KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Excelent Brian Reade column in todays Mirror

its the truth and by saying that hes bringing down the huge and daft expectation level on the club every season,in a way hes trying to give the next amn in charge a bit of breathing room,so if the first few results are a bit hit and miss,the usual there goes another title quotes that come out aren't there. As far as him forcing away Torres and arbeloa,you gotta be joking,arbeloa was brought through the real mardid youth system,is a madrid fan and had the chance to go back and play for his boyhood team who were rebuilding for a new ere. Dont think Carra tellin him off for being constantle out of position,which he was a lot,caused the lad to leave. £250.000 a week caused nando to leave,im suprised your making excuses for that mate. regarding the apology it was just trying to get away from the fact that brought brian reade into the forum,which seems to be a bit of a no-no

Capello is on the phone right now! And Mourinho and Guardiola are on hold. Who should we pick?!

Why is it daft to have lofty expectation? What's the worst that could happen? we fail. Are we so afraid of failure that we must reduce our expectation? Do the players and the manager have to try and reduce expectations just because of they're worried about that flak they migght get?

Did you read the link i posted with my comments. That's precisely what Rafa told Gerrard. As a player, he should believe... his mentality should be focussed on winning and believeing. He doesn't need to say anything in public, but in his mind he should be ultra positive.

I didn't say Carragher forced either Torres or Arbeloa out. I suggested that his attitude could've been a contributing factor. Players wil make mistakes on the pitch but it's not good too see players from the same team berating each other in public. It's not good for team spirit and unity.

If a new manager comes in with high ambitions, how's going to feel knowing that one of his senior players doesn't think we can win the league for years? Negative, defeatist mentality.

Whats the worst thing that can happen we fail? I agree but most wont accept that,they stil after finishing 8th and 30 odd points of expect us to chalenge. If a new manager comes in and we win the league within the next 5 years it would b a massive achievement,i think carra was right in saying that we should aim for champions league and then see were it takes us from there

capello for the job

no thank you sir

who do you want heggy?

TBH

Joachim Loew (Germany coach)

Rene Girard (Montpelier coach)

or failing that AVB

Rafa is one of my fave ex bosses but I feel that we need a new manager with no strings attached,

joachim loew would be fantastic. Gotta say though im reading all the good articles about rafa at the moment and im being swayed towards rafa,although the going back thing does worry me

Going back 20 years in one thing. But going back just a few years not the same thing. The big question for me would be whether Rafa admits to some of his failings and indicates that he has learnt from them. If he does that, adds that to his experience and proven tactical capabilities (prabably second to none), then it could just be a no brainer.

I've never understood your disdain for him. Clearly I'm missing something, so could you fill me in on why you think he's such a vile human being?