Liverpool FC Forum

[mistyred]

I suppose for me it's the "Style" of football we play it bores the absolute t its off of me.

Sometimes i think "What a bunch of w ank" .

But thats just me

[lakes10]

im not expecting Rafa to quit as the job he wanted at bernabau has been offered to Mourhinio. Hence Rafa's comments today in madrid...saying maureen wasnt the right man to manage real.

I sense another Lakes style exclusive coming on here... 

lol all i can say mate is that all the media think he is in talks with Inter.

[kazza]

im not expecting Rafa to quit as the job he wanted at bernabau has been offered to Mourhinio. Hence Rafa's comments today in madrid...saying maureen wasnt the right man to manage real.

I sense another Lakes style exclusive coming on here... 

lol all i can say mate is that all the media think he is in talks with Inter.

Last couple of years all the media were convinced he was going to Madrid. He didn't and they were wrong. It does happen! Especially in the "reaching for sh!t" part of the season.

[kawaton]

Benitez hates Maureen, that much is obvious.
Maureen has taken Inter to successive Seria A titles, and potentially the CL.

If Benitez took over at Inter, not only would he be accepting a position that is effectively Maureen's cast off, but he has a bloody big task to follow those achievements.

Rafa wouldn't take the risk of coming second best to maureen.
He cares too much about his own pride.

[baldricks_cunning_plan]

Benitez hates Maureen, that much is obvious.
Maureen has taken Inter to successive La Liga titles, and potentially the CL.

If Benitez took over at Inter, not only would he be accepting a position that is effectively Maureen's cast off, but he has a bloody big task to follow those achievements.

Rafa wouldn't take the risk of coming second best to maureen.
He cares too much about his own pride.

Since when did Inter play in and win La Liga?

[Emerald Red]

Benitez hates Maureen, that much is obvious.
Maureen has taken Inter to successive La Liga titles, and potentially the CL.

If Benitez took over at Inter, not only would he be accepting a position that is effectively Maureen's cast off, but he has a bloody big task to follow those achievements.

Rafa wouldn't take the risk of coming second best to maureen.
He cares too much about his own pride.

When has Rafa publicly stated he hates Mourinho?

[dawson99]

Benitez hates Maureen, that much is obvious.
Maureen has taken Inter to successive La Liga titles, and potentially the CL.

If Benitez took over at Inter, not only would he be accepting a position that is effectively Maureen's cast off, but he has a bloody big task to follow those achievements.

Rafa wouldn't take the risk of coming second best to maureen.
He cares too much about his own pride.

When has Rafa publicly stated he hates Mourinho?

Everyone hates Mourinhio, the guys a plank

[bigmick]

It really is extremely unusual for a manager to get involved in another clubs decision about their new boss in the way Rafa did with Mourinho and Real Madrid, very strange indeed. I would have thought that seeing as Rafa has obviously pencilled in the Madrid job for himself at some point in his career, Mourinho going there now while they aren't that great and Barca are so dominant would have been his ideal scenario. The last thing he would need is following a manager who has been mega successful after all, the questions might be asked if he plummetted Madrid down to seventh in La Liga after six seasons of rebuilding.

Could it be that he is a bit wary that perhaps Mourinho will go in there and do a good job? Surely it's not possible for any manager to usurp Barcelona in their current pomp is it?

Rafa gets stranger and stranger as he gets older. Why is he comm enting on such matters, and how would the Liverpool fans react if Mourinho had said "Benitez isn't the right manager for Liverpool"? It beggars belief really.

[baldricks_cunning_plan]

It really is extremely unusual for a manager to get involved in another clubs decision about their new boss in the way Rafa did with Mourinho and Real Madrid, very strange indeed.

Every manager under the sun seems to have an opinion on our manager and quite openly talk about our man. I remember a while back Allerdyce banging on about "if he had Rafa's record, he'd have been sacked" or words to that affect. So why is it so strange for Rafa to have an opinion? And if he's asked "what do you think of Mourinho going to Real Madrid?" what do you expect him to say, maybe something like "yeah America is lovely this time of year apparently."

I would have thought that seeing as Rafa has obviously pencilled in the Madrid job for himself at some point in his career, Mourinho going there now while they aren't that great and Barca are so dominant would have been his ideal scenario.

His ideal scenario is to stay at Liverpool Football Club and he has said so himself, countless times. And Rafa hasn't pencilled in managing Madrid, everybody else in the media seems to have done that for him. Shows what a top class manager he is when he's already managing the biggest club in the world and is constantly linked with the second biggest. Rafa wants to stay at Anfield so he hasn't pencilled in managing Real Madrid.

The last thing he would need is following a manager who has been mega successful after all

Well there's no guarentee that, if Rafa was to manage Madrid, he'd be following Mourinho who I assume you mean by this mega successful manager. The same mega successful manager who got outclassed by Rafa in the European Cup semi finals of 2005 and 2007. So much so that Rafa had a little sit down during the penalty shoot out. And Rafa stuck around with his club didn't do the dirty and f**k off when times got hard either like this mega successful manager you're on about.

the questions might be asked if he plummetted Madrid down to seventh in La Liga after six seasons of rebuilding.

Yes questions might be asked. But then again questions might be asked to why we let a man go when he has just led Real Madrid to their sixth consecutive League title. But that's hypothetical at this moment in time  isn't it lad?

Could it be that he is a bit wary that perhaps Mourinho will go in there and do a good job?

Or if Mourinho makes a balls up of it like he did towards the end of his Chelsea career, will you say how right Rafa was?

Surely it's not possible for any manager to usurp Barcelona in their current pomp is it?

It's entirely possible, especially with a manager like Rafael Benitez at the helm.

Rafa gets stranger and stranger as he gets older.

And you get more senile, others get balder, others just get more desperate for the bog. We all differ in old age.

Why is he comm enting on such matters

Because he's asked about it. He can only comment on the things he's asked about. Come on, it's not rocket science is it?

and how would the Liverpool fans react if Mourinho had said "Benitez isn't the right manager for Liverpool"?

We'd tell him to shut the f**k up because it's clear that Rafa Benitez is right for Liverpool Football Club.

It beggars belief really.

As do quite a few things in this world, but don't worry your sweet head about them. Just go back asleep and dream happy thoughts.

[RED BEERGOGGLES]

If I might just hazard a guess  It could very well be a veiled response at Mourinho's jibe that was roughly along  the lines of "Liverpool is an incredible phenomena " ,then again I could be wrong in my assumption .....
I did however think it was strange at the time that Mourinho had decided to voice his concerns over Liverpool's capitulation ,but then I realised who had the soap box and it was hardly out of character so I moved on   .............

[bigmick]

Nice Baldy, cheered me up that did fella.

[baldricks_cunning_plan]

Nice Baldy, cheered me up that did fella.

No problem Biggy.

[Sir Roger]

Ask yourselves this: "is it all a game?"
The soap opera "will he, wont he?" plot.
The "victim" Rafa. The villainous owners plotting behind the scenes. Us, on his side, booing these foreign (Rafa is scouse) baddies.
He deliberates, he looks to go and starts walking towards his new destiny. We gasp. Is he really Fu*king us off? After all weve been through? He stops, he looks at our weeping faces. He thinks of us. He declines other suitors. He cant let us down. He turns back and winks to us
Cue the drums: dum, dum dum, dum dum der der der der...
He loves us.
Thanks Rafa, we love you too...

u r crazy 
do great managers have a bad season once in a while?
yes.
do they learn from this ordeal.
yes. and they come back stronger.

what about Rafa?
we'll see.

Carlsberg dont do soap operas
But if they did "Rafas story" would probably be the best one in the world...

[Emerald Red]

It really is extremely unusual for a manager to get involved in another clubs decision about their new boss in the way Rafa did with Mourinho and Real Madrid, very strange indeed. I would have thought that seeing as Rafa has obviously pencilled in the Madrid job for himself at some point in his career, Mourinho going there now while they aren't that great and Barca are so dominant would have been his ideal scenario. The last thing he would need is following a manager who has been mega successful after all, the questions might be asked if he plummetted Madrid down to seventh in La Liga after six seasons of rebuilding.

Could it be that he is a bit wary that perhaps Mourinho will go in there and do a good job? Surely it's not possible for any manager to usurp Barcelona in their current pomp is it?

Rafa gets stranger and stranger as he gets older. Why is he comm enting on such matters, and how would the Liverpool fans react if Mourinho had said "Benitez isn't the right manager for Liverpool"? It beggars belief really.

Rafa Benitez has ONE bad season and comes 7th in the league admidst possibly the worst run board in the top tier and yet you either want to rewrite history, or want to omit his past achievements altogether? Short memory? Alzheimers setting in? F*ck knows.

[Sir Roger]

It really is extremely unusual for a manager to get involved in another clubs decision about their new boss in the way Rafa did with Mourinho and Real Madrid, very strange indeed. I would have thought that seeing as Rafa has obviously pencilled in the Madrid job for himself at some point in his career, Mourinho going there now while they aren't that great and Barca are so dominant would have been his ideal scenario. The last thing he would need is following a manager who has been mega successful after all, the questions might be asked if he plummetted Madrid down to seventh in La Liga after six seasons of rebuilding.

Could it be that he is a bit wary that perhaps Mourinho will go in there and do a good job? Surely it's not possible for any manager to usurp Barcelona in their current pomp is it?

Rafa gets stranger and stranger as he gets older. Why is he comm enting on such matters, and how would the Liverpool fans react if Mourinho had said "Benitez isn't the right manager for Liverpool"? It beggars belief really.

Rafa Benitez has ONE bad season and comes 7th in the league admidst possibly the worst run board in the top tier and yet you either want to rewrite history, or want to omit his past achievements altogether? Short memory? Alzheimers setting in? F*ck knows.

Alternatively you could say hes had one GOOD season...?