Friday, November 23, 2007

All Is Not Well At Anfield

The latest revelation of Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez being unhappy with the club's American owners have indicated that a crisis is looming at Anfield.

"It is really time for Rafa to quit talking about new players and to coach the players we have." Tom Hicks was reported to say in the Liverpool Echo.

And I do think that Hicks and fellow owner George Gillett have a point. Benitez cannot complain now that he has a squad with players he has bought himself and most of them have failed miserably. He should instead look carefully and assess his scouting system and find out why the players are coming up failures each time. Save for the occasional gem found such as Alonso, most of his other signings have not adapted to the English game. The solution cannot be to look for a quick fix by buying new players.

A word of warning to Liverpool fans - this is coming close to the situation Benitez faced at Valencia before he left in a huff. Not given the funds to buy new players and eventually having differences with the chairman.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the 'words' about Rafa and Valencia. I mean what do we know about our own manager? Muppet.

Furthermore, what players have failed? Nice try to wind-up Liverpool fans, but all your doing is making yourself look like an idiot.

Finally, Rafa has received no where near the funds the either Jose Mourinho nor Sir Alex since coming to Anfield. In fact, Ferguson spent nearly three time as much this past summer alone.

Rag is definitely the proper title for your blog.

Anonymous said...

Hi Anonymous, thanks for the 'words' and advice. I mean, what do I know about my manager, being a fan? Silly.

Rag might be a proper title for my blog, but sounds like you were riled enough to respond. :)

It's comforting to know we have fans like you. Maybe you prefer we end up like Leeds - broke and down in the gutter.