Would you have Benitez at Liverpool again?

[Lario]

I'd have him back in a heartbeat, and I don't fucking care who knows it.

 

First man to stand up to those cunts runnig the club, and paid for it with his job. The way he was treated towards the end of his tenure was disgraceful!

[Brownie]

I'd have him back over Hodgson any day of the week, but really I feel we need to go for a more attack minded coach. Someone who is goin to bring back the pass and move philosophy to Liverpool.

 

If the new owners want to bring in their own man, and Kenny remains out of the running, then i'd like to see Pellegrini given a chance.

[Special K]

I'd have him back in a hearbeat. Never wanted him to go.

[JMARKH]

No chance, he'd just make the same mistakes again, awful signings, falling out with players, putting himself and ego issues before the team e.t.c if at any point the off field issues brighten up then we should go for Mourinho who said he wants to return to England after Madrid.

[Brownie]

I think people are totally forgetting how bad last season actually was.

[Lycan]

I think people are totally forgetting how bad last season actually was.

 

Well unless something changes dramatically, last season is goin to be considered great compared to this one.

[Lycan]

If the new owners want to bring in their own man, and Kenny remains out of the running, then i'd like to see Pellegrini given a chance.

 

Yeah good shout, I wouldn't be against Pellegrini coming here. I've always liked the way his teams played.

[Lucky Pierre]

In a heartbeat.

[Brownie]

Well unless something changes dramatically, last season is goin to be considered great compared to this one.

 

The season is still extremely young.

[Special K]

I think people are totally forgetting how bad last season actually was.

 

I think you're forgetting how good the seasons before last were

[Lucky Pierre]

 

The season is still extremely young.

 

And getting worse and worse with each game.

[satmann]

The Man city game when roy was sat on the bench clueless made me realise how lucky we were to have Rafa with the currect owners.

[a stoner]

Flat no.

He's had his time here, he tried, got close but ultimately failed.

[Dicko]

Flat no.

He's had his time here, he tried, got close but ultimately failed.

 

Any manager would of, lets not forget that.

But agree his time is gone at least for the foreseeable.

[Brownie]

I think you're forgetting how good the seasons before last were

 

I'm not.

[Juan Galonso]

I think you're forgetting how good the seasons before last were

 

We had two great seasons under Rafa in 04-05 and 05-06. Istanbul was beyond everyones wildest dreams despite the shocking league form that eclipsed everything we could have ever hoped for, 05-06 was massive progress which yielded 82 points and an FA Cup.

 

06-07 was pretty mundane in the league throughout with the shocking statistic of not scoring away in the league until December and whilst it was great reaching another CL Final, a cautious approach cost us that game.

 

07-08 was a decent but nothing more league season 76 points but never really in contention for the title once we lost to United in December but another good CL run kept our season going offset by a FA Cup loss to Barnsley.

 

08-09 was whilst in terms of 86 points on the board statistically our best season it agan felt like unfulfilled because we let United off the hook before Christmas when they were in Japan and probably the best chance we will have to win the title for some time and we only really went for it after we had nothing else to lose but some thrilling performances in the CL the Real Madrid 4-0 was unreal and the battering of teams was fantastic if a little frustrating as if only we had showed that mentality before Christmas we would have had United choking on our dust by the time they returned home from Japan.

 

09-10 was drab, drab, drab and totally stale.

 

Six seasons. the 05-06 was my personal favourite under Rafa because it felt like work in progress followed by 04-05 because of Istanbul. We had a few seasons of much of a muchness, pretty solid overall bar the odd exception (particularly in Europe) when we were awesome, never in danger of falling out of the top 4 really throughout his reign which was the minimum requirement really.

 

We had two seasons in my opinion when we exceeded expectations under him, three were we met them with some fantastic highlights in Europe, although people will argue that we exceeded them in 08-09 I will always think of what might have been and we had 09-10 which was below expectations.

Edited October 10, 2010 by Juan Galonso

[redsfan]

Loved what he did and his close connection to us fans and his clear love for the club and whilst he left with a sense of unfinished business, we need to move on and start a fresh especially if we get new owners (please, please, please)

 

So i would say no but in a few years you never know.

[Carradona]

Yes, definitely. LOL jk, no.

[RobbieOR]

For how long are these threads going to pop up?

[Brownie]

For how long are these threads going to pop up?

 

For as long as we have poor results. If we win our next 10 games in a row most will radically change their minds. Football circa 2010!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Loved what he did and his close connection to us fans and his clear love for the club and whilst he left with a sense of unfinished business, we need to move on and start a fresh especially if we get new owners (please, please, please)

 

So i would say no but in a few years you never know.

Agreed.

 

I was gutted when the bastards sacked him, but Hodgson's the manager now and I don't want him to be the first Liverpool manager in over half a century to finish his Anfield career trophyless.

[Medazza]

How can 08/09 be a let down. Lost only twice in the league and could beat any team in the world on our day.

 

People forget we were the top ranked side in Europe under rafa for a long time

[diego]

I'd swop Gerrard and Carragher for Rafa (if Inter would take them, which I admit is highly unlikely). He was the heart and intellectual vision of the club - not those two .

 

Broughton would have to go, of course, and so would Purslow, unless the new owners removed Purslow's ability to interfere in footballing matters.

[Major Tom]

For how long are these threads going to pop up?

 

The chances of them popping up increase exponentially every day we sit in the relegation zone.

 

Saying that, I am surprised so many fans would take Benitez back regardless of our current situation.

[Major Tom]

How can 08/09 be a let down. Lost only twice in the league and could beat any team in the world on our day.

 

People forget we were the top ranked side in Europe under rafa for a long time

 

Lies, damned lies and statistics..