Simple question.Myself i think we will go close in the champs league this year and will always do well in europe under him,but lets face it.....he will never win us the leagueSo it's a simple question.Rafa out or in?
IN!! Fair enough what your saying but who would you like to succeed him that is any better or isn't Jose Mourinho ??!!
Tough call, especially after tonights effort. At the end of the season he'll be 4 seasons in charge and it looks like we'll finish at least 10-15 points behind the champions unless we put a long winning run together. We are just too defensive to win the league, you need a lot of flair along with a solid back 4 to win it. His play suits the Champions League. Rafa is not going to change the way he sets his teams out to play IMO. Unless he wins the Champions League I can't see him being around next season.
If you were chairman and gave the boss €70 million to spend in the close season, and you find yourself 12 points behind with half the season to go, would you keep him?
Another rafa out thread after we drop points (not one of the rafa out brigade from this site was willing to post anything in the previous rafa out threads and could not decide on who they wanted instead), mad how they never appear after a win or any run of wins ! Everyone entitled to thier opinion but i would most definitely say in and i choose to keep supporting him and our team !
No chance, not mid season...the club would be in disarray...I will reserve judgement until the end of the season...and more importantly, who would be his replacement? Other than Mourinho I can't think of anyone that could go straight in and make an impact...look at Ramos and Spurs...he may be a top coach but he would still need time...
I never said rafa out.I just said he will never win us the league.hand on heart do you really think the team has improved in the league(not europe) since the roy evans,G.H. years.I think for one we are playing worse football than under either of those managers.Just an opinion
I'm not calling for Rafa's head but i just think that the Yanks will decide that he's had long enough in charge if we finish a distance away from the title again but then again he can't really be replaced if the Champions League is won. I am unhappy with the defensive way we play having being brought up in the late seventies and eighties. I just wish he'd let his teams go after the opposition and outplay them more often. The way he set that team up tonight was a disgrace to the name of Liverpool Football Club. I'd wait until the end of the season and see how we play between now and then before making any decision. I agree there are not too many outstanding replacements around at the moment.
jc23 its not just about dropping points,its about his decisions regarding the team 1 striker at home against a poor side,makes subs too late in game e.g pennant hasnt played in couple of months and needed to be replaced as he wasnt in the game 2nd half,no babbel on the bench who has been very good when introduced late on,like u said its your opinion and i hope he prove me wrong but i cant see it.
I've lost faith in him over the last few weeks, but i think people should wait till the end of the season before calling for his head
Ha,I totally agree with you mate but as if hes gonna leave arsenal!He just has to put up his feet for the next 5 years because his young players are unbelievable !!and are going to get better.
Why wait for 4 months to take action? Did Chelsea wait until the end of the season to fire Mourinho? Has it weakened them? The fans booed tonight, and rightly so. As Souness, Evans, and Houllier before him (and even Steve Staunton) discovered, once you lose the backing of the fans, there's only one result... ...exit stage left.
Lets face it, fortress anfield is no more. Fans booed tonight, one person wants rafa gone the other is willing to give him another chance. How many chances does rafa want. he knew the other 3 teams won yesterday and he knew we had to beat wigan. What does he do, nothing. we bought babel for 10 million and he doesnt even get a decent break, every time he has played he has been dangerous and exciting to watch. We were almost out of europe after two games, but we pulled it round, premership is gone out of sight with 19 games played. Same old story. Saw the interview he gave on sky after words and he still cant face the truth, always avoiding the question. I know how it seems, i said the same when the last thread was out, but last few games. Drew with wigan and city, beat derby 2-1 with a last minute goal, lost to united, beat portsmouth who were brutal that day. And i dont know who could replace him, ill be honest, as i said before at the moment i would class the in or out at borderline, but something needs to be done soon
Firstly that booing crap disgusts me, secondly JC why the feck would people call for his head after 'a run of wins', of which we haven't had too many, of course not, don't be stupid. At the start of every year recently and most prominently this season, Liverpool are title contenders, come christmas they are not. That's just not acceptable, i'm still not sure on Rafa out or not, if he wins the European Cup, he'll probably stay, if he wins the FA cup then maybe not so much, but really it's just going to be the same thing next season, and the season after that, if Liverpool fans are happy to put up with that it's one thing, but i severely doubt the yanks will be. As to who will replace him, it's hard to say, but i'm sure they could find someone.
In fairness to RB, he's in a no win situation in these games. Win, and nobody gives a toss, not win and all hell breaks loose. But that's the way it is nowadays, and we simply can't afford to not beat the likes of Wigan and Birmingham at home. If it was a one-off, you could accept it, but because it isn't, this has been going on for 4 years now; someone has to be accountable, and that is the boss.