Do you still have faith?

[anfieldanfield]

Who?

(Not having a pop - I genuinely want to know who you think could do a better job )

Hiddink.

[Frank Leroux]

Mate even if the tide is turning opinion wise that doesn't mean that these people are right. It's even more important that Rafa sticks to it in these moments because he's doing things right.

No manager will get things their way so we're not certain to have a better one at the helm if he's gone tomorrow.

Don't agree with that at all, fredo.

His blind spots appear to me to be:

1. He buys 'versatile' players who can give a number of 'options' as far as team set-up is concerned. Torres and Alonso excepted. He asks these players to then carry out instructions which in some cases appear to be alien to them.

2. He changes formation/players too much or at wrong times.

3. He doesn't appear to create a 'loving' atmosphere with the players - they are pawns in his game of chess.

4. He's overly tactically minded. The PL is not chess, it's draughts.

Number 4 leads to the others so, imo, the last item listed above is the actual resaon he will not win us the PL.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Who?

(Not having a pop - I genuinely want to know who you think could do a better job )

gulp

Mourinho

*spits*

[Shaggy]

Hiddink.

I suspect almost everyone would say Hiddink but that'd be about it. Wouldn't it?

Hiddink seems to me an unrealistic target. Are there any genuinely attainable, possibly available managers who you think could do a better job?

I'm struggling for candidates and would like to see Rafa get the time and money (Snoogy Doogy, anyone?) to finish the job.

[Guest]

Don't agree with that at all, fredo.

His blind spots appear to me to be:

1. He buys 'versatile' players who can give a number of 'options' as far as team set-up is concerned. Torres and Alonso excepted. He asks these players to then carry out instructions which in some cases appear to be alien to them.

2. He changes formation/players too much or at wrong times.

3. He doesn't appear to create a 'loving' atmosphere with the players - they are pawns in his game of chess.

4. He's overly tactically minded. The PL is not chess, it's draughts.

Number 4 leads to the others so, imo, the last item listed above is the actual resaon he will not win us the PL.

You could be right mate, I could be wrong.

[Frank Leroux]

I suspect almost everyone would say Hiddink but that'd be about it. Wouldn't it?

Hiddink seems to me an unrealistic target. Are there any genuinely attainable, possibly available managers who you think could do a better job?

I'm struggling for candidates and would like to see Rafa get the time and money (Snoogy Doogy, anyone?) to finish the job.

Eh....might I suggest, emm, the baldy guy down at Reading....

[Frank Leroux]

You could be right mate, I could be wrong.

Of course, I hope I'm wrong...

[Mattshark]

I still have faith personally.

[Johnny]

Whether you or I like it or not, the tide is turning. It's a perfectly reasonable question to ask after yet another dreadful night. As I said, I just want to see where the fans (on this site, at least) stand on the issue.

Don't get me wrong - I love Rafa dearly, but you'd have to be an ostrich not to acknowledge that the tide is turning against Rafa. I've even read a negative post by REDSCOUSER - something I don't think I've ever seen.

The tide is turning after we put in two totally dominating performances against two teams who set their stalls out for a draw and put 11 men behind the ball in both games.
Lady luck is not with us.Nothing to do with the manager or team who were faultless in the last two games.

Most "Fans" on here need to get a grip.


I really hope we win the CL Final for the second time in 4 yrs just to see our fairweather fans squirm.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Don't agree with that at all, fredo.

His blind spots appear to me to be:

1. He buys 'versatile' players who can give a number of 'options' as far as team set-up is concerned. Torres and Alonso excepted. He asks these players to then carry out instructions which in some cases appear to be alien to them.

2. He changes formation/players too much or at wrong times.

3. He doesn't appear to create a 'loving' atmosphere with the players - they are pawns in his game of chess.

4. He's overly tactically minded. The PL is not chess, it's draughts.

Number 4 leads to the others so, imo, the last item listed above is the actual resaon he will not win us the PL.

Spot on for mine.

[anfieldanfield]

I suspect almost everyone would say Hiddink but that'd be about it. Wouldn't it?

Hiddink seems to me an unrealistic target. Are there any genuinely attainable, possibly available managers who you think could do a better job?

I'm struggling for candidates and would like to see Rafa get the time and money (Snoogy Doogy, anyone?) to finish the job.

*grits teeth*

Jos...

Argh! I can't do it. **** off Mourinho.

If we came calling for Hiddink I think we would get him Shaggy. He could have his fun with Russia in Euro 2008 and then we could be the last really big job of his career.

Either way, Hiddink and Mourinho are the only two names that leap off the page.

[Red Chilli]

Eh....might I suggest, emm, the baldy guy down at Reading....

Interesting new shout. Personally I worry about his temperament. Remember the Citeh debacle?
He's a lot to prove at the top level still IMO.

[Nic83]

What do you call a German condom maker?

[zimbo]

In the aftermath of a result like tonight's, which is unfortunately not a one-off and can't be dismissed as such, my instinctive reation would be a heavy-hearted 'no'.

But then I see the man speak and it's obvious he's hurting just as much, and cares just as much, and I want it all to work out for him and I wish I could climb inside the telly and give him a quick cuddle, stroke his beard and tell him it'll all be fine. And he'll assure me that we're still in the title race and that we'll win at Stamford Bridge, Highbury and Old Trafford, and that Voronin will perform like a cross between Maradona, Roger Hunt and Roy Race for the rest of the season. And I'll believe every word and go to sleep with a soppy grin on my face, as if I'd just been blown a kiss by Maria off Coronation Street.

But when I wake up, all the old nagging doubts come back and I admit I don't know what to think anymore. Really. I just don't know. And that, for me, is possibly the saddest thing of all.

[Frank Leroux]

Interesting new shout. Personally I worry about his temperament. Remember the Citeh debacle?
He's a lot to prove at the top level still IMO.

Of course he would be a bit of a punt. But he knows the English game.

What interests me about Coppell is he appears to be a little eccentric, perhaps a little too intelligent for the game? He has a nice dry wit. He's patently (if not actually stated) a fan of the club.

His personality type seems to me to fit in with the lineage Shankly, Paisley, Fagan, Dalglish.