[quote author=crump link=topic=42126.msg1187682#msg1187682 date=1286139840]
Rafa was brilliant for the club for a long time, but this is where he has left us. Not the yanks. They didn't buy or nurture 11 shitboxes who can't stumble over the line against Northampton or Utrecht or Blackpool. This is his legacy.
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I thought it was time for Rafa to move on myself - but I never saw the sense in it (especially replacing him with Hodgson) unless we had new owners. Is it enough for me to want Rafas head on a spear? No. Do I think Hodgson is doing worse with those players left behind ? Yes. Has Hodgson bought some of the worst players ever in Knochesly and Poulsen ? Possibly yes, but still a long way to rival Diouf, Diao and Cheyrou. It's Benitez legacy, yes. Just as the team he took over was Houlliers. Thing is, we saw some improvement when Benitez took over Houlliers side - I'm seeing fuck all from Hodgson other than clueless bollocks. Merieles right midfield ? What the fuck ?????? And when things are going tits up - like Benitex - he's incapable of making a change. Much as, like Benitez, he appears incapable of giving youth a chance when all the seasoned professionals around him are performing like Sunday leaguers. Like I say, I'm no fan of Bentiez but I'll give him credit for the good things he did. I've see not one good thing from Hodgson as yet - nothing - all I see is a manager out of his depth whose trying to cover his arse with defeatist comments about "expectations being too high". He's full of shite excuses that are pathetic, embarrassing and simply do not wash with most Liverpool fans. Expectations too high my arse. Fuck off Roy - my expectations aren't very high at the moment but they do at least stretch high enough to believe that we should be beating fucking Blackpool at home and quite comfortably at that. You failed quite completely at that today and embarrassingly so.