Before Mohamed Salah announced he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season after nine years at the club, we asked for your views on whether the international break has come at a good time for the Reds – and we thought you’d still want to read some of your comments!
So here is a selection:
James: It will help if they get Slot out! Lost the players and fans! Getting embarrassing now!
Dan: In terms of injuries, giving Salah and Alisson time to come back – if possible – will help. But deeper problems with tactical decisions and a lack of depth of the existing squad won’t be improved in two weeks. Huge quarter-finals on the return could define the rest of this season’s run-in.
Jay: International break good for the fans to get over the rubbish we have had to watch lately. For players and management, a two-week break is just delaying the inevitable of players missing out on Europe and the manager keeping his job.
Fraser: I would like to think it would help us and I hope it does. But realistically, I don’t think it will make much difference. We’ve been all over the place this season. Every fix Slot has tried hasn’t worked, we play very slow and boring football and the results aren’t going our way. This season was his season to shine and show he could adapt in a changing league, unfortunately he has failed that test. I hate to say it, but we need to move on from him in the summer.
Tony: It gives us the chance to get injured players fit and back, and for Slot to reconsider his formation, personnel, tactics, approach and substitutions. Not that he’ll take it. He seems intent on this slow, predictable, possession game and only introducing substitutes once we have gone behind and are chasing the game. PSG will knock us out of the Champions League, Manchester City will knock us out of the FA Cup and we’ll be lucky to finish in the top seven.
Ben: I don’t think it will make much difference. Liverpool often play badly after an international break. The only advantage is that it’ll allow the injured players time to recover before the next lot of games. I could be wrong but we shall see. With big season-defining games coming up against Manchester City and PSG, they really need to not be their post-international break selves.
Carlo: Unfortunately I think it will neither help or hinder Liverpool. The inconsistency throughout this season has become a theme. There is clearly something fundamentally wrong at Liverpool this season. So many players are not performing and poor selections from the manager have cost Liverpool.
