Comments on: Rafa Benitez set for Anfield exit

By: scouserbob

scouserbob — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:09:43 +0000

Because fighting your corner is the most important thing in situations like this ! The players and staff should be motivated first and foremost by respect and love of the club, at the very least be PROFESSIONAL knowing that they are supposed to be doing their job.
Abandoning the club just to spite two fools however incompetent and negligent would only destroy Liverpool Fc and the only recompense we would get is the bank would demand payment of the loan from Hicks and Gillette ! Would you really destroy the club just to see that ?
Protesting, Demonstrating, Debating, ‘Certain’ boycotts and most importantly sticking with the club we all love are the way forward , NOT cutting of our nose to spite our face !

By: scouserbob

scouserbob — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:25:37 +0000

Tom, Alonso was forced to leave through the constant touting of GARATH BARRY again and again and so felt totally unwanted ( wouldn’t you ?) Arbeloa probably left because he wanted to and thought he was going to a bigger club but could the club have stopped that ?
Im sorry but BELLAMY FOR TORRES ow ye how much did we get for Bellamy ? And how much was Torres ? I don’t think your numbers go mate.

To see my response to the rest of your comments see the last two on this page as i think that covers it and just to correct myself and YOU i never said ‘No Improvement’ la so iv taken the words out of me mouth for you .

By: samuel charles

samuel charles — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:42:17 +0000

i ask you all why we should pay out supporting are team, why the players should motivate themselves, why the staff behined the closed doors at the club, why the club works at all, when we have two people, just people who are just hell bend on making money even at everyones cost. that for me is it in a nutshell, and untill we do drastic things this is going to continue,,, now i say a full stay away from products, games, new kit, etc… they news will kill them of that before anything else…

if you stop reading the fucking media and start understanding most of the facts are so far form real world,, as was rafa going; he was fucking pushed and we all know that,, and as for rafa being to cold, he phone gerrard and spent 30 mins in a call!

By: scouserbob

scouserbob — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:56:10 +0000

Whaat ? They’ve signed a contract and in business terms they are bound by said contract. The fact that You say ” we are reviewing what is happening. The club has left them witha lot of qestions that now need to be put to senior staff at lfc” dose not in any way mean that the sponsorship deal is about to’Nose Dive’ because even if they were about to pull the plug they would have to pay a substantial fee in breaking that contract.

Please stop ‘Fear Mongering’ as I think we’ve all had one hell of a day already.

By: scouserbob

scouserbob — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:37:06 +0000

Im not a Rafa hater and i DONT want him to go but in my opinion he missed Paco an awful lot and that aided the yanks getting under his skin. I know the Americans are the main problem and have been since they came in making Rafas job almost impossible but i am just being objective in my view that Rafa is not entirely blameless. Can you see my point Tom ?

By: scouserbob

scouserbob — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:24:23 +0000

Hyypia and Crouch wanted more games which is fair enough don’t you think ? Do you remember Crouch scoring a hattrick one game and then being dropped cuss I do ! And Hyypia is much more quality than Skirtle who is a poor mans Hyyppia in my view.
I am sure that something could have been done which would make him back up to Carra and with Aggers injury list it wouldn’t been that much of a leap to say he would have got more games ( How we needed his hight last season eh)
Fare point i shouldn’t have said No Improvement but my point is that players have gone that could have done a better job than some who have replaced them and you cannot argue that allot of former players state that Rafa lacked a Dialogue with them ! Can they ALL be wrong ?!!!

By: Digger

Digger — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:06:38 +0000

Another short memory. Didn’t we beat Barcelona, Real and Inter in their own back yards? That’s right, Rafa’s success in Europe is all about the Anfield crowd. The same Anfield crowd that Houllier and Evans had. Funny how they didn’t do as well in Europe.

By: samuel charles

samuel charles — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:25:14 +0000

i have just called standard chartered and got to speak to the vip manager, i was on the phone for 35 minutes waiting for them to take my call, and i ask them what they think about a buisness that wants the money pumped in by everything and everyone else but the two” owners”, he did not know what to say…..

i then asked him if he felt the club was right to have owners that are seeking shirt deals and other investment but with out putting it into playing staff, he then said ” we are reviewing what is happening,,, but i said what do you mean,,, he said that the club has left them witha lot of qestions that now need to be put to senior staff at lfc.

as far as i was told it sounds like to me that the new shirt deal is about nose dive!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:16:26 +0000

I think you are the one that is blinded!

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:56:28 +0000

God, I really can’t believe the amount of support that Rafa is getting! Seriously, even on a modest budget (which is more than Man Utd and Arsenal’s,), how much closer are we to winning the Premier League?! He has proven himself to be a skilled political maneuverer, not a football manager. Both our major trophy wins under Benitez have come via penalties in games where we were totally outplayed. The reason he was so successful in Europe was because of the Anfield crowd pushing the players that little bit more, not because they were responding to the manager or his tactics. Stability? Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres give us that. If this move is to make them stay, as is being reported in some quarters, then it is the right thing to do.

By: olky

olky — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:58:13 +0000

just because i dont support rafa does not mean i am not a genuine fan

here is the choice, WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE, RAFA ON THE SIDLINES OR STEVIE G, TORRES MASCH AND BENNY ON THE PITCH, JUST TO NAME A FEW ?

By: RacerX34

RacerX34 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:27:00 +0000

Anyone celebrating Rafa’s potential departure needs to wonder what will happen to the structure of Liverpool when he leaves.

Our youth teams have been overhauled in the last season and have been the only beacon of light under the dark cloud of our current owners current disastrous handling of this great club.

If Rafa leaves then so will his backroom staff. The very men that have been working hard to secure us the best young talent and setting up with some fantastic young prospects will leave and all the progress will unravel as quickly as it was made.

Only when the real problems at this club are dealt with will this club once again be great.

To summarise:

Unless our owners are bought out our club will limp from one crisis to the next

By: Digger

Digger — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:58:46 +0000

Anyone that is happy about this news is a total disgrace. Rafa has had the hardest job of any Liverpool manager becuase he’s had one arm tied behind his back financially and he’s had to work under the biggest bunch of slime the club has ever known. if so called fans can’t see that then they should go and support a club that doesn’t care about its history and traditions.

Despite all that he’s made us a competitive force in Europe and delivered some trophies and memorable nights. We even almost won the league. shame on you.

By: samuel charles

samuel charles — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:40:30 +0000

red rob,,,, at last someone is getting it ,,, well said mate,,, well said indeed,,

does anyone really think that we are going to get a top manager while the club is being run into the ground! does anyone really think that gerrard torres and javier will stay evevn if rafa stays or goes! thats very easy to suggest this while everyone and anything blames rafa!!!! its time we do a huge riot at the ground to the effect of putting this all over the word and show this countries media and system that h&g are not welcome at liverpool,, LFC IS IN SUCH A BAD STATE,, I JUST HAVE A HEART ATTACK AT WHATS GOING ON,,,,

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:15:50 +0000

The Yanks are spinning this, they are con artists, they are conning the fans who do not understand the depths they will stoop to make a quick buck. There is no evidence what so ever to support any of this spin from the players and in the last two seasons Rafa has made a profit for the club through sales, read the finances.

Rafa is the only man respecting the Liverpool way, they have continually stabbed him in the back and destroyed his credibility with their mates in the Sun, F365 and Sky.

True fans know not to trust any of those media outlets.

By: Venison

Venison — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:14:53 +0000

Rafa needs to stay get Hicks, Gillett, Purslow and Broughton out of the club.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:10:59 +0000

The yanks never gave rafa a proper shot. Rafa is the best thing to happen to this club in the past 10 years and now he’s being forced out!

IRWT

By: Chats

Chats — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:52:49 +0000

IN RAFA I TRUST!

By: Red Rob

Red Rob — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:51:35 +0000

Like all genuine Reds, apart from S*n rent-a-supporters, I back Benitez who acted with honesty, integrity and decency in line with the highest traditions of the club.

I want Hicks, Gillett, Purslow and Broughton out now.

I’ll support merchandise and match boycotts to do it.

Every Red should join Spirit of Shankly and take positive action to stop our club from being destroyed now.

By: Daz Williams

Daz Williams — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:45:55 +0000

Whoever the sad misguided idiots are that say he needs to go need to get a grip, he’s one of the best managers since Dalglish

I.R.W.T

Y.N.W.A