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s@int wrote:

god_bless_john_houlding wrote:Bow fools at the legendary wind up master. Be warned though, if we lose to Inter I'm gonna be out for you all. Telling you Souness was a better manager than Paisley

Paisley never won the Scottish Prem , Souness did. Seems obvious to me who the better manager was. 

Paisley never managed in Turkey either 

Long live Souey (greatest manager we've seen)

s@int wrote:

god_bless_john_houlding wrote:Bow fools at the legendary wind up master. Be warned though, if we lose to Inter I'm gonna be out for you all. Telling you Souness was a better manager than Paisley

Paisley never won the Scottish Prem , Souness did. Seems obvious to me who the better manager was. 

Classic.

s@int wrote:One thing I would point out is that no matter who takes over in the summer they will have a massive squad rebuilding to undertake. Finnan seems to be on his last legs, none of our left backs seems up to the job. We need a couple of wingers of a higher calibre than Pennant and Benayoun and with Kewell struggling and more than likely leaving.  A couple of strikers (possibly three) to replace Kuyt, Crouch and Voronin. Then add in that Hyypia is getting on and even Carra is no spring chicken and its clear that without serious money being invested we are going to be relying heavily on untried and inexperienced players.

Ciggy wrote:

s@int wrote:One thing I would point out is that no matter who takes over in the summer they will have a massive squad rebuilding to undertake. Finnan seems to be on his last legs, none of our left backs seems up to the job. We need a couple of wingers of a higher calibre than Pennant and Benayoun and with Kewell struggling and more than likely leaving.  A couple of strikers (possibly three) to replace Kuyt, Crouch and Voronin. Then add in that Hyypia is getting on and even Carra is no spring chicken and its clear that without serious money being invested we are going to be relying heavily on untried and inexperienced players.

This is the problem who would want to take the job, we need two world class wingers, two strikers, and a defence overhaul, wheres the money coming from?

JoeTerp wrote:I just recently conducted an interesting experiment.  There is another forum that I use to get news on the US national team its youth set up and the like, but its a huge freakin forum and they have a topics for pretty much all teams, LFC included with their regular posters.  I promted them with the question of who they wanted at manager next season and they (mostly yanks and Aussies) thought I was crazy for even bringing it up, they seem behind Rafa 100%.  And I was like thank God I found people who agree with me, (for the record about half recognized that there was a good chance that he might not come back).

It got me thinking. Why would a group of all foreigners be so pro-rafa in This our Darkest Hour  ?

I think it might be our distance from the club and ability to view it more objectively with the clubs interest in mind.  I think maybe the locals want to win so badly that the pain of loosing clouds their judgement and creates a sense of knee jerkiness, of course this does not apply to all that are anti Rafa (because there is a legit argument to be made) or all Liverpudlians, but it could apply to some.

Leonmc0708 wrote:I have been really busy of late, new house and all the decorating, and I have not been able to give my first love the time she deserves. My bird has been neglected, and I hope she will forgive me, although she should know that I am doing this all for her. You see once I get the decorating finished my wife will be happy with the new home, all sparkling like a pin, and I can give my bird the full undivded attention she deserves. I am of course talking about the Liverbird, but I digress.

Back on topic, and I have been reading an awful lot of late about Liverpool Football Club. In fact, more than I fee lcompletely comfortable with if I am honest.

In twelve months, or little more, the holy grail of the investment that we needed so badly, both for on and off the field expenditures has turned out to be a total farce.

The men who we welcomed with open arms and afforded the freedom of the city of Liverpool and our hearts, Messrs Gilet and Hicks have turned out to be nothing more than greedy liars. They said they would secure all debts against their personal assets - the didnt, they said they would back the manager, they spoke with Klinsmann (I mean fuc.kin Klinssman !) and they promised to back Rafa, we spent less than Sunderland for fuc.ks sake.

Fast forward 5/6 months and the promise of it being on, the hopes and dreams of getting in amongst the title challengers have all but disappeared and the same old cracks seem to appear. Players just are not good enough, selections at times baffle me and our strikers cant hit a coa's @rse with a fu.cking banjo.

So we find ourselves in the realms of the cries for replacement.

So the question is who do you want to replace Mr Benitez ?

Lest we forget he was himself the number one candidate ahead of a list of luminaries from the game that comprised of Alan Curbishley, MArtin O'Neill and, erm no one else. Just how long this list will be this time is anyones guess.

Despite the fact that some noteable names in management can be bandied about, who exactly is there to replace the man. IF you are a Rafa outer then I want to know who you want in. A name is not enough, I need reasoning, I need availability, I need to see proff that he is better than the man in the job now.

If its not freely available, then do we stick with what we have. Gerard houllier, much lambasted in his final year was afforded 5 years to instigate his plan, so should the same luxury not be afforded to our current spanish incumbent ?

I dont know the answers, I wish I did, but I do know that it hurts, like hell, right inside me, to be fighting with fellow reds about all this. (this happened at the game Saturday, but thats another story). I do know it breaks my heart to see players like Gerrard, Carragher, Torres and Reina who are at the absolute pinnacle of their prowess in the footballing sense have to play with inept "players" (and I use that word looser than a prozzies labia) week in week out like Kewell, Crouch, Riise and the like.

As I said earlier, the love of my life is going to back in the forefront of my mind soon enough, and I look forward to the joys she will bring as much as the lows. If yo dont lose to Barnsley in the FA Cup then beating Juventus and Milan simply would not be the same.