You'd better win it now Rafa

[saj]

Toshack means 'Bollocks' in Turkish. When he managed in Turkey, people laughed at his name when he first arrived there

[lfcruleus]

Toshack = Welsh Legend....................FACT

Im Welsh and he is a tosser. should never be Wales Manager FACT.

[Red_Polo]

Good pundit, cracking player, Liverpool legend, but can be a bit of a rubbish manager at times. No shame in that.

[JRG]

One of my boyhood heroes, can't find it in me to call him any namesafter what he was like when he played for us.

[wavydavy]

Outlay is nothing like that amount.

[SouthAfricaRed]

Outlay is nothing like that amount.

Rafael Benítez bought 38 players for £81,596,000

Josemi Rey Malaga £2,000,000 26.07.2004
Antonio Nunez Real Madrid £1,500,000* 17.08.2004
Xabi Alonso Real Sociedad £10,700,000 20.08.2004
Luis Garcia Barcelona £6,000,000 20.08.2004
Mauricio Pellegrino Valencia Free 05.01.2005
Fernando Morientes Real Madrid £6,300,000 13.01.2005
Scott Carson Leeds United £1,000,000 21.01.2005
Josh Mimms Rotherham United £50,000 16.06.2005
Antonio Barragan Sevilla £240,000 04.07.2005
Boudewijn Zenden Free Transfer Free* 04.07.2005
Jose Reina Villareal £6,000,000 04.07.2005
Mohamed Sissoko Valencia £5,600,000 14.07.2005
Peter Crouch Southampton £7,000,000 20.07.2005
Godwin Antwi Real Zaragoza Unknown 15.08.2005
Miki Roque Lleida Unknown 15.08.2005
Jack Hobbs Lincoln City £150,000* 18.08.2005
Besian Idrizaj LASK Linz £190,000* 22.08.2005
Ramon Calliste Free Transfer Free* 29.08.2005
Mark Gonzalez Albacete £1,500,000* 20.10.2005
Paul Anderson Hull City Player Exchange* 01.01.2006
Jan Kromkamp Villareal Player Exchange* 04.01.2006
Daniel Agger Brøndby £5,800,000 12.01.2006
David Martin MK Dons £250,000* 12.01.2006
Robbie Fowler Man City Free 27.01.2006
Craig Bellamy Norwich £6,000,000 01.07.2006
Gabriel Paletta Club Atlético Banfield £2,000,000 04.07.2006
Fábio Aurélio Valencia Free 05.07.2006
Jermaine Pennant Birmingham £6,700,000 26.07.2006
Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord £9,000,000 18.08.2006
Nabil El Zhar St Etienne £200,000 21.08.2006
Astrit Ajdarevic Falkenberg £750,000* 11.01.2007
Emiliano Insúa Boca Juniors On Loan* 11.01.2007
Daniele Padelli Sampdoria On Loan* 12.01.2007
Jordy Brouwer Ajax Undisclosed* 24.01.2007
Francisco Durán Malaga £66,000* 30.01.2007
Ronald Huth Tacuary FC Undisclosed 31.01.2007
Álvaro Arbeloa Deportivo £2,500,000 31.01.2007
Javier Mascherano West Ham On Loan 20.02.2007

Rafael Benítez sold 36 players for £41,075,000

Markus Babbel VfB Stuttgart Free 16.07.2004
Danny Murphy Charlton £2,500,000 10.08.2004
Michael Owen Real Madrid £8,500,000* 14.08.2004
Stephane Henchoz Celtic Free 28.01.2005
Vladimir Smicer Bordeaux Free 13.06.2005
El Hadji Diouf Bolton £3,500,000 15.06.2005
Mauricio Pellegrino Alaves Free* 17.06.2005
Alou Diarra Lens £2,000,000 23.06.2005
Mark Smyth Unknown Free* 01.07.2005
Paul Harrison Unknown Free* 01.07.2005
Richie Partridge Unknown Free* 01.07.2005
Patrice Luzi Unknown Free* 01.07.2005
Gregory Vignal Portsmouth Free* 01.07.2005
Igor Biscan Panathinaikos Free* 01.07.2005
Jon Otsemobor Rotherham United Free* 01.07.2005
Antonio Nunez Celta Vigo £2,000,000* 29.07.2005
Milan Baros Aston Villa £6,500,000 23.08.2005
John Welsh Hull City Player Exchange* 01.01.2006
Josemi Rey Villareal Player Exchange* 02.01.2006
Zak Whitbread Millwall £200,000 13.06.2006
Bruno Cheyrou Rennes Undisclosed 29.06.2006
Ramon Calliste Unknown Free* 01.07.2006
Robbie Foy Unknown Free* 01.07.2006
David Raven Carlisle £0* 03.07.2006
Fernando Morientes Valencia £3,000,000 05.07.2006
Dietmar Hamann Bolton Free 11.07.2006
Antonio Barragan Deportivo £675,000 03.08.2006
Djimi Traore Charlton £2,000,000 09.08.2006
Carl Medjani Lorient Free 12.08.2006
Neil Mellor Preston £500,000 30.08.2006
Jan Kromkamp PSV Eindhoven £1,750,000 31.08.2006
Chris Kirkland Wigan Ath. £3,500,000* 27.10.2006
Darren Potter Wolves £250,000* 18.01.2007
Stephen Warnock Blackburn £1,500,000 22.01.2007
Salif Diao Stoke Free 25.01.2007
Florent S Pongolle Recreativo de Huelva £2,700,000 04.05.2007

So Rafa has spent the Princely sum of £40,500,000 in 7 Transfer windows.

For that he's taken us to 7 Finals and won 4 already with number 5 to follow

[darkknight]

[Q] Liverpool legend Toshack, now manager of Wales, said: "Liverpool are under pressure to win it. People can be very fickle and the dividing line can be so thin.

......... horse****.

[der_Fuchs]

Unfortunatley, we were out of the race for the Premiership title before Christmas, so it's not true to say that we concentrated on European success at the expense of the league.
Or in other words, our league standing was not significantly affected by our European cup run. If Rafa wants to focus on anything, it is having the confidence to take the game to the opposition when away from home, instead of just sitting back and waiting for goals to appear out of the blue.

[Bob]

Kuyt said: "With Benitez and a couple of others we were dancing like idiots in the changing rooms. You should have seen the manager. He was just as euphoric as the players. Our celebrations in the dressing room went on for more than half an hour after the final whistle. None of us can remember every detail of what happened immediately after the match. We just went crazy.

Rafa said he never went near the dressing room. Someone is lying.

[bazza76]

Rafa said he never went near the dressing room. Someone is lying.

yeah thats right, Rafa didn't want to get soaked or thrown into the bath by the players, so he kept out.
Either that.
Or, he didnt want the players to see him celebrating when we still have not achieved our main aim this season.

[tommyg]

[Q] Liverpool legend Toshack, now manager of Wales, said: "Liverpool are under pressure to win it. People can be very fickle and the dividing line can be so thin.

......... horse****.

you would think so, but it is suprising how quickly fans turn on managers, even perhaps liverpool

[JHP]

Toshack is a ******. He's best ignored.

Don't have a go at Toshack as it's not clear from the article what he said and what Gorman has added.
Quotes are used to begin sentences but are not used to signal the end of what Toshack said. For instance, if quotes are added after they'll put up a monument to Rafa, then the rest are just Gorman's words and Toshack’s comments are fine.