I'm already worrying about Slots first official press interview after being appointed.
I fucking dread the predictably stupid questions he's going to be asked.
About how he will replace Jurgen. There's got to be preparation by him and the club to bat that shit away swiftly. He can't replace Jurgen Klopp, he's simply the next appointed candidate to occupy the position as Liverpool manager - that's it.
What he expects to win and achieve. Lets hope he doesn't go in studs first and say it depends if the PL sanction the cheats for financial corruption, and just says he'll do his best in his own way.
etc, etc, just wait. There'll be few genuinely interesting questions which drill down in to how he likes football and his philosophy about the game.
And within all that.
If he says one misunderstood comment or something somebody doesn't like, I dread the fucking hysteria across our online fanbase.
The wools and dickheads will slaughter him before he's even said hello to the full squad.
It's amazing how for both the extremes of good and bad, Slots life will change beyond significantly for the foreseeable future.
You'd hope the other guy next to him, whether that would be Edwards (you'd expect given his job title, but he's previously ensured only 3 photos of him exist never mind a full on global presser) ) or Hughes (in the job 5 minutes) or my preference, Billy Hogan (as per Jurgen's announcement) to as you say, bat the shit away fairly swiftly, and keep things on agenda and the same page. We don't need another Rodgers/Ayre situation, which set the tone for his relationship with Edwards and the rest of the recruitment setup, which dug his own grave eventually.
The other thing to accept is Klopp was unique as he almost always knew exactly the right thing to say for any given occasion. I can't think of a single misstep or ill-judged comment. Astonishing really over 9 seasons. From "I'm just the normal one" to "It's not that I want to leave, but it's that I have to".
Even if he wasn't Dutch, Slot is just not going to be the same. So there'll need to be some patience, acceptance and allowances for this. It will happen and it won't sit well with some of us. As long as he does well, doesn't come off as a c*nt, like Ten Hag or Guardiola publicly berating out players, and is genuinely humble (unlike Rodgers) in the face of the life-changing opportunity he's been lucky to be granted, then it'll be grand. Until it isn't, results-wise.
