FA Cup **Spoilers**
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Youtube on low quality looks better than the Newcastle v Plymouth highlights.
It's an interview and Rafa wasn't answering any questions, a few of them were a bit mean, but still fair, many people would say Liverpool weren't good enough tonight, the reporter wasn't lying
... He's a manager of a top club getting paid a fair whack to do what he does and he's failing badly.
Put him into a 'proper' business and he'd be getting more grief than he is of that reporter.
I agree they weren't good enough - rafa obviously knows that - it's as good as bullying tbh - seems like he went too far to embarass him. Don't expect anything else from itv- would you ever see him question SAF in that manner? NO . Pretty low if u ask me
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What did they ask him?
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Agree. Interviewer was just goading him in to saying something controversial.
Demanded his lunch money.
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If he thought his team were good enough, injuries on Torres/Gerrard, if he thinks he needs to go into the transfer market etc. some of the wording was a little provocative, but that's what journalists do I suppose.
Basically asking rafa to admit they weren't good enough repeatedly and to say they are a two man team with gerrard and torres. Like any manager would admit to that on tv - u could see rafa was struggling, almost tearful and he just kept picking away at him.
THEY ARE SO RUBBISH AND IM ASHAMED TO BE LIVERPOOL FAN RIGHT NOW WE PLAY LIKE A LOWER LEAGUE SIDE DO.
Are you kidding me? Blackburn bought the title, Newcastle spent a lot of money (British record transfer etc), Leeds were buying players left right and centre (Seth Johnson £7m and £40k/week for a non-international, Fowler £11m, Keane £12m, Ferdinand £18m, Viduka £6m, plus Batty, Mills, Bridges, Huckerby, Dacourt, Duberry, Wilcox, Matteo etc etc were all £3m+. the list just goes on and on.
PMSL oh dear Liverspuds are really starting to suffer...think its time Rafa walked or was pushed out...at this rate you arent going to get 4th place...although id rather liverspuds get 4th place rather than Man City, Spurs or Villa in all honesty.
But well done to Reading for a massive giant killing boost...they havent been the same since Coppell left them but was nice to see them get a good result.
But well done to Reading for a massive giant killing boost...they havent been the same since Coppell left them but was nice to see them get a good result.
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Have to say, isn't that really the job of an interviewer? Why do people have this warped opinion that everyone involved in the "news" in any way is only supposed to read out what they are told to.
I'll say it, I didn't see the interview, but sky's interviews are mostly just namby pamby lets give the manager a chance to put whatever spin he wants on the game, general and boring questions. Rarely do they get down the throats of under pressure managers, which they should.
Not saying EITHER way is wrong, its up to the REPORTER what questions HE ASKS. Theres no laws saying reporters have to be nice and happy and help the managers, make them a cup of tea and give them a shoulder to cry on should they want to. Each to his own, I don't think trying to get a manager to admit, lets face it, the truth, is some ungodly sin. He's a reporter, he wants a headline, he tried to get one, theres nothing else to it.
Having seen an interview a couple weeks ago with Rafa, I agree with what he said, he wasn't actually certain of a top 4 finish, he was saying, when questioned about it, its his job as a manager to give his players the confidence to play well, part of that is motivation and part of that is things like saying you can win the title(when you can't, which a half dozen teams do every year constantly). I don't begrudge him making that guarentee, though for Pool fans, they might have a better chance of him walking rather than being paid to leave if he fails to live up to it.