The ECHO opens the floor to its readers as they have their say on the sacking of Arne Slot in the latest edition of the Reds' Letter Day
Arne Slot looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final Second Leg match between Liverpool FC and Paris Saint-Germain (Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)
Arne Slot looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final Second Leg match between Liverpool FC and Paris Saint-Germain (Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)
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Liverpool are once more on the lookout for a manager after Arne Slot was sacked as head coach after two years over the weekend.
Despite winning the Premier League title in his first year on Merseyside, Slot could not survive a sophomore season that saw his team lose 20 times across all competitions.
Slot is believed to have been informed of his fate on Saturday in an end-of-season appraisal with sporting director Richard Hughes, with the club now searching for a more front-footed and aggressive style of play.
The ECHO has opened the floor to its worldwide readership to have their say on a major decision that sees Liverpool head into the close-season without a head coach.
While it is undoubtedly harsh to lose your job just a year after winning the league title, I think he was missing one of the most important qualities needed to succeed as Liverpool manager: adaptability.
During his first season, particularly in the first half, his substitutions and in-game management were outstanding. He seemed able to read matches perfectly, make key decisions at the right moments, and adjust the team to suit whoever we were facing.
This season, however, I feel there has been a significant decline in that area. His team selections and substitutions were being questioned by supporters before a ball had even been kicked. I know that firsthand because I run a page with over 100,000 followers and have seen the reaction from fans across social media.
Once a manager starts losing the confidence of the fanbase, it becomes an uphill battle. More often than not, that loss of trust is difficult to recover from.
That said, I think it is only fair to acknowledge the incredibly difficult circumstances he had to deal with following the tragic loss of Diogo Jota. The way he conducted himself throughout that period showed real class, dignity and leadership.
He helped guide the squad through an emotional and painful time, and I don't think anyone could question the way he handled that situation. He deserves a huge amount of credit for keeping the players together and representing the club so well during such a heartbreaking chapter.
Conner Barclay
I am happy that Slot is gone, it’s the right time. He deserved the respect of ending the season as a lot of the circumstances were not his own responsibility and Hughes and Edwards have a big part to play in the poor handling of transfers such as Guehi
We needed a centre-back but didn’t close the deal and it was also our top brass who were to blame. But overall yes the manager became a bit arrogant and brought it on himself especially effectively making us lose Salah and Robertson, who were instrumental to have in dressing room long term
As for who I would want to replace him - Klopp. But I know it won’t happen so next best is Enrique. But again that is very uncertain.
Lee-Wade L Farera, Zimbabwe
It was a risk to allow the form of this season possibly continuing into next, there was a too high a likelihood. I also think it had started after teams worked out how to play against us last season.
The loss of Diogo was obviously dreadful for the players and must have been a factor. But for the first time I saw Liverpool players give up in a game - at Man City in the FA Cup.
This is absolutely not acceptable and the manager/coach has to see this and understand this and not let it happen again. I don't think this attitude ever fully left the team following this game.
Simon Cant, Bury St Edmunds
After everything that went wrong this season, he absolutely deserved another year to show his true potential.
A manager needs a proper, fully refreshed pre-season and the opportunity to bring in the specific players he wanted to replace under-performing positions. Every season brings two or three new tactical ideas to a manager, and we should have at least waited to see how Slot would evolve the team given a clean slate and a refreshed squad.
This does not feel like the calculated, patient FSG we have witnessed for the last 10 years. It feels like a rushed decision taken without serious, long-term thought. Slot was handed a difficult hand this year, and cutting his tenure short feels incredibly harsh.
Abdul Kayum Khan, Bangladesh
Yes, it is belated. Slot's downfall came when he decided to change Liverpool's style of playing. Liverpool plays fast attacking football with high press and intensity.
Slot introduced a slow and boring tactic that made the entire team look vulnerable at the back. We love good football. His selections during the two legs against PSG was totally insane.
Albert Brownell, Ivory Coast
I thought he deserved a chance to fix it being honest. He done enough in my opinion to earn the chance to put things right. I feel the players let him down terribly too. Notwithstanding the extenuating circumstances like Jota's untimely death and injuries clearly had an impact over the season.
Plus egos like Salah unsettling and undermining the coaches position didn’t help. Fickle fans who never had it so good under Klopp but a coach coming in and winning the league in first season and let’s not forget a cup final, is a heck of an achievement for a coach in his first season at a club. He deserved better and a chance to put it right.
Stephen Walsh, Dublin
I think the issue is the difference between being a manager and being a coach.
A coach, may have limited say in who is bought and sold, by people who don't really understand what makes a "team".
A manager, builds adds and removes players with certain required skills, that will fit with the team's style of play, and personalities and styles that make this 'team' work as a unit. It's a complex jigsaw.
Without naming names, the management team at LFC think that buying the best players, is the answer. I disagree. Using a slightly less gifted player with a massive work-rate, chasing down opponents, getting tackles in, winning the ball back, and then feeding the ball to team mates is equally, if not even more important.
Choose players with what I call a football brain, the ability to read the game, play multiple positions, know where their team.mates are, and above all, to listen to instructions and play to the coach's strategy.
I believe the Academy has rich vein of talent that should not be squandered. One young man or woman desperate to put their body and soul on the line, for their team, is worth any ten players with one position that they feel comfortable with. A good team player's value is not measured in pounds.
Don't blame the players, don't blame the coach, blame club owners who don't understand the Premier League and critically, don't understand what makes Liverpool what it is, and what it means to be a Liverpool player, and supporter.
Neil Roberts
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