Comments on: Tick Tick Tick…..

By: hugh

hugh — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:05:39 +0000

“Arsenal steal bribe and buy out talent and they don’t create it ! When was the last great talent unearthed from their youth academy ? Not a patch on our kids talent ! Y.N.W.A”

Ramsey and Wiltshire?

And how many products of the youth academy (under Rafas tenure) from LFC are playing first team premier football?

I see the deluded “Real Fans” out in force again.
Always mention the easy ones like Torres, Masch, Reina. But here is another list for you retards: (part of his 220M _spend_!)
Josemi Rey
Antonio Nunez
Mauricio Pellegrino
Fernando Morientes
Mark Gonzalez
Jan Kromkamp
Gabriel Paletta
Nabil El Zhar
Sebastian Leto
Andriy Voronin
Ryan Babel
Philipp Degen
Andrea Dossena
David Ngog
Robbie Keane
Albert Riera

By: Conor

Conor — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:20:18 +0000

Send down Pinnochio perhaps…?

By: scouserbob

scouserbob — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:54:45 +0000

Arsenal steal bribe and buy out talent and they don’t create it ! When was the last great talent unearthed from their youth academy ? Not a patch on our kids talent ! Y.N.W.A

By: samuel charles

samuel charles — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:10:49 +0000

if some of you are saying rafas spent money which indeed even as his biggest fan, he has yes made some mistakes, but have a look at whats taking shape at the academy and under the first team at the reserves. it is happening, he is building something very good. we got ahead of the rest when buying that young kid form qpr, mr sterling, who just looks amazing. take a look at the suddern turn around after ablett left, even then rafa had the academy and reserves picking up silverware, however there are too many young really talented players coming through and the cost is hardly anything, everyone says arsenal are building with all their kids, but we have really yet to see them win anything, rafa is getting it right at development level

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:41:59 +0000

I’m glad a few of you out there agreed with my earlier post, some of the alternatives being mentioned are not only a joke, they are also offensive. Check out the win ratio of 56% too – not many get better!

There are also some really stupid comments here – saying things like we haven’t progressed. If that was true, how can we have finished on 82 & 86 points – our best EVER totals. In Rafa’s first season, we were closer to the bottom four than the top. That has definitely changed. We have progressed, if you don’t remember we almost won it last season. Surely anyone who knows football would have thrown 50-60M at Rafa and said, go and win it. It didn’t happen, we replaced players that left, but failed to strengthen the team enough.

By: TrueLiverbirdRed

TrueLiverbirdRed — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:29:45 +0000

My God is this article for real. You’re stating that Rafa is going to be receiving his P45 at the end of the season and you’re suggesting that this is not a bad thing! If those odds are for real I would reccommend all the fake LFC fans to shut up and admire the fact we have one talented manager in charge at the moment.

Its insulting to know that Alex McCleish is 3rd favourite to replace Rafa! Mourinho is not long term solution in my view. He has no vision for the youth and stadium but winding people up.

Get a grip and stop publishing rubbish like this. You’ll save us all a bit of time then.

Long live the King Rafa!

By: Anfield Online

Anfield Online — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:53:38 +0000

‘We publish all well written, concise and clean comments’.

If you took a little bit more effort in to posting a coherent message then they would all be approved. If we were against free opinions would we have published this article?

Grow up.

By: scouserbob

scouserbob — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:53:17 +0000

I agree even though rafas not blameless with some of his tactics and negative football at times i still feel that this season was out of his control with the owners being tight as ducks arses, not replacing Alonso, Arbeloa or Hyypia and all the season killing injury’s we’ve had i mean it’s just been a horror season were nothings gone for us, not even beach balls !!! and we have to just scratch it off and go again…
People still don’t get that rafa’s been operating in a third even fourth rate transfer market since arriving in 2005 and that Torres, Reina, Jhonson apart we’ve had to settle for less on every occasion , we wouldn’t even have Mascherano if the whole west ham thing had’nt happened because his agents would have priced us out !!!!

By: Sizar

Sizar — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:30:49 +0000

thanks anfield online keep not posting my comments, I just knew u guys r against the right & free opinions

By: londonred

londonred — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:11:20 +0000

If Rafa goes we are well and truely ****ed

The current fools wanted Klinsman.

None of the half decent suggestions above will want the job in these circumstanes and you could also speculate about whose first out the door with Rafa when he goes (Torres for a start) plus also whether we will ever play in the champions league again.

We came within a whisker of winning the league last season which has unfortunately been followed by this blip of a season.

Out of Man U, Arsenal and Chelsea only Chelsea have gone for changing their manager often and it’s starting to show.

The evidence strongly suggests that leaving a manger for the long term will reap the greater rewards and produce long term success

By: Ripter

Ripter — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:58:17 +0000

If Liverpool can get Jose, they should bend over backwards and do whatever they can to get him

Who cares what he did in the past? He can get Liverpool back to titles and when he does, NOBODY will hate him in Liverpool

He hates United and beats everyone when at home

Liverpool should pray every night that he is available

By: Imran

Imran — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:31:46 +0000

Mcleish or Hodgson would be terrible so in that case i’d rather that Rafa remained in charge.Otherwise he’s has his five years,wasted million’s on dud’s and we’ve not progressed so he should prepare to leave.Rafa further shot himself in the foot with the “guarantee” that we’ll finish fourth so can’t complain about anything if he’s sacked now.

Mourinho would be my ideal choice but he’d want a massive transfer kitty that we probably can’t provide unless new owners take charge.Hiddink is too old where as Hughes must be a wind up,Dalglish a possibility but i’d be reluctant!!!.Keegan,no thanks.

I sense that Rijkaard and O’Neill both have the potential to take us forward for if nothing else atleast we’ll see entertaining football.

By: Adam Lovatt

Adam Lovatt — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:56:27 +0000

I’m sick and tired of reading this same old rubbish from fickle so-called fans who obviously have very short memories. Rafa won the champions league in his first season. We came 2nd last season. We would have won it had we not drawn twice against the 11 man defence of stoke!
Look, Wenger hasn’t won anything since 2005. Ferguson didn’t win anything for 5/6 years. In his second season he finished 2nd. The following year he finished 11th. He wasn’t sacked. He was given time. People forget that Rafa is the 2nd most successful manager in his first 100 games. Only Shankly was better.
And with respect to the players he’s bought – Torres, Reina, Mascherano, Johnson, to name just 4, are probably 4 of the best in the world in there positions. So I’m not sure your argument stands up. He’s a quality manager and we need to stick by him.

By: samuel charles

samuel charles — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:58:29 +0000

Well said mike, there maybe some real lfc fans left,,, god bless you mate for speaking some truth.

Well Said Mike, oh and by the way please do not soeak for me Nick Clemons COLUMN, when you state ” martin oneill” well i tell you for the amount of time and money he has had i dont want him anywhere near this great club, thanks. Have you seen the crap football they serve up at villa, so keep your mouth closed when talking for me and other fans who are happy with rafa.

By the way you’re a joke of a fan if you base your written work with facts form sky bet? What are you another richard keys anti-rafa fan, so you have jumped on the band wagon too! Dear oh dear, would the real lfc fans take a seat and the fake ones go please.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:46:43 +0000

The question is – we had a squad that finished second last year. Where were the funds to push us on? Where was the investment? We spent the Xabi money, but didn’t bring in enough to push on that is why we have suffered. The blame lies beyond Rafa – he can only do so much with what he has got – he has brought us so far but he needs money for immediate success and time to see how his youth policy develops. Fergie and Wenger have been granted the same – we should allow Rafa more time also.

By: Rich H

Rich H — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:53:38 +0000

Fabio Cappello seems to be missing from the list…

By: Anfield Online

Anfield Online — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:28:58 +0000

Looking through that list is genuinely scary.

Not one of them have brought success to a club while operating under a sell to buy policy.

Rafa overachieved at Liverpool last season getting us so close to the title and is paying the price for raising everyone’s hopes.

Bad times on the horizon.

By: Deano

Deano — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:56:10 +0000

Surely the odds you have published contradict your story about Rafa being on his way out. If the most realistic favourites are McLeish & O’Neil then surely we are better with Rafa.

YNWA

By: Voland

Voland — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:50:25 +0000

With the exception of Laurent Blanc, I think any of the candidates would mean a step backwards from where Rafa is positioning LFC with his long-term policy of nourishing young talent.

Dalglish is of course an Olympian god at Anfield, but I cannot see him having the energy at this stage to undertake such a challenge.

The only one who can claim to have better credentials than Rafa, as well as dynamism and youth on his side, is of course Mourinho. But if you ask me, I prefer Rafa any day…

By: Nwaoku emeka

Nwaoku emeka — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:38:13 +0000

Will torres and gerard leave,if they fail to reach top four this season.