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Sure Benitez wanted to sign him but who was to know that Keane would bring a p*sshead social life and rotten egotism to the dressing room. Rafa gave him a chance and he failed to live up to it. Didn't take long for Keane to get shipped from Spurs as well. Bottom line, the problem IS keane. While money has been spent, it's only money spent to try and balance the shambolic books left by the muppet Parry and those two clowns in charge. Rafa has also brought pure quality and they far outweigh the bad signings. Alonso, unknown before and now, one of the best in the world. Pepe same.Crouch was laughed at before coming to us.Mash was rotten in the reserves at West Ham!Rafa hasn't been supported in the transfer market in my opinion and our position suggests as much.

This is a article on BBC about Rafa. As i said before, if he has the ability to spot a player like alonso, fernando and Reina, then surely he knows Lucas cant be a 1st team starter for us....

article in full

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8608003.stm


Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has admitted making "regrettable mistakes" during his six-year tenure at Anfield.

The Spaniard has come under pressure this season as the Reds struggle to finish in the Premier League's top four and secure a Champions League place.

When asked if he had made mistakes, without specifying, he replied: "Every manager makes mistakes," before adding he had "sometimes" made "big mistakes".

"If you can manage as a club with the mistakes you are ok," said Benitez, before admitting: "We signed one player that has had a problem for the whole season and we cannot manage."

so he admits, aquaman was a mistake, ad that obviously implies he had to make adjustments in the middle. and that explains Lucas

it all sounds like crap excuses to me he has had plenty of chances to buy other players than the ones he has,he has just bought poorley its just a bit worrying that it looks as though he'll be there to waste more cash in the summer.

whats the excuse with aqulani?

if you look at what i actually wrote emp you would see that im not blaming everyone else except rafa and i also am not blaming the non singings down to rick parry, i said for a number of reasons.

rafa wanted to sign villa in his 1st year at lfc when villa was virtually unheard of and playing for real zaragoza i think. he also wanted ribery when he was a teenager at marseilles. open your eyes and see the arguement from both sides and not just from your own point of view.

You could add Alaves to that.

He has signed quality players- Riena, Johnson, Aggar, Mascha, Torres who- if they stay- who will be the spine of the team for years to come.

He gambled and lost with Aquilani, not because he is not a quality player but because he hasnt been fit and then hasnt adapted to English football quick enough. He may yet prove to be a good signing but was a bad gamble for this season. However with the payments it wasnt an expensive gamble in the modern market.

A major mistake was not getting cover for Torres which always seemed strange to me. That said the assumption on here and everywhere was he had £20 million to spend in the summer, he didnt.

That was the promise,and there will be feck all to spend this summer to so i wont be getting my hopes up.Whatever we can muster from sales and whatever is left in the kitty.

it's true he wanted to sign players such as villa and dani alves before they became well known players.

but there is some people (not saying you) that always blames everyone else but rafa...

he has bought some great players, but then on the other hand there's a lot of more players who has been total failures..

Which is the fundamental issue.

No matter who is the manager next season, will he have money to invest in the team? Will he have to balance the books? Will he be expected to make a profit in the transfer market?

To me Stevie G looks the most likely player that the club will want to sell because he is reaching the age when his value in the transfer market is high but that value will decrease quickly because of his age. He hasnt had the greatest of seasons but his reputation guarantees a big fee.

I certainly dont want it to happen but given our owners I'd say its a possibility.