New deal for Rafa agreed

[Craig_H]

What did he say? (not that I care what Usher says as he's a bit of an attention seeking whore).

[Jayesh87]

cos we're top of the league without playing particularly well.

fickle bunch the common football supporter

bog off

don't get me wrong, i think Rafa is a world class manager and we are lucky to have him but he is to stubborn for his own good at times and its costing us points.... You don't buy a 20mil striker and leave him on the bench when you need a goal imo. The last thing we won was the community shield back in 2006, so if we have another season without winning anything that will be 3 years...

yes you can say we are top of the league but look at Arsenal last season, they were saying that for 3/4's of the season and look what they won... I'd just rather wait until the season is over to see if we should extend his contract or not...

and lets face it, if George & Tom wern't trying to make the club look stable for a potential investment there is no way they would have given Rafa and extension before the end of the season imo.

[Mattshark]

bog off

don't get me wrong, i think Rafa is a world class manager and we are lucky to have him but he is to stubborn for his own good at times and its costing us points.... You don't buy a 20mil striker and leave him on the bench when you need a goal imo. The last thing we won was the community shield back in 2006, so if we have another season without winning anything that will be 3 years...

yes you can say we are top of the league but look at Arsenal last season, they were saying that for 3/4's of the season and look what they won... I'd just rather wait until the season is over to see if we should extend his contract or not...

and lets face it, if George & Tom wern't trying to make the club look stable for a potential investment there is no way they would have given Rafa and extension before the end of the season imo.

That is rather myopic, it completely ignores the fact that Keane isn't scoring at the moment.

[Sarb]

bog off

don't get me wrong, i think Rafa is a world class manager and we are lucky to have him but he is to stubborn for his own good at times and its costing us points.... You don't buy a 20mil striker and leave him on the bench when you need a goal imo. The last thing we won was the community shield back in 2006, so if we have another season without winning anything that will be 3 years...

yes you can say we are top of the league but look at Arsenal last season, they were saying that for 3/4's of the season and look what they won... I'd just rather wait until the season is over to see if we should extend his contract or not...

and lets face it, if George & Tom wern't trying to make the club look stable for a potential investment there is no way they would have given Rafa and extension before the end of the season imo.

Totally spot on that

[rage]

Anytime a team like Liverpool drops points then the manager deserves some sort of criticisim. Unfortunately it goes beyond fair criticisim on these boards far to much.
It seems like people dont give the players, manager or the opposition the right amount of respect and demand we win every game. We will drop silly points during the season as its the hardest league in the world.

sorry amigo no ones saying this. and honestly, i see no reason why we should show stoke, hull and fulham any respect whatsoever.

milkman was right, if g n t weren't looking to make the club look a stable sellable asset there is no way rafa would be getting a new deal until the end of the season

[Jayesh87]

That is rather myopic, it completely ignores the fact that Keane isn't scoring at the moment.

he had a decent game midweek against PSV and played a quality ball through for mmm bop and might have scored if Babel didn't hog the ball on a few occasions. He isn't going to score from the bench is he? You pay 20 million for a striker, which is a hellova lot of money, you have to stick with him when he is having a bad patch and he deserved his chance against Hull imo.

Torres hasn't scored at Anfield this season, does that mean we only play him in away games?

[Mattshark]

he had a decent game midweek against PSV and played a quality ball through for mmm bop and might have scored if Babel didn't hog the ball on a few occasions. He isn't going to score from the bench is he? You pay 20 million for a striker, which is a hellova lot of money, you have to stick with him when he is having a bad patch and he deserved his chance against Hull imo.

Torres hasn't scored at Anfield this season, does that mean we only play him in away games?

That is not what I saying. Kuyt has played better and scored more than Keane. So why was he outright wrong to not play Keane? Just because he cost a lot of money?

[Jayesh87]

That is not what I saying. Kuyt has played better and scored more than Keane. So why was he outright wrong to not play Keane? Just because he cost a lot of money?

No, because it was 2-2 at Anfield and we needed a goal to win the game. We bought Robbie Keane to score goals, atleast give him 20/30 mins to do that when we need a goal... And not bring on 2 players who haven't ever scored a league goal...

[Mattshark]

No, because it was 2-2 at Anfield and we needed a goal to win the game. We bought Robbie Keane to score goals, atleast give him 20/30 mins to do that when we need a goal... And not bring on 2 players who haven't ever scored a league goal...

Well Since Keane has only scored in one match for us in the league it hardly gives that any credence at all.
You have basically said Rafa should not get a new contract now because he did not make the substitution I wanted him to make.

[Jayesh87]

Well Since Keane has only scored in one match for us in the league it hardly gives that any credence at all.
You have basically said Rafa should not get a new contract now because he did not make the substitution I wanted him to make.

No, re-read my original post

Although the fact that Sarb agrees with me means that i am wrong