Once you have your facts straight you will find that the most of the team were average before the season we finished second and you tell me what player would want to stay at a club when the manager was literally pushing him out the door to bring in another player and when the deal for that player fell through and NOT BECAUSE ALONSO WAS PLAYING HIS BEST STUFF it was then that benitez was changing his mind to keep him, AND if benitez got barry then alonso was a gonner and he knew that so to call him a traitor is a load of bull [oops]...
Rafa felt Alonso was not good enough. Rafa knew we would need more home grown players. Rafa believed that Barry could do the same job Alonso was doing. Selling one for the other makes sense - it's not rocket science. You're overloaded with hindsight.
If Benitez changed his mind, then he changed his mind. He's allowed to because he's the manager. You going to force Kenny to not have the leeway to change his mind? And I bet you Kenny will sell any player who chooses not to perform - oh wait, he's sold Babel, Torres, and N'Gog already. The only reason Rafa looks so bad is because Parry botched signing Barry.
If your boss tells you you're not good enough you have several choices.
a) Prove him wrong
b) Resign
c) Carry on as you were and wait for him to fire you
Alonso appeared to chose (a) while engineering (b). He can do that because the contract he signed with Liverpool FC is not binding on him or his conscience (apparently). People who care about the club
as much as Alonso says he does yet go through with such a plan are no better than Torres. Torres gets a lot of stick on here - but everyone loves Alonso because he plays the victim so well.
