Rafa Benitez Leaves Liverpool

[Kenneth]

They'll recruit someone who'll accept a quarter of what Rafa was on, and who wont complain if his best players are sold from under his nose, and wont complain at no funds to spend.

But then that's the reality. No point persisting with someone who won't accept it. It shouldn't be that eay, but it is.

[Broner]

They'll recruit someone who'll accept a quarter of what Rafa was on, and who wont complain if his best players are sold from under his nose, and wont complain at no funds to spend.

Aye, which makes me think Roy Hodgson will get the job.
As he's shown at Fulham, he can get the best out of a smallish squad.

If we had big money to spend and were in the Champions League, i think the Board would be after a Hiddink or Van Gaal but such is the state of LFC i'd be shocked if we were after them kinds of Managers.

[Craig_H]

But then that's the reality. No point persisting with someone who won't accept it. It shouldn't be that eay, but it is.

You say that, but no genuinely top class manager would accept those conditions. And neither should they.

[Kenneth]

Yep. i.e. a downgrade from Rafa, someone who will be thrilled to managed a club like ours and will do it without complaining or challenging the bull**** at the top.

Sounds preferable in a way. The bull**** isn't going anywhere unfortunately, and having a manager at war with the hierachy of the club is not sustainable. Ideaslly the yanks would be the ones making way, but that's just wishful thinking.

[Leyton388]

They will get a yes man who will be TOLD who is going to be sold. We are on a slippery slope to the bottom half of the table. There will be no Billionaire owner riding in to rescue us.

[Leyton388]

Sam Alladyce

That day will be the day LFC means nothing to me!

[spanky]

But will we the fans accept it, sitting in the stands watching Liverpool struggle against relegation fodder with a average manager on the sidelines.

[Kenneth]

You say that, but no genuinely top class manager would accept those conditions. And neither should they.

No big ego/big name maybe. All depends on who gets the job. I was in favour of replacing raga with hodgson earlier in the year and nothing has happened to change my view in all honesty. If it were Grant, then obviously it's a different matter.

[dww]

I'm not sure we can afford two pay offs - one to Rafa and one to the club of a new manager. In the current climate an 11th hour bid for Grant seems fairly logical.

If I was feeling conspiratorial I would suggest it would also explain the timing of this particular ****storm.

[Kenneth]

But will we the fans accept it, sitting in the stands watching Liverpool struggle against relegation fodder with a average manager on the sidelines.

Sounds like we accepted it with a big name manager this season.

[Shaggy]

I'm not sure we can afford two pay offs - one to Rafa and one to the club of a new manager. In the current climate an 11th hour bid for Grant seems fairly logical.

If I was feeling conspiratorial I would suggest it would also explain the timing of this particular ****storm.

Interesting point. Depressing beyond belief, too.

[dww]

I think Grant is a comparable quality manager to Hodgson to be honest. Certainly we could do far worse.

[Helios Creed]

Aye, which makes me think Roy Hodgson will get the job.
As he's shown at Fulham, he can get the best out of a smallish squad.

If we had big money to spend and were in the Champions League, i think the Board would be after a Hiddink or Van Gaal but such is the state of LFC i'd be shocked if we were after them kinds of Managers.

I think Hodgson was angling for the England job, but that may not be available now according to today's news, so maybe he'll be up for it now?

[Havors]

I can see Mark Hughes telling his agent to pick up the phone already.....

[Craig_H]

No big ego/big name maybe. All depends on who gets the job. I was in favour of replacing raga with hodgson earlier in the year and nothing has happened to change my view in all honesty. If it were Grant, then obviously it's a different matter.

Yeah but no manager could succeed with no budget and having his best players sold.

Top managers are good enough to know they can make demands to counter this - lesser managers arent. And that's what we'll get, a lesser manager.

Even one who might not be massively high profile, but is quite good, will struggle to do anything with a squad that will keep having it's best players cherry picked and no funds to replace them.