QUOTE(joekruger @ Jul 2 2010, 10:48 AM)
Here are some facts
Only 9 away wins in his last 3 full seasons in the Premier League.
Only 39 goals scored in both his two last full seasons in the Premier League.
Never got more than 59 points in a full season ever with any club in any league across Europe during his career.
Only managed 1.28 average points in the with Blackburn and 1.27 average points with Fulham in the Premier League, which is less than most mediocre English managers get with half decent clubs.
Not won a single trophy the last 10 years.
His biggest achievment the last decade is to reach a final in the UEFA Cup with Fulham, the same achievment Steve McLaren managed with Boro and O`Neill with Celtic.
63 years old when the seasons starts and is known for boring defensive football, something the fans have been witness of the last 10 years and are crying out for a change.
This is why Internet polls on Liverpool forums show an average of 75% of fans oppose this appointment. To me personally it feels like we've settled for a manager who is non confrontational, who will not give the owners any grief while they continue to destroy our club, and ultimately one whose record is far inferior to Benitez.
As for us being patient and blinkered about Benitez, that's another lazy statement. Most of us were bitterly disappointed with last season's campaign, and felt that Benitez got quite a lot wrong, but we felt he deserved our support and another season to dig us out of the mess he helped make.
But you go ahead and believe what Purslow's feeding you. It's easier than actually taking the time to do some proper research.
Well for all this trumpet blowing about Hodgson's record.. what you have fail to notice is that..Liverpool Football Club doenst have same personnel as you mentioned in your post like Blackburn or Fulham, If im allowed to say this, dont you think we have far more superior players compared to those 2 you mentioned?
rather than comparing the records it would have been more wise if you could possibly have put up name of potential candidates that could have done a better job than Rafa, can you name some of them apart from Dalglish?

well which "international class" manager would have wanted to managed LFC considering the sea of murkiness it finds itself in? to manage Liverpool these days is a poison chalice, high expectations by the fans to challenge for honors every season, to win the EPL and to make things worse the Yanks
Im not opposing nor am i happy with the fact that Hodgson's appointment, but for the sake of the stability of the club, Im at least content that there is a manager in place to guide the club rather than some also ran boffins than knows nuts about managing a football club, Im ready to give him the time that he requires to bring the club back to at least to its respectable level
though I do agree with you on Rafa that he should have been given 1 more season to fix and figure out what went wrong, moreover I do infact think that reasons he was thrown out was more to the fact that he had constant confrontation with the owners and the club management on how the club shoud have been run, the man is and will always be one of us..a true Red to the core..and many of us are peeved to see him being shunted out in the manner that he was.but thats how football is tragically.
This post has been edited by triple02: Jul 2 2010, 01:47 PM