About 4 weeks ago 2000 fans marched in support of Rafa...why...

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was it out of sheer affection and loyalty given that Liverpool fans have supposedly been loyal and patient with their managers...was it sheer defiance in watching a little guy taking on the new owners who are increasingly under the spotlight of distrust...or was it an entrenched belief that come what may Rafa is the best man to take Liverpool forward...

 

I've sat and read most posts on this forum and I've even posted my own concerns about how points wise Rafa has been closer to the managers of teams like Everton, Tottenham and now even Man City than those of United, Arsenal or Chelsea and I've reached the point where above all else what I want is certainty!

 

If the new bosses genuinely do not want Rafa to be at the helm and if the show of support for him was a romantic one and not based on hard-headed opinion about wanting Rafa to stay then let's make the change now and throw all the support behind whoever comes in - vocally and financially...

 

If however Rafa is to stay then equally I want to see him backed to the hilt now to make a serious step forward. This for me is the preferred option (but only after my knee has stopped jerking this past 24 hours) and here's why...

 

1. Under Rafa we have a squad that is of real value in terms of £s - that is a tribute to what he has done compared to the inherited squad that he had to give away...this tells me that even though we have doubted some of his buys that on teh whole we are better off in terms of average quality...

 

2. He has spent a heck of a lot of money and perhaps in hindsight he might have spent the same money on half the players but on better ones and tried to blend these in with whatever he could in terms of reserves and inherited players... nonetheless he has been purchasing strikers (Torres apart) for half the price that United have been purchasing defensive midfielders. At our peak we never shirked from flexing the financial muscle to replace quality with even better quality (Dalglish for Keegan, the summer of 87...)

 

3. The quality players at our disposal are genuine class...reina, gerrard, carra, agger, alonso, mascherano, torres and possibly Babel. There are lesser lights who add depth and there are players that we could sell and who all would sell at a decent value... It's time to sift off the quality 2nd tier players who have brought us so far and replace them with fewer 1st tier quality replacements. Having built the base already mentioned Rafa needs to be given the chance to finish the job and then stand or fall on the completed project... when you see the quality of Masch and Torres you see why figures of 17 and 20 million are mentioned...

 

It's time to back him or sack him. To keep him in place but not allow him to actually finish the task is a recipe for disillusionment and disaffection...

 

oh...and Rafa, please show your quality now by keeping the mouth shut and getting a decent no.2 in

 

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[Guest Si]

Keeping the mouth shut? Ian Cotton?

[Toni]

fIcKlE fAnS

[Guest Themba]

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[Lanus]

They marched because we won us the Champions league. That is the only, tiny reason. tiny isn't it... the champions league.... pfff