Rafa Watch

[Ben_Itez]

I hope Inter stuff Spurs tomorrow.

[Rich]

I hope Inter stuff Spurs tomorrow.

Don't we all!

[Baracus]

Purslow's hand in the dismissal of Rafa was as significant an event as him having a hand in the dismissal of Hicks & Gillett. Seeing him being lauded as a hero for the latter, is just plain wrong.

O Captain, My Captain

[Shaggy]

SSN saying "stand by after the break, Rafa Benitez has had another rant"

[Helios Creed]

Is anyone watching the Inter match see the ball possession stats? Inter are playing away from home have had way more of it. Compare that to what we've been used to with Hodgson and we can see where our problem lies. Rafa rarely sets his team to surrender possession.

At our best, there were times that teams simply couldn't get the ball back.

[CJ]

at our best under him we were good, very good.

[Fredo]

at our best under him we were good, very good.

[Ben_Itez]

Yep and it seems like a distant dream already

[Fredo]

Been watching the Rafa interview - think he'll come back one day. Dunno when, but I can see him coming back. Not sure he's got the perfect job, at Inter, to show all his critics how good he really is, but it's one step at a time. I'd love him to ram it down their throats.

Love the man.

[Shaggy]

From the rattle: There will be a Rafa banner in Inter's end tonight

Approved by the Inter ultra's, few lads in there end tonight. 'Grazi Rafa, A gentleman, Justice for the 96'. Hope the camera's pick it up.

To thank him for his donation.

[Rich]

£96,000

[MrsB]

Grazie.

[SK]

I mentioned this in another thread. We are all in danger of seeing things purely in black and white.

Purslow certainly had a significant part in the ousting of Hicks & Gillett, and he should rightly be lauded. (Although Broughton is the man that pulled it all together IMO.)

But there's a substantial amount of evidence that Purslow on the football side of things has got plenty wrong. Worryingly wrong.

He's a finance man that seems to think he has an indepth knowledge of football - it's painfully obvious he doesn't. IF Purslow has to remain (and I'm hoping in the next 12/24 months he leaves) we need to bring in a powerful Director of Football that consults the board about footballing matters, and let's minimise Purslow's influence in footballing matters.

I've been advocating this thing for a while now, for the sake of continuity of "the Liverpool way" , so that it doesn't change with every new manager. One alternative would be to promote managers from within, but how many candidates are there at the club who'd be good enough to manager the first team?

Anyways i see Kenny as an ideal candidate for the Director of football role, he knows he club insideout and he's got plenty of connections in the footballing world.

[Stanbull]

Ha Ha Inter 1-0 after 1 minute

[dww]

Excellent