James Pearce
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466 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 16 Sep
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That is the big worry going into this summer, that if they stick with him,
You just know that it will take very, very little next season for people to turn and for it to get very toxic because we all know that.
Similarly, in a way, there's parallels with the end of the Brendan Rodgers era where they stuck with him at the end of a really tough season.
But then, you know, within three months of the following season, they were forced to make the change.
The Salah story has been one of the dominant themes of the season because, as James said, his numbers last season were so incredible that it almost effectively forced FSG's hand in terms of
given him the contract, the two-year extension that he obviously wanted.
But it was pretty clear early on this season that he wasn't going to be able to maintain anything like those standards.
And the drop-off has been huge to contribute 34 goals last season, only 12.
This time around, I wouldn't put the blame solely at his door.
I think he's also been a victim of other areas of the team malfunctioning.
And of course, the loss of Trent on that right-hand side as well has played a part.
Liverpool couldn't get him frequently enough into the kind of threatening positions we've been used to seeing from him.
But also,
I think also it's fair to say he hasn't had the same kind of impact at all.
And of course, when you go back to late November when slot dropped him, Liverpool had completely and utterly fallen to pieces.
They'd lost nine out of 12 games at that point.
And I actually think that slot did the right, if anything, I thought the slot was actually
probably should have dropped him a couple of weeks sooner.
Because the problem was, because you weren't really getting anything out of him on the ball, and we know that the defensive side of the game isn't his strong point, certainly in the twilight of his career, that Liverpool were just so open out of possession.
I remember Cucurella talking after Liverpool lost at Stamford Bridge and he was very open about the fact that, oh yeah, we knew that because Salah doesn't trap back, there'd be loads of space to target down that flank and that's how their winning goal came about.
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