I know its a touchy subject for some, I know some of us like to pretend he doesn't exist and don't get me wrong or paint me out the wrong way, I love Brendan Rodgers, but this Sunday we welcome home someone who is part of an exclusive club that only Paisley and Fagan are a part of.
A European cup winner.
He might manage a foreign team to us, so in advance, fuck you Chelsea c*nts if you are reading, you wouldn't know a good manager if he slapped you in the face.
We'll show you how you support a manager on Sunday, because we'll be supporting two on the very same day.
Rafa you are an absolute fucking legend, you took me to the best day of my life. From 3 nil down, to winning the European cup. I bawled my eyes out at half time in the Ataturk as we sang You'll Never Walk Alone, and I couldn't get hold of any water, nor coca cola, and I stood staring at the Milan fans envious of how they were winning with tears streaming down my face expecting a thrashing. A French TV channel even went to the ends of filming me, at 1-0 at 2-0 and at 3-0, in the "neutral" end. They didn't know what the fuck they were filming as we came back to 3-1 to 3-2 and to 3-3 because I was off my head and to this day Im gutted I never gave them my email to get the footage of me going pyscho. Mellor, Pongolle, Garcia, Gerrard, Smicer, Alonso, Cisse. etc
But that wasn't all you gave to us Rafa, it would be disrespectful to imply that was all, that one big final, because we went from from 1 nil down thanks to Rivaldo and Olympiakos with my mates laughing at me at 1-0 to 3-1 and through to the last 16 of the European Cup, GERRARD- YOU BEAUTY!, you took the time out to make sure that you replied to my letter that I wrote you after you were sacked, you stood up to Alex Ferguson and didn't take any shit even though it was implied you were "beyond the pale", you went as far as beating Chelsea twice in European Cup semi finals despite "JOSE" managing them, you were crucial in taking us to our highest ever points total I've seen us amass in the Premier League, and the highest win percentage I've ever seen.
And who can forget THAT FA Cup final, and THAT goal by Gerrard!?
You silently made sure after you left that you donated 96 grand to the Hillsborough justice fund, donating to help the families of the 96 fans that never came home who you were clearly thinking off when you made the decision to donate, the same people you were thinking of when you were moved to tears about at the memorial. You get us as a club. You get us.
You're a fucking legend mate and you will be recognised as such by the Kop on Sunday I'm sure of it. And you'll deserve it, totally. You'll never walk alone, because that song right, it was invented for days like Sunday. As long as I'm following your career, and as long as we have our fans who recognise what you did for our club, and how despite Hicks and Gillett tried their best to send us down the swanny or Hodgson tried to inspect particles of fucking dust, you fought with everything you had for Liverpool FC, and brought some trophies back to Anfield, so you will always be recognised.
Those dickheads down south, in Chelsea don't know what they have. But Valencia fans, Liverpool fans, we know just how special you are. Rafa Rafael, Rafa, Rafael, Rafa, Rafael, RAFAEL BENITEZ.
You're the Special One Rafa.
