:03:12]It was only because City and Arsenal fell off a cliff. Do you know what I mean? Otherwise, we wouldn't.

[00:03:17]>> So, when you won the league, you were still calling for him to go.

[00:03:20]>> Yeah. But I don't like him. I don't like his style of football. Don't like his style of football.

[00:03:24]>> What's wrong with it, mate? Can you explain what what you don't like about it?

[00:03:28]>> It's slow. Van, Virgil, Virgil, and Canate and Allison have most of the ball than anyone on the pitch. It doesn't even go forward.

[00:03:37]>> The wingers don't take anyone on. The wingers don't take anyone. The only one, the only live wire is Rio.

[00:03:42]>> Yes.

[00:03:43]>> And he doesn't he doesn't even play him.

[00:03:45]doesn't he plays that idiot gapple on the wing? I can't stand gappo.

[00:03:49]>> Is it because of what you've been used to with Klopp the way you know the attacking football Trenton Robinson received the ball and straight in behind for Salah and Mane?

[00:03:57]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I understand that Klopp was amazing and he played amazing football, but at the same time, you know, you can get these managers that come in from these leagues. I mean, he's come in from Holland and won the league with fire. It's not very hard considering Ajax fell off a bloody cliff. You know what I mean? So it it it's one of them where you you know you can't play this tickytappy football anymore. Them days are dead now. Like the pep watch all the way. This ticky tacker nonsense. It's dying out of the game now.

[00:04:27]>> Frank. Frank. Thanks for calling quite short. I just want to get as many callers as I can on. Uh Jack is a Liverpool fan as well. Morning Jack.

[00:04:34]>> Good morning Jack. Hi >> lad. You're all right. We're >> good. Thanks Jack. I don't know if you heard Frank just now. He said 90% of Limple fans all want the manager out.

[00:04:42]Are you the 10 or the 90?

[00:04:43]>> I'm in the I'm the 10, mate. Um I'm going to the game tonight, but um I just think we're not a sacking club, right?

[00:04:52]>> And the other managers we've had previously Klopp, for example, Rogers, Julier, the lot, Bonitez, they have had a good stint. They've had time to bring their own players in, get their own style of football, get their stamp on the club and slot come in and overachieved. Let's face it.

[00:05:16]Unbelievable first season. Yes, we have been poor this year at times. We've also played really well game against Galataser at home.

[00:05:24]>> Fantastic. Fantastic pressing, high press, high energy. Um, I just think we need to give him time. I'd give him next season. He's signed a influx of players world class a lot of them. Ekat hit the ground running. Isak has been very unlucky. Virt is finding his feet. So is Kirkhead. Yeah.

[00:05:44]>> These players need time to be embedded.

[00:05:46]>> Jack, do you think he made a rod for his own back winning the Premier League at his first attempt?

[00:05:51]>> No. No. I think um he's he's personally for me he's up there. What manager in this day and age as well when you know a lot of teams are just as competitive as each other? No.

[00:06:04]>> No, I know. But the amount of expectation from Liverpool fans now because >> No, yes and no. But we were expecting to win a lot obviously with he's transitioned from what Klopp has has um has done and what he's done for the club and we all knew it was going to be difficult. Nobody would think in million miles that he would win the league in his first year. No.

[00:06:26]>> And the fact he's done it, I I personally think it's unbelievable.

[00:06:30]>> Okay. You want to keep him? Yeah.

[00:06:32]>> I I would keep him for another year.

[00:06:34]>> Get these players transition because these players he signed in the summer will kick on next year. I'm very confident that >> you want to keep him. Be cool. Uh let's go to Stuart also Liverpool fan. Hi Stuart. Good morning to you.

[00:06:46]>> Good morning Stuart.

[00:06:47]>> Good morning guys. How you doing?

[00:06:48]>> We're good man. You sound very chirpy.

[00:06:51]>> Yeah, very chirpy. It's a beautiful day out here. It's sunny. I'm listening to you two on the radio. What more could I want?

[00:06:56]>> How nice.

[00:06:57]>> Sentence some sun out west.

[00:06:59]>> Slot in, slot out.

[00:07:01]>> Slot definitely out. I've been see 28 years. My god, the football we're playing is dreadful. What say about style of football? We haven't got a style of football >> and the substitutions he makes. It's press conferences. What about that? Oh yeah, we against teams who play a high ball and a low block. What on earth was that about? Honestly, I just could not believe it.

[00:07:24]>> Do you do I think he's going to stay right and I think he'll have to Christmas time to really prove himself and if things are if you're not in in or around the top four by Christmas time, I think then you got or he's got problems.

[00:07:35]>> Yeah, definitely without a doubt. And I think Jabby Alonzo is is available at the minute, I'd definitely get him in.

[00:07:40]>> Would you have Gerard?

[00:07:43]>> No. No. At this point, he's not proven.

[00:07:46]I love it. Absolute club legend, but he's not proven as a manager, is he really?

[00:07:51]Stuart, what does Slot have to do to change your opinion and many Liverpool fans opinion?

[00:07:56]>> Well, he has to get a style of football, Gabby. Get us moving forward. There's too many times the ball's going back, back, back.

[00:08:04]>> Boring, isn't it, mate?

[00:08:06]>> Yeah, it's boring. Honestly, I can't stand it. You ought to be entertained, don't you? You go with your go into the game to watch a great game and it's not happening.

[00:08:14]>> I I used to watch love watching Liverpool under Klo. I mean, it was just like never won the ball back. Literally play forward. Yeah. at any time.

[00:08:21]>> Some incredibly exciting on the clock.

[00:08:22]>> Oh, Henderson, they're over the top for Salah Mane. There's no ticky tacker and boring football. No, I agree. Liverpool way isn't that is it?

[00:08:30]>> Yeah. And then like I think I said this yesterday, four of the best players we ever seen in the Premier League.

[00:08:34]>> Yep.

[00:08:34]>> But can Liverpool fans look at and say the drop off from Salah?

[00:08:38]>> You got to start again the rebuild, right? You can't you can't lose a player like Salah and expect to replace him. It just can't happen.

[00:08:44]>> Looking at Frim Pong on the right hand side. I mean, I don't know if he's a a wing back, a winger.

[00:08:48]>> Even the other side, Kirkus and Robinson.

[00:08:50]>> Kirk, Robinson, why are you letting Robinson go?

[00:08:52]>> Yeah.

[00:08:53]>> When he's probably been better than Kirk this season. Canard's up and down. He's going to sign a new contract. Is Allison staying? Mallister has not been at form.

[00:09:02]>> They've got they've got different issues. Gravenber hasn't been the player of last season.

[00:09:06]>> You know, they've got they've not got enough options on that right hand side to replace Salah. They need to go out and get a big marquee signing to replace Salah.

[00:09:14]>> Another one. Yeah, >> exactly. 250 million not >> seems to be injured all the time. Injury >> won't be back till second half next season.

[00:09:22]>> Yeah, >> they got problems. Liverpool.