lucas with 887 passes??! amazing! He was out almost half of the season

and downing doesnt impress me with his 1k passes and 85% accuracy. His passing is either backward or sideways as he preferred to play safely. There is a stat where he attempted less than 10 dribbles.

No, they haven't approach Big sam yet...or Gus Poyet. 

...After all for this system to work, the manager must be able to work with the DOF and not the other way round. This is why I'm not expecting any announcement of the manager soon, not before we've replaced Comolli. This is also why we should give up any hope that Rafa will return to the club.

i dont see any manager young or old would like to tolerate being told whom to sign and whom to play, aint it?

To all liverpool fans who want to move forward.This is worth a look.

Yeah most certainly. But he may also imply that without proper football structure i.e. football director etc, he just doesn't find Liverpool a feasible project. So maybe we have to work hard in getting a DOF first, which makes sense if we're still looking at appointing one. You don't build a roof before you build the foundation.

To be honest I think this whole "English players are crap" stigma is going beyond reason. Whether we made the wrong decision to buy Caroll and Henderson remains to be seen I feel. Henderson has been crap I must admit but he's just on the verge of turning 22. Carroll is a year older and has shown promise in the latter stages of the season. Downing is a mystery. It's more a case of buying the wrong English players but how much would the likes of Lennon, Walcott, Milner, A.Johnson have cost? Consider also the wages they are on. Yes we did splurge on Carroll but does he earn more than any of the four names I mentioned? I really don't know but we do have a wage cap of sorts now. From what I've read, it rose from $20,000 to $70,000 when he joined from Newcastle. Aaron Lennon reputedly earns around $72,500. James Milner is said to earn in excess of $100,000 a week, same as Adam Johnson. So the fault may be in buying English in view of the HG rule, but in terms of which English players to buy, we weren't spoilt for choice.

Having said all that, I refer back I've been saying much earlier about building a system of play rather than concentrating on which big name to buy, whatever the nationality. Given a salary cap, finding good international talent isn't easy either considering that foreign players have the option of staying in their own league and although they earn less, they pay less taxes. Why are salaries so high in England? Because taxes are around %50. How much would we need to play a top player like Mata in comparison to Downing? Suarez was a gamble that paid off. He wasn't on the A list of players mentioned but he's turned out to be a gem. However for every gem, there is a lump of coal. Look at all the failed foreign players we've signed over the years. Traore, Cheyrou, Biscan, Camara, Nunez, Josemi, Krompkamp, Song, Diao, Diouf, Baros, Cisse, Morientes, the list is longer than failed English players.

Unfortunately, the new gaffer, just like Kenny, won't be afforded the time to implement such a system. He won't have time to try and test it. It will either work or it won't. Fergie uses English and British players, he always has been. Gary Neville, Wes Brown, David Beckham, Darren Fletcher, John O'Shea, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Johnny Evans, Phil Jones, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand just to name a few. Half of these blokes would look average in our side but because he's been given the time to develop a method of play, the team looks good despite losing big names. This is what I would like for us to strive and emulate hence my constant call for patience. Unfortunately however, time isn't something we have anymore.

good points..forgot about that..
i think liverpool already got one before this..KD..great respect for him.. too bad he cant continue..

another Spainard, and it will make the previous Spainard butthurt more

YES, i support Martinez  as for now........... I hate to see the fat Spainard coming back 

Yes, we last won the CL cup under Rafa but those were not his men, it was from the previous Manager core players and the win was actually mastered by non other than StevieG........

Yes, i knoe a lot of you guys still like him, i too liked him in the beginning, but fell out after he sold Alonso.

Pls dun bring back the "why Rafa have to sell Alonso story" Rafa also brought a lot of players that did not make the mark, if not he would not have been sacked. Maybe i shall say that Torres and Lucas was his best buy after Alonso.