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I put dalglish in there mainly on his playier manager , on managing alone i wouldnt put him on the same level as shankley or paisley (and i think benitez is a better manager even though I wouldnt like to see him back at the club) but in terms of his persona and the reverence given to him, he's still one above benitez as a club 'legend'but its true i hesitated to put him on the basis of his managing career which is a trifle checkered , He had the boot room behind him when he started managing. no one can say he is a legend on his managing alone though.
I think he did very well when he took over from RoyH taking us fron 14th to 6th having among the top 4 points tally in that half season even after losing our best striker Torres. However, his purchases were bad as I think he was out of touch for a long time especially regarding non-uk players. We had an abysmal 2nd half of the season I think because his focus moved to the cups, we were still in the challenge for top 4 until the Arsenal game in Feb. Cannot say the same thing right now though.
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Are you havin' a laugh!? Last year when we on it kenny said that other teams don't rate it and play weakened sides. Even small premier league clubs and championship sides don't rate it - did you see some of the lineups last night and some playing tonight?! Nothing like full strength.
Why are you even talking about a carling cup defeat in a season where we won, and kept, the champions league trophy?
The capital one cup is a joke of a trophy. It brings no prestige, other clubs aren't remotely jealous of the winners, and it cost more to take part than you get it you win it! I'm not "having a laugh", no. You don't give a toss about it. Others do. Don't assume you can speak for everyone just because you have your own opinion on it. It's dwarfed in comparison to winning the CL - and rightly so - but Rafa deserves additional credit for getting them to the final of it too in the same season. Some claimed the CL run was a bit of a fluke, yet we got to 2 cup finals that season, and another one in each of the following two years.
*RODGERS *SKRTEL *JONJO
'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'
'If there is hope, it lies in the proles'
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Do you not give Benitez much credit for that? Of course I give him credit as I said we overperformed, my only contention was that the team was not abysmal, not great, but good, reasonably.
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Are you havin' a laugh!? Last year when we on it kenny said that other teams don't rate it and play weakened sides. Even small premier league clubs and championship sides don't rate it - did you see some of the lineups last night and some playing tonight?! Nothing like full strength.
Why are you even talking about a carling cup defeat in a season where we won, and kept, the champions league trophy?
The capital one cup is a joke of a trophy. It brings no prestige, other clubs aren't remotely jealous of the winners, and it cost more to take part than you get it you win it! I'm not "having a laugh", no. You don't give a toss about it. Others do. Don't assume you can speak for everyone just because you have your own opinion on it. It's dwarfed in comparison to winning the CL - and rightly so - but Rafa deserves additional credit for getting them to the final of it too in the same season. Some claimed the CL run was a bit of a fluke, yet we got to 2 cup finals that season, and another one in each of the following two years. Nice one. I liked the bit where you told me not to speak for others and then said "other people rate the capital one cup". Classic.
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I rate it when we're in it.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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"Romance has broke down
This boy is crack'in up"
So not a moderator
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I dont think BR's success will depend on whether or not Benitez gives him credit.
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I dont think BR's success will depend on whether or not Benitez gives him credit. Agree and anybody else giving him credit. It all up to him and results on the field
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Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
"...AND 32 MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF GOALKEEPER CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT"
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Are you havin' a laugh!? Last year when we on it kenny said that other teams don't rate it and play weakened sides. Even small premier league clubs and championship sides don't rate it - did you see some of the lineups last night and some playing tonight?! Nothing like full strength.
Why are you even talking about a carling cup defeat in a season where we won, and kept, the champions league trophy?
The capital one cup is a joke of a trophy. It brings no prestige, other clubs aren't remotely jealous of the winners, and it cost more to take part than you get it you win it! I'm not "having a laugh", no. You don't give a toss about it. Others do. Don't assume you can speak for everyone just because you have your own opinion on it. It's dwarfed in comparison to winning the CL - and rightly so - but Rafa deserves additional credit for getting them to the final of it too in the same season. Some claimed the CL run was a bit of a fluke, yet we got to 2 cup finals that season, and another one in each of the following two years. Nice one. I liked the bit where you told me not to speak for others and then said "other people rate the capital one cup". Classic. You should really pay more attention to detail when reading other people's posts. I didn't say "everyone" rates it. I wasn't speaking for everyone or anyone else. I don't deal in ridiculous absolutes like you do - I said others rate it. Even if I was the only person in the world who rates it, it's still enough to prove your sweeping statement to be wrong. Deal with that.
*RODGERS *SKRTEL *JONJO
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