Fair play to Raffa giving the players a rocket. He's been diplomatic and it hasn't improved things; to be honest I can see big changes before next season. The likes of Kewell, Biscan, Traore, Smicer, Finnan, Mellor, Dudek etc may find themselves being used to generate some extra finance for the club. May sound extreme but I think he'll also be looking for a centre back now that Sami is not the spring chicken that he used to be - that's not to say that as a critisism cos to me he's been one of the best buys in a long time.
Got faith in Raffa in the transfer market too, I feel Garcia will come good and Alonso is going to be fantastic...........we need some WIDTH though! Thank Christ Houllier isn't buying for us anymore, that guy would buy players and either play them out of position or destroy their confidence. You can't get a team to play round one player, i.e Owen - great player but everyone played round him trying to give him a slide rule ball all the time. No wonder 'Manure' fans called him 'Secret agent Houllier'!
As for a player like Diouf there is someone who doesn't deserve to put the red shirt on. The sooner we get rid of him and stop paying his wages the better.