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Rafa's on the verge on switching to Juve JUST before the Chelsea game .. great just great ..
 
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I wouldn't make any sense,besides we all know that a European Final would make your season look better than it was so no reason to leave right now.
 
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Uuh, the season is now officially over, Everton's draw and City/Spurs wins means we have nothing to play for.

Thank god that's over........on to next season!
 
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Kostaz said:
I wouldn't make any sense,besides we all know that a European Final would make your season look better than it was so no reason to leave right now.
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What European Final? We lost to Atletico remember?

Rafa told the press :
Asked if he would be at the club next season, Benitez said: "I want win against Chelsea and then Hull, and that is all. I am here now, and hopefully I will still be here on Sunday against Chelsea."
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He completely lost it now, moving on. Even if we lose both games we will still compete in Europa league, so might as well leave now before the *supposedly* title-changing game at the start of the season.
 
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I can see the likes of El Zhar, Pacheco, Ayala, Plessis, Lucas, playing tomorrow
 
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Why wouldn't Lucas be playing? You list him like he's a reserve player?
 
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koolaje said:
What European Final? We lost to Atletico remember?
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That's my point,if you had qualified for the final your season would look better than it actually was and maybe Rafa would stay.
 
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Have you not read the last 10 or so pages? :CONFUSE:
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I know, but I want to know if he really thinks Lucas is so far down in his estimations that he classes him as a reserve in the same class as Plessis?

Unbelievable.
 
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DagsJT said:
I know, but I want to know if he really thinks Lucas is so far down in his estimations that he classes him as a reserve in the same class as Plessis?

Unbelievable.
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No, of course I dont classify him as a reserve player. I was just joking. For me, he is the second choice for Mascherano or Aquilani or Gerrard, but no way we can be the Lucas + 10 team that we had been this season.
 
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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is reported to have claimed that the club have broken promises made to him before he signed a new five-year contract just over a year ago.

The Spaniard has admitted his future beyond the end of the current season is unclear, and has been quoted in several of Sunday's national newspapers as saying that the conditions at Anfield had changed since he agreed his new contract.

He said: "I decided to sign an extension because the squad was good and the money was going to be there. But the conditions changed.

"We've had a bad season and hopefully things will be different in the future, but at the moment I can't talk about the future because I don't know what's going on."

Benitez said a similar situation unfolded at Valencia, leading to him leaving the Spanish club for Liverpool in 2004.

"I left Valencia because conditions changed," he added.

"It was not a question of my money that I stayed at Liverpool. I said 'no' to other massive offers. I decided to stay under certain conditions and they have changed.

"The players share the same frustrations. I know how they feel because I've been talking to them all season. The season has not been good, that is clear. We know why and what has to change."
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Surely he's out now.
 
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needless to say i made some very strange noises during that passing move, and ended with lots of cursing..but on 2nd thoughts, it was quite a hard chance to take because of the height and pace the cross came in at. One of those chances that could have ended up in the net if it hit his knee rather than his boot.

Rafa played the tie very well, but he did say before the first leg that we needed an away goal....well we got one, it was disallowed when it was clearly onside. Another reason why Athletico werent deserving winners of the tie. I hope Fulham smash them.
 
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Morning.

I'm feeling a bit sad about the Rafa situation today; it certainly feels as though this is his final roll call at Anfield.

Whatever we think of him, it's going to be sad when he leaves. He's fought for us, behind the scenes in ways we could never appreciate.

Sad day.
 
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"Conditions changed" .... sounds like he's off.

Mixed feelings on Rafa. One one hand, he's a superb person and I admire the way he's conducted himself and been more than a manager with the club and the fans. He's done well for us in Europe and given us some great memories. If he didn't have to spend years balancing books rather than going out and spending money on upgrading the squad rather than replacing players, we'd be a lot better off.

But then some of the football we've played, his tactics and his subs have been baffling and I wouldn't miss those at all.

Either way, why would he stay now? Unless new owners arrive before next weekend, he isn't going to trust the owners no matter what they say to him now. He keeps saying that the future is Chelsea and Hull, it just sounds like he's ready to leave.

Hodgson or O'Neill, can they really do a better job than Benitez did? If we have the same owners, will they do a better job with no money? If we get new owners, would it not be better if Rafa had a chance to actually spend money on new players without selling first so that we can actually build a squad?

In an ideal world, the owners will sell up and new owners will come in with a big budget to spend and want Rafa to stay.

Sadly that's not going to happen.

Just found this on RAWK:

''great article by Rory Smith in the Telegraph couple of days ago...probably sums up how a lot of us feel at the moment.......



Goodbye to the mastermind behind the wins over Olympiakos, Juventus, Chelsea, Chelsea again, Marseille, Beşiktaş, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Real Madrid here which have entered Anfield folklore. The man who picked his way past Barcelona at Camp Nou, the man who stopped Juventus at the Delle Alpi, the man who stormed San Siro and the Bernabeu. The man who sat, cross-legged, on the touchline, a picture of calm in the maelstrom of a penalty shoot-out. The man who bested Mourinho, Ancelotti, Rijkaard, Mancini, Capello and all of the others placed in his way. The man who gave Liverpool possibly the greatest night in their history, in the muggy heat, the baffling incomprehensibility of Istanbul. The man behind the miracle.

Goodbye to the manager who, for all his travails in the Premier League (and what travails – 5th, 3rd, 3rd, 4th and 2nd in five years before this season’s disappointment), has restored Liverpool’s reputation in Europe. If the excellent book Soccernomics is correct, wage budgets are an accurate depiction of where a club will finish in its domestic league 92 per cent of the time. By that standard, Benitez has performed roughly as should have been expected. It is on the continent that he has superceded all expectations. That will be his legacy to Liverpool, when he leaves, whenever that is.''
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See Dags, I say so little because I know you'll say exactly what Im thinking anyway and that is a spot on summary above (further strengthened by the article).

One more name to think of for next season is Grant.

A shortterm appointment until new owners arrive.

Assuming the likes of Maureen aren't available then Id prefer Grant to Hodgson and MON (just to picture him doing his silly jump in front of the mop every fortnight scares me).
 
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Ah, this time I'm not thinking the same :LOL:

I wouldn't want Grant at all, and certainly not Mourinho. To go from the class of Benitez to the arrogance and lack of humility of Mourinho?

The other way of looking it is, none of us knew Benitez before he joined us. It's possible there's another manager our there who is similar to how Benitez was before we "found" him. Not likely though, especially if the clown owners are the ones looking for a manager.

Hopefully Dalglish and Rush will get involved in choosing a new manager... in fact maybe they could be the new management, with one being the manager and one being the assistant. Stranger things have happened.
 
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All out boys, last big games of the season, nothing more to play for but pride. Anfield will rise for one last time this season. Give the best farewell for the gaffer we all come to despise.
 
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You guys sound just like Milan. Memorable CL nights are now the past... where home games were almost 100% victories. We don't have enough quality to support our stars. End of a cycle huh.
 
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The anger and bitterness from the United fans is hilarious! :LMAO:
 
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It's funny because Chelsea looked quite nervous until Gerrard did a Gerrard circa 2004.
 
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jaygrim said:
I love the fact your shit.
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:CRY:

Nevermind Jay. You love seeing us play shite but when it doesn't benefit United for us to play shite, it's a scandal :LMAO:

Brilliant :D United fans gutted because we're not doing them a favour and bend over for them like other teams are expected to do for Mr Ferguson :D

At the end of the day, we've played shit all season, we've just played a gruelling match on Thursday night, yet United fans expect us to pull of a performance to beat the probably champions of the league?
 
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A few of you asking about the "squiggle" on Liverpool's shirts, by the way - apparently the sponsor's name is in Chinese today as a 'tribute' to the club's Far East market. Which is nice.
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:THINK:

Really? Nothing to do with this Chinese takeover which might be happening?
 
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DagsJT said:
Hopefully Dalglish and Rush will get involved in choosing a new manager... in fact maybe they could be the new management, with one being the manager and one being the assistant. Stranger things have happened.
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hope not, our so called "most knowlegable fans" will turn on them within 6 months if things don't go well

benitez has had to balance the books for too long now, after last season it was pretty obvious where we needed to strengthen, instead we barely replaced players who left so it's no suprise we've gone backwards

unless the yanks sell up in the summer, which i don't think they will, next season can be written off already irrespective of whoever the manager is as the funds won't be there to strengthen where needed
 
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Carlsberg's not your sponsor next season so not sure that'd make any difference?

I'm glad for you that your utterrly shite season pales into significance when we'll only come 2nd. Nice that you've got your priorities straight. :)
 
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