Many moronic loud ones yes, we've paid the price.
I don't want him back now, but I do wish he had never been gone.
He can't be worse than Rodgers though surely? Or is it something to do with when Rafa was at Chelsea?
What other viable alternatives are there for a club like Liverpool? I don't think that Liverpool can bring in the top tier managers (or perhaps the owners are unwilling to?) so the only choices really are to take a solid manager from a lesser club or take a punt on another "in form" manager. Both of these have been tried and have failed recently for Liverpool.