Rafa has just confirmed to us that hes not going nowhere we all know how much he loves this club and the fans and im made up to read that

The ball lies in Gillette and Hicks court now to come out with something similar
Sabre wrote:Similarly we could ask how many times the Americans have to back Rafa. We did hear some backing a couple of weeks ago, and it's not necessary more than 4 days of silence and the journos start to write stories and rumours again.
bavlondon wrote:Its simple really. If they give the money for Masch then they are backing him, if they dont then they arnt backing him. Until then the papers will do what do best - fill the pages.
redtrader74 wrote:bavlondon wrote:Its simple really. If they give the money for Masch then they are backing him, if they dont then they arnt backing him. Until then the papers will do what do best - fill the pages.
Not necessarily, buying Mascher is the easy decision, he is a top class player who would enhance most sides, therefore useful to any manager who may arrive in the event that Rafa left and alternatively his value would not diminish in the short term. Its whether they back him in the smaller transfers, £5-7m, thats probably a better indicator of their relationship.
maguskwt wrote:I've already said again and again that Rafa should be given 2 more seasons to prove himself. This makes me probably one of the staunchest supporters of rafa on this forum... as even most of his supporters on here were only willing to say 1 more season.
Having said that, the prejudice on here against Klinsmann is really laughable. He single handedly revolutionalized the German national team from a boring long ball team to a team that can go toe to toe against argentina and italy and comfortably beat portugal. He has time and again proven his critics wrong whether he was as a player at spurs where he won the footballer of the year or whether he was the national coach of Germany where even the Kaiser, his staunchest critic, asked him to stay on as Germany coach. Pointing out that he doesn't have club experience is understandable.... but criticising him for being a diver and other ridiculous claims is laughable. Pls study how germany played before he took over and how they played at the world cup. I don't believe one can be as narrow-minded as this... I for one would want klinsmann instead of mourinho... I can never accept someone who treated Liverpool FC with disdain as our manager... that mourinho basically thought that LFC isI can never accept him.... especially not if he comes in and now say how what he said against LFC was just because of competition or something...
redtrader74 wrote:bavlondon wrote:Its simple really. If they give the money for Masch then they are backing him, if they dont then they arnt backing him. Until then the papers will do what do best - fill the pages.
Not necessarily, buying Mascher is the easy decision, he is a top class player who would enhance most sides, therefore useful to any manager who may arrive in the event that Rafa left and alternatively his value would not diminish in the short term. Its whether they back him in the smaller transfers, £5-7m, thats probably a better indicator of their relationship.
RUSHIE#9 wrote:maguskwt wrote:I've already said again and again that Rafa should be given 2 more seasons to prove himself. This makes me probably one of the staunchest supporters of rafa on this forum... as even most of his supporters on here were only willing to say 1 more season.
Having said that, the prejudice on here against Klinsmann is really laughable. He single handedly revolutionalized the German national team from a boring long ball team to a team that can go toe to toe against argentina and italy and comfortably beat portugal. He has time and again proven his critics wrong whether he was as a player at spurs where he won the footballer of the year or whether he was the national coach of Germany where even the Kaiser, his staunchest critic, asked him to stay on as Germany coach. Pointing out that he doesn't have club experience is understandable.... but criticising him for being a diver and other ridiculous claims is laughable. Pls study how germany played before he took over and how they played at the world cup. I don't believe one can be as narrow-minded as this... I for one would want klinsmann instead of mourinho... I can never accept someone who treated Liverpool FC with disdain as our manager... that mourinho basically thought that LFC isI can never accept him.... especially not if he comes in and now say how what he said against LFC was just because of competition or something...
I think a lot of the 'prejudice' against Klinsmann is based purely on the fact that he's never managed a club side, only has one managerial position under his belt and quite frankly lacks the experience that modern day club management requires.
I agree that the common conception is that he rejuvenated the German national side but this is tempered by the fact that it was in a competition in their own backyard. There are many examples of being the hosts of a competition improves a teams abilities - South Korea(2002), Portugal(2004), England (1996).
Managerial wise a perfect example of this is Frank Rikjaard. Holland had a decent run during Euro 2000 under his guidance but when he left and took his first club job at Sparta Rotterdam they were RELEGATED. Ok he's had success at Barcelona but in his first six months he came very, very close to losing his job. His record since then has been decent but considering the options at his disposal I could've probably done just as well. His managerial deficiencies are being hi lighted now all too glaringly and I can see Klinsmann being just the same.
You've gotta ask do you really want to see Liverpool FC used as the proving ground for Klinsmann as a manager based solely on him being a good player years ago?
Personally I shudder at the thought of him being given the reins and I fear he could set us back years.
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