a few things worth mentioning.
Stevie / Carra.. They are taking a lot of slack recently, and if rumours and finger pointing is true, and they are very plausible, then they deserve it. If they conspired to get Rafa removed then that is a serious serious offence, and can not be tolerated. Forget all the talk about what Stevie did for us and so on, we used to adore Macca and Owen, but they fucked off, because footballers are human, and very few deserve Fowler like status. Stevie and Carra are and never will be above the club, no player has or should be.
Everyone hails Shanks, and quite rightly so, but make no mistake, Shanks was ruthless, when it was time for a player to go, they were pushed out whether the fans or the player wanted it so.
For all the talk of who would we build our team around, and look at the great spine we have. Well, If those same rumours are true about Gerrard and Carra pushing Rafa out, then there will be a massive divide in the team. Nando has publicly stated many times how much he admires Rafa and how much Rafa has bettered his game. Do you honestly believe Nando, Pepe, and many more actually like playing now that Rafa was booted so childlishly, and do you think they are loving every minute with the culprits? of course not, they know something stinks. Now, the next question is... Will Nando and Pepe and so forth want to stay? So, have Stevie and Carra conspired to break up the spine of the team, and as a direct result the future of the team?
For all the Stevie and Carra worship, well they have been legends, and I praised them to the hilt for a very long time, the Stevie vs Lampard debates, the Carra vs Terry debates, but there is a line in the sand, the question is.. did they overstep it? Where were they last year, and in particular Stevie? Nowhere, so was finishing 7th all Rafa's fault? or should the players take some slack too? and Purslow for that matter? perhaps Purslow conspired with them to not give a toss about playing to their best, perhaps they were filled with doubt and negative emotions, thus affecting their play... a lot of this is hyphothetical, but you can see the impact that can be made by players jumping above their level and disturbing the club.
Purslow He deserves some credit for what he done recently, but this is far outweighed by the negatives as pointed out by Al 555.
I have to mention aswell that we dont know how much he contributed to ousting the Yanks, maybe he did a lot, maybe he didnt.. we dont know, but Broughtons influence appears to have been massive.
I don't agree with everyone assuming he is a liverpool fan, as he certainly doesnt act like one. He may be a Liverpool fan, but we have no definitive proof. he certainly shafted our most successful manager since the 80's, remember Rafa brought us to European number one level, and had a better win record than almost all our previous managers. It looks also that he manipulated Kenny, although thats assumptions really, but from what Kenny said in his book and was quoted in here earlier "Purslow said he wasn't interested in Kenny managing". Why is Purslow even making that decision? Surely in the absense of no footballing minds, you bring in some former players, or people like Kenny for consulting. crazy stuff really. Now, is this the path that would be walked by a genuine Liverpool fan? Does he understand the traditions of the club, the connection with the fans? Does he act in the Liverpool way? clearly, the answer is no.
One last thing, There is a big difference in a Rafa love in, and understanding that he was shafted by 2 cocks and a weisel and people want answers.
There is a lot to be said about Rafa, good and also bad, but to be so dismissive of what he achieved, and the level he brought us to is downright obnoxious and self serving. The reason we all expect so much is down to that man. It's fair enough if some people don't want him back, but don't piss all over his name to make your point.
