It's pretty much as Edward insisted in a post above: from day 1 the Rafaites have spouted their bitterness at him for no other reason than Brendan Rodgers not being Rafa. Rafael Benitez got 6 full seasons to implement his ideas. He failed. What's the problem? Moving on. Simple as.
I think it's pathetic to write off, criticize, ridicule and forecast our manager and how he will fare before he even got 1 season behind him, let alone a handful of games.
some of us support the club, Martin. The club comes before any individual.
a few on the margins, like yourself, instead like to put labels on others (e.g. Rafa-ites).
you don't like the use of the current facts, you say. But on the otherhand, if we had won our first half dozen games, you;d be singing from the roof-tops about such facts.
despite not having much appreciation of the manager, on a personal level, I want the club to excel. That comes before anything else.
And I stick to my forecast from the summer. I predicted a horrid start, up to Christmas. And then we'd either finish mid-table or slightly above (top eight).
People need to be brought down to earth. Liverpool was always a hardworking club with humble ideas. I remember Souness (when he was a player) saying that any player who came into the club and was a big-time Charlie (a big head, full of himself) was quickly brought down to earth by the other players. They'd take the pi.ss etc and make a fool of such a person.
Our new boss has no reason to be arrogant. He finished 13th in the table at Watford. He was sacked at Reading. And his short time in the game (3 or so years as a manager) has resulted in a very average 41 percent of games won. He needs to keep his feet on the ground. He has no reason to boast.
That being said.....now, let's get on with the season, and get a few wins under our belt.
