Rafa Watch

[Arn]

From RAWK...

Cesar Maldini (Paulo's dad) former Milan & Italy coach basically ripped Morratti after Rafa's statements, saying that anyone with half sense could've sensed what happened with Inter and that Morratti should've understood better given the fact that this same exact situation happened three years ago with Milan when Berlusconni refused to enter the transfer market after winning at Athens and then Milan went on to miss the CL places, saying that Rafa fell victim to the same thing Anchelotti fel victim to and that was an owner not caring about the team after achieving what they wanted and thinking the team's victories are all down to them.

[Craig_H]

He ****in loves us

karlsentk TK Karlsen
rafa "i dedicate the win to my family, to spain, to liverpool supporters (!) [...], to the staff, to the players, to [walter] samuel"

I bet the Inter fans love it

[Vermilion]

He ****in loves us

karlsentk TK Karlsen
rafa "i dedicate the win to my family, to spain, to liverpool supporters (!) [...], to the staff, to the players, to [walter] samuel"

Did Rafa say that ? ****s sake, makes me mad to think what might have been, ****in Fregie..7yrs of nothing and look what he achieved, we could'nt even forgive Rafa one bad season...i had a strong feeling that he was he right man for lfc and we had found our next managerial hero, we just had to stick by him, really won't ever get over that, it's real unfinished business for me..always will be.

[Baracus]

No way did Rafa say that about LFC. That must be a shaggyism. If he did maybe he needs some loving like these too guys.

Or else 'THIS IS MADNESS'

[badpiggy]

Just caught the end of Paddy Agnew - Irish Times Rome correspondent and Italian football pundit - on Newstalk Sunday Sports show and he seemed to be saying that Rafa is essentially gone and the replacement candidates are Spaletti (sp?) who has just won the Russian League with Zenit, the guy who's coaching UAE or maybe even Trappatoni as an interim manager before going for Guardiola in the summer.

[RedReet]

Those were the days!

YouTube - Magic moments of Rafalution - Rafa Benitez tribute

If someone had of told me back then that in a few years time my interest in football and LFC would be as it is at the minute I would have had to assume I was either on life support or a full-time junkie.

Things really need to change soon.

[marcus50bucks]

Inter Milan coach Rafael Benitez looked ever closer to the exit door today after his president Massimo Moratti blasted the Spaniard for an outburst about the club. Having seen his side beat Congolese TP Mazembe 3-0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup, Benitez launched into a tirade against the powers that be at the Italian club.

The former Liverpool and Valencia boss accused his bosses of failing to support him in the transfer market and accused the players of taking their own decisions. But Moratti, who had been ambiguous in his support of Benitez leading up to the FIFA Club World Cup, said his coach had erred.

Asked if Benitez's quotes had ruined the party, Moratti replied: "No, for the moment no. They weren't suitable for the situation but for the moment the Inter fan is happy." And pressed on the Spaniard's future, Moratti added: "I'm not going to talk about Benitez for the moment."

However, the speculation in Italy is that Benitez's time is up and his attack on the Inter hierarchy may just have made their minds up. What was unprecedented is that Benitez had always towed the party line before yesterday's victory and had never spoken out against his bosses.

"Now we will have a calmer period but to go forward we need total support, if we get that we can improve," said Benitez. "By support I mean first and foremost in the transfer market. I've spoken to Moratti and he knows what about.

"I've always done my job, right from the beginning and I need to have control of the players and what they do. If I have this support, which you should always have and should be total, otherwise you're always blaming someone and the team doesn't improve."

And Benitez suggested that if he didn't get that support, then he would even be prepared to walk away from the club.

"I deserve respect. I've shouldered all the blows and all the responsabilities but in August the club promised me three players but no-one arrived," fumed Benitez. "Now there are three roads: either the club starts a project and buys four players right now in January or we continue like this with the coach who is the only person to blame or otherwise the president speaks to my agent and we find a solution.

"Last year Moratti spent €80m on five players, all first choice, but this year with a new coach he's spent nothing. I don't know why, maybe there was something projected and then it didn't happen or to balance the books or for some other reason. After the summer I was 100 per cent disappointed with the transfer market."

Players not cooperating
Benitez also hit out at the players and suggested he did not control their training routines. "I want to know what the players are doing. These lads have done no gym work for two years and to compensate for this athletic work they go (to the gym without my knowing), and they hide problems and injuries."

Benitez has been under fire this season after a series of poor results, exacerbated by the fact this same squad of players won the treble last season under Jose Mourinho.

They dropped to seventh in Serie A last weekend while they were away on FIFA Club World Cup duty and they also failed to win their UEFA Champions League group, and the second round draw has left them with a challenging tie, pairing them with Bayern Munich.

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1354284.html?cid=rssfeed&att=

[Suarez]

He aged a lot during his time here.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

He's coming HOME
He's coming HOME
He's coming
RAFAS COMING HOME

[Bender]

In my honest opinion i genuinely think getting Rafa back makes sense

[-V-]

No he isn't. Because nobody at the club wants him back, especially not the players.

He'll be getting sacked from Inter but he won't be back to Liverpool.

[RedReet]

No he isn't. Because nobody at the club wants him back, especially not the players.

He'll be getting sacked from Inter but he won't be back to Liverpool.

What makes you jump to this conclusion?

[JohnDoe]

especially not the players.

Even if it was true, they have no leverage, they're ****.

[-V-]

What makes you jump to this conclusion?

Not jumping to conclusions mate, its well known that they all got fed up with him. Its just alot of fans who can't accept it.

Even if it was true, they have no leverage, they're ****.

Maybe but who signed them all? And who lost them?

[Mattshark]

Not jumping to conclusions mate, its well known that they all got fed up with him. Its just alot of fans who can't accept it.

No that is speculative, did you never learn to distinguish between fact and rumour?

Maybe but who signed them all? And who lost them?

Again, conjecture, nothing more.