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Greavesie wrote:I just want to say a quick thank you to Rafa. He's been here through thick and thin with these two w@nkers at the top. He's never wavered, never walked away and stood and took some sh!t in the face of hostility, fom the media and our own. Love him or hate him he's been absolutely fantastic the last three years and credit for not ditching us because he could have done it countless times, instead he chose to fight the good fight. It's times like these you realise that he's a credit to this club, he's probably put up with as much sh!te as we have from T&T. Thank you RB, You'll Never Walk Alone

God bless him, he looks chuffed on SSN 

Well Said lad , 

Greavesie wrote:

he is a Chelsea thats why he would love Rafa to stay, he know that why they have a better chance of winning the prem next yer.

give it a rest, in all honesty I'm completely overlooking his allegiance to Chelsea. He has to do his job and do it well, its in his best interests. Everyone supports a club, he has his, big feckin sh!t

its a joke mate, have a lay down for a bit ans chill 

lakes10 wrote:

Greavesie wrote:

he is a Chelsea thats why he would love Rafa to stay, he know that why they have a better chance of winning the prem next yer.

give it a rest, in all honesty I'm completely overlooking his allegiance to Chelsea. He has to do his job and do it well, its in his best interests. Everyone supports a club, he has his, big feckin sh!t

its a joke mate, have a lay down for a bit ans chill 

it was a happy place till you posted 

lakes10 wrote:Martin Broughton backs Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez


New Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton has pledged his support to boss Rafael Benitez and insists it is not necessary for the club to sell any players.

Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr put the club up for sale on Friday and appointed British Airways boss Broughton to oversee the process.

"Benitez's position is unchanged. He is contracted to the club and we want him to stay," Broughton told BBC Sport.

"There's no need for any sales. There will be no fire sales."

In light of the club's financial situation, there was concern among supporters that Benitez - who is contracted to the club until 2014 but has often voiced frustration at a lack of transfer funds - and star players such as midfielder Steven Gerrard and striker Fernando Torres may leave.

Broughton has moved quickly to dismiss this, saying: "As far as the manager is concerned I don't think it is any different from the players or the fans. This is clarity and a brand new future for Liverpool.

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With most of the anger now being tempered with the Yanks seemingly eventually going will Rafa enjoy the same support he's had in the past?

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"It is giving everybody involved with the club the comfort of knowing that there is a strong future at Liverpool."

Liverpool are £237m in debt and have been seeking £100m of outside investment to satisfy a request from the club's principal creditor, Royal Bank of Scotland.

Broughton added to the earlier statement from the club, which explained that the move to sell has the "full support of the existing bankers".

"RBS understands it doesn't help the process to have leverage in the hands of buyers because there is a looming deadline," he said. "We have plenty of time to do the deal.

"There has been a lot of interest, there will be a lot of interest, but we will not be making any further comment until an announcement is made about a buyer."

Co-owners Hicks and Gillett have endured a difficult time at Liverpool since taking over at Anfield in March 2007, not least with supporters who grew increasingly disillusioned at the amount of debt taken on by the club.

Two of Liverpool's chief rivals in the Premier League - Chelsea and Manchester United - are also saddled with large debt and Broughton admitted that while clubs are capable of carrying this it was an issue that needed reassessing.

"Liverpool are capable of carrying a sensible amount of debt but it has got to be within reason," he said.

"I think it's right for the appropriate parties to think about whether there should be restrictions on debt and what they should be."









he is a Chelsea thats why he would love Rafa to stay, he know that why they have a better chance of winning the prem next yer.

Emerald Red wrote:

s@int wrote:I believe in our team Emerald. I think we have a team thats good enough to challenge. I think we have 4 world class players, a couple of £20 million pound players and some top class players. I believe we WILL do better next season even if we get little or no funds. No and's if's or maybe's WE WILL DO BETTER NEXT SEASON, WE HAVE TOO MANY GOOD PLAYERS NOT TO.

I agree, 100%. Challenge, yes. Possibly. We've proven it. The side took a dent in the summer, Rafa took risks, made mistakes, but I think with proper investment we'd have kicked on or at the very least looked like challenging again, at be already qualified for the CL at a minimum. Aquilani could turn out to be the player Rafa gambled on this season and lost out on due to poor judgement on his recovery. We need a better player than Kuyt for the right wing and another forward and a left sided player. That'll take some proper money, but if it's given then I can see this team getting back on form like you say. Totally agree there.

zarababe wrote:

Emerald Red wrote:

s@int wrote:I believe in our team Emerald. I think we have a team thats good enough to challenge. I think we have 4 world class players, a couple of £20 million pound players and some top class players. I believe we WILL do better next season even if we get little or no funds. No and's if's or maybe's WE WILL DO BETTER NEXT SEASON, WE HAVE TOO MANY GOOD PLAYERS NOT TO.

I agree, 100%. Challenge, yes. Possibly. We've proven it. The side took a dent in the summer, Rafa took risks, made mistakes, but I think with proper investment we'd have kicked on or at the very least looked like challenging again, at be already qualified for the CL at a minimum. Aquilani could turn out to be the player Rafa gambled on this season and lost out on due to poor judgement on his recovery. We need a better player than Kuyt for the right wing and another forward and a left sided player. That'll take some proper money, but if it's given then I can see this team getting back on form like you say. Totally agree there.

Don't enagage with these ER - It's big sam for these.

  So you DON'T believe we have a good team and you believe the best manager that would be willing to come to our club is Fat Sam 

I prefer to support the team, believe we will do better next season and believe we would get a top manager that has the ambition to win the league,

Takes all sorts though even people who put the manager above the club.