KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum unhealthy comments from benitez not helping !!!!

Well, ironically, it might help if some more fans encouraged the team to win, rather than griping and moaning and calling for people to be sacked.

i think most fans do but when things go wrong the teams lack of confidence comes through

Back from the interviews.

Faz, you have to apologize for what you said about Rafa. He clearly didn't have a dig at Kenny there.

Quite the contrary in fact. Here is a small piece of it:

FIFA.com:
"How pleased are you for Kenny Dalglish that he is back in charge, particularly as it was you who originally brought him back to the club?"

Rafa:
"At that time we wanted to bring in someone who could understand the history of the club and what the club means to the fans, because we didn’t have it from the owners. Bringing Kenny back was a good option for us to be stronger as a club and a unit. I had to go, but I think it was fine because when they had some problems, Kenny could improve the things that they were doing".

it works both ways though. i was at anfield for the wigan game and the fans were non existant. it isnt easy to cheer the team on when they are flat, but imagine how much it would help. someone said recently imagine how many more points we would get at anfield if the atmosphere was like a european night for every league game. its human nature to get up for the big games i suppose, but i think we could do with a bit more support at this time. particularly given how sure many fans were the dalglish should be appointed in the first place. he's put his reputation on the line to come back, he didnt have to, he did it for the club, and i think we owe him and his team some support right now.

And Faz: Here is the piece I think you were referring to:

FIFA.com:
"Do you regret that you left Liverpool just before the new owners arrived? Do you think you could have pushed on with their investment?"

Rafa:
"Yes, obviously with the money they have spent and the squad that we had, we could have been even better. Because we knew exactly what we needed and we had localised players like [Mikel] San Jose and [Emiliano] Insua, who are now playing in Europe. They were localised because they were here for three years. We had these players and we didn’t need to spend too much because these players were coming from the system to be in the squad, so we just had to find the right players. Everything changed when we left the club, Hodgson was in charge and they decided to sign a different kind of player then six months or a year later they had to sign new players again because something was wrong".

very true mike but its too way thing

If the team shows fight and effort the crowd respond if they show nothing its hard to shout and cheer

AS for Kenny i wasn't someone who wanted him full time but you get what you get and i hope he pulls some rabbits out the bag because he needs them

I find it hard to believe the topic of this thread. Benitez is clearly referring to the squad he had when asked about the investment from FSG. He clearly says that Hodgson bought players that went against the system, and then Kenny had to pick up the pieces "because something was wrong". If anything he's having a go at Hodgson for destroying what little remained of his squad. Obviously he thinks he could have held things together until January, the first time FSG had to put money into the squad, at which point he could have improved the squad (and probably because he thinks Torres would not have left had Benitez stayed and kept the club in the top half dozen in the league).

I don't think he was directing it straight at Dalglish. I think he was alluding to the fact that if he of had FSG instead of Tom & Jerry, we could of been even better than we were under rafa.

I agree, but i think it is obvious to anyone that we are in a rut, and a bit of support from the stands would help in my opinion.

i think it's on the lfc news bit of koptalk before you log in