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all liverpool fans should back him if that's the case

if you don't i question your loyalty to the liverpool cause

I agree with you. However the Liverpool cause remind me what that is I have lost the plot.

to all come together to support the team

If AVB is out of the running. I pray it was HIS decision to pull out and not FSG's decision. Whilst I'm not 100% convinced by AVB i'd be very worried if the people in charge of our club rated RM ahead of him. That wouldn't be very promising for the future at all.

keep the faith

yes always keep the faith

to be honest I am not really in love with any of the candidates, Rafa,AVB and RM all have serious flaws which I think all of us would need convincing about. Personally I think RM and AVB will turn out to be great managers over the next 5yrs, the question is are they ready to take a team from 8th with some decent players to 4th or above with what appears to be a modest spend - FSG surely would have to sack the manager if the 4th place target was not reached and the merry go round would start again. Hence my lean towards Dalglish completing his 2/3yr contract.- - an option now eradicated

Rafa is the hardest one to fathom, would we get the ambitious, focused and tactial genius Rafa or the paranoid, emotional and warring Rafa who finished his last 18mths.

Never has a decision been so vital for the club (at playing level)

I thought it was to hand over as much money as possible.

I struggle to see why we'd get the warmonger if he has the full backing of those above him. If he doesn't have the full backing of those above him, why would he join the "project" (as he keeps calling it)?

In any business and team sport everyone needs to be pulling in the same direction. If the wording of the managerial position is "The DoF decides on-the-field and scouting strategy" why would Rafa sign? If the wording was "your plan will be implemented as far as possible by the DoF, unless the plan is seen to be flawed by the DoF" [which incidentally was how I read the Commolli/Dalglish relationship, at least as far as what each man said publicly]), why would FSG fail to adhere to it? Benitez is likely only to take the job if he is guaranteed a great deal of control, so why would him signing necessarily be a prelude to trouble?

The man comes with some baggage - but FSG are putting into place a system that manages the manager. As I said somewhere, any manager among the candidates can succeed provided the right structures are put into place around him. That still applies to Benitez.

Er, why would 4th place have to be the target and why would the new man get sacked if it wasn't acieved??