how can you say that Rafa has had the same time, support and funding as Venger!!!
I'll tell you something Emp, Venger nor Ferguscum would have put up with half the sh1te Rafa has had to deal with - they'd have walked ages ago!
But Rafa is Liverpool's manager, the man who has now got the full support from people inside like Kenny and Sammy, the players and 99% of the fans worldwide. I'm afraid you're stuck with him for a while yet Emp, sorry mate.
Benitez is a disgrace, his first four seasons in charge and we where out of the title race twice in September, once in October and once in the first week of December all this after spending millions. Benitez was the one who made public the argument with the two Owners, yes we know they are bad but it was Benitez who was the one who washed our dirty laundry in public which was never the Liverpool way.He publicaly started this argument for his own means because he knew stupid fans would take his side and at the same time totaly deflect his own incompetence in the job he was doing by letting everyone concentrate on the Americans.
He at the start of the season said he was perfectly happy to leave his own contract negotiations on the table until the summer because as he said it he was happy his wife was happy and so where his kids, next thing what happens is we are top of the league at xmas, through to the champions league next phase and Benitez is at his strongest position since he has been at the club so he DEMANDS his contract is sorted out straight away because he knows he can get most of what he wants because he is so cunning.
He is the only Liverpool manager to make players contract talks public by demanding Agger's and Mascherano's contracts get sorted out straight away he done this in the papers.
He handed United the league last season with the most embarassing rant I have heard since Keegan which was all read from a peice of paper pulled from his pocket, this heaped tremendos pressure on the team which had already shown throughout the season could'nt handle the pressure of being top as it was, and even know he is already getting his excuses in for next season by claiming Man City have destabilised the transfer market.
Sorry Benitez is a horrible man and luckily for us will be replaced at the end of this coming season.