Rafa’s a poor manager. Ridiculous.
fucking joke taking benayoun off, how is kuyt still on the pitch?
Thought the manner of the victory over United showed that Rafa hadn’t lost the dressing room but both Torres and Benayoun were mouthing when subbed off there.
Degen shouldn’t have gone.
RAFA OUT!
Carragher gone now too. 
no way was that a straight red, but they are a shambles anyway, Benitez is being shown up as a fuckwit. Liverpool have no strength in depth whatsoever. Take Gerrard, Torres & Benayoun out of the squad and they are a team who would be languishing around 14th or 15th
Carra’s luck finally runs out.
edit: was referring to degan’s red in the first paragraph
Carra’s days are numbered anyway. Imagine letting Bobby Zamora wrong side twice.
If Madrid don’t beat Getafe tonight, Benitez will surely be their new manager by the end of the week, no?
Hardly, Madrid will surely be aiming higher than the fat spanish waiter.
Interesting game. Real down to ten men already.
One of their other favourites is Sven Goran Eriksson!
Glad to see that Carragher cunt sent off.
Was Torres taken off injured? If not then his total disregard of the league is shocking.
[quote=“Captainshan”]Glad to see that Carragher cunt sent off.
Was Torres taken off injured? If not then his total disregard of the league is shocking.[/quote]
No.
Mancini to Liverpool?
The Italian has been linked to dozens of vacancies since being given the shove by Inter Milan in May 2008.
But Mancini had refused to settle his 5.5million a year contract with the Italians - until now.
And Mancini has chosen now to put himself on the job market.
The former Leicester City player had been receiving full pay for doing nothing thanks to an Inter contract that ran till 2012. But he has accepted a pay-off of between 7m and 10m to tear it up.
Reports in Italy put Mancini as a frontrunner for the Madrid job, but sources in Spain say this is wide of the mark.
Benitez, who watched his Liverpool side lose 3-1 at Fulham at the weekend, has emerged in polls as the fans’ favourite, but Madrid president Florentino Perez insists Pellegrini will be given time.
[quote=“myboyblue”]Mancini to Liverpool?
The Italian has been linked to dozens of vacancies since being given the shove by Inter Milan in May 2008.
But Mancini had refused to settle his 5.5million a year contract with the Italians - until now.
And Mancini has chosen now to put himself on the job market.
The former Leicester City player had been receiving full pay for doing nothing thanks to an Inter contract that ran till 2012. But he has accepted a pay-off of between 7m and 10m to tear it up.
Reports in Italy put Mancini as a frontrunner for the Madrid job, but sources in Spain say this is wide of the mark.
Benitez, who watched his Liverpool side lose 3-1 at Fulham at the weekend, has emerged in polls as the fans’ favourite, but Madrid president Florentino Perez insists Pellegrini will be given time.[/quote]
strange article if thats how they describe his playing career
strange article if thats how they describe his playing career[/quote]
Just got it sent to me, didnt pay any attention to it past the first few paras. Prob from some tabloid webstie or something. Trying to identify with the British market.
He’d be a decent choice if Pool were to bin Rafa, but the prob at Pool is bigger than Rafa and no self respecting manager would go in there as long as they’re in the state they’re in you’d think.
Torres and Gerrard may need surgery
Thursday, 5 November 2009 15:41
Under-fire Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has admitted star duo Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard might need surgery to solve the injury problems which have plagued their season.
Torres looked a long way from match fitness as Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw in Lyon on Wednesday night which takes their hopes of progress to the Champions League last 16 out of their hands, and Benitez admitted the player is still feeling pain from his groin-related injury.
Gerrard missed the match entirely with a similar problem, but surgery will be a last resort for a side in need of a turnaround in fortunes both at home and in Europe, starting against Birmingham on Monday night.
Benitez, who batted away further questions on his own future on Wednesday night, said: 'Fernando played with pain, and after the game he still had the same problems that have troubled him for a few weeks.
'He wants to wait, rather than have an operation. He wants to work with the physios to try to solve his problems, but still he has pain.
'He told me he needed to keep stopping during the game because of the pain. Whether there is the need for him or Steven to have an operation is a decision we will probably not take straight away.
‘We must see how they can improve, and by how much. Then we will decide about any possible operation.’
Lisandro Lopez’s late goal for Lyon made it another miserable night for the Reds, who will be out if Fiorentina beat Lyon on matchday five.
But Benitez drew great encouragement from the performance, with his side creating numerous chances before Ryan Babel’s thunderbolt appeared to have won the game.
His only concern is how the team close games out in future.
‘We have to improve when we are leading near the end of the game. We must start showing more experience in such situations,’ the Spanish boss said.
'But nobody let the club down, that was the positive outcome from the draw in Lyon. We had so many problems with injured players. But you cannot complain about the performance because the team did everything they could to secure the victory.
‘The performance was good and the fans who were in the stadium with us could see that. They were singing at the end and after the whistle because they knew they had seen everyone give everything.’
The Suns- Rafas 13 Blunders
The 13 massive blunders
1. PLAYING centre-half Martin Skrtel as right-back at Boro last term - he was run ragged.
2. THE failure to keep Xabi Alonso, who finally quit for Real Madrid after a feud with Benitez.
3. BENITEZ’S refusal to bring back goalscoring legend Michael Owen. He’s now with despised rivals Manchester United.
4. SELLING Peter Crouch to Pompey last year. The England hitman had a decent strike record - 54 goals in 132 appearances.
5. SELECTING Andriy Voronin at Lyon on Wednesday. He was an embarrassment.
6. THE failure to buy a proven second striker. Ryan Babel and Co aren’t up to it.
7. LIVERPOOL seem more worried about losing than winning - like last weekend’s 3-1 defeat at Fulham.
8. LOSING No 2 Paco Ayesteran after a petty row.
9. BUYING Robbie Keane for 20m from Spurs, showing little faith before selling him back for an 8m loss.
10. LEAVING strike star Torres on the bench for 60 minutes in the stalemate at Stoke last season.
11. WHEN goals were needed in the 2007 Euro final he had Crouch and Craig Bellamy on the bench.
12. THAT Fergie rant. Rafa was right to question the United boss’ influence last season but the timing could not have been worse.
13. TAKING off Yossi Benayoun in the home clash against Lyon. Even the loyal Kop booed.
I would agree with most of them but not the one on Owen. That makes it sound as if he is banging them in for United or something.
It says nothing about the time Lord Ferg had Rafa badly, badly rattled last season…Remember he opened up a press conference with the “list” of grievences against Lord Ferg…oh dear rafa.
No.12 you thick cunt…