Do you blame Xabi for wanting to join Real Madrid?

[JMARKH]

Not really, returning to his homeland at a massive club with more wages and a better climate. Would have been nice if he could have stayed another season though. Bad timing.

[Guest alscarface]

The Xabi adultation does baffle me sometimes.

Yeah he is a good player, not world class as some say , IMO.

Can be replaced no problem.

[RedKnight]

He was dicked around, he told Rafa he'd had enough of it and he left. Fair enough.

[MLB]

I think I might be the only person who doesn't give a shit about Xabi Alonso. It would have made things easier for us if he'd stayed but he chose to leave, therefore I really don't care about him anymore. Onwards and upwards.

[t1971]

The Xabi adultation does baffle me sometimes.

Yeah he is a good player, not world class as some say , IMO.

Can be replaced no problem.

 

Some people seem to like Xabi more than they like LFC. Strange. I agree with you i think he is replacable. We got £30m+ for a player no one would give us more than £15m for last year. Im not that bothered.

[MLB]

Some people seem to like Xabi more than they like LFC. Strange. I agree with you i think he is replacable. We got £30m+ for a player no one would give us more than £15m for last year. Im not that bothered.

 

 

 

I've noticed that too. The undertone is that they're quietly hoping we fail in some way so that this is revealed to be some kind of catastrophic error of judgement from Benitez (in spite of the fact that it's actually Alonso's decision).

[RedKnight]

Who hopes that? Name names.

[Brownie]

Or could it simply be a case of people who really rate the lad being a bit upset that he's left.

 

I think as things stand, our team is seriously weaker than it was last season and that makes me a sad panda.

 

The club will always be bigger than any individual but that doesn't mean you can't be upset when an individual leaves. Or have I not read the latest handbook?

[zigackly]

He's gone, move on.

[Guest alscarface]

You know he had two seasons (either call them average), ( Or maybe call them below average), where he did fail in so many ways.

He wasn't world class then , as some believe he is now.

Dont get me wrong, Alonso's contribution was only second to Gerrards last year.

I just cant see him as a big loss,

He wants to go , we get the best price.

What is the problem.

[Trumo]

Barca is cool too but very touristy and the beaches are shite and filthy near the port.

 

There is Port Olympic, which was great. La Rambla is one of my favourite places on Earth. None of which has anything to do with Xabi because he's going to Madrid.

 

I can understand Spanish players wanting to play for Madrid or Barca, so I don't begrudge Xabi for that, regardless of how I feel about Real Madrid. It's like Italian footballers wanting to play for Juve or the Milan clubs, Germans opting for Bayern, or Scots choosing the Old Firm. Big players tend to gravitate towards the big teams (not saying we're not a big team, because we are the biggest, but you know what I mean).

[Lucky Pierre]

He was treated like shit, and Gareth Barry - yes, Gareth fucking Barry was almost signed to replace him twice. I blame the club for this, and wish Xabi all the best. Even when he knew he wasn't wanted during the past two seasons, he gave his all for us. He had 2 sensational seasons and 3 very good seasons here. Thank you Xabi.

[Glen C]

I actually don't think alonso will do as well at madrid as he would do with us. To truely get the best out of alonso he needs good workers around him who help create space for his creativity. Madrid are lazy bastards full of attacking talent, but he will be doing a lot more defending than he would do with us, and yeah he'll look good in la liga where he'll get more space but i think his lack of pace in that madrid team will hinder him.

[Glen C]

He was treated like shit, and Gareth Barry - yes, Gareth fucking Barry was almost signed to replace him twice. I blame the club for this, and wish Xabi all the best. Even when he knew he wasn't wanted during the past two seasons, he gave his all for us. He had 2 sensational seasons and 3 very good seasons here. Thank you Xabi.

 

He had two good seasons and 3 average ones. Your boyfriend admitted himself that he had 2 good seasons at the club.

[Haan'sThunderbolt]

No, I just blame real madrid being (for several years now) a fuckin' circus and absolute antithesis of everything I love in football, I despise their policy, people, fans, media presence during transfer windows and almost every single action they undertake as a club. Fuck them.

 

Totally agree, completely detest them - I mean, even Baconface hates them - who do they think they are? Where has all this money suddenly come from - did Perez find it growing on the trees one morning?

As for Xabi - he's obviously not a proud Basque, as he'd have nothing to do with that shower.

[MLB]

Who hopes that? Name names.

 

 

Wasn't thinking of anyone in particular, it's just a general sense I get from the tone of some posts. Obviously I'm not the only person to have noticed it.

[Red Nick]

Dont blame him and how he never twatted Rafa I will never know

 

However we have to support the manager a 100% and a choice between Rafa and Xabi is an easy one.

 

Just to add great business for LFC because he is not worth the money we got

[ReddOrDedd]

From where I'm standing, good luck to him. He's given our club a great service for six years and he owes us nothing. The man is from Spain, FFS, and he has more than earnt his spurs here.

 

Don't get me wrong, I''m sad to see him go, but I don't begrudge him, and I wish him all the best. Here's hoping Aquilani (or whoever) is good enough to replace him.

[ATXRED]

He doesn't deserve anything from us unless he's in our shirt, but, if he wants to go back home then we should facilitate that move for him if we can. I just wish it could have been next summer. Forget all the bullshit, our season starts in 11 days, that's all that matters to us.

[Maniacworld]

he deserved to go,dudes forget it now.alonso is a part of LFC history now.

[jackofdk]

Massive payrise, home country, food, sun, sex, wine, age, wife, boats, sangria, chorizo, paellla, donkeys off towers, rioja, una paloma blanca,

outdoor pool, 15% tax, apart from that fuck all.

 

Is right.

 

Add to that the once in a lifetime prospect of playing in the most expensively assembled team in history, and it really - for Xabi - was a nobrainer.

 

Only the chronic instability of Real Madrid and the prospect of being part of a league winning side at Liverpool spoke against the move.

 

But the pros must've far outweighted the cons for him.

[dirty_sanchez]

I don't really know what inspired the op to start this thread. Did none of you see how the Xabi thread went?

[MLB]

Wow, it's amazing how many people think that playing for Liverpool is shitty in comparison to playing for Real Madrid.

[t1971]

So is every player we are prepared to accept offers for being treated like shit by Rafa??

[Carradona]

Treated like shit and wasnt liked by the manager (and vice versa). Had every right to leave. You wouldn't stay in a 'normal' job if you didn't get on with your boss and he treated you like shit. Only 1 person to blame...