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Looks like dm agrees so that says it all really
English League Football ** spoilers ** [16th - 19th October 2010]
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Even more amazing considering Lucas isnt a defensive midfielder. I suggest you check out his recent performances for Brazil (2 MOTM performances at that) playing a 'normal' playmaker CM role.
I do actually think that Benitez going was the right thing, both for Benitez himself and for the club. There comes a time imo, when things are just right for a change, it doesnt necessarily have to be a negative statement of the managers ability its just sometimes a fresh look is needed. (I actually think that Arsenal/Wenger have been at this point for a couple of years now, even though I think Wenger is a good manager, likewise I think they need a fresh view)
I just dont think Hodgson was the right fresh view and I said as much at the time.
Really? i thought he had about £20million worth of choice in replacing Mascherano.
No one made him get the worst footballer in the entire planet, and Meireles who whilst being good, isn't what liverpool needed.
What good could have come out of sacking Benitez? Fresh air into the club, new ways, tactics, signings. It hasn't, but that's the theory.
I disagree that Benitez was sacked off the back of last season, I think he was sacked based on the atmosphere around the entire club. The squad was going downhill, and there appeared to be absolutely no way of building it back up to the level it should have been at. Had we finished in 7th because we'd bought a whole load of wonderkids who weren't quite capable at the time, but in a season or two would put us in the top 4, I'd have welcomed him to stay with open arms. This wasn't the case. The squad was heading downhill, and Benitez appeared to have no means to get it back to where it could be, particularly considering his poor record in the transfer market for players at the cheaper end of it. The only way to turn things around was for him to go.
Again, I haven't said that Hodgson has done well. As you say, he has not done well at all. But this is irrelevant as to whether or not Rafa should have gone.
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There is no way Benitez should have been sacked while the ownership situation was unresolved. He was the best man available to hold things together until the sale of the club went through.
If you then think it's time for a chance, ok, but not before then.
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He was a free transfer.
He was a free transfer.
He was a free transfer.
He's changed the reserve keeper, he's changed the first choice left back, he's changed the centre back pairing and he's brought in Poulsen and Merieles to play ahead of the defence. He's drastically changed our defence!
He's spent around £20 million!
Your knowledge of your own team is laughable but your knowledge of other teams is an absolute joke!
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"how did we lose 2-0 when we played so well for large parts of the game".
Yeah, i dont even watch Roy's interviews any more, i hear less crap and lies from school kids.
Who were you going to bring in to bring these new tactics etc etc etc?
No manager of any note was going to come near us and the only realistic options were Dalglish (and the board would have never allowed that) or somebody like Hodgson. We've got Hodgson and look where we are now.
I agree that it wasnt the ideal time but at that stage it looked like the ownership situation could drag on for years yet, hell its only in the last few days that we've know for certain that it wasnt going to.
As far as I'm concerned, if you do a bad job you go. We shouldn't be a club who says "well, you've done badly but nobody else will come to Anfield, so stick around".
The board new full well that the ownership situation wasn't going to go on for years, the money was due to be repaid 2 days ago
I said myself that from going from 2nd to 7th (even if 2nd was an over achievement) was unacceptable and in normal circumstances a change of management would have had to be considered but no good could have come from sacking Rafa.
Stick around or wait until you can make an appointment that would be an improvement?
Torres isn't playing well, should we sell him and replace him with Carlton Cole? After all it doesn't matter if we can't replace him, he's playing poorly he should go.
He's a good player. If you can be bothered, feel free to go back through my post history, I'm sure I would have said that at some pointn on here
However, be that as it may, can you honestly say that he was not a waste of £20mil? Bringing him in injured when the side was crying out for a creative midfielder who could come in and make an impact immediately? For me, spending that much money when the club is skint on somebody with as bad an injury record as Aquilani was a gamble which was too large, and proved to be a waste of money.
The board new full well that the ownership situation wasn't going to go on for years, the money was due to be repaid 2 days ago
I said myself that from going from 2nd to 7th (even if 2nd was an over achievement) was unacceptable and in normal circumstances a change of management would have had to be considered but no good could have come from sacking Rafa.
We didnt know that it wasnt going to drag on, even you yourself said it had the potential to drag on just 10 days ago. We simply didnt know if there would be court case after court case dragging out for 18 months or whether H&G would get back in or what would happen until just a few days ago. Potentially the ownership situation could have gone on for an unspecified time and might even possibly have ended in us having H&G still in charge. Like I say, it wasnt the ideal time but equally with the future being so up in the air, holding on for an indefinite period of time wasnt ideal either. Add to that that Rafa has ended up at the treble winners I'd say it was the right time for him too.