s@int wrote:Finnan 4 years ago was better than ANY of the five right backs Rafa has bought.
Hyypia 4 years ago was better than ANY of the 6 CB'S that Rafa has bought - same with Carra.
Gerrard is still better than any of the 103 midfield players Rafa has bought.
Riise 4 years ago was better than Gonzales, Leto, Zenden, and Aurelio, while Kewell is still better than any of our LWingers including Babel.
If Voronin can get a game for us I am pretty sure Baros and Cisse could!
The point I am making (and which you are not getting ) is that Rafa was left with 11 or twelve players that where as good if not better than most of the players he has brought in to replace them. You don't win the CL WITH A TEAM OF CR@P. The team wasn't perfect and the squad was terrible, but there was a lot of good players as well.
If I had to pick a team from how the players were 4 years ago and todays team
Reina
Finnan Carra Hyypia Riise Gerrard Mascherano
Hamann Kewell Owen Torres
So thats 8 players from Houlliers team and 3 Rafa buys
Rafa has improved the squad without question but actual improvements to the team have not been so impressive.
Rafa has bought 50 players and has paid out £162million + for them. So to say he has had no money and has had to settle for 3rd and fourth choices is a load of cr@p. EVERY MANAGER including Mourinho has had to settle for other than their first choices or Kaka, Torres, Gerrard and Ronaldo would be on every managers shopping list.
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, whats their next plan, sack Rafa bring back Houllier ? 
