Why is Torres the only one to verbally back Benitez?

[glynner]

Twice in 10 days Fernando Torres has spoken to the media regarding the possibility of Benitez getting fired, his comments being that it would be "a mistake" to get rid of Rafa, and "please don't sack him" - and you get the feeling those words are an understatement from the Spaniard.

My sense is that Benitez played a huge role in him joining Liverpool, so it's obvious that he is loyal to Rafa - but where is the fellow loyalty among his team-mates?

Players have a lot of power in the modern game, and words of support and backing from the likes of Carra, Gerrard and Alonso, amongst others, would be powerfully echoed all the way up to the owners.

If Slur Alex's position was somehow under threat from Manure's American owners, it's easy to picture half the Manure team crying mutiny from the hilltops.

Why is it not the same at Anfield?

[Nic83]

I think that it's mainly just because a lot of the Liverpool players are not very out spoken. Nothing sinister. In general, we don't tend to see most LFC players talking to the media about anything really, never mind about the Rafa situation.

You see the likes of John Terry or Rio Ferdinand talking all sorts of ****e but they just like their ugly mugs being all over TV!

[Mattimetal]

Maybe because it's all paper talk yet again about Rafa's future.. and they could have just reitterated what Torres said the last week.

[Chris]

We dont need players making a big drama of everything in the media. They've shown on the pitch they back the manager (bar Reading but I thought that was Rafa's fault not the players) and thats the way it should stay.

[kewellnthegang]

cos some dont want to

[tsb]

Because this whole situation is a non-issue, stoked up by media hacks in order to justify their pay checks. Whenever a manager gets a "vote of confidence" it usually means he's soon out the door. Look hard enough at any situation and you can read from it what you want. If the players were going on about it in the media, everyone would be posting about how players should keep their mouths shut and that it should be solved internally. In this day and age of egos and footballer worship, it's a nice sign of restraint from our players.

[Mattimetal]

Because this whole situation is a non-issue, stoked up by media hacks in order to justify their pay checks. Whenever a manager gets a "vote of confidence" it usually means he's soon out the door. Look hard enough at any situation and you can read from it what you want. If the players were going on about it in the media, everyone would be posting about how players should keep their mouths shut and that it should be solved internally. In this day and age of egos and footballer worship, it's a nice sign of restraint from our players.

Kuyt talking to the press today...

"I think everybody reads a little bit in the papers but we just focus on the games," he told Setanta Sports.

"For me, surely, he does a really good job. He is the best manager I've ever had. Tactically and in training, he is really, really good.

"I can learn from him every day."

Says it all for me really papercrap! I haven't read many articles the last week about Rafa's position as then I'd be as negative as half the people on here about his future.

[col]

Because this whole situation is a non-issue, stoked up by media hacks in order to justify their pay checks. Whenever a manager gets a "vote of confidence" it usually means he's soon out the door. Look hard enough at any situation and you can read from it what you want. If the players were going on about it in the media, everyone would be posting about how players should keep their mouths shut and that it should be solved internally. In this day and age of egos and footballer worship, it's a nice sign of restraint from our players.

If it was only being stoked up by the media it would have gone quiet by now. There is definitely something wrong here.

Perhaps a better question is why are the fans not vehemently supporting Rafa like we were a few weeks ago. FFS Klinnsman / Van Basten have been linked over the last couple of days.

The new owners have still to come out and put a lid on all this speculation and firmly nip it in the bud. Until then we should be doing everything we can to ensure the right decision is made and Rafa can continue to take our club in the right direction.

Hopefully tonight will shut it up for a few days....

[Mumsafan]

Because we're gonna sack Rafa and replace him with Mourinho. All our players know this and don't want to look like tits in the press. Torres hasn't been told cos he's the new boy.

[Trippendicular]

And because he's the new boy the press are more interested in what he has to say as he's still a novelty and the press probably know the other players won't give them anything

[tsb]

Because we're gonna sack Rafa and replace him with Mourinho. All our players know this and don't want to look like tits in the press. Torres hasn't been told cos he's the new boy.

[Red_hot]

Because we're gonna sack Rafa and replace him with Mourinho. All our players know this and don't want to look like tits in the press. Torres hasn't been told cos he's the new boy.

Don't say that!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe King]

Because its rag talk

[tomasjj]

Because we're gonna sack Rafa and replace him with Mourinho. All our players know this and don't want to look like tits in the press. Torres hasn't been told cos he's the new boy.

F*** off Mourinho!

[Joe King]

I Love Mourinho, the same as anyone would love AIDS