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Originally Posted By: Basil Fawlty
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good reply faz and all so very true, the poster also fails to mention Benitez inherited a young Gerrard, Carragher, Big Sami, Riise, Hamann, Finnan and Kewell even tho the latter was rubbish...


There are some people, not me of course, who would argue that winning the CL with Igor and Djimi in a side is quite possibly one of the greatest managerial achievements of all time smile
they were both Houllier players not Benitez...

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yes but rafa motivated them


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yes but rafa motivated them
Cant of motivated them too much they were both gone within a year...

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they were both great in the 2005 CL campaign especially igor


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Originally Posted By: Huss
I've followed liverpool for a while now but wasn't switched on enough to have a sensible opinion on managers until now i think. previously it was just pure emotion, if we won i was wrapped and if we lost it was the end of the world! now i can sit and look back at the mangers we've had over the last 12 years and say that

...Under Houllier i thought we had some great times, we won a few trophies and played in some big games.

Then i really took notice when BENITEZ came along, i still think for all his flaws he gave me my greatest memories and i would be up all hours of the night/morning watching the games!

Then along came ROY, with all due respect to him he absolutely killed the joy i used to have in watching LFC play, i found myself for the first time ever, actually turning off games and going to sleep because of how boring his team was to watch!! they were absolutely terrible and as bad as it sounds i used to jump online every night waiting for the news that he was sacked!!

And then KENNY came back, now i was never old enough to see him play but i knew he was the king! he was a breath of Fresh air, he had passion and wanted to win.. i personally think that he had us playing some magic football at times and really thought he would make the difference until...he spent over $100m on some of the shytest players in the prem league. that alone was reason enough to get the sack and i for one wasnt too upset to see that happen....

Until his replacement was BR..now i really did hope that we would get BENITEZ back but it wasnt to be and i really do think that given enough time AND the right players BR will be a hit. lets face it, the players we have are not good enough..and the ones that are looking decent are still too young and inconsistent. i think once BR moves the duds and brings in some decent players to play his style then we will see the true blueprint for what he is trying to achieve..until then i will support him and pray the good times come back!

Also comparing BR to ROY is just terrible, we may have the same amount of points but i dont care who says this game is results based i would much rather watch a BR side than any of ROYS time at liverpool!!

Anyway just thought i'd throw my 2cents in. your thoughts??

Thats all have a good day! grin




I think that's an absolutely brilliant critique mate. Some really good points. I never wanted benitez back though simply because I don't think it's good to look backwards. And I'm still very undecided on if Rodgers will ever have top 4 manager ability, but I do think in time he will put a decent side together that will consistently get close to the top 4. My only fear is his ability to sign top 4 players, I think his signings have been as bad as Kenny in terms of quality, but obviously just much cheaper.

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liverpool f.c.'s ;last truely great manager was kenny dalglish circa 1985 to 1990 after that its want a bit off the rails .


Nah, he had the best team in the world handed to him on a platter, gift wrapped, with a pretty bow on top. Our last great manager was Paisley.


If KD was not a good manager, how did he win the premiership with Blackburn then (money alone is not enough, you still need to buy the right players and get the team to gel)? Also, the half season he took over from RH was not bad neither, we had the 3rd highest points tally in that half season. He tried to sign too many british players at inflated prices, I think this is because he was out of touch with internsational players.

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Originally Posted By: joecool
they were both Houllier players not Benitez...


Exactly my point, not his players and neither of them particularly good - yet Rafa motivated them so much they were outstanding in the CL - what a manager ! Glad you finally agree smile

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Originally Posted By: Basil Fawlty
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they were both Houllier players not Benitez...


Exactly my point, not his players and neither of them particularly good - yet Rafa motivated them so much they were outstanding in the CL - what a manager ! Glad you finally agree smile
Winning the Champions League does'nt mean your good tho does it, we are Living proof of that...

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they were both Houllier players not Benitez...


Exactly my point, not his players and neither of them particularly good - yet Rafa motivated them so much they were outstanding in the CL - what a manager ! Glad you finally agree smile
Winning the Champions League does'nt mean your good tho does it, we are Living proof of that...
roberto di matteo proves that aswell

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winning the champions league does not mean you are good? well we would all take some of that now city and utd would not refuse it either


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