Originally posted by hopscotch
I agree, Rafa buys a lot of crap. Do YOU think he should go?
As for psychologically destroying his players, Keane really underperformed at Liverpool, he was given many chances and consistently disappointed. Crouch, well, meh. I don't know. He wasn't my favourite really, very one dimensional. Some Pool fans are nuts about him but I don't see it.
Injur ...[text shortened]... compare that to the tally for Chelsea or Arsenal, I think Liverpool would fall pretty short.
Personally, no. But then I'm a United fan and I think Liverpool will never really be a threat under Benitez. If I was a Liverpool fan and having to watch that HHHH (hoof, hope, harrass and harry) crap, seeing the millions being wasted on crap players, and watching my manager make bizarre, psychologically destroying decisions (Benayoun,who is my second favourite Poo player behing Torres, being substituted in the last couple of games before last night's game is a prime example), then I probably would want him out, yes.
Alonso wanted to leave because the summer before, Benitez had desperately and publically tried to offload him. Of course Alonso was adamant he wanted to escape the manager.
What's the point in comparing market value? Benitez's squad doesn't compete value wise because his youth system isn't producing, the cheap players he buys generally turn out to be turkeys and he can't improve the players he gets.
Re Keane, he was given 19 PL games, in which he scored 5. It's not exactly good man management to publically shame him because of it, especially considering his career both in PL and internationally. Since Keane went back playing for a manager who believes in him, he has scored 7 goals in 12 matches for Spurs and was top scorer in qualifiers for Ireland. He's not a bad player, just not particularly suited to Benitez's HHHH philosophy.
In terms of net money spent, Benitez must surely have spent more than Wenger and Ferguson in a comparable time period. Chelsea's spending has definitely been bigger. I'll give you that one alright.
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