That's not what I mean. Neither manager would be considered new when klopps lfc regularly blew up in January or Feb or we just looked out if ideas for a month. This is slots first bump and he has to change what he is doing. I've watched us since the first preseason game and the common there is being walked through on the counter.
Your memory must be different to mine luv. 20-21 season. I don't remember all the details but we lost Virgil after the T Rex attack and there were continuing problems with Gomez and Matip. If I remember, Klopp stuck midfielders back there (Hendo?) and generally tinkered with the line-up. We had a disastrous run of (I think) 3 wins out of 12-15 games, including 6 consecutive home defeats and slipped down the table. He finally got a tune out of them for the last handful of games and we managed to claw our way back up to third. Point being - he got there in the end, but it was nowhere near "instant" and its a bit early to judge Slot because we don't know what will happen in the coming weeks. He hasn't been in this situation with us before, so let's at least give him a chance to sort it out before passing judgement.
The point being he is half the issue. There's clearly issues with the squad and integrating players. But he is making it worse. Tactically its off. The subs are making it worse as well. First thing is we are very easy to score off. We have been since day 1 of preseason. We were not that way last year. What's changed? Second thing is he seems obsessed with gravenberch at cb. It should be his worst nightmare.
I go back to an earlier post where I mentioned other of our managers struggling but you could always see the ideas, the intent, the style and direction of play whether it was going well or not. At the moment and at times previously I don't see that under Slot. I've no idea what type of team we are, there's no identity. That's what worries me the most and has done from very early in his tenure. I hope of course I'm shown to be another fanboy reactionary dickhead as we go on to win every trophy available.
Yeah, in that case I'll go back to what I've said since before the season started - too many changes all at once. It takes time for a new group to establish an identity - ideally they should integrated bit-by-bit into an already established team. Also, it's difficult to blame Slot for the poor form of some of his established players - Mo, Gakpo, Konaté, MacA are all struggling, and they're not playing out of position or having anything new asked of them. We've already discussed the possible reasons for this so I won't go into it. Probably not Slot's fault, but it is his responsibility to sort it out. I for one am not ready to push the panic button just yet, though I do expect signs of progress after the break.
