Poll - Should Rafa stay?

[kingfunk]

If you always do what you always did you will always get what you always got.

[Rich]

Rafa gets us into the top four and he stays.

[Pablo]

After each and every gut-wrenching late goal and listless display in defeat, I admit to myself, with a heavy heart, that the only way out of this mess is going with the impetus that comes with a fresh face and a fresh voice as manager. Never more so than after the Reading game the other night - I was convinced the players had completely lost belief in him, they weren't putting the effort in for the boss and they would never respond until he's gone. Enough's enough, I thought.

Then they go and put in a proud and fighting performance like that today to totally blow that theory out of the water. I can't bring myself to give up on him yet.

Once again, I agree with this.

Today also made me realise what a great bunch of fans we all are. After discussing it with my work friends and they all agreed if this was ANY other club he'd be long gone, but we are LFC and we are different, we are BETTER

[TheElephantMan]

Rafa gets us into the top four and he stays.

I still believe that he will.

[squaddie]

I still believe that he will.

Bias aside. I still believe our squad with the attitude in the right place, can beat anyone... We'll make it..... Because we have to.

[TheElephantMan]

Bias aside. I still believe our squad with the attitude in the right place, can beat anyone... We'll make it..... Because we have to.

Maybe the absence of our "star" players might be a good thing? We are possibly better off utilising players who will work hard for the team rather than a couple of prima-donnas who are obviously not delivering (and are clearly not fit) when we need them to? We have two of the best players in the World, but they're injury prone and need a rest. This could be quite fortuitous, if the rest of the squad can rise to the challenge then I still believe we can finish in the top four this season.

[squaddie]

Totally agree.

[EwarWoo]

Maybe the absence of our "star" players might be a good thing? We are possibly better off utilising players who will work hard for the team rather than a couple of prima-donnas who are obviously not delivering (and are clearly not fit) when we need them to? We have two of the best players in the World, but they're injury prone and need a rest. This could be quite fortuitous, if the rest of the squad can rise to the challenge then I still believe we can finish in the top four this season.

It's certainly an hard one.

We did look willing to fight last night which is something we've been missing. However we also lacked the killer touch without that skill.

And there's not really any shame in losing 1-1 to Stoke away, taken in isolation. They do make it very hard to play.

I do think it's a bit harsh calling Torre's injury prone but. He's been playing unfit for a while now because we were so desperate.

Sufferring pain and risking serious injury for the shirt doesn't equate to injury prone. I think the lad just get's too much put on him.

[Craig_H]

It's certainly an hard one.

We did look willing to fight last night which is something we've been missing. However we also lacked the killer touch without that skill.

And there's not really any shame in losing 1-1 to Stoke away, taken in isolation. They do make it very hard to play.

I do think it's a bit harsh calling Torre's injury prone but. He's been playing unfit for a while now because we were so desperate.

Sufferring pain and risking serious injury for the shirt doesn't equate to injury prone. I think the lad just get's too much put on him.

How does a team manage to lose 1-1?

[squaddie]

Still pedantic though.

[EwarWoo]

How does a team manage to lose 1-1?

Losing points I meant

[Craig_H]

Still pedantic though.

oh come on, if i hadnt, someone else would have

[Montana]

Rafa should stay

[Vermilion]

We've heard from the ex players saying sack Rafa, here's one who's opinion is different.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=726753&sec=england&campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5739

Beardsley urges Liverpool to stick with Benitez

January 17, 2010

Former Anfield star Peter Beardsley believes Liverpool should stick by under-pressure manager Rafael Benitez.

And he insists the Spanish boss, who has signed more than 100 players in his five years on Merseyside, is the best man for the job even if Liverpool do not finish in the top four at the end of the season.

Beardsley puts most of Liverpool's woes this season down to injuries to their most influential players, Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard.

Beardsley said: "He's (Benitez) signed a lot of players but look at most teams in the world. If they lost their stars then they would struggle. If you lost Rooney out of Manchester United's team they would struggle.

"The criticism is a bit over the top. I would definitely stick with him. What have they got to lose? It's only going to be the same players I would imagine for whoever takes over anyway. I would give him to the summer definitely and beyond then because he has done a brilliant job at Liverpool.

"They were really close last season to winning the league. When you look at the Premier League as a whole this season most of the top teams have lost three, four or five games which is unusual.

"He has got the respect of the players. In the main, most of the fans want him to stay.''

If the board decide Benitez, whose side drew at Stoke on Saturday after exiting the FA Cup against Reading in midweek, should lose his job, however, Beardsley believes Kop legend Kenny Dalglish would be the perfect man to take over.

Dalglish currently is working with the academy and Beardsley, speaking on Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme, said: "If they were to make a change that would be the perfect change. He (Dalglish) knows the club inside out. He and Sammy Lee get on like a house on fire so there wouldn't need to be wholesale changes. But at the moment I wouldn't do anything.''

Beardsley also believes there is no chance Gerrard, who was on the brink of joining Chelsea in 2005, will leave his hometown club.

He said: "When he turned down the Chelsea thing I think he committed himself to Liverpool for life and I genuinely believe he'll be there for life.''

[Craig_H]

Always been a favourite of mine has Beardsley. Classy player and classy bloke. Unlike some of the other vultures who salivate at the mouth, when the prospect of putting the boot in comes along.