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Some great points raised why he did well at Valencia. I could be sold if these are answered...

1) tried to sell Alonso for Barry. Didn't give Aqua a run after his recovery from injury

2) turned a CL and title winning Inter to relegation zone. Did Inter owners and players all want to set him up for failure?

he did well at valencia cause hector cuper left a fantastic team, he did well at valencia cause rafa was able to tighten up this fantastic team, he did well at valencia cause madrid and barca were playing crap- think he won the league with lowest ever pts total. he did well there. he did brilliant to win the champs league with us ,but he let it all fall down cause he of his personality. same thing will happen again

Morinho bailed Inter at the right time - I know they won most things but there team where ageing and the youngsters Rafa brought into the 1st team to replace the oldies are now coming half decent.Plus I recall rafa saying the squad needed investment but wasnt supported. I am not rafas biggest fan but I wouldnt hold what happened at inter against him same with AVB at Chelsea

always an excuse. mourinhno doesn't do excuses,he wins.

same with avb , he had chelsea all over the gaff ,u have to hold that against him

I too believe that the new manager has been appointed already, maybe even months ago. And it could very well be Rafa.
Why would a Spanish football manager still stay in Liverpool for so long even though he could have just gone back to Spain and wait for his next 'project' to come along. No disrespect to Liverpool and not discounting rafa's obvious love for the city.
I feel that he already has an agreement in place with FSG and has been monitoring and planning in the background for his eventual return. Kenny's below par performance and early departure could have moved rafa's return date forward.
So our next manager is probably Rafa.
Or I could be totally wrong but we'll find out sooner rather than later

The "Special One", Rafa(who won two CL with two different teams!), Capello, or the man himself...Guardiola! Either way I'm sad that KK failed to perform this year but the show must go on.

One more point. Most if not all of us LFC fans should respect KK more now than ever. He came when we needed him most and he never asked to do so. To be honest if KK was still here I would be worried a little, but I would stand by him. HE IS ONE OF US. YNWA KK!

this comment IMO just smacks of bias and is not true at all.

The search for a new manager began when it became impossible for us to get to fourth place in my opinion. Regardless of trophys won KK was going to get the chop. At the start of the season it was made very clear that 4th place was a minimum. There was no mention of cups at all.
We should be greatful that Kenny dragged us out the mire when he was asked to take the job. Unfortunately when it comes to results he didn't work out but I believe he did his bet, had us playing better but we couldn't score. Yes he signed some average players and paid a bit over th but every manager does that.

Thanks Kenny for your work at the club and you will always be regarded as a LEGEND at LFC.

Let's hope the next manager gets all the support and backing from not just FSG but also us fans! Let's hope the appointment will propel us forward and back into the top few places on the table where we belong!

YNWA

Thank you Kenny.

Now we move on and regain our rightfully place as top dogs

It seems to me that there are 3 front runners at the moment, Rafa, AVB and lastly Martinez.

AVB: I've already made my views on this overhyped manager before, has almost zero experience as a professional manager, its a big no for me.

Rafa: Love the man, respect him a lot but lets not forget he did have a lot of baggage with him, I would welcome his return on the emphasis that he will do well with the fresh new owners, I'm on the fenc ewith this one 50.50.

Martinez: A fresh new face that will bring his own backroom staff, his own assistant etc, a manager who has not managed liverpool before(phew). I regard him as one of the best 'young' managers out there, he seems to get his teams playing good football, finished only a few points behind us with a limited team. I think this is the 'safe' choice for me, he is very humble as well and not one of those managers that seems to cause trouble inside the club. I would be happy if he is appointed as its a new direction the club will be taking.