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[Redrider]

Benitez, resigns himself to the knowledge that he is not making the best job of the task that he has taken on.
The rejuvination of LFC is not going to be completed easily and overnight.
Beni' has not made the best of purchases, some £6m to £8m has been wasted on a couple of innappropriate players, the jury is still to view the real evidence on the latest signing.
The team selection and tactics, with respect to zonal marking have left the players confused.
The skipper is already packing his bag's and getting the estate agents round to value his house, ready for a sale.

Meanwhile, Rick Parry who was already on tranquilisers, after a losss of £18m and the fouled up sale of Micheal Owen, has now managed to see-off the L4 group and watch another possible source of finance recede back over the hill.
He knows we are in deep do-do, he is now borrowing on the strength of next years revenues, which are fast falling with the performance of the team. He, is currently polishing his CV.

Well the topic title grabbed your attention! But Rafa could cut and run !!
Our plight is serious, I have deep forebodings of where we are heading, I reckon we are on the start of a spiral into mediocrity, those who are looking for a season ticket, may find it easy to get one next season and it won't be for a new Stadium !!

[Boocity]

You nearly give me a heart attack then  

I think you a getting a little too pessimistic, we will turn it round we just need a bit more luck on the injury front and certain players to gain match fitness

[banana]

That was a very stupid statement. It is time to sh@t up and support the team.

[JBG]

You gave us all a fright Redrider!

Extemely pessimestic post.

[el_stinger]

Rerider: This message is to you from the OS of Liverpool Football Club:



Liverpoolfc.tv reflect on the fall-out from a third successive Reds defeat at Southampton... 
According to scientists today is the most depressing day of the year.
 
There is no evidence to suggest that one of these mystery scientists is a dyed-in-the-wool Liverpudlian who travels home and away in support of the Reds.
 
But if so, and they've been reading the majority of newspapers since Saturday's dismal showing at Southampton, it wouldn't really come as much of a surprise.
 
Apparently, Liverpool are in the midst of crisis, no better off than they were during the turbulent last few months of Gerard Houllier's reign and have not fielded a worst team for 40 years!
 
There's nothing like a knee-jerk reaction to a poor run of results.
 
True, three successive defeats have seriously dented morale among fans. FA Cup glory was meekly surrendered at the first hurdle and now a place in next season's Champions League looks to be slipping from our grasp.
 
What we've witnessed in recent matches is not good enough for Liverpool Football Club and is a major cause for concern. The fans know it, the players know it and, most importantly, Rafael Benitez knows it.
 
Since taking over in the summer the highly respected Spaniard has not endured a tougher week than the one that's just passed. But with refreshing honesty he refuses to make excuses and admits that he's made mistakes.
 
The size of the task he inherited at Liverpool is unprecedented in modern times. Not since the late, great Bill Shankly breezed into Anfield 45 years ago as a Reds boss had such a massive rebuilding job on his hands.
 
Hanging him out to dry before he's had time to fully exert his influence is both disgraceful and laughable.
 
We already have more points than we did at this stage last season, we are in the last sixteen of the Champions League and stand just 90 minutes away from another Cup Final appearance in Cardiff, so the argument that we have not improved under Benitez is invalid for a start.
 
Memories are short. Admittedly, Saturday's display was as abject as we've seen from aLiverpool team this season. But was it any worse than our performance at the same venue last season? And while we're on the subject of miserable trips back from the south coast, what about our two visits to Fratton Park?
 
Just two months ago, almost the same set of players were being hailed for their dramatic victories over Arsenal and Olympiacos. Now they are being described by some anti-Anfield hacks as the worst Liverpool team of the past four decades. Talk about being fickle!
 
Patience is a virtue not readily available in modern football management. Gone are the days when a manager like Alex Ferguson is given seven years to turn the flailing fortunes of a club around.
 
But seven months?
 
Since the League title was last won, Liverpool Football Club has fallen into a worrying state of disrepair and no papering over the cracks will disguise the fact that major surgery is needed.
 
Saturday's poor performance at the St Mary's Stadium confirmed this more than any other 90 minutes we've seen this season.
 
For the loyal supporters who were up at the crack of dawn for this long and arduous trip south it was a kick in the teeth. It is they who we should feel sorry for and it is they who were Liverpool's best performers on a day to forget.
 
With the chase for fourth spot becoming tighter by the week and maximum points a necessity you can't ask for more than a fixture against a struggling side that was without a Premiership win in ten.
 
Even better was the fact they lined up with just Peter Crouch as their lone attacker. With due respect, the beanpole centre forward is hardly a world-beater but that's what he looked like during a nightmare start to this game.
 
Within 22 minutes the Saints were two goals to the good and deservedly so. Both goals were sloppily conceded and raised questions about the wisdom of breaking up the tried and trusted centre back paring of Hyypia and Carragher.
 
It could have been worse and Liverpool went in at the break fortunate that the deficit was not greater. The damage had been done, however, and too many Liverpool heads had already dropped.
 
With Steven Gerrard clearly not one hundred per cent fit, former Red Jamie Redknapp and England under-21 star David Prutton ran the show in midfield, and it was the hosts who looked more likely to increase their lead, albeit on the counter-attack in the second half.
 
The introduction of half-time substitute Florent Sinama-Pongolle provided a glimmer of hope that some pride could be salvaged but a couple of long-range pot-shots apart, Antti Niemi was largely untroubled and Southampton were allowed a comfortable passage to a memorable victory.
 
Benitez looked as shell-shocked as the supporters when interviewed afterwards and there's no doubt he's hurting just as much. After being pilloried for fielding a weakened team against Burnley in midweek he'd recalled his so-called big guns and been let down.
 
The next few weeks will make or break Liverpool's season but let's not lose touch with reality. Benitez is still in the infancy of his managerial reign and it may even get worse before it gets better.
 
Even the great Liverpool managers are not immune to such a wretched run of results and Liverpudlians need only to look at Bob Paisley's first season in charge of the Reds as a prime example.
 
The legendary boss endured a run of six successive league games without a win and suffered elimination from both the European Cup Winners Cup and League Cup during a miserable four week spell
 
If you're still feeling depressed have a think about what happened next? He went onto to become the most successful manager in this club's history.
 
Keep the faith. In Rafa we trust.

[Leonmc0708]

Benitez, resigns himself to the knowledge that he is not making the best job of the task that he has taken on.
The rejuvination of LFC is not going to be completed easily and overnight.
Beni' has not made the best of purchases, some £6m to £8m has been wasted on a couple of innappropriate players, the jury is still to view the real evidence on the latest signing.
The team selection and tactics, with respect to zonal marking have left the players confused.
The skipper is already packing his bag's and getting the estate agents round to value his house, ready for a sale.

Meanwhile, Rick Parry who was already on tranquilisers, after a losss of £18m and the fouled up sale of Micheal Owen, has now managed to see-off the L4 group and watch another possible source of finance recede back over the hill.
He knows we are in deep do-do, he is now borrowing on the strength of next years revenues, which are fast falling with the performance of the team. He, is currently polishing his CV.

Well the topic title grabbed your attention! But Rafa could cut and run !!
Our plight is serious, I have deep forebodings of where we are heading, I reckon we are on the start of a spiral into mediocrity, those who are looking for a season ticket, may find it easy to get one next season and it won't be for a new Stadium !!

Get a life you sad little man, I can just picture you sitting at your PC, probably naked and probably 30 stone, laughing at yourself and w@nking over duping people.

PATHETIC.

[1234ram]

u made me have a heart attack there lol dnt post things like this

[Leonmc0708]

u made me have a heart attack there lol dnt post things like this

POT KETTLE BLACK ??

[Redrider]

Get a life you sad little man, I can just picture you sitting at your PC, probably naked and probably 30 stone, laughing at yourself and w@nking over duping people.

PATHETIC.

Nice one !   Naked at the PC, that would cause a stir in the office !!
With an imagination like that, your not going to get bored !!

[Redrider]

You gave us all a fright Redrider!

Extemely pessimestic post.

Sorry about that, but the headline was designed to attract attention. But the post is meant to serious !!
I am certain, all is not well at the club. The loss of L4 finance is a big blow !! I am convinced that Parry and Moores have lost the plot. Rafa, is still feeling his way with the English game, his choice of players to buy and play is not yet appropriate.
What finally topped it off for me was when I saw SG body language on MOTD on sunday morning, I am convinced that lad is on his way.
Too many things going wrong here, losing out to Watford, could be the next. It does not feel good to me !

[redfanzine]

The problems maybe more to do with whats (not) going on off the pitch?

[Stan Laurel]

You are being tw@t again, Redrider, you think you are Comedian, then get a job and work with Redcoat in poxy pointin in Blackpool!!!

Don't ever come back to this forum, you kn0bhead!!!

If I was Admin of this forum, I would seriously banned you from this forum!!

[ronmeister]

Hey he got your attention and got his opinion aired and veiwed so credit where its due.
I totally disagree with everything he posted mind you and think we will be up there next year winning major honours or coming bloody damn close.
Come on the reds lets get it together its only a minor setback and lets look to the next game with hope and optimism.Tomorrow night  we will be talking about our cardiff tickets .And next year how we came so close to winning the CL in rafa's first season

[Redrider]

Hey he got your attention and got his opinion aired and veiwed so credit where its due.
I totally disagree with everything he posted mind you and think we will be up there next year winning major honours or coming bloody damn close.
Come on the reds lets get it together its only a minor setback and lets look to the next game with hope and optimism.Tomorrow night  we will be talking about our cardiff tickets .And next year how we came so close to winning the CL in rafa's first season

I hope to hell that I am being over pessimistic !! But for me the results in the next month will be crucial!
It could turn on a sixpence, four straight wins in the premiership could bang us into 4th slot, a trip to Cardiff is a possibility and despatching Levercusen, would be a big plus.
Moores and Parry, might get their act together and find someone who values the club at £200m.
It could happen, but we are on a knife edge.

[A.B.]

RedRider you must be bored.

If Benitez wanted to leave he would had left the first time we had half of our squad injured. In fact he knew what was waiting for him when he got here.

Try finding some common sense. Never seen somebody overreact so quickly without thinking it througly.