Since joining RAWK nearly 5 years ago, this is the 4th thread I've started, and it's the 3rd one in the last few weeks.
I'm only starting it because there is a thread going in support of Rafa Benitez asking people for their good memories of the man. Well, in order to stop it descending into the usual infighting, I'm starting this thread for people to state why they want him out.
I should have just called it Rafa out, but thats not the point. It's more of a place for people to state their case as to why they want Rafa out, and explain why they think it would be best for the club.
Myself, I think it would be absolute madness. I can see no good coming from it at all. If I did think it would be better for the team, I would be first to thank Rafa kindly for all he has done, and then wish him good bye and good luck.
But in all honesty, there's only 2 alternatives I can see...
1: The worst - doing a Leeds.
2: Mid table mediocrity, under a mediocre manager.
And despite what some people will see as panic mongering, doing a Leeds is very much on the cards...
over stretched financially, lose our boss, sell our star players.
That's how easily Leeds imploded, O'Leary and the board fell out, O'Leary was out, Ferdinand was sold for a king's ransom at the time (30 mill) and the whole thing soon fell like the pack of cards it really was.
Their situation really wasn't that different from ours. In fact, it was that close, it's frightening.
But I see option 2 being the most realistic. H&G bring in their own man. And let's get it straight, it won't be Hiddink or Mourhino. And we know their idea of a good manager... Klinnsman anyone?
(As for Maureen, I'd honestly never go to another match again for as long as we had him in charge).
But anyway, that's by the by. The name being bandied about most since the Reading game is Roy Hodgeson. Nice enough fella Roy, and a decent mid table manager. And probably the sort of manager I would expect us to get.
But whoever they bring in will obviously be expected to toe the party line, and to work under the same sort of constraints that Rafa has. Is there anybody who could do a better job in them circumstances?
So, fair enough.... you want Rafa out. Well, I've just partially stated why I want him to stay. But I hand it over to you now to say, why you want him out and what you think would happen once he's gone.
And please Rafa supporters, I only started this to stop a pro Rafa thread from being hijacked. So, give his detractors the same respect we want from them...
don't come in here calling them knobheads and kicking off.
Let's just get the cards on the table, and see where people think we can go from here. I look at Valencia for confirmation of what I think will happen in life after Rafa. But I'd actually like to be proved wrong, and optimistically think there is a better alternative.
So, over to you...