It’s difficult to see how exactly Arne Slot could improve on his start to life at Liverpool Football Club.
The former Feyenoord boss, of course, will likely point to a 1-0 home defeat suffered to Nottingham Forest at the start of the 2024/25 season.
That said, with the benefit of hindsight, that outcome looks less disappointing by the day in light of the Tricky Trees’ incredible resurgence under Nuno Espirito Santo.
Could Liverpool have been tighter in games? More assertive in the first half? Sure. Absolutely. But the points on the board don’t lie – and the Merseysiders top both the Premier League and Champions League tables after the halfway mark in the campaign.
There’s room for improvement, Slot will be keen to stress, but there’s no question that this iteration of Liverpool is not to be trifled with.
Apologies will be needed if Liverpool win the title

We’ll be the first in line to hold our hands up if Liverpool go on to secure the title and other major honours this term despite a lack of business being conducted in January.
A lot of the credit will undoubtedly go to Arne Slot, of course, and deservedly so, for helping steer us to potential major success in 2024/25 despite the daunting task of replacing Jurgen Klopp at the Anfield helm.
As Jamie Carragher has pointed out, however, we can’t escape the reality that the team around the Dutchman will likewise be deserving of at least some praise for the collective decision-making that guided us there.
“Headhunting Slot was another masterstroke by FSG. Identifying the right successor for Klopp was a defining moment in Liverpool’s modern history, comparable to replacing Bill Shankly or Sir Kenny Dalglish, Manchester United moving on after the retirements of Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson, and Arsenal post-Arsene Wenger. We have seen many glorious eras grind to a halt when the figurehead left the building,” the former Red wrote in his column for the Telegraph.
“Time will tell if Liverpool’s general inactivity in the transfer market across the past two windows is dangerous or clever. Given that small details make a big difference in sport, it could be both. If Liverpool win the title, Slot will be the hero. If it goes wrong from here, Edwards, Hughes and the rest of the FSG hierarchy will be cast by some as the villains.
“That’s how it works in football. Owners, executives and sporting directors are as unpopular as referees, thanked for nothing but blamed for everything.
“Many directors in the position of Edwards and Hughes could dine out for a while on making such a big call as replacing Klopp with Slot. Not at Liverpool.”
Arne Slot is THE signing of the season
We couldn’t agree more with Carra here: “But whatever the outcome in the title run-in, Liverpool can claim they have already made the signing of the season; Slot himself.”
The Sky Sports pundit followed in the footsteps of Reverand & the Makers singer Jon McClure who went one big step further by naming our 46-year-old head coach the ‘appointment of the decade’.
High praise indeed, though surely entirely worthy considering the calibre of the man Slot was following!
Liverpool look in very good hands for the foreseeable future, if you ask us.
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I have to ask this question ?
Would Liverpool be on for the title if Jurgen Klopp was still Liverpool’s Manager ?
Both Klopp and Arne Slot have worked with the current Squad ( apart from Chiesa and Klopp )
Both Managers have different styles and visions of how they play their teams .
We can clearly see that Slot has slowed the team down , and the effect it’s having .
Would Klopps Heavy Metal football using the same players have Liverpool in the same position as we now ? 🤔
No …klopp wouldn’t
No, and that’s where the upturn in productivity is coming from. Klopp’s team was forceful and susceptible to interceptions due to reduced deliberation on play. Slot is far more purposeful and thus more ball-playing and probably more likely to score while a bit more careful at the back. Klopp was more heavy metal to Slot’s progressive play, but who doesn’t prefer Pink Floyd over AC/DC?
The same team that failed to beat Real Madrid under JK? No I don’t think so. JK ran out of energy and AS has brought in new football tactics to the team, giving the players new ideas of how to beat tricky opponents like Man City and Real Madrid both who have been wired by Arne Slot. Let’s not forget that when we got Slot, Klopp equally left the team in good shape, so my answer is a big no.
Definitely…maybe lol 😂😅😅
My personal opinion for what it’s worth is no. For one and I could be wrong, Arne is playing Cody where he wants to play. Yes he has slowed the team down, when they need to slow down and not burnt them out. Only downside I’ve seen, is we still get key players (Jota) getting injured. But that has nothing to do with the style of play.
Slot has won nothing yet at LFC….I will comment at season end! Klopp won most of what is out there to win in Europe…case closed.
Arne has inherited Jürgens players and made his own way of playing by putting the team in their comfortable positions. Slowed the style but creating more incision in the final third. He has more of a calculated way to see and manage the players in 90+ minutes on the pitch. Brilliant 👏YNWA
Woud it still be the same if one or both of Salah and VVD had long term injury during the season?
We have a good manager but need two more players to fill the gaps with defenders and left back
Very true
We have two left backs in Andy and Kostas? Do we have no youngsters that play left back to bring on into the team, as we’ve done with Bradley on the Right covering Trent?
As a die-hard Liverpool fan, the lack of signings and not retaining previous players like Mane, Firmino, Gini etc is quite horrendous.
Now we’re sitting on Trent, VVD and Salah??? Very stingy owners, in my opinion.
I think the Management will see what’s needed and buy when the time and money is good 👌
Ryan Gravenberch has made a serious impact on this Liverpool team. He is phenomenal
I agree with the above comments and believe that Slot is a great manager. With all due respect to his predecessor, I don’t believe that our team would have achieved what it has so far this season had Jurgen still been in charge. Owen Beck is a young left back who has been playing very well on loan.
What is just frustrating me, is the fact that Richard Hughes and his team cannot finalise the renewal or otherwise of the contracts of our 3 best players.
We can only speculate about what goes on behind the scenes.
The hire of AS was a brilliant decision. He is coldly analytical and does not get carried away. He looks at the squad and says we could improve on prior year if we bring more tactical discipline into the team and allow the rehab people to do their job and analyze after each game the wear and tear of each player with the goal of reducing injuries. His conclusion has been that he has the quad to do a little better this year than last IF he optimizes these two things.
I don’t think for one moment that even if he wins the quad, he would conclude that he cant improve the squad next year. I’m guessing he is emerging with total cold clarity of what needs to change next year to move a notch higher.
Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards are also cold and analytical. When a team has been successful salaries go steadily up due to a trap which says we should reward past performance, not future performance, when a player reaches ‘old age.’. Again, I can only guess that he has observed that
– TAA is the weak link against top teams. Is his occasional world class brilliance a strength or a liability?
– Mo is unique because he is mostly poor over 90 minutes with weaknesses to his game, but his intelligence and positioning is amongst if not the worlds best. How do we replace his G/A if he moves on? Would he accept a role where we slowly transition both player and tactics over the next two years as we blood our next right winger
-what other positions do we need to upgrade Eg left back and striker
– do we need to upgrade our physicality to compete with the Atalanta, Athletico type of teams
All of this analytical thinking with a Michael Edwards strategy to buy hidden gems 22-24 years old and maybe younger. We know that’s possible just by studying Brighton, Notts F, Bournemouth and see the quality of their acquisitions
– being cold in our analysis of academy players. Being in the best 5 Liverpool prospects doesn’t necessarily translate into being good enough for a close to worlds best Liverpool. Are there such players in our academy? , if not, who do we have to become a solid reliable squad player even if they are not world class since energy and home grown is an important factor in this.
I wrote all this because I am tired of all the FSG/ Richard Hughs negativity gossip, the defense of TAA etc and thought I would try to be coldly analytical myself.