Liverpool FC Forum

big al wrote:It was mentioned here that Rafa's training methods might be contributing to injury.  I would say that the opposite is true.  Benitez has spend a considerably amout of time and energy into insuring that the training regime at Melwood is second to none in the world of football.  Its true that some of his younger players struggle to follow the programme Rafa has for them but that's a different matter.  Anyone who would criticise Rafa Benitez for his training regime is vastly inderestimating his qualities.  He has it down to a tee.  Try another angle. Training, fitness, diet and recovery is what makes Rafa an exceptional coach.  His failings are elsewhere.

big al wrote:It was mentioned here that Rafa's training methods might be contributing to injury.  I would say that the opposite is true.  Benitez has spend a considerably amout of time and energy into insuring that the training regime at Melwood is second to none in the world of football.  Its true that some of his younger players struggle to follow the programme Rafa has for them but that's a different matter.  Anyone who would criticise Rafa Benitez for his training regime is vastly inderestimating his qualities.  He has it down to a tee.  Try another angle. Training, fitness, diet and recovery is what makes Rafa an exceptional coach.  His failings are elsewhere.

GRAHAM01 wrote:oh good afternoon dazzer had a good day have we

Hi mate yeah been ok I am just bit sick of this whole Only Rafa can do the liverpool job its fecking daft like. 

GRAHAM01 wrote:sorry for the poor writting in the first post


anyway i think you are right in that rafa does love this club and i think he is giving every last thing he can to make it work and i hope and pray he can do what he really wants and wins something this year, the man would give his life for this club (imo)

i'm not sure MON would (if he come in to the club) come in saying this are that about the club and the history, i think he would want to come in saying lets make some new history, get his arm around some of the players that need it and MAYBE get something out of them that rafa is not able to do so

big al wrote:Saint the problem this season is that Rafa did'nt allow his first team time on the pitch before we met Spurs.  We were a yard short of pace compared to them he had insist on a crazy concept of blooding the younsters who he has since failed to trust.  I was impressed by the contributions Ayala and San Jose made in these friendlies yet Rafa has now kept faith with them.  Instead he has bought a Greek guy whos near the end of his career.  I don't think too many people would complain if these guys had made the mistake at Lyon.  Wenger got stick for playing youngsters but in the end this paid off for him.  Graham Sorry if I seemed over critical of your point. You make a fair comment but focusing injuries detracts from the other moreglaring issues such as

1 Poor man management. Alonso said it all in an interview with Madrid. He should know.
2 Refusal to change his substitution policy not before the hour (facts speak louder than me)
3 Adhering to a system that only works when there is quality throughout.  He changed it for Man U and look at the outcome.
4 Failure to go for the jugular when an opponent is down
5 Continuing to play players out of position allowing them to be scape goated for his managerial failings (Lucas is a defensive mid-fielder, asking him to play Alonso role is nonsense and unfair on the lad)
6 Poor judgement in his signings but particularill letting nemeth go on loan and not selling Vorinin when he had the chance.
7 Putting ondue pressure on his players by highlighting that we were top last season, no one noticed until he opened his gob.
8 Acting tough and failing to recognise the input of Paco Ayestran by giving him the pay rise he deserved.
9 Appointing a defensive coach that has no concept of how to mark and play in the premiership, his other coaches are rubbish and wee Sammy should not be assistant manager he's a coach not a tactician his Bolton record tells you that.
10 Threatening to leave if he did not get 'carte blanche' and sack most of the backroom staff, 2 liverpool legends a youth development officer whose boots he'd never have been able to lace.
11 Interfering too much in the goings on upstairs and therefore getting caught up in the politics which is not his remit.  His siding with Hicks contributed to Parry's leaving.
12 Rafa's last quality is the most damning ' its his failure to learn from anyone else' This is his sixth season with one clear target win the premiership.  He failed and he will continue to fail fundementally because he is not a manager.  He a great coach, a great tactician, his preparation is second to none but in order to win the premiership you need to be able to adapt and change. 

Last night Birmingham were down and out for 26 minutes.  Mcfadden was pretending to limp because Johnstone had made a wee boy out of him.  Mcfadden had given up. McLeish made a substitution which may well have been forced due to injury but it changed the game.  They harried and crowded Lucas becasue they knew he was not a natural ball player.  The result was Liverpool were confined to loong range shots, which were poorly executed.  A lucky free kick and McFaddenwas suddenly resurrected.  No fear of Liverpool then a great but Jammy goal It make me cringe.  In thse first 26 minutes had we a striker who was only capable of 70% of Torres ability the game would have been one.  We had'nt so then why not just go 4-4-2 as with Man U why not kill them off when they were in complete disarray.  Same with Lyon twice, Fulham, Sunderland.  Last season it was the same.  Rafa does not know went he has an opponent down.  Mr Cautious Rafael Benitez  Is it The SAS motto 'who dares wins' And for those Rafa Die hards who cry about bad luck 'Fortune favours the brave'  Have some balls Rafa your jobs on the line.  City wil beat us Debrcen will have a go because it us and Everton should well be Rafa's Waterloo Unless he changes his stupid insistence to play a formation for which we lack the quality of personel he had available at Valencia.

Spot on we are crying out to play a flat 4-4-2 vs Broomys and I would dare to say with the players we has could have even gone 3-4-3 and droped masch , Moved Johnson to right mid and insua to left mid.

I think Rafa lacks agression in alot of games last season was same yet we had more luck , few sendings off spring to mind.I also think people who say we have no luck might wanna look at ngog pen and chose there words better.