• 11 losses in the Premier League.
• Knocked out of every competition.
• 18 goals conceded from set pieces.
• First loss at Anfield to Man Utd since 2016.
• Lost 4-1 to PSV at Anfield.
• Fans booing substitutions.
• Every game is the same.
How do you have "every reason"?
🟥 The Manager, The Ownership, The Inevitable
As laid out in my match post earlier, the performance wasn't an outlier. It fits a pattern that has been building for months.
This should have been addressed in November. The evidence was already there. Since then, it has only grown stronger and more damning.
Five consecutive domestic defeats, something not seen since 1953. Six losses in seven league games, going back to 1902. Nine defeats in twelve matches, the worst run in over seventy years. Ten league defeats in a season, a threshold not crossed in more than a decade. Nineteen defeats across the 2025 calendar year, set against one in the entirety of 2024.
These are not selective numbers. They are the reality of where Liverpool are.
FSG, along with Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes, own that reality. This is their appointment, their structure, their judgement. Reluctance to confront a failing decision has allowed the situation to deepen. There is a sense that being proven right has been prioritised over being effective.
They rarely speak, but when they do, it's often about data guiding decisions. The data now is unequivocal. Performances have declined, results have collapsed, and the trajectory is unmistakable.
The head coach looks like a man awaiting his fate. The players look unconvinced. The supporters are moving beyond anger into something colder, to a man, woman, boy, or girl; we are doubters again.
This international break offers a final opportunity to act. Not as panic, but as recognition.
A week ago, the idea of an interim felt unnecessary to me. Now it feels like a question worth asking. What is there to lose? The only caveat is clear: it cannot be someone seeking to turn it into a permanent role. The club must not stumble into another long-term mistake.
If a short-term figure, even someone like Steven Gerrard, can restore belief, connection and basic standards, then it's worth considering.
Do nothing, and the direction of travel is already clear.
✍️ An Open Letter to Richard Hughes
Richard,
Liverpool supporters are not unreasonable. They understand football. They understand setbacks. What they struggle to accept is a full season of the same problems repeating with no visible solution.
That is where we are now.
Sunday’s draw with Tottenham felt less like a point gained and more like an indictment of everything that has gone wrong this year. Spurs arrived in disarray. Injuries everywhere. No league wins in 2026. A squad patched together with academy players. Yet Liverpool, at Anfield, produced a performance that was hesitant, shapeless and alarmingly toothless.
In truth, Liverpool were fortunate to leave with a draw.
This isn't about one afternoon. It's about a pattern.
Week after week, Liverpool dominate possession but rarely dominate the game. The attack lacks fluency. The midfield lacks authority. The defence collapses under late pressure. The same questions are asked after every match because the same issues appear every week.
At some point, responsibility must rest with the man in charge.
Arne Slot inherited world-class players. He inherited a club built on elite standards. Yet over the past year, the football has become slower, more predictable and increasingly ineffective. When almost every player looks worse than they did twelve months ago, the explanation is rarely individual failure.
It's coaching.
Managers are judged on their ability to solve problems. Liverpool’s problems have been obvious for months, and yet the solutions have never arrived.
That is why November matters so much.
At that point, the warning signs were already clear. Performances were deteriorating. Confidence was draining from the team. Many supporters, myself included, believed decisive action was needed before the season unravelled completely.
Instead, the message that came from the club was calm reassurance. We were told everything was under control. The now infamous roundtable video in February, featuring you alongside Slot, projected unity and confidence that the direction was correct.
But unity only works when the direction is right.
Looking back now, that moment feels less like leadership and more like hesitation. A chance to confront reality was replaced with a public show of faith that the evidence on the pitch simply did not support.
That decision sits with you.
You were rightly praised last summer. The recruitment looked ambitious and intelligent. Many fans backed you completely. Yet hindsight now suggests the squad balance has not worked, and the coach entrusted to guide it has struggled badly.
Supporters can accept mistakes.
What they cannot accept is pretending a mistake has not been made.
Liverpool still possess too much talent and too much history to accept a season where the football becomes this stagnant and the standards fall this far.
Leadership requires honesty.
Arne Slot has had time. He has had patience. He has had backing.
But the problems remain exactly the same.
Deep down, you may already know the conclusion. No new contract for Slot, suggests you do.
And if that is the case, Richard, Liverpool supporters are simply asking for one thing.
The courage to act on it. 🙏
Got to feel for Vini Jr there. He's probably been coasting in training for months against Trent thinking he's boss. Then he comes up against Conor Bradley.