The footy !!
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any comment from the red half of the board?
sh!ite
edit: we're concentrating on the league!
Buckley
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There's going to be one of these every time a big team is out of everything early from now on:
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Liverpool need to sack Benitez and get O'Neill in. Like NOW. And before Utd do.
They then need to face the brutal reality of the debts and sell their assets.
a prolonged period of midtable mediocrity could well beckon but that is surely preferable to a Leeds-esque freefall into obscurity.
They then need to face the brutal reality of the debts and sell their assets.
a prolonged period of midtable mediocrity could well beckon but that is surely preferable to a Leeds-esque freefall into obscurity.
matt collins
Active Member
Rafa Benitez's English needs work. He's okay at speaking and listening, but struggles with Reading.
russellventilla
Member
how did barca get on in the copa del rey?
a nice little sideline but a distraction from the things that really matter - strongly doubt too many tears shed
agentundercover
Active Member
any comment from the red half of the board?
Bad to worse to total disaster.
Looked like 11 strangers on the park.
I think we need a re-invigoration. We need a new boss. But who will come with no money to spend.
I'm sad. Rubbish day to work in Manchester.
agentundercover
Active Member
No, obviously, a back to back treble would've been nice but it really isn't a trophy either of the big hitters in Spain care that much about
Put it this way, Bobby Robson won the cup winners cup AND copa del rey in 96/97 and it still didn't save his job!
olly - the sell your assets thing is bollocks. the debt of the club is vested in its (market price) value, so whilst its not great business, it's the most ridiculous thing i've heard to compare us to leeds and their financial plight. isn't the glazer's ownership of united on 700m borrowed, you could hardly say they're looking to have a car boot to raise some funds.
the problem at the moment is that whoever comes in has exactly the same problems as rafa (i.e. the owners don't give a **** and won't give him much cash), so that excludes the elite coaches. would i rather have rafa than mark hughes or o'neill or any other journeyman manager. yes!
people forget that it was this team pretty much, that came 2nd last year with our best ever points total in the premier league, which would have been good enough to take the title in over half the premiership campaigns. we lost it not cos we didn't beat the best, it was cos we drew at home to stoke and the like.
we're having a bad season no doubt and still only 5 points off 4th. i've personally been through much darker times as a liverpool fan, so whilst this sh1t is hard to watch, i'm not going ott.
but then again, i don't read or watch the UK media coverage.
the problem at the moment is that whoever comes in has exactly the same problems as rafa (i.e. the owners don't give a **** and won't give him much cash), so that excludes the elite coaches. would i rather have rafa than mark hughes or o'neill or any other journeyman manager. yes!
people forget that it was this team pretty much, that came 2nd last year with our best ever points total in the premier league, which would have been good enough to take the title in over half the premiership campaigns. we lost it not cos we didn't beat the best, it was cos we drew at home to stoke and the like.
we're having a bad season no doubt and still only 5 points off 4th. i've personally been through much darker times as a liverpool fan, so whilst this sh1t is hard to watch, i'm not going ott.
but then again, i don't read or watch the UK media coverage.
weloveliam@space
Active Member
I personally think we need to wait till the end of season. Look at the Arse, they were proper shi7e last season, look at them now. If the investment comes and we can buy decent we should give him one more season. If at the end of that season we are still shi7e the fook him off.
As Greg says, as a fan I've been through much darker times, yes its not good, but it could be alot worse.
One thing though, Benitez needs to keep his trap shut. He is a complete tool at times.
Morbyd
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Good thing for you. The press have had Rafa shipped back to Spain in a body bag after each stumble. It's all a bit excessive, to be honest.
In your favor - American owners. It usually takes a slightly worse showing or some other substantial conflict to get fired as coach of an American sports team so I think Hicks & Gillette are generally more patient. However, the possibility on missing out on Champions League money might be a dealbreaker.