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dont need a team talk with a story like this should be enough motivation for all the liverpool squad

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Car..._medium=twitter

i think he is quite dignified in his response.

we didnt want him, and we kept alonso, i dont see why we were so angry that he rejected us, if you're not a liverpool fan, most people would join city and not us.

I don't blame him. If fans were singing “you can stick Gareth Barry up your arse!" then I would want to knock Liverpool out as well. There wasn't really anything in that article that would make me any more motivated for the match if I was a Liverpool player.

Haven't we signed him yet?

my point is he is saying i will shut the fans up well that should be enough for liverpool to say "will he then lets shut him up "

hes useless anyway. hes the least of our worries, david silva is a genius all our worry should be about him

I agree stick Gareth Barry up your arse. Benitez wanting to sign him over Alonso is the reason I would not like see Rafa back that is madness what was he thinking?

i agree that was a bad move, but he was also the man who brought alonso to liverpool for 12 million in the first place

He was but that was before he started to lose the plot Alonso saga was the start of his demise. Alonso would probably still be at LFC only for that how must it feel to know a manager wants to replace you with that donkey Barry

It was more than just a bad move.

Benitez threw his eggs in one basket, in hope that Alonso would be of. He wanted Barry so he could play, center mid, defensive mid, left back and left mid. That is the only reason he wanted him, versatility.

For me it was one of his biggest, if not biggest, failures at the club. He chose a player, over one he already had. Alonso was and is a far better player than Barry ever will be. But it is no surprise because Benitez had a habit of wanting to play players in different positions. This is why Barry was going to be his next, Dirk Kuyt esk, "love-child"

At the time, it fell through and nobody really cared. But what would happen later on, still effects us today. Alonso felt not wanted (after the fantastic season he had) and rightfully left. Leaving us with HUGE void we still haven't replaced today and I don't think we ever will, unless we bring him back under Kenny.

He was that PERFECT link player between Defense, Midfield and Attack. Gerrard of course, got all the plaudits. But it was Alonso that let him play and do what he wanted going forward. He was that perfect pass into Gerrard and disciplined enough to cover him. Since he has gone, we haven't had that pass or that discipline. Although Lucas IS COMING ALONG!

Benitez didn't just fail in getting Barry, he lost arguably our best player at the time ASWELL.