I hope you're proud of yourselves

[barnes10]

pablos right.

rafa was our best option at the time. therefore sacking his was a **** up. players should have gone first. simple as that.

[red g]

Rafa out
Kenny interim would have been the best solution imo.

[Roboklopp]

Agree completely Poormanspablo.

Would also blame the players that turned on him too.

[Exiled_red]

pablos right.

rafa was our best option at the time. therefore sacking his was a **** up. players should have gone first. simple as that.

[destinydude]

All of you that are disagree with me are missing one crucial point here:

- When we sacked Rafa the club was in a huge mess and no decent manager wanted in.

Those of us with a few braincells knew that a manager as **** as Roy was all that was affordable/realistic if we chose to sack him. It was always going to be a managerial downgrade due to the state of the club at that time.

If you're all honest you all hated Rafa so much at the time you just ignored this simple fact as you were so desperate to get rid of him.

Oh pls again Pablo. Rafa wanted to go. He didn't even once categorically squash the Juve rumors except for a faint denial once.

We still had a chance to go for Kenny/Pellegrini or whoever that had European exp and exp of managing top clubs of late. The board made a gash decision.

Add to that the mood would have been horrible in the squad cos we all know that Stevie and Carra were very unhappy with him. The board wouldn't have sacked him without taking the senior players' opinion into consideration.

[Kenneth]

This is for all of you complete fools who helped hound Rafa out of the club, you know who you are.

You are all directly responsible for the utter mess we're in on the pitch now.

You brought this on, and I hope you feel proud of yourselves

How would you feel about feeling 7th now you idiots? You'd all jizz in your pants for a 7th place finish now wouldn't you?

If you'd all been sensible enough to see the bigger picture back then and get behind Rafa he'd still be here. H&G couldn't find a way to force him out until you lot all turned on him. The second the fans turned he was gone in a flash.

If we'd backed him we'd still have one of the best managers in the world at the club, new owners, and positivity all around the club, Rafa would finally have been able to go for his first choice signings etc.

Instead we're in the worst shape since prior to Shankly and you're directly to blame for it

New owners, but until Roy's gone well.........IAFN.

[pondus]

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[Rowan]

Sometimes Rafa frustrated the heck out of me. I couldn't get my head round a lot of his decisions and at times thought they had no positive impact on the game whatsoever. I think this season has really highlighted what an achievement last year was though and we're seeing just what an important player Mascherano was for us too.

I felt that the decision to move Rafa on wasn't an entirely wrong decision at the time. I loved (and still do love) the man but I suppose my expectations and reality weren't really compatible at the time. I'd walk to Milan to fetch him back now though. We need someone who understands not just about the tactics and the game but exactly what is involved in managing a team of our stature. It's Roy's inability to grasp that that is setting our current tone. If the manager has low expectations then the players will have. Rafa always expected us to compete and achieve. Roy just expects us to try to compete with achievement just a nice bonus.

[Pablo]

Oh pls again Pablo. Rafa wanted to go. He didn't even once categorically squash the Juve rumors except for a faint denial once.

We still had a chance to go for Kenny/Pellegrini or whoever that had European exp and exp of managing top clubs of late. The board made a gash decision.

Add to that the mood would have been horrible in the squad cos we all know that Stevie and Carra were very unhappy with him. The board wouldn't have sacked him without taking the senior players' opinion into consideration.

You all helped force one of the best managers we ever had out of the club and it resulted in him being replaced with Roy Hodgson. Most of us could see a million miles off it would end in disaster, and it has. It's as simple as that, and I'm pissed off about it.

[JHP]

I didn't want Rafa to go but he's gone. Pablo is right that this summer no quality manager would have wanted to work at LFC and we probably got the best available (put aside Kenny as that was obvioulsy a big risk with the time he's been out of the game).

It's inevitable that Roy will be on the new owner's agenda and if they chose to look for another manager then LFC is now a better prospect and some of the better quality managers would probably be back in the frame.

Looking positively with achange of manager and within a season Spurs moved from bottom to top 4

[kop-al-74]

This is for all of you complete fools who helped hound Rafa out of the club, you know who you are.

You are all directly responsible for the utter mess we're in on the pitch now.

You brought this on, and I hope you feel proud of yourselves

How would you feel about feeling 7th now you idiots? You'd all jizz in your pants for a 7th place finish now wouldn't you?

If you'd all been sensible enough to see the bigger picture back then and get behind Rafa he'd still be here. H&G couldn't find a way to force him out until you lot all turned on him. The second the fans turned he was gone in a flash.

If we'd backed him we'd still have one of the best managers in the world at the club, new owners, and positivity all around the club, Rafa would finally have been able to go for his first choice signings etc.

Instead we're in the worst shape since prior to Shankly and you're directly to blame for it

New owners, but until Roy's gone well.........IAFN.

Nonsence.People may have wanted change but they didnt ask for a mid table team manager in charge,did they?

We are a top team with world class players,we need a world class manager to lead us.FFS,he has made the best striker in the world look like sean Dundee!

[Vermilion]

It's not about hounding Rafa out...but those that voiced their negative opinion on Rafa imo gave the board the confidence to sack him, that i feel is a fact.

[Roboklopp]

I hold fast to my view that Rafa had to go. His defensive, over-complicated tactics, his constantly playing out-of-form or plain untalented players while resting those who could change games, his taking off anyone who dared to score a goal let alone threaten to score a hat trick etc, drove me absolutely insane last year. Roy is terrible and the moment he is out of our club I will finally feel the cloud lift, but Roy Is Awful = Rafa Is The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread is total kneejerkery.

FFS, I respect your right to disagree (only just mind), but how can it be total kneejerkery when half of us called thus collapse as soon as we sacked Rafa? Mindless, just utterly ****ing mindless.

[little dave hedgehog]

Sometimes Rafa frustrated the heck out of me. I couldn't get my head round a lot of his decisions and at times thought they had no positive impact on the game whatsoever. I think this season has really highlighted what an achievement last year was though and we're seeing just what an important player Mascherano was for us too.

I felt that the decision to move Rafa on wasn't an entirely wrong decision at the time. I loved (and still do love) the man but I suppose my expectations and reality weren't really compatible at the time. I'd walk to Milan to fetch him back now though. We need someone who understands not just about the tactics and the game but exactly what is involved in managing a team of our stature. It's Roy's inability to grasp that that is setting our current tone. If the manager has low expectations then the players will have. Rafa always expected us to compete and achieve. Roy just expects us to try to compete with achievement just a nice bonus.

if 7th last year was such an achievement, what about previous years?

we had a great manager who ost his mojo, and he's been replaced by ****.

2nd--over-achievement

7th--bad season

19th--manager dragging the playing staff down

[Armchairkopite]

You all helped force one of the best managers we ever had out of the club and it resulted in him being replaced with Roy Hodgson. Most of us could see a million miles off it would end in disaster, and it has. It's as simple as that, and I'm pissed off about it.

Relax mate, Rafa was a fantastic manager but as much as I thought of him I dont think he had the strength to continue the old regime.

Time to move on, maybe someday he will return but for now we need to shout about the clueless one that is Roy and pray that NESV act quickly.