Sack Him..... or don't

[Jan-Erik]

A note to Hicks & Gillett - Spend peanuts you get monkeys / Splash cash you get Torres

We now need quality attacking players to play alongside Torres & Gerrard. That means committing serios wedge. No point in building a 70k stadium if we are not doing it on the pitch. Give Rafa a 50 million NET budget this summer and go for broke. Let him sign an Aguero or a Queresma or a Huntelaar!! The man needs your support.

[Dhav]

Spot on mate. Dont you just love the internet when we're having a bad time?

Like a ****ing zoo in here when we lose, can't stand it. You can hear the knives being sharpened when we're having a bad time. It's sad that after all Rafa's done for us, in the past when he's had big offers from the likes of his dream club but turned them down to stay with us, after the sacrifices he's made, after all the success he's brought us, and people on here won't even give him the benefit of the doubt. Instead they prefer to stick the boot in. Disappointing.

[Morph]

Ooo, I can't wait

lol it's up knock yourself out

[Craig_H]

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez:
"In this position, you cannot think about the leaders, you must think about the next game.

"You can play well, you can create chances, but you need to win.

"When you talk about a draw away, sometimes you think that is good, but when you are trying to reduce a gap, you must be disappointed."

No one with eyes watching that game could think we played well! I just hope this is simply media fodder and that behind the scenes Rafa is ripping them new arseholes for that performance.

I dont think you can blame him for using politically correct rhetoric with the press. Certainly i wouldnt criticise him for it.

I dont think he believes that really, but the time to express it isnt when he's in front of the cameras. He'll be peddling a different message behind closed doors.

[Jesus]

Just don't know anymore. I'm ****ed off with the lot it - Rafa, the owners, the players, the media.

Part of me thinks keep him and look to the long term. But the other thinks he's never going to change, which, if we're honest, is the real crux of the problem.

You can talk about better players coming in all day, but until the manager changes his mentality and adopts an aggressive approach and system that allows them to flourish, we'll continue to fall short.

The really, really frustrating thing is, when we do go for it we look good, slick and dangerous, and all the things I want to see from a Liverpool side. But, as usual, we set up in tactical/defensive mode from the beginning, lose a goal, and then leave it too late to really make charge.

Stop the excessive rotation, pick your best players in a system that gets the best out of them, that includes Torres and Babel paired together, and let them off the leash.

[Kenneth]

I just can't ignore the coincidence of Pako leaving and the wheels falling of our season. Is Rafa good enough by himself? The way we are playing makes me question all of the claims about Rafa's tactical genius. Yes, the reserves are doing well, but Rafa doesn't manage them.

[Morph]

I just can't ignore the coincidence of Pako leaving and the wheels falling of our season. Is Rafa good enough by himself? The way we are playing makes me question all of the claims about Rafa's tactical genius. Yes, the reserves are doing well, but Rafa doesn't manage them.

have a look at my defence thread i think that explains it better than pako leaving

[Jesus]

I just can't ignore the coincidence of Pako leaving and the wheels falling of our season. Is Rafa good enough by himself? The way we are playing makes me question all of the claims about Rafa's tactical genius. Yes, the reserves are doing well, but Rafa doesn't manage them.

Rafa has lost it since Pako left, IMO. Unsurprisingly, too. They were together for a long time.

There's no one to tell him when he's ****ing up and to motivate the players and to be the buffer between the manager. He's doing it all by himself with a load of yes men around him.

[Kenneth]

People rightly say we've spent less than Utd and Chelsea, but we shouldn't need to in order to win comfortably against Wigan, Birmingham, Boro etc. If we were only dropping points against the big boys, we'd still be in it.

[Kenneth]

have a look at my defence thread i think that explains it better than pako leaving

Ok, I will.

[kopdan]

Its fair to say, Liverpool's new owners have certainly come in with a bang.

Are we any better off than when we were under Moores?

[BahBah75]

9 words

**** OFF PARRY
**** OFF HICKS
**** OFF GILLETTE

[kurtangle01]

Its fair to say, Liverpool's new owners have certainly come in with a bang.

Are we any better off than when we were under Moores?

To early to make a judgement but there is certainly much for them to learn.

[Jesus]

9 words

**** OFF PARRY
**** OFF HICKS
**** OFF GILLETTE

Blah, blah, blah.

Blame everyone but the manager and team.

G*H didn't stop us getting just 4 wins out of 9 at home this season.

[kopdan]

I think everyone is to blame. I dont really pin it on one camp or the other. A few things have led us to where we are now.. sad really when the summer started so so well.