How Liverpool dodged post-Klopp collapse with Arne Slot | The Football Reporters | ESPN FC

[@liamjoyce7774]

The man was tired. Greatest Liverpool manager of my lifetime but true to his brain and heart, he recognised that his time was done and the the club needed fresh ideas. We should be forever grateful for what he did and for leaving LFC in the best condition any manager has left any club. ❤

[@CAB4128]

He was ground down by the FA, the PGMOL, and FSG’s stubbornness. Not because the club couldn’t win anymore with him as manager

[@deborahluck539]

Still miss him 😭

[@kd5973]

So surprising everyone is calling this CL format boring. This has been way more fun than watching city play 1 decent team twice and then 2 nothing teams twice and be able to predict every group outcome every time This is been so fun to see every game unpredictable.

[@mikeydflyingtoaster]

That's fair enough. I am glad to see these pundits feel free to say what they want about the new format though.

[@northeu]

"Boring" is just code for Lazy journalists, in the old system they could have written 90% of their copy for the group stage on the day of the draw while not even having to bother watching half the games.

[@talisa222]

I love this format too. The fact that you have to keep an eye on everyone's results and not just your own group's also makes it way more fun and layered. Everyone's results affects your position. It doesn't hurt that this year already had some banger games.

[@infostudy101]

Agreed. The jeopardy is there as well because City are struggling to qualify and even if they do have to play two extra games just to make last 16.

[@martinclarke2893]

As a Liverpool fan of 46yrs. Love Jurgen Klopp big time of of our greatest managers. A humble man who achieved more than he knows. Turned "doubters into believers." Put our club back on the map. Also left the club in a great position. I'll never forget him singing Arne Slot's name at Anfield. What manager leaving does that? He'll always have a place in my heart. Where Slot is concerned, I'm loving the ride an it's great being a RED right now. YNWA97❤

[@88fressh]

These guys are missing the part that slot has improved several players : gakpo, szobo, diaz, trent (defensively). He also has salah, van dijk, konate playing at their best

[@stonkytong]

we are two points better off last season. the only reason it feels better is city is out of the equation. and i’m pretty sure klopp would have done as well or even better if he stayed.

[@ashleyjewell6767]

Klopp left a better team then Ferguson

[@mikeydflyingtoaster]

Yeah probably. What are you implying?

[@testrun961]

Ferguson won the league with 4 games to go in his last season. Stop making excuses…. ManUnited utterly failed on continuity!

[@jamesmichaels4979]

Liverpool had better infrastructure. And Fergie left a premier league winning team

[@MikeL-7]

Thank you Klopp. You delivered what you said. YNWA

[@guido_aka_guy]

His words "It is not important what people think when you come in. It's much more important what people think when you leave."

[@reyzahra]

Yesssssssss Beth!!!! Loved her work on The Anfield Wrap 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nichobee]

Because unlike Man Utd who are just a marketing firm and always have been, Liverpool are an actual football club

[@chillwinstonuk]

What an idiotic thing to say

[@peterlpool1387]

Judging by Mark Ogdens grid he’s still in mourning since Ferguson left. Fair play.

[@mikeydflyingtoaster]

When Slot replaced Klopp, it could have turned to Slopp, we could be calling Slot a Klot, but he's slotted right in at the Kop

[@spliffysixx4945]

Word.

[@EM2024-dm]

Dr. Seuss truly is a Liverpool fan 😂

[@perishal]

Shakespare😂😂😂

[@mikeydflyingtoaster]

@ The one I did for Jason Cundy and and Darren Bent didn’t go down as well…

[@Albert_O_Balsam]

"This guy who's taken these trophies away from their City team", said without a scintilla of self awareness or irony. No, trophies were robbed from Klopps Liverpool by cheats, that's what you should have been thinking.

[@scousepatriot]

Jurgen did eat he promised on day 1 he'd win us the league and leave us in a better place than when he arrived he did everything He said but he did something he never said he made us proud of r club again he's the modern day Shanky he's st the foundation and slot wil be paisley hel win a lot of silverware thanks to klopps work klopp always a red we thank an love him

[@Janlangtrill]

I'm so glad that Jurgen is a red!

[@jamesmichaels4979]

Klopp announcing his departure before a league cup game mid season was important. Gave time for mourning

[@EM2024-dm]

Really wasn't that shocked when Klopp announced he was leaving. It was hard to prove but things had stagnated a bit. It truly seemed like it was his time to transition out.

[@peterlpool1387]

He looked knackered as well

[@gregoryg1823]

It’ll always a mystery to me if Slot was ever the first choice to replace Klopp, since he is such a good fit for the club.

[@leobuscaglia5576]

The real question should be how would Liverpool dodge the post Salah, Van Dijk and Trent collapse that is coming at the end of this season.

[@pawkot49]

You are such a joke 😂😂😂

[@TH-c1k2]

Like when Klopp left?

[@yougottachillbruh]

Already putting players ahead of the club..okay buddy

[@j.s3300]

The same way. Replacing them

[@alexjmurphy2145]

Why are you presenting a hypothetical scenario as fact mate?

[@naseehudeenek9434]

Everyone can say this after this happened....if you say this before this happened I would say you are genius

[@jimknight5420]

Actually after the Klopp collapse and underachieving in the last few months of last season, Slot has resurrected and rejuvenated the form and capabilities inherent in essentially the same squad he inherited from Klopp.

[@shanecagney7451]

love the show!

[@kevinshort3943]

Top team gets a mini trophy and a cash bonus. Then 1st plays 16th, 2nd 15th etc... in the last 16, the rest are booted out. This way it become important where you finish, not just that you qualify.

[@jasperlawrence5361]

the CL format now is superior to the old one, and I like that teams are not ringfenced by country or prior opponent or group opponents. I miss Klopp, he rested LFC to their 70s and 80s glory, the team was the best I have ever watched for a few years in the mid to late teens. Beautiful football, a charismatic manager and edge or your seat title races stolen from him and us by the most corrupt team in European history. 115, 132, whatever that number is with respect to Man City conviction has to be the result, because wall read the emails and know they are guilty. The result of conviction has to be demotion and the stripping of titles, and honours. Because City were far more corrupt than Juventus, et al were in the Calciopoli affair, and should be dealt with in the same manner, with the same severity.

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

I am still not over Klopp, Slot has been lucky MC and Arsenal haven't been at their best and he's carried on Jurgen's good work, but I just don't feel the same way about Slot as I did with Jurgen, there isn't the same fan connection, or the same passion. Some managers just have that special something, they align with the supporters, unless we get Alonso or Milner I don't think we'll ever feel a bond that good again.

[@simonsimon325]

As a Liverpool fan, the longer this went on, the more a slight feeling of dread crept over me.

[@allemetzl]

You guys forgot all the old format games (and poule stage ranks 1-4) that you could fill in before a single game was played. This concept is 10x more exciting (each game counts!) and designed for upsets, so fully disagree with the comments made in the pod.

[@ashman4827]

Klopp laid the foundation for a new LFC cycle for Slot.... but it takes a smart man to fully leverage that silver spoon....

[@ronaldinhogoat2859]

Liverpool have 4 all timers of the sport that have been carrying them for years, alongside managerial genius. If it weren’t for those 4 they would have fallen off aged ago.

[@mikeydflyingtoaster]

So they have some great players and a great coach…? Yeah I guess you’ve got us there

[@adamjones867]

What a clown 😂😂

[@jason2010s]

That like saying city have unlimited money if they didn’t have that they would fall off year’s ago 😅

[@mikeydflyingtoaster]

@@jason2010s Well, to be fair, that is a more valid criticism if the implication is that City have not abided by the rules in spending all that money

[@mikeydflyingtoaster]

@ I feel like we're being played... (i.e. they were joking. I hope they were joking because my faith in humanity is only hanging on by a thread as it is)

[@CesarSanchezfool]

Missed a trick there. The obvious headline would’ve been the perfect slot for klopp

[@rodger3kay]

can’t deny i miss My Jurgen but its what it is mehn!…

[@The_scouse_house_lfctv]

Yup

[@premadhikari7641]

You have to really give likes of van dijk, salah for these sort of transition.. no matter what manager system or players they work with.. they adapt and still come on top.. their mentality is different.. the real transition for Liverpool is how they move on from this guys and still stay on top because everyone knows Liverpool owners are not like Chelsea, utd, and city who throw money.. I feel if these two don’t stay that’s where it gets tricky and difficult..no doubt about slot and his talent as well but I have high doubts with fsg as owners .. they do win titles but are the main reason Liverpool wont dominate like city or utd of old.. people can have a go at me with new midfield and nunez, Diaz transfer but it’s was necessary due to firmino, mane leaving and Henderson, keita, ox, Milner, Thiago gone on free.. it’s not stockpiling like how city is doing rn with grealish ,doku marmoush,savinho.. and Chelsea with nkunku , sancho, felix, now probably garnacho and another 95 mil guy .. and btw everyone here knows utd will go big again in summer

[@SeanDelaney-lt5dp]

Cheers and laughing on the train ...they ain't laughing now😂😂😂

[@panicrunewild1349]

The difference between klopp and saf is that alex was greedy he bought players to win the league for himself for one year since city did him on the last game of the season and klopp created a team that will be successful for along time to come what a man a very unselfish genius 😅

[@JKkkkdddffrr]

[@ishraqelahipriom4882]

Feels like a rehash of all things that has been said before. No new take or insight. More importantly, the timing of this show or upload doesn’t make sense to me.

[@ericthekop9624]

Boss ❤

[@cheahhhh]

Beths joining us today because we are woke

[@yerrie1908]

As so many they make the big mistake to underestimate Dutch football, apparently they didn’t watch a lot of world and euro cups the last 4 decades but the Dutch play’d better football than the English since people can remember. Even this so called English golden generation could barely beat the Dutch worst team ever. You have the people and TV money but we and other foreigners bring the football to the PL. Same with Feyenoord, you have no idea, real fans are from the city, Rotterdam is twice as big as Liverpool and the Kuip The Feyenoord stadium is 4 times as intense as Anfield, you people have no idea (and I do and this Feyenoord fan was not impressed at and with Anfield, Arn-uh will sooner or later give you people that reality check, he’s been nice only up to now.

[@RedBrigades]

De Kuip 4 times as intense as Anfield? Nah.

[@chmmurni5596]

lol... deluded... netherlands never win world cup...🤪 I'm a national team Italy fan and Liverpool fan too... all teams from dutch always lose against Liverpool...

[@imangarrix5904]

Nonsense

[@yerrie1908]

@ Good argument 👌😂

[@noblemann4898]

When I found out that Jurgen was resigning, my first reaction was relief that he was leaving. No doubt he raised Liverpool's profile and gave us plenty of famous victories. But quite often we kept losing or struggling against the lesser teams. That bugged me.