Saw an interview on Sky Sports News before his testimonial. Seemed to spend a lot of it justifying the change and saying Rafa had to go because 7th wasn't good enough for Liverpool and that change was needed. Then he went on to praise Houllier and Hodgson.
The fact that he has made many statements praising Houllier recently has seemed a little bit harsh on Rafa.
Not too sure that Jamie is following the Liverpool way himself
This is exactly my impression and I really cannot understand that people don´t wanna see that this is some sort of a dangeorus thing. The players for sure had a say concerning the manager change, Purslow is the main behind it but IF the players wanted Rafa to stay, he would still be here, Carra and Stevie were crucial here..
But anyway, Rafa´s gone and hope Roy has a plan as good as his intentions surely are...
It remains a dangerous thing for any club though if some players are too powerful, think they are in a position to have heavy influence on crucial decisions. In fact they lack experience and knowledge here, they should just rather be concerned on anything related to the performance on the pitch as a player and learning as much as possible as human beings in their 20ies, who they actually are!!! Ferguson shipped them out on a constant basis as well as Wenger and I am pretty sure Capello would be better off without the Chelsea boys, Terry and Lampard... In no way I am saying that I want Gerrard or Carra out, but critisim on their statements and activities recently should be allowed...