New manager thread

[Shaggy]

LMAO

Barack Obama @BarackObama
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Calum Lawton @KopiteCal
@BarackObama any chance of a RT to show your support for Rafa Benitez being given the Liverpool job?

[Abro100]

Hello stranger!!!!!!!

Hello, how are things hope all is well

[Chrono]

Would be funny if he did RT it

[Vermilion]

Now starting to get a strong feeling it'll be Martinez.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Now starting to get a strong feeling it'll be Martinez.

Had the same feeling since day 1.

[Irfan]

Look who just put his head above the parapet!

Former chief executive Rick Parry says qualifying for the Champions League is the minimum requirement for Liverpool's next manager.
The Reds are hunting for a replacement for Kenny Dalglish after his sacking, having finished eighth in the league.
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You first of all set the criteria very tightly. From my experience, that led us to a shortlist of one
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Rick Parry
"We always said to be in the Champions League isn't a goal, it's a minimum requirement," Parry told BBC Sport.
"It's tougher now but I don't think it was unrealistic to at least be looking at being in contention last year."
Parry, who was at Anfield for 11 years between 1998 and 2009, was responsible for the appointments of Gerard Houllier and Rafael Benitez.
He added: "If you look at the criteria we applied when we appointed Gerard and Rafa they were a little different, even in that five-year period.
"With Gerard we deliberately decided we wanted to bring in some continental experience. With had the advent of the Champions League, France were very much on the ascendancy, so we thought he would bring something fresh.
"We parted company with Gerard having qualified for the Champions League because our standard then was we wanted to be in contention for winning the league.
"We wanted someone young and hungry, not someone looking for a pension. Rafa, having won the league twice with Valencia, was a perfect fit."
Club owners Fenway Sports Group, headed by Tom Werner and John W Henry, are believed to have drawn up a lengthy list of possible candidates, which includes Wigan manager Roberto Martinez and former Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas.
But Parry revealed the Reds board took a different approach during his time at the helm.
"You first of all set the criteria very tightly," he said. "From my experience that led us to a shortlist of one. In each instance got the person we were looking for.
"In every negotiation there is skill, a bit of luck and the third element is timing. Sometimes that is in your favour, sometimes it isn't because it is all about the right people being available."

[Captain Stu]

**** off, Judas.

[Neil Young]

That's no way to treat a new poster.

[Tee]

**** off, Judas.

[Tee]

That's no way to treat a new poster.

[Irfan]

Well we all know the Messiah is Rafa and Judas was Cecil!

[BG1973]

Ayre has also said, quite pointedly, that 'we're not going back'

Can't be arsed to find the quote - but rafa isn't returning. Having said that I was also confident that they wouldn't be stupid enough to get rid of Kenny when they did.

Trust me

No one accepts there may be two sides to every story. It's always the 'Get rid of Carragher, Gerrard, Ayre, anyone who doesn't like Rafa' stuff that really irks. All the 'FSG are this and that if they don't talk to him'. Maybe they have their reasons? I know he did all of the above, but again, if one person even dares mentions the stuff at Inter or his last season with us, they instantly a WUM who has been reading fed Sky agenda bollocks.

I've no beef with the man. It's this bizarre zombie-like 'It must be Rafa, no one else but him' that I have the beef with. I can't enjoy a discussion about him without someone just chipping in with 'I wish he was here.' Even Kenny Dalglish's reign was dogged with it. I mean, Kenny Dalglish! If he got those kind of comments, then what hope does any future manager stand?

I commented a while ago that he has the same effect on fans as Mourinho does at Chelsea. The next manager doesn't stand a chance IMO.

We are becoming the new Chelsea, but it's because of the above. We'll get Martinez or Villas Boas and when we're 7th in the table in October, the comments will be back 'We should've had Rafa'.

I wish he'd just get a job at a different club and then come back later on if there is a vacancy. Otherwise, it's just going to hang over every manager onwards because they aren't Rafa.

I wouldn't call some of the stuff I read idolising. I'd call it a cult following. I've said I've witnessed it from personal experience and that's why I react strongly with it. Nothing personal with anyone or with Rafa.

Have we improved or declined since he left?

Have better managers become available?

No and no.

We find ourselves substantially worse off which was quite easy to predict.
Unfortunately there was a large number of people who felt what Rafa achieved was not good enough despite the limitations and the obvious advantages at a couple of other clubs.

Reality is he's not coming back so rest easy. However his removal still remains a terrible decision to many fans.

Those fans are not the ones who deserve criticism. The shortsighted ones who don't know a good thing when it's there in front of them should be in the firing line.

[Zapater]

Now starting to get a strong feeling it'll be Martinez.

Indeed, the longer this farce continues, the worse the stigma regarding the job becomes, the more deterred reputable managers are and the higher the likelihood of Martinez. ****ing idiotic, madness to replace Dalglish with Martinez.

[Kenneth]

LMAO

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Indeed, the longer this farce continues, the worse the stigma regarding the job becomes, the more deterred reputable managers are and the higher the likelihood of Martinez. ****ing idiotic, madness to replace Dalglish with Martinez.

It can't be too great for Martinez either at this moment.. "You can have an interview, just wait while we keep being rejected by others in case we can find someone better"