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Win the respect and space to manage and do his job flames........

He could do no right in other peoples eyes. Rafa is not a nasty c*nt of a man like some other men in football.

I didn't mean win-win.

It was the "in-thing" to do for outsiders to call Rafa names and laugh at him, it became a culture, like the "lets all laugh at Heskey" culture (who just so happened to be our best player in the last World Cup)

....and I don't think Fergie got the better of Rafa of the pitch. Fergie knew it was dangerous and a threat if Rafa got the funds he was getting, whenever Fergie is shook, he has always been the same. Try's to twist it around and get his pals and media involved on the act to laugh and mock back.

He tried it with Mancini this year to!

he's certainly not a nasty guy, i actually like him outside of managing liverpool. and he is a good pundit.

mancini didnt crack though, raffa did.

i respect youre opinion on it craney, and im not claiming to be right, its just how i feel about it.

I haven't posted for years on here but I really think he's the best man for the job on this one. That Xabi/Barry thing really compromised my feelings towards his time with the club but having read about what really happened since and everything else that happened... I really think he gives a [oops] about LFC and has business to finish.

He's a seriously modern manager, with tactics and philosophy which we are lacking and he gets us, as a club, which is a serious bonus. People go on about his signings and decisions but we're verging on a becoming a mid-table team right now and there is no way in hell that would continue under rafa.

With the xabi thing, my biggest bone to pick, he has since talked frankly about the situation and was planning on a midfield two of lucas (much maligned but proved right in the end), Gerrard (found his best position and form during Rafas time), Aquilani and Mascherano... with Jovetic between the lines... that money disappeared though and it never quite happened. Take a good look at our team now it's crazy.

Unless we're getting a mourinho or guardiola there is only one man for the job.

Did he?

Isn't that what Man United fans sung? The day we went there and spanked em 1-4?

Rafa didn't crack up, he just pulled out some notes for reference, and he was right about Fergie. No one tried it to this extent before, yes a Keegan rant where he didn't know what he was saying, but this was thought out and timed.

But of course, this is a sign of "cracking up" and was "wrong on all the FACTS"...isn't that what Man United fans and bias media want you to believe...your holding hands with United fans if you think Rafa "cracked up"!

....and if you look carefully, a heck of a lot of people want Rafa back, yes I'm sure there are some that are blind and love Rafa. But there is also a majority of people with there heads screwed on thinking with there heads and hearts in tandem. (for once)

It's only a minority of people that are almost militantly campaigning against a Rafa come back and a lot of those are trying to burn Rafa with the Kenny brush, "We should never go back" "Nooooo FSG, don't go back" "Learn from Kenny" "We will be destroyed if Rafa returns"

The thing is making that comparison...and it's huge and YOU SHOULD take it into consideration.

If Rafa does get the job, against your wishes, whether you like it or not, he will get the job based on managerial merit and for all the right reasons.

You cannot say the same about Kenny's come-back!

Rafa 4 ever

Nice tune you keep playing

How do you know?

u r the man KP

read an article on mirror..suggesting Ancelloti..

another option was to put capello and Carra as his assistant.i wont mind this tbh

ok so lets settle for martinez and that tixi from barca.can we take a break now.been crazy..

Yes, but did they consider this many people last time after sacking Roy? No. They bowed down to "fan pressure" and it was fantastic PR. Win-win.

If they interview Rafa and are impressed by his managerial merit and is given the job based on that.

Then what did fan pressure have to do with it? MAYBE he could be "there man" as you say.....

and you don't know if he is willing to work in that structure, is it just coincidence Xavi Valero has been brought back, is it just coincidence Jen Chang is at the club, is it coincidence Tixki is wanted as DOF?

Rafa doesn't have a problem with structure, he ha a problem with owners that know f*ck all about the game, sticking there nose in where it doesn't need to be.