Mark Bosnich: Slot needs to make drastic changes to turn around Liverpool's 'full blown crisis' of his own making

This is now a full blown crisis for Liverpool.

Arne Slot's vision of imprinting his footprint on the team with new signings hasn't worked.

Losing six of the last seven games is shocking and you have to go back to the 1950s for a Liverpool run that bad.

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Crystal Palace have now beaten them three times in a row and you have to wonder how much Diogo Jota's tragedy has affected the dressing room.

They are not using that as an excuse which is understandable, but it is impossible to quantify but the impact of that trauma on his teammates and it shouldn't be underestimated.

Nor should the difficulty of adding five high profile signings to a team that won the Premier League by 10 points.

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I can understand two or three but I think five would have caused ruffles in the dressing room.

There'll be a lot of players thinking, 'hang on a minute, we won the title. Lucky we didn't finish second otherwise you would have got 10 new players.'

It has made the gameplan more complex. Slot wanted to be less reliant on Mo Salah but he is their talisman, their best player and the team has been built around him.

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It wasn't broke but Slot has tried to fix it. It's a really good example of management interfering when things are going well and dispiriting people. There was no need for them to do that.

Liverpool host Aston Villa in a battle between seventh and eighth which kicks off at 7am AEDT on Sunday.

I think it's time they revert to what made them so successful last season, get back to basics and the 4-3-3.

I would go for Ekiteke, Salah and Gapko up front and Szoboszlai, Mac Allister and Gravenberch in midfield.

I would stick with Bradley at right back and get him to mimic Alexander-Arnold as much as he possibly can. I would start with Robertson at left back, give Kerkez a rest, and van Dijk and Konate in central defence.

They are really missing the injured Alisson but Mamardashvili is a very good goalkeeper in his own right and I feel sorry for him at the moment.

I can understand why Slot is trying to fit in all his new signings and justify them.

But when you've lost six of seven then drastic changes are needed and he'll just have to swallow his pride and explain to the hierarchy why so many of the big signings are going to be on the bench.

Arsenal are seven points ahead of Liverpool at the top of the league and if that gap hits double figures then that's a huge mountain to climb.

They're reminding me a little bit of Nottingham Forrest in the final days of the Ange Postecoglou reign when it was quite apparent that a lot of the players were uncomfortable and not happy, doing things that are different.

As for their opponents, they've just had a typical Aston Villa week.

They beat Manchester City and Tottenham and yet lost in Europe to the Go Ahead Eagles.

But this is a great time to meet Liverpool.

Villa can really show their top four credentials by going to Anfield and winning.

You win there and you start thinking that you can achieve anything.

FOREST BOSS COMPLAINS ABOUT 'CLICKBAIT'

You have to feel for Ruben Amorim.

Just as he is starting to turn Manchester United around he is being peppered with questions about comments that Sean Dyche made way back in May.

Dyche, who was then working as a pundit, said he would win more matches than Amorim with United by simply playing with a 4-4-2 formation.

Those quotes have predictably resurfaced as Dyche's Nottingham Forest welcome United to the City Ground on Sunday (AEDT).

Dyche called it "clickbait" but if that was his opinion then he needs to stand by it now.

And I loved how Amorim responded in his press conference.

"I can look at Sean Dyche as a manager and a pundit," he said.

"If you are a pundit and you don't say very strong things, I don't want to watch you. I am the same. I can completely understand that it is a different job.

"I know Sean Dyche is smart and he knows how to play the game. He understands that there is one thing seeing the game and talking about it. It is another thing to coach a team."

Well said and for all the obsession over tactics and formation, it is old fashioned willpower, confidence and determination that has got United back on track.

Amorim is coming up to a year in charge and is riding his first three game winning streak.

I think he can make that four against Forest, who are still trying to find their feet again in a season of turmoil.

Amorim deserves all the credit in the world because he has made slight adjustments but not panicked.

They're a much more adaptable side and they're showing a lot of resilience.

And a special word for the goalkeeper, Senne Lammens, who hasn't played in a losing side since he's arrived. You don't win anything without your goalkeeper playing exceptionally well.

THE FAIRYTALE STORIES SO FAR

Bournemouth and Sunderland are the fairytale stories of the season so far.

Bournemouth did really well last season but I thought they would find life very difficult this campaign.

They lost their whole back four and their goalkeeper but Andoni Iraola's side have been absolute breath of fresh air.

There's a long way to go but to sit second after nine games is no mean feat.

The Cherries have got the advantage of not being in European football and they're out of the League Cup so they've got a whole week to prepare for each match.

That's how it is in our sport. We tend to handicap people, the more successful they are.

Sunderland have also been outstanding after winning promotion and are flying high in fourth place.

Regis Le Bris got the players he wanted and the Black Cats were in the top 10 clubs in Europe in terms of funds spent in the transfer window.

They're obviously very conscious of the fact that the last two seasons, the three teams that have come up, have all gone back down to the Championship again.

So they're putting as many points on the table as early as they possibly can. That last minute win against Chelsea last week was absolutely outstanding.

There's nothing like winning away from home late to engender team spirit. Sunderland now return to the Stadium of Light to take on Everton.

Their raucous supporters are some of the best in all of England and it must feel like having an one goal start before kickoff.