Tom Hicks: Quit talking and coach the players

[The Erectile Banana]

It's not an issue of budget constraints. Every manager has them. It's not having the permission to plan that's the problem.

If anyone thinks that discussing the January transfer window (ins AND outs) in mid December is a sensible method of running a football club they need their heads testing. Sadly for us, that's how our owners appear to think.

I'm sure Benitez would be ok with you've only got x to spend unless you raise more, now go and plan for it.

But how the hell can he do his job when they won't even talk to him until 2 weeks beforehand.

He could and should have been spending international week nailing down his targets for January.

He's told to focus on coaching and training his team. But in international week he had no team to coach and train.

Every other manager in his situation will have been focusing on the January window. Benitez must have been fuming at how much time was being wasted as he, alone amongst his peers, had lots of time to chase up transfer targets but was banned from doing so.

Utterly clueless way to run a football club and LFC will NOT be successful in any way shape or form unless these gob****es get their act together and start understanding the way the football industry works.

It may be a good start if they opened their ears and took the advice of those who DO know. Here's a tip: Rafael Benitez is one of them!

Great post.

You've hit the nail on the head there.

It's more a question of planning than finance.