Rafa Watch

[Norbs]

I wonder if he looked old even as a child

[baitman]

I don't think he has excelled anywhere since he left Liverpool FC...

interim at the chav cunts.

cant remember the details exactly but where were they in the league before he came in and gave them some stability, got some bit part players to turn in a shift, etc.

[Doc_Piptorious]

If rumors are to be believed, Real Madrid.

I was reading an article which had an interview with his agent. Rafa was apparently offered the Madrid job twice when he was with us and he rejected them two times. And I am reasonably confident that even if he is in the frame for the Madrid job, if FSG make a strong push, he will come back to us.

Whatever you think about Rafa, I think he is the only manager who is bat**** crazy enough to potentially reject Madrid three times for us.

I think he is a better manager than most of the roles he has been linked with. I do think that his stock/reputation is currently lower than his actual ability should warrant, hence me saying rightly or wrongly in an earlier post in this thread when referring to his apparent stock.

But I don't think he would be the right man for Liverpool if Rodgers was pushed out this summer.

My biggest worry with a returning Rafa would be that he would have the ability to split the fanbase very quickly if things did not go to plan early on, and I think that he would not be shown the same level of patience that a manager with a clean slate might get.

I don't think he has excelled anywhere since he left Liverpool FC, but he would be a good bet to, and I am talking league here, get us back to where we were before under him, but I would question if he is the man to take us a step further up to where he had us on a regular basis and again I am talking league here.

I think that by his second season he would have us as a solid top four contender and a challenger for cups, but I am not sure if he is the man that can turn regular top four contender status into regular or semi regular title challenger status.

All that said, he would still be on my shortlist to interview if Rodgers was getting the boot, but maybe the third or fourth name on that shortlist.

[Bender]

[peekay]

Which goes back to my point about what level of club his apparent stock currently attracts.

If rumors are to be believed, Real Madrid.

I was reading an article which had an interview with his agent. Rafa was apparently offered the Madrid job twice when he was with us and he rejected them two times. And I am reasonably confident that even if he is in the frame for the Madrid job, if FSG make a strong push, he will come back to us.

Whatever you think about Rafa, I think he is the only manager who is bat**** crazy enough to potentially reject Madrid three times for us.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Yeah but if they don't actually want him they aren't available.

Which goes back to my point about what level of club his apparent stock currently attracts.

[Vermilion]

There is a good chance that Man City will have a vacancy come the end of the month

Yeah but if they don't actually want him they aren't available.

[EwarWoo]

City would never hire him.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Could be i suppose. Or it could just be the biggest club in England available, and he wants to be in England, where Jose Montse is.

There is a good chance that Man City will have a vacancy come the end of the month

[Vermilion]

If he goes to West Ham I think it is an good indication of how much his stock, rightly or wrongly, has fallen.


Would be a big risk for him imho as he would be expected to do better than the last four or five managers that came before him there, and any failure to do that could see it become even harder for him to appear an attractive option for a bigger club.

Could be i suppose. Or it could just be the biggest club in England available, and he wants to be in England, where Jose Montse is.

[Darkon]

Interesting end to the season for Rafa after last nights win.

3 points behind Lazio, but much worse GD. 4 points behind Roma and 3 goals worse off.

Last fixtures:

Juventus - Napoli
Lazio - Roma

Roma - Palermo
Napoli - Lazio

So basically it can all be done by next weekend if Napoli don't manage to win at Juve. They have nothing left to play for, but are by far the best team in Serie A. Then there is Lazio at home that are playing well, but they have to beat them with all likelyhood.

Roma are looking good having to just beat mid table Palermo with nothing to play for.

Lazio have though run as well, but could get CL with just a draw against Napoli.

To me it looks like Rafa & co will miss out this year.

[Doc_Piptorious]

If he goes to West Ham I think it is an good indication of how much his stock, rightly or wrongly, has fallen.


Would be a big risk for him imho as he would be expected to do better than the last four or five managers that came before him there, and any failure to do that could see it become even harder for him to appear an attractive option for a bigger club.

[rodo]

Yeah, not challanging at the moment. But they will be fighting with Southampton Liverpool, Swansea, Everton and Spurs in that second group outside the top 5 or so I think.

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[Alex]

Yeah, not challanging at the moment. But they will be fighting with Southampton, Swansea, Everton and Spurs in that second group outside the top 5 or so I think.

[Darkon]

If you by top-7 mean they will finish 7th then yeah, but I honestly can't see them moving any further than that unless they do a Chelsea/City type takeover. They can out Southampton as they are reliant on doing clever business, but even with a bigger stadium they are miles away from anyone else above them IMO.

Not like having a large stadium have done much for Newcastle to take an example from the PL...