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Liverpool striker Fernando Torres says sacking manager Rafael Benitez will not solve the club's current ills.

Out of the Champions League and off the pace in the race to qualify for next season's tournament, the Reds have won just three times in 12 games.

"I think sacking the manager is not a solution," said Torres, who thinks the players are to blame more than Benitez.

"We have to play much better. The players are the people that have to find a solution to the situation."

Last season both Torres and Benitez signed long-term contracts, keeping them at the club until 2014.

"It's a difficult situation but every top team in the world goes sometimes through a bad situation like Liverpool now," Torres added. "Like every top team in the world, Liverpool will get over the situation."

While Liverpool have struggled to find consistency this season, the club's financial strength has also been under scrutiny as American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks reportedly court new investment.

And Torres suggested that while Benitez needed to strengthen his squad, the Liverpool manager did not have the funds at his disposal to recruit high-calibre players

Obviously we need players," said Torres, who has scored 11 goals in 13 league games this seaon. "If we can bring quality players it should be really positive for us.

"But I think the situation is really difficult because I think we don't have money to bring in the best players.

"It's a difficult situation but every top team in the world goes sometimes through a bad situation like Liverpool now.

"Like every top team in the world, Liverpool will get over the situation.

"I have confidence in myself and my team. I know we are good enough. We were playing really well last season with the same team."

yea but he cant be seen to say that emp, even if he's thinkin it. if a player wants to be seen as a pro in the sport and by other managers, its in their interest to project cofidence in their existing manager no matter what their feelings might be.

well if there is a media game going on, they're all in it together.
i would imagine that the set up is "look raff, weve no money, so we cant financially support the spending cause of debt which we need to sort pronto. so look, for now just do your best we'll keep you in a job, we'll hopefully get another investor blah blah blah, and we'll all come out of this together, but for nowjust try and keep the team afloat and we'll try keep the club afloat" and no doubt the players have been given the low down, at least the key players anyway.
its not right or wrong, its just what i think is going on.

I'll take it on face value and leave the conspiracy stuff to others. It shows a little maturity, and responsibility from the playing staff for a change to me. As pointed out many times already- this is basically the same team as last season.

It is deeply frustrating that we haven't pushed on for everyone, but that was obviously to be the case when the top drawer partner for Torres never materialized. Couple it with a few playing well under par and niggling fitness problems, throw slipping confidence into the mix and is it any wonder we are where we are.

Really?!

2177 posts and you say absolutely nothing new.


Torres talks sense.

i think that is exactly what heskey will think thats why he wont sign for us

I still think that players have te do the most work. You can't blame Rafa for everything. Yes ok, sometimes we do nog agree with a sub or whatever, but ex is against pompy.

Whith the team we had lined up there, we should have won, we didn't, you think that is all Rafa? It are the players which have to do most work, they have to score goals.

I'm sorry but if I play a bad match then I blame myself and not the manager, a manager can shout as much as he wants, if the players don't try and do something diff then its not allways the managers fault.

I am not trying to sweettalk things, but to me, it't 50-50 responsibilaty.

ya know if agger could head a ball into the goal from two yards, we prob would have won the last two games.

I dont think torres will say this if he meant otherwise. YEA

aS HE SAYS, HE THINKS THERE IS no money. So that is another stumbling block