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i love him purley because i seen liverpool lift the european cup in 2005 and come so close again in 2007 beating barceona at the nou camp beating real madrid at the benabeu then completely wrecking them at anfield and many more great nights i witnessed the man will always be a legend in my book !

bubble trumps such a great night !

am i for liking gerard houllier and saying what houllier achived was better than benitez ok then yes just to please you i am a manc , so if i am a manc as you say what does that make you ?

yeh good for you , but i dont trust him .

+1

I don't think i agree that he's finished. though that doesn't mean I'd want him as manager now.

I hope he takes another job somwhere pretty quick and rebuilds his reputation. Then who knows...

The problem is that whoever we appoint at any stage either needs a huge transfer and wage budget to achieve instant success, or will need time - especially if they're foreign. The advantage with Rafa, just like Kenny, is that he knows the club, the city, the fans and the premier league. If therefore he proves somwhere else that he has learnt from his mistakes then he'll be a top option when Dalglish finishes.

I agree with most of that. I don't think his time has come or that he's no longer a force. He's been at 2 consecutive clubs where he's been forced out because he's been made promises by owners that weren't fulfilled, and he refused to stand for it and be made a scapegoat. Hats off to him for that, he's no fool.

At Liverpool he had to go. He had become stale, and there was no way things could continue the way they were. He did great things for our club, and he bought some great players for us. Had he been backed by those cowboys the way he should have been, we might have got Silva, Villa or Mata a couple of years back (not saying we would have, but he was chasing them, and we have a good chance).

With restricted funds he brought us very close to winning the league. If he had been backed, things could have turned out differently, and we might have won the title that year - as we deserved to. The amount of last minute own goals and deflected shots Man Ure got at the end of that season was incredible. Not to mention that one game where Spurs were 2-0 up and Webb gave Man Ure one of the worst penalty decisions i've ever seen, which started their comeback.

In Rafa's last year it went all wrong. The club was in turmoil from top to bottom, and the top was weighing down heavily on the rest. Don't forget that in his first season he won the European Cup, in his second he won the FA Cup, and he improved our league position every year until almost winning the title that season. Then it went downhill from there. So calling him a failure is very harsh. Some people like faz especially easily forget that, and constantly display an agenda against the man. Why, I have no idea.

I wanted him gone, but it was with a heavy heart, because I loved the man and I have memories of some great times because of him. His time had just come. He clearly loves the club very much, and part of me would love to see him come back to the club some day - but not any time soon. For now, i'd like to see him do well at another club first.

You cant have an opinion like that on whiter than white Rafa,you are just a glory hunting blind faither.

As opposed to relegation seeking Bad faither

I would agree with the last post the champions league 05 magnificent though it was put benitez stock up way to far and too fast and set expectations that were never realistic. He was a quality manager though much better than Daglish in my opinion. However as others have said his time came and went. If (When?) we replace Daglish I would like to see a younger ambitious manager that we might have to take a risk on and give him time. But thats the way forward not this merry go round of failed managers.