I'd like to see him become our captain soon. He plays so hard.

100%. This team needs a captain with energy and piss and vinegar. There's just something about VVD that I've never loved as captain.

LOL. We're so bad. Absolutely zero killer instinct.

Easy to see coming. I just don't understand how you let the ball get to ground. What was Gravenberch doing?

My biggest gripe is we go up and go into a giant shell. Just an insanely soft mentality. We were on the counter, Szbo passes to Gomez running up the field and Gomez just stops when he could keep running on a counter. WTF ARE YOU DOING. You want to waste more time?

Fire Slot. He has ruined any killer instinct and toughness we had.

I knew we were screwed when we took the ball to the corner flag with 9 minutes to go.

This thing is so out of control, and he's so right. He's been painted as this scape when it's obvious there are way, way bigger issues.

More from Salah…

“I have done so much to the club, the respect I want to get. And I don’t have to go every day fighting for my position because I earn it. People will say, oh, you look bigger than anyone. I’m not bigger than anyone. I earned my position.”

💬 Mohamed Salah pic.twitter.com/uUDi13vXNc

— Anfield Agenda (@AnfieldAgenda) December 6, 2025

And he ain't wrong…

And more…

“I have been at this club, scoring more than anyone in this generation since I came to the Premier League, I don’t think anyone has scored more goals and made more assists than me. In the whole Premier League. If I am somewhere else, everybody would go to the media and defend the… pic.twitter.com/YOX9t98P3x

— Anfield Agenda (@AnfieldAgenda) December 6, 2025

This thing is spiraling and turning ugly….was inevitable at the current rate.

Salahs drop off is only part of the problem (but it's a big one as he was our talisman). Past performances don't earn him a spot and he's earned the bench.

What a mess all the way around…captain obvious here.

I agree and disagree with Mo. I agree that he's done a metric ton for this club and likely the community, and I do think he's been scape goated this season. We have so many issues, Salah included, but I think he's further down the list. He didn't just become washed over night. Is he what he was two and three years ago? No absolutely not, because Father Time does catch you eventually. But he isn't awful, and I feel like we've completely cast him out as the only issue and quit on him.

What I don't agree with is his view that he should be starting basically every game and that he's kinda undroppable. You have to have some self awareness that you are now 33/34 years old and that you probably can't quite do it like you once could. So you need to accept that you might get subbed for at 70, or you might be benched for a game to keep you fresh etc.

And this is where I blame Slot and management. They have had absolutely no plan for him and the rest of the team this year. It feels like they went from 100 to 0 overnight. He wasn't getting dropped at all and then he's benched and now not playing at all. You the coach need to better massage relationships and be a better leader, I don't think Slot is doing any of it.

The problem is that current Salah is only effective when given a free role. We all know he went to Arne last year and asked for more freedom and less defensive duties. That strategy only works when 1) you can defend 9 v 10 and 2) the free man actually consistently creates danger forcing the opposition to change their tactics. Neither is happening this year. He isn't the scapegoat, but he just isn't a useful player for this broken version of Liverpool. We need someone willing to trackback and help out the RB.

His drop off hasn't been a mystery either. He was slowing down in the second half of the season last year. PSG targeted him, knowing that he wouldn't provide any resistance (and then boasted about it after the game).

He hasn't been the only problem this year. Macca, Konate, Kerkez, VVD, Gakpo, Isak, Frimpong, Bradley, Wirtz and Curtis have all had terrible performances this year. Many of those players have also been benched for a few games. None of them undermined the team by crying to the press.

It is clear that Arne is struggling to get the best out of the team; however, Mo is supposed to be a leader. By bringing his frustrations to the press he brings more distractions to an already difficult situation.

I really enjoyed watching him play for many years, but he has always been an ego driven player. Now is not the time for this, and I think its best for all if he found a new club.

I think we should sell Mo at the window. This blow up today isn't really recoverable IMO and I too don't blame him for going off. I get reducing minutes and not starting him every game but to sit like he has the last 3 is crazy and mismanagement of a key player.

He's been off. Is it age? Is it the loss of a great friend in Diogo Jota? Is it the influx of all the shiny new toys and not finding a way to keep himself productive? Who knows.

Either way, Mo gotta go in January and I think he's going to push for it. Let's just cash in.

Can we hire Cignetti?