Rafa Watch

[Kenneth]

Rafa should quit football and become a PR consultant. Bite, you know you want to

[Neil Young]

FFS Shaggy, stop raking over new ground.

[Shaggy]

FFS Shaggy, stop raking over new ground.

[Chrono]

Do you really believe that he had the power to do that? You know our owners told him to shut the **** up when he tried to interfere.

Yes, clearly our crook owners that were running out of money and stealing every penny we had would tell Rafa that he had to spend £19m on a **** striker we didn't need.

Had he not wanted the player they would have jumped at the chance to spend even less.

[dom9]

Something strikes me about Rafa. And that is his similarity to those guys from the boot room years. Shankly, Paisley, Moran and the like. After they left the club, they never really left. They were part of the place still. In the other examples, I guess they retired but still held on to what was dear to them. Rafa hasn't retired, but is holding on in a smililar manner. It's in his blood. Does that make sense?

[Shaggy]

Yep.

I also think his unbreakable bond with LFC will work against him when looking for other jobs in this country.

I know it's a long way off, but I wouldn't want anyone else as our next boss.

[dom9]

Agree with your first point.

As for the second, I just don't know.

[Kenneth]

I don't really think it's healthy for Rafa. He's too young not to move on properly. If he's not careful he could end up like David Brent, turning up to his old place of work because ' he was in the neighbourhood'.

I am genuinely puzzled why he's decided to make merseyside his permanent home given the options his wealth gives him. Does he think he'll never be as/more successful again somewhere else? Waiting for the Spain job?

[Shaggy]

What's so puzzling about it? He loves it, his wife loves and his kids love it. When you find an area/home your family are all happy and settled in, you've struck gold.

[Kenneth]

Why do they all love it?

[Shaggy]

Are you joking?

[dom9]

Cos it's lovely.

[Kenneth]

No, I'm not joking. I don't understand. I can understand thinking its a nice place, but a spaniard thinking caldy is the pick of the globe to use as a base, just seems odd to me.

[Kenneth]

Enjoying his popularity with many Liverpool fans must surely be part of it. This, I don't think is that healthy for a man with the lions share of his career remaining. I could understand it more if he'd retired.

[Shanks]

It sounds like Rafa is going to be asked and answer a lot of questions during this "Night with Rafa" @The Empire

Arn, are you going?

I can't wait for a few of these myths to be put to bed..