Topic: Hicks - "We lined up Klinsmann"

[Zenithez]

and now it seems with good reason as these two are utterly clueless

Hmmmm, oh to be as "cluelsss"

[Jason McG]

I've noticed a few people on here trying to lay blame at David Moores' feet. Behave yourself!

He's not and never has been the business brain of the outfit, he never failed us as chairman and rest assured, would have done everything in HIS power to find the right buyer. He may have had bad advice, he may have had people lie to him but never question his integrity.

Fuckin morons.

[Johnnyboy1973]

Anyone with proven PL experience and some success would be a better option than Rafa.

Well Ferguson or Wenger aint moving.

If Jose was available we wouldn't have been talking to Klinsmann.

So, who else oh Guru?

[magpie]

Tom Hicks: We lined up Jurgen KlinsmannJan 14 2008

He told the ECHO: "We attempted to negotiate an option, as an insurance policy, to have him become manager if Rafa left for Real Madrid or other clubs that were rumoured in the UK press.
"Or in case our communication spiralled out of control for some reason."

You cheeky bastard. Get out.

[smicer07]

Anyone with proven PL experience and some success would be a better option than Rafa.

Stupid comment.

[gerry7]

Who's next in line to succeed Rafa, Shearer?

Probably Alexi Lalas

[Mad Men]

And you wonder why Hicks is best buddies with George Bush Sr and Jr..all three are fuckin MONKEYS....

[LFCsnoopz]

fuck off american fannys, you don't know our history

so take your big macs, and fuck back off across that sea

needs some work i do admit lol

[Sissoko78]

Anyone with proven PL experience and some success would be a better option than Rafa.

Such as?  Muppet.

[Walter Sobchak]

cant believe what im reading! so many things wrong with this.

how can they treat our manager like this and who the fuck advised them that klinsmann would be a suitable replacement

'custodians of our club'?!!! fuck off! custodians dont make decisions on matters they know fuck all about.

they need to be shown we wont stand for them treating our manager like this

[SMD]

I think he means it will get shouted down as it is "not what we do".  Although to be honest much of it being "not what we do" derives from us not having needed to do it. Perhaps now we do.

"What we do" is stand for what's right. In this situation, this means action. We didn't need to do anything like this before because it would work out.

When you're faced with hawks like these, the only response is to fight back. Hard.

[Jean Claude]

First one out of the woodwork. You can follow the yanks back to the good ole US of A when we chase them out.

If you're happy with 6th place at the end of the season.

[ThaiReds]

The owners have put the fans through some f*cking ride these few months. On the other hand, they are having such an easy time thus far.  And if the media is true, they will make $75 millions profit each, if they resale the club to DIC without doing anything but caused turmoil and disruption.  They are putting the future of this club in jeopardy, and I think that is unacceptable.

In all seriousness, is there any possibility that the fans can do to let them know that they are not welcomed anymore and can f*ck off? 

[Ron]

That's it then.
(If it's true, of course ...)
What else can Rafael Benitez do but walk away ?
Even in business it's not normal to humiliate someone that works for you.
Saddens me that my gut feelings about the yank bastards were right.

[gerry7]

This is not the Liverpool way.

Sell up and fuck off.

For you banner makers out there

[Veinticinco de Mayo]

Anyone with proven PL experience and some success would be a better option than Rafa.

Yeah you find someone who has got to 2 European Cup finals and an FA Cup in the last three years and we'll consider him.

[Raul!]

Anyone with proven PL experience and some success would be a better option than Rafa.

Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.

[Johnnyboy1973]

If you're happy with 6th place at the end of the season.

Mystic Meg surely?

[Valore]

Such as?  Muppet.

Sam Allardyce? Fucking Steve McClaren? You never know what's going through the fucking piece of shit people like these try to pass of as brains.

[RED-EAZY]

can u imagine being sat at your desk or on a job some where and your boss starts showing round a new face saying this is your insurance after roumors going round that the boss wants u out, how would that make u feel.
What rafa has done for us is great he does not deserve to be treated this way, what where they thinking? its not only not the liverpool way its not the way it should be done at all.
i am starting to think a change might be good but thats a differant topic

[AdoptedScouse]

Anyone with proven PL experience and some success would be a better option than Rafa.

Care to enlighten us with who you would suggest?


If you cant name someone who would suit LFC, I suggest clicking "delete" at the nearest oppotunity.

[Onward Liverpudlian]

Most reds I know think Rafa's had his chance and that we're clearly never going to get a title challenge under him and attractive football.

Come here though and it's Drama-Queens R Us.

Yes Hicks was wrong to admit it publically (and i'd love H&G to go back where they came from) but the act of looking for an 'insurance policy' I have no problem with, does anyone seriously think we weren't speaking for months to Rafa while Houllier was in charge.

[Valore]

Most reds I know think Rafa's had his chance and that we're clearly never going to get a title challenge under him and attractive football.

Come here though and it's Drama-Queens R Us.

Yes Hicks was wrong to admit it publically (and i'd love H&G to go back where they came from) but the act of looking for an 'insurance policy' I have no problem with, does anyone seriously think we weren't speaking for months to Rafa while Houllier was in charge.

You hang around a bunch of right tossers then.

[Ycuzz]

I'm undecided as to whether these two are utterly clueless or just devious and calculating?

Agree. And the sick part is, they can actually be both!

[Raul!]

Most reds I know think Rafa's had his chance and that we're clearly never going to get a title challenge under him and attractive football.

Come here though and it's Drama-Queens R Us.

Yes Hicks was wrong to admit it publically (and i'd love H&G to go back where they came from) but the act of looking for an 'insurance policy' I have no problem with, does anyone seriously think we weren't speaking for months to Rafa while Houllier was in charge.

Balls.

[Ben S]

Can people not feed the trolls?

[Raul!]

Can people not feed the trolls?

OK.

[Joe_Singh]

They have to re assure rafa now.

What a bunch of idiots.

[gnaume]

cant believe what im reading! so many things wrong with this.

how can they treat our manager like this and who the fuck advised them that klinsmann would be a suitable replacement

'custodians of our club'?!!! fuck off! custodians dont make decisions on matters they know fuck all about.

they need to be shown we wont stand for them treating our manager like this

well put mate.
could there possibly have been any worse time to come out with such a statement? (and this is a rhetorical fucking question)

[Walter Sobchak]

The time has passed to give these cowboys, any more chances.  We need to concentrate not just on supporting our manager, our leader, but removing these fucking bastards and their poodle immediately.

i agree but how?

any anti yanks protests etc would just bring more unwanted negative press attention

[The Jackal]

Fuck me - this is dreadful..

I can't believe what is happening to the club I love.. feels like a bad dream - like I'm going to wake up and that pair of c*nts will never have existed..

shit - I hate this..

so worried now. Up to this point I'd dismissed a lot of it as paper talk and speculation - this changes everything..

what the fuck is going on?!?!?!

If they had Klinsmann lined up as 'insurance' before he was announced for Bayern, who the fuck are the lining up/ got lined up now? I dread to think...

FUCK!!

[Rhino]

Surely their position is untenable now

[LFCsnoopz]

at least klinsmann can keep hush about it

[Something Else]

i think we have to be careful here

not anti american jibes

tomorrow we have to sing for the team and rafa, ignore the americans

we should not even mention their nationality, it doesnt matter

lets get behind the team and rafa

[smicer07]

The whole Klinsmann thing is just a joke. What the fuck are they thinking, just the thought of Klinsmann makes me laugh/cringe.

[Cassiel]

What a fucking mess.

Our club is being run by two men who blatantly have nothing in their soul when it comes to football. No feeling or passion for the club and what it represents.

For me, this goes beyond tactics and rotation and disappointing 1-1 draws. People who are banging on about that are myopic and missing the point. A football club cannot thrive amid all this turmoil. When a man as sane and balanced as Hyppia raises the alarm, then you know things are shot to shit. This isn't about winning the league this year anymore or saying Voronin is shite. It's about preserving what's good about this football club and allowing a manager to give it his best shot without holing him beneath the waterline. Either things are steadied or we'll become a long term basket case.

What a fucking mess.

[Valore]

Can people not feed the trolls?

Will do Ben. Can you ban em and kick em in the nads like a horse would someone who tried to stick an arm up its arse?

[mig]

horrible. what a way to back your manager, eh?

[Commie Bobbie]

i agree but how?

any anti yanks protests etc would just bring more unwanted negative press attention

Fuck the media, since when have they given a fucking fuck about us.

[Thé_Ḓárk_P̌áşşéngér]

Fuck the pitchforks and torches, get the bloody flamethrower and tactical nuke!!

Baggsy the nuke.