Like I asked, did you want rafa sacked when we finished 6th and won the champions league?
if benitez hadnt have won in istanbul he might have got the sack , plus it was the european cup not the carling cup and i dont think benitez only won 6 at home that season
But Benitez lost 14 that season in the league - Dalglish has lost 13 to date, with one game to go. It didn't matter that we didn't qualify for the CL because we won it five times. It didn't matter that we started the next season with four consecutive league draws because we'd just won it five times and we'd pick up the UEFA Super Cup. Winning things is what matters. Dalglish won something - not on the scale of Benitez, but still something. Winning still counts for something, even if you miss your primary goal. Doesn't mean he should stay, but it does mean we may have bitten off more than we could chew in the summer with our wholesale changes, and therefore perhaps no manager could have achieved much more - even 5th and 2 cups does not qualify for the CL. Has Di Matteo failed if they lose in Munich?
