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But the point is that we're not replacing the Rafa who inspired his players to the European Cup and FA Cup. We're replacing the one who lost the plot and the dressing room, and so to suggest that Roy cannot do a better job than THAT Rafa based on the fact he's had mediocre clubs to run for most of his career, and after five tough natches is just plain silly.
He may fall flat on his face. But he may improve on Rafa's recent performance. We just don't know yet. That's the point.
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it's true, there are no sure things in sport (or pretty much anything) but we could have gone for someone 'likely' to succed as they had succeeded in the past.
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Like the Athletico Madrid manager?
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the AM manager last season had won the uefa cup, (but had a poor league finish) but the reason I wanted him was he was young, hungry and his team play fantastic football. as he grew, we'd grow with him, I'd be prepared to give someone like that time rather than a manager who had been around for decades and essentially won nothing (despite reaching a final). that the uefa cup final was between AM and fulham and we went with the loser rather than approaching the winner.
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do you believe he would come?
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He doesn't even know his name
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guillem balague
Liverpool should consider Quique Sanchez Flores
But, if you are asking me for my personal opinion as to who would make a strong candidate to bring stability to the club, then I would have to suggest that Quique Sanchez Flores – the Atletico Madrid coach – ticks far more boxes than many other names out there, in my opinion. At 45 years of age he is a rare combination of youth and energy combined with experience (including at a big club, Valencia, where he oversaw two successive qualifications for the Champions League and took the club to a quarter final), he has experienced management overseas (Benfica), he is incredibly bright, is excellent in dealing with players and in building strong relationships, tactically very astute and – perhaps most importantly – is very good at turning things around, as he has done at Atletico Madrid. He would have no problem working with Liverpool`s back room staff – many of whom are Spanish and, what Anfield needs right now is evolution not revolution on the playing side. He would understand the systems in place while introducing his own ideas that would enable Liverpool to play the typically non-English football style that the fans crave. And he also speaks English.
Sanchez Flores did agree a one-year extension to his contract at Atletico Madrid very recently, but the lure of taking charge at Liverpool would prove too strong to turn down.
You only have to look at the fantastic job he has done in a short space of time at Atletico to see that he has the credentials to solve many of Liverpool`s problems: he took charge at the Vicente Calderon on a short-term basis in October 2009, filling the vacancy created by Abel Resino`s sacking. He inherited a struggling, lethargic, inconsistent club punching well below their weight with the threat of relegation on the horizon and was able to oversee a remarkable reversal in fortune, restoring belief and consistency to the side.
Atletico ended up reaching two cup finals under his guidance: ironically, beating both Liverpool and Fulham (Roy Hodgson another name linked with the Liverpool job) to win the Europa League, Atletico`s first major trophy since 1996.
