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and we lost to a shiit milan team.

Ferguson was terrified of him to the point that he actually got other managers to say things about him in the press. you might remember the sam allardyce incident. there was only one manager ranting that season and it wasnt rafa.

in 2005 we had no right to contest a european cup final with that squad.

we improved in the league every single year, whilst remaining competitive in europe and making another final in 2007, still not spending big money, and nothing compared to our rivals.

it went wrong towards the end, but i would be interested to see another manager who could operate under those conditions.

but its not bull and you know its not , liverpool sacked parry to give him full control over signings and everything and it went worse and then took italian and european champions to a relegation position after fighting with the board and director of football branca .

thats an excellent point. fck all use to us in the league if he cant do the business in the league.

Yes, and it's that what we need to get back into first.

Considering the squad, we always were lacking just one or two more players. Or better quality of player over all, to take us from 4th, 3rd and 2nd, to 1st.

We got mighty close in 09, the closest ever. It was at this time the gong should have gone in the previous owners head and gave Rafa a bit more money. But no, it was the same old same old, we needed to improve a bit and we couldn't. Rafa was working under terrible owners who never gave him 1st, but always 2nd and 3rd.

The only time they splashed the cash was for Torres and even that had a lot to do with Luis Garcia going the other way. Rafa tried his best to tell us what these owners were doing, he still to this day remains Torres was never £27million like the media portray.

He simply couldn't win and the media always sided with Fergie and his bullies.

I still would have had Kenny for another season, but thats over now, we need to bring somebody in now and out of all the candidates being thrown about, Rafa has to be a serious option, whether you like it or not.

Pep Guardiola is the man we should get, but if he doesn't want it or wants to have so much time of, what can you do?

We still need a manager regardless.

The squad as it stands to day is nowhere near good enough to get us back into that top 4 next season. We are 4 places of this year, that says it all! Some of these players are clearly not good enough or able enough to get us up there, and any new manager will have to change that. But the squad still needs another influx of £100million to get us up there.

....and I believe Rafa would be the best out of the lot to spend that money. HOWEVER, the rumored £30mill will do nothing.

hes been lucky in europe .most would say hes the best there.everyone got an opinion.

but i dont see how would he improve our league performances.CL is a far cry

ill just respond to that bit craney, he didnt win it cause he didnt win it. he lost the head and couldnt seal the deal. he was out psyched by fergie. nothing t do with the media or bullies.

"lucky......."

pfffffffffffffff

I ain't washing Rafa's back, like some people blindly do, but out of all the managers thrown about, he is at the top, how can anybody deny that.

PUT ASIDE the fact he managed us before and just look at the list.

"lucky........"

The man has done incredible in Europe with all the teams he has been at, yes we might have had some comebacks, but what does that matter if we are the winner at the end of the game?

Cast your mind back to Real Madrid at Anfield or Barca away and try telling me that man was "lucky"

not lucky all the time, that certainly would be an unfair assessment, but we certainly had the rub of the grass that year craney.

the snobbery that is coming from liverpool fans is just embarrassing IE it must be a real top manager etc etc , martinez wont get backing from the fans AVB no thanks , if not dalglish then it must be benitez , lets get it rght people which ever manager takes over benitez , martinez, AVB whoever should be backed , but one thing is clear this job is long long term and the cirrent squad is far from good enough even to finish in a EL position never mind champions league , so will have to go and better players brought in , but lets get it right liverpool's last 3 seasons 7th, 6th and 8th with the worst record since 1954 , so i think all us reds need to have some realism and be more humble and if FSG sre the right owner for liverpool they will get it right and i believe instead of getting all high and mighty of this issue just lets see how it pans out , P.S. i have heard of a cringeworthy and totally embarrassing demo to get benitez the job or to reinstate dalglish just shocking and totally embarrassing .