Scouser Tommies: BEYOND TIRED
Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are back for another episode of Scouser Tommies, the show providing an honest assessment of all things Liverpool FC from right on the club’s doorstep. Yet again—as has been the case far too often this season—very few of those things are pleasant to talk about.
The hope that sprung from 5-0 and 4-1 wins against Qarabag and Newcastle respectively went out the window when Arne Slot masterminded yet another Anfield defeat, this time at the hands of Manchester City. Since the turn of the year, Liverpool have won just one of their seven league games; it's nowhere near the form required to challenge for the Champions League places. In fact, if this rot doesn’t stop, there’s every chance the final game of the season could see Jordan Henderson and Brentford consigning the Reds to a year without even the Thursday night stuff to fall back on.
You know things are bad when you can’t even laugh at the neighbours. With Everton standing ready to overtake Liverpool in the league, the club has plumbed depths rarely seen in recent decades. When things go wrong, there seems to be no Plan B—except for a Plan B that involves doing everything in even worse fashion than before.
It hasn’t been entirely negative these past few weeks, but the only real silver linings are that there is a talented squad at the club—even if some have been over-indulged, some aren't getting a fair crack, and far too many are being run into the ground. The "positive" to take is that another manager could certainly work with these tools and get far more out of them, but how long will it take for the powers that be to blink? And no, celebrating another empty transfer window with self-congratulatory propaganda interviews, as half the squad is out injured or on the verge of it, is not a good look, whatever your PR brain told you.
Jay and Jim do their best to find some light in the dark, but they aren't miracle workers. It says a lot about the state of the Reds when one of the best goals ever seen at Anfield is completely overshadowed by the chaos that followed it.
Liverpool’s players looked beyond tired as that City game went on, a mirror of how the fans feel right now.
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