Rafa Benitez Leaves Liverpool

[Chris]

Assuming the report is correct.

Obviously.

[JohnDoe]

Assuming the report is correct.

Tony Barrett is a trusted reporter in my book.

[Craig_H]

Tony Barrett is a trusted reporter in my book.

Yeah, mine too. It just seems incredible though. Even for Hicks.

Doing it is bad enough. Letting it leak? Well, the mind ****ing boggles.

[Guest]

Because its now public knowledge our owners dont want the manager. Its not a fair situation for Rafa or the players to work under.

It would be horrendous.

Though his wording was weird really, we're ****ed whoever manages the team.

'Public knowledge' I'm not sure, it has to be confirmed by both parties first.

It's incredible how things spiralled so quickly and how bad those ****wits have been to this club. One year we were challenging for the league and the other we descended into near mid-table mediocrity.

It's even more surprising because the same ****wits gave him an improved contract just last year, then they are said to be unhappy with him? How ****ing progressive is that? Give him that much levy in his contract then find themselves having to pay all that money because they want him off?

****ing cunts.

[Craig_H]

If this is true, then it doesnt look like the actions of an owner who's genuinely wanting to sell.

[Guest]

Can you imagine Rafa staying after being offered a deal by the club to **** off? His position is untenable. What kind of message does it send to everyone?

"We'd love to get rid of Rafa but we can't pay him enough for him to go"

You said we were ****ed if he stayed.

[JohnDoe]

Yeah, mine too. It just seems incredible though. Even for Hicks.

Doing it is bad enough. Letting it leak? Well, the mind ****ing boggles.

I wouldn't be surprised if the club leaked it on purpose.

[JohnDoe]

You said we were ****ed if he stayed.

And?

[Guest]

Then Hicks is a ****ing loon. He's even more of a ****ing loon because he's not going to attract the favours of the fans who want him out and some of them are going to can him if he ever sets foot at Anfield. He's a ****ing idiot if this is true.

[cream]

I wouldn't be surprised if the club leaked it on purpose.

Seems to be norm nowadays.

[Shaggy]

Then Hicks is a ****ing loon. He's even more of a ****ing loon because he's not going to attract the favours of the fans who want him out and some of them are going to can him if he ever sets foot at Anfield. He's a ****ing idiot if this is true.

He's a ****ing idiot anyway, but I take your point.

[Guest]

And?

It would have been more appropriate to say that we were ****ed if he goes. FFS. What's your logic?

[JohnDoe]

Then Hicks is a ****ing loon. He's even more of a ****ing loon because he's not going to attract the favours of the fans who want him out and some of them are going to can him if he ever sets foot at Anfield. He's a ****ing idiot if this is true.

He doesn't care about the fans, he's pretty much shown how much he cares over the last couple of years.

[JohnDoe]

It would have been more appropriate to say that we were ****ed if he goes. FFS. What's your logic?

My logic is that the team will completely collapse (even worse than this season) if they're led by an unwanted manager who's considered a "dead man walking".

[Shaggy]

I think they've just had enough of Rafa fighting his corner. They want a nodding dog, a yes man who'll just be happy with the prestige of being Liverpool manager and just quietly do as well as he can in the circumstances, rather than a bloke who cares about the club so much he's prepared to fight tooth and nail, to get himself into all sorts of scraps, to ensure we're being run the right way, in a way that makes us competitive.