Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:31 am
by Fowler_E7
[quote Rafa's showed his true colours throughout the whole episode in my view. I don't expect to ever agree always with any manager and all his decisions. I do though expect his decisions to be made for the right reasons, with the best interests of the team at heart. Selling Robbie Keane without having a replacement, and the way we have jettisoned him over the last month or so is not in the best interests of the team. It may in Rafa's mind be what's best for Rafa Benitez, but I'm not as concerned about that as he obviously is.
The next time he talks about the squad needing to have "options" and "possibilities" we would do well to remember how he has just got rid of quite a few of those in order to make some childish point. I've put his interview when he signed Keane up on the forum twice now. Not a mention, not a word about it not being "his" signing. Does anybody seriously believe it would have ever come to light had Keane scored regularly from the off and been a hit? Of course it wouldn't. In those circumstances, had I come on here and said "well Rick Parry deserves credit because Rafa didn't actually want to pay 20 million quid for him" I would have got laughed off, and deservedly so.
The manager has significantly diminished his standing over this whole affair. quote]
Its hard not to agree with you on this point, this whole Robbie Keane situation has made Rafa go right down in my estimation, and im sure it will damage his reputation in terms of signing new players and more worryingly within the playing staff who by all accounts it seems Robbie Keane was a popular player. I really hope this thing dosnt ruin our whole season, as were still in the mix and have everything to play for.