Football News: Is Liverpool FC In A Crisis?

So, can we call this a crisis now? Wirtz once again not trusted in a big game due to poor performances, yet has no issue playing Macca despite him being our worst performing player this year, not even potentially, he just is. Macca was always slow but my word, whatever that injury was (Which was never confirmed) seems to have robbed him of what little pace he did have, and his ball playing ability too. Horrendous.

Slot was more than happy to look tough when he relegated Quansah to the bench for an entire season, making sure everyone knew he was running the rule on things, yet Macca, Salah, etc, he becomes as quiet as a mouse. He can run the rule on players that wouldn't dare speak up, for fear of their careers, but players who are established already, nothing. Starting to understand Slot more and more now, especially the kind of person he is.

I'm not going to discuss Salah's obvious decline since January, as it would no doubt anger people, so I will simply say, unless we plan to sell Salah to Saudi, then why did we give him an extravagant contract when he was on the decline?

400+ million spent and we look so much worse. We have Kerkez, recognized as one of the best all action fullbacks, afforded the license to roam the touchline at Bournemouth with solid success. But, in Liverpool's offensive phase, we force him to sit back and play the part of the LCB. If that was the plan why not sign someone more suited to such a role, instead of forcing a player to play a style he is ill suited too.

Ekitike, our best performing offensive player this season by a country mile, relegated to the bench? Why? He was a bright spark in an otherwise dismal period. No, he has to make way for Isak? Why not play your most inform players first, get the results first, then worry about integration after. Horrendous man management.

What is Slot even doing? Our build up is slow and ponderous, unless the plan is to lull our opponent into sleep, I don't know what we are doing. Teams cut through us at will, especially through our midfield. Don't get me started on our set piece defending. Aaron Briggs has zero experience in set piece coaching, having been an individual development coach, yet he is listed as our set piece coach. What is going on?

4 loses in a row now, the last 2 against Chelsea and Manchester United at Anfield. We just lost to one of the worst United sides I have ever seen.

Suddenly top 4 looks like a genuine challenge now, as opposed to a title charge, which is insane when you consider we won the league last year, and then spent 400+ million. We spent all that money, and went backwards. We laughed at Chelsea when they did it, then watched as we did it ourselves.

At this point, I am begging for the international break to come soon so I don't have to watch us attempt to play football.

Written by LFC-S MANGO October 20 2025 00:08:45