Many football fans don't have patience anymore.
It took Jürgen Klopp four and a half years to win his first trophy.
Yes, he inherited a much worse team, but it still required patience. There were many poor runs of form and bad results, and in October 2017, after a 4-1 defeat to Spurs, some (albeit not many) people were calling for the German to go.
Arsenal may be choking again; time will tell; but you cannot deny that Mikel Arteta has transformed the club.
In his first full season, they were practically in a relegation battle by Christmas.
They haven't won anything yet, but they do sit top of the European Club Football Elo Rankings. Would firing Arteta in the early stages have been a good idea?
Progress in football is never linear. Just because you've won the league, it doesn't mean you'll simply keep winning them.
The Liverpool way is to stick with managers, and it works. The three most successful / strongest teams in the league (Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City) all do the same.
Change does not always mean better
Chelsea, Man United, and Spurs, constantly chop and change. Where has that got them? The latter two weren't far off a points tally which usually gets you relegated last season.
Spurs in 2019 looked like they were on the cusp of becoming a top class outfit, until they fired the man who got them there. Then it all went downhill.
So, generally, there is plenty of evidence that sticking with the manager who has already brought you major success is the way to go. But let's dive into some specifics.
The general minimum expectation at Liverpool is to finish in the Champions League places. If you don't, questions will be asked, and that's fine.
Did it happen under Klopp? Yes, it did. And rightfully, the club kept him on so he could address the issues and rebuild certain parts of the team.
That was in the 22/23 season, where the football was not great, and the Reds got thrashed by the likes of Napoli, Man City, Real Madrid, Wolves, and Brighton.
They beat Man United 7-0, but then they immediately lost 1-0 to relegation-battling Bournemouth, and top four slipped away.
It wasn't all Klopp's fault, but it was far from his best season as a manager. Because of what he had already achieved, no one was calling for him to be sacked.
Slot earned the benefit of the doubt
So why aren't we considering what Slot has achieved? He's the first manager in almost a decade to win the league apart from Pep Guardiola or Klopp.
He's one of only five managers in Premier League history to win it in his first season. And people forget how successful he was in the Eredivisie as well.
There is so much data which suggests Slot is an elite manager, even if you include this season, which has been a struggle for a variety of reasons that are not in his control.
One is that this is a very different team to last season's and it's a very different league. Contrary to popular belief, spending loads of money doesn't guarantee instant success.
It especially doesn't guarantee success when the most expensive player of the bunch isn't fit, so he doesn't play much for the first few months, then just as he's approaching full sharpness, his leg is snapped in half.
I'm not generally a huge fan of signing loads of new players at once because it's very difficult to manage, and the evidence suggests (19/20 and last season) that less is more, in terms of the summer transfer window. But Liverpool didn't have much choice, as various key players wanted to leave, and one tragically passed away.
Jeremie Frimpong has only been available for about half of the games, and it took Milos Kerkez and Florian Wirtz a few months to adjust, which is completely normal at their age.
Hugo Ekitike hit the ground running but struggles with stamina. Why could that be? Let's go back to the summer.
Preseason is absolutely essential to building up the right levels of fitness for the season. It's also important in terms of building up morale, especially if you have loads of new players.
So, when a vital member of the club tragically passes away on the eve of pre-season training, you know you aren't going to get anywhere near the level of preparation that is required.
The knock-on effect of that whole tragedy, not only the impact on pre-season, should go without saying, but it doesn't.
People will say you can't use it as an excuse, but it is an absolutely legitimate factor. What happened to You'll Never Walk Alone? Why aren't we getting behind the manager who has been dealt an awful hand this season yet we are still in the race for a top five finish and in two cup competitions?
Slot still has an excellent win percentage and aims to play fast, attacking football (data shows it is generally faster than Klopp's).
The style of football adopted by most teams in the league means it is hard to do that at the moment, but if you can't see how much Liverpool have improved since the first half of the season, you need to reevaluate.
Lack of alternatives
And who would be a better appointment anyway? Xabi Alonso? I like him, and maybe one day, but Slot has a better record and more trophies.
And when Alonso brought his Madrid team to Anfield, they were totally outclassed. When he came to Anfield with Bayer Leverkusen, they got pummeled and lost 4-0. Plus, he has a similar style of play. It's not obvious at all to me that if he came in, things would dramatically improve instantly.
Liverpool have finished in a Europa League spot before and they came back. Within two years, they were champions.
Yes, they changed the manager (because Klopp wanted to leave) but the key was still stability. If it happens again this season, they will recover, as long as they retain that stability.
Get behind Slot, and give him a chance to show what he can do with a proper pre-season and the big signings fully integrated in the squad.
If it's the Europa League, so be it. It means you can rotate more in midweek and focus more on the league, and it's a nice competition to win if you can get far.
But it may not even come to that, seeing as Liverpool are one win away from a top four spot (and top five will earn you CL football anyway), and given Slot's record in the Champions League so far, you never know.