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Crosby Nick · « **Reply #240 on:** September 8, 2011, 04:34:59 pm »

Quote from: Finn Solomon on September 8, 2011, 03:29:52 pm

I have the biggest grin on my face after realising he reads RAWK and to see my name posted up on his website. Really happy to know that he must have taken some comfort from our support during the times he was under the greatest pressure.

Rafa if you're reading this I love you man. Thanks for everything.

I've said loads of nice things about him and he hasn't quoted me once.

Rafa, if you're reading this...we're finished.

Finn Solomon · « **Reply #241 on:** September 8, 2011, 04:38:27 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on September 8, 2011, 04:34:59 pm

I've said loads of nice things about him and he hasn't quoted me once.

Rafa, if you're reading this...we're finished.

Could have sworn I saw your name there Nick. Under the fans section.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #242 on:** September 8, 2011, 05:07:24 pm »

Quote from: Finn Solomon on September 8, 2011, 04:38:27 pm

Could have sworn I saw your name there Nick. Under the fans section.

Really? Get in! In which case Rafa, we're back on. Call me!

Sangria · « **Reply #243 on:** September 8, 2011, 05:16:27 pm »

Quote from: Finn Solomon on September 8, 2011, 03:29:52 pm

I have the biggest grin on my face after realising he reads RAWK and to see my name posted up on his website. Really happy to know that he must have taken some comfort from our support during the times he was under the greatest pressure.

Rafa if you're reading this I love you man. Thanks for everything.

"Crosses don't hurt vampires, what repels them is the faith the person has while holding it. That's why I carry a picture of Rafa in case of vampire attacks."

Finn Solomon · « **Reply #244 on:** September 8, 2011, 05:17:47 pm »

Quote from: sangria on September 8, 2011, 05:16:27 pm

"Crosses don't hurt vampires, what repels them is the faith the person has while holding it. That's why I carry a picture of Rafa in case of vampire attacks."

Class mate, I'd forgotten about that myself.

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #245 on:** September 8, 2011, 08:22:06 pm »

Quote from: Finn Solomon on September 8, 2011, 03:29:52 pm

I have the biggest grin on my face after realising he reads RAWK and to see my name posted up on his website. Really happy to know that he must have taken some comfort from our support during the times he was under the greatest pressure.

Rafa if you're reading this I love you man. Thanks for everything.

Yeah, me too. There's a RAWK post from me up there under the 'Liverpool' section, makes me very proud to see it and also hope it helped Rafa seeing support like that after he was sacked.

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #246 on:** September 8, 2011, 08:22:47 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on September 8, 2011, 04:34:59 pm

I've said loads of nice things about him and he hasn't quoted me once.

Rafa, if you're reading this...we're finished.

Quote from: Crosby Nick on September 8, 2011, 05:07:24 pm

Really? Get in! In which case Rafa, we're back on. Call me!

The 5th Benitle · « **Reply #247 on:** September 8, 2011, 08:29:47 pm »

My comment is up on the site

07/09/11 at 23:43:02 #70
The 5th Benitle Senor Benitez. What you did for Liverpool FC was amazing.

You stuck by us even while you were being stabbed in the back.
You stood up to Ferguson and Mourinho.
You alerted us to the fact that our owners were not what they claimed to be.
You didn't just start the fight against them, you led it.
You bought some wonderful players.
You fought against the odds, having to raise your own transfer money.
You gave us some amazing nights.
You gave us some amazing days.
You stuck with us, to the detriment of your health, when it would have been easier to leave.
You understood the unique relationship between the manager and the fans.
You acted with dignity, humility and professionalism at all times. You still do despite your awful treatment by the UK press and by the LFC management at the time.

Above all of that, I'll just say, and you'll know what I mean by it and why it's meant as the highest of compliments: You were one of us.
You still are.

YNWA and thank you, from James

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #248 on:** September 8, 2011, 08:31:41 pm »

Saw that mate and was going to say how well your words came across. Good stuff.

By the way, I'm not quoted on there so we're off again!

Hazell · « **Reply #249 on:** September 8, 2011, 08:38:06 pm »

Quote from: The 5th Benitle on September 8, 2011, 08:29:47 pm

My comment is up on the site

That's great mate. Puts my comment to shame.

007.lankyguy · « **Reply #250 on:** September 8, 2011, 08:41:17 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on September 8, 2011, 08:31:41 pm

By the way, I'm not quoted on there so we're off again!

barneystuta · « **Reply #251 on:** September 8, 2011, 09:22:27 pm »

This one made me laugh

"07/09/11 at 22:56:19#63 mykaloenwhy did you sell Milan Baros ?"

007.lankyguy · « **Reply #252 on:** September 8, 2011, 10:50:09 pm »

Quote from: barneystuta on September 8, 2011, 09:22:27 pm

This one made me laugh

"07/09/11 at 22:56:19#63 mykaloenwhy did you sell Milan Baros ?"

That's brilliant

1021 · « **Reply #253 on:** September 9, 2011, 12:00:45 am »

Quote from: barneystuta on September 8, 2011, 09:22:27 pm

This one made me laugh

"07/09/11 at 22:56:19#63 mykaloenwhy did you sell Milan Baros ?"

Wondering what to ask him at the Empire. Glad that is sorted

Hij · « **Reply #254 on:** September 9, 2011, 03:12:35 am »

Quote from: The 5th Benitle on September 8, 2011, 08:29:47 pm

My comment is up on the site

07/09/11 at 23:43:02 #70
The 5th Benitle Senor Benitez. What you did for Liverpool FC was amazing.

You stuck by us even while you were being stabbed in the back.
You stood up to Ferguson and Mourinho.
You alerted us to the fact that our owners were not what they claimed to be.
You didn't just start the fight against them, you led it.
You bought some wonderful players.
You fought against the odds, having to raise your own transfer money.
You gave us some amazing nights.
You gave us some amazing days.
You stuck with us, to the detriment of your health, when it would have been easier to leave.
You understood the unique relationship between the manager and the fans.
You acted with dignity, humility and professionalism at all times. You still do despite your awful treatment by the UK press and by the LFC management at the time.

Above all of that, I'll just say, and you'll know what I mean by it and why it's meant as the highest of compliments: You were one of us.
You still are.

YNWA and thank you, from James

Couldn't even add to that. Coupled with the fact he clearly went to the effort to reply to every red who wrote to him. My granddad who supported Bolton has got a card from 4 European Cup winning Phil Neal and he gave it to me and I have one from European Cup winning Rafa Benitez.

YNWA Rafa, in my eyes at least.

Hij · « **Reply #255 on:** September 9, 2011, 03:20:06 am »

We are lucky Kenny came back. Without him I truly believe we would have been regretting getting rid of Rafa for years to come. I only hope when Kenny gets to the end of the line in 10+ years (hopefully) that we consider Rafa to come back. As the 5th Benitle put it, he's one of us and I think that means so much to the supporters, unlike the likes of Hodgson blaming everyone and anyone for their failures.

Had Rafa not alerted us to the situation with the owners where would we be? He stayed to fight for us and I personally will never forget that. He could have fucked off sharpish to another massive club off the back of 08/09 or even the Athens final in 07, but he stayed with us to help and to over throw the owners. While I am delighted Kenny is back, I do feel sorry for Rafa who was 5 months off getting the support of proper owners.

Sentimental maybe, but I've walked stride for stride with him throughout his tenure, and while he may not know me by name, he's walked stride for stride with and for us.

You'll never walk alone Rafa lad, because you never let us walk alone ourselves.

paulrazor · « **Reply #256 on:** September 9, 2011, 10:42:58 am »

I very rarely see a player or manager from abroad take to the city the way a scouser does.

Rafa was different in that regard, if you didnt know better you would swear he lived in Liverpool his whole life.

He just loves everything about the club and city. I was very proud to call him our manager.

Im not ashamed to admit i shed tears when he left

danielfonseca · « **Reply #257 on:** September 9, 2011, 11:49:18 am »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on September 8, 2011, 04:34:59 pm

I've said loads of nice things about him and he hasn't quoted me once.

Rafa, if you're reading this...we're finished.

hahha quality

danielfonseca · « **Reply #258 on:** September 9, 2011, 11:51:07 am »

rafa had the most awesome sense of humour .remember the journolists in romania who loved him .when they asked why he was putting on weight and he replied taking questions from journos hahaha

paulrazor · « **Reply #259 on:** September 9, 2011, 12:28:02 pm »

Quote from: danielfonseca on September 9, 2011, 11:51:07 am

rafa had the most awesome sense of humour .remember the journolists in romania who loved him .when they asked why he was putting on weight and he replied taking questions from journos hahaha

Best one ever is him asking if Barcelona will copy Sam Allardyce, he took enough shit of that fat useless prick for years, was great to see him just destroy him

theres a good one with him talking about cricket on youtube. pretty funny

Trada · « **Reply #260 on:** September 9, 2011, 12:32:12 pm »

Love that bit of flash on the site now Get into the mind of Rafa benitez.

Look into my eyes.

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #261 on:** September 9, 2011, 12:36:52 pm »

Quote

Equally I would like to thank the thousands of friends, fans, followers, enthusiasts or the simply curious who have visited the site in the first few days and I hope you continue to do so in the future. We had 768,450 visits to pages on Wednesday, the day of launch, from people in 176 different countries. I don’t need to say any more, the figures say it all. For now, the only thing I want to say is that we will try not to disappoint you in the future.

No wonder the site was struggling, I guess they didn't anticipate the amount of hits they'd receive.

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #262 on:** September 9, 2011, 01:48:16 pm »

Quote from: Trada on September 9, 2011, 12:32:12 pm

Love that bit of flash on the site now Get into the mind of Rafa benitez.

Look into my eyes.

Didn't realise that Rafa had such lovely green eyes.

rafa4eva · « **Reply #263 on:** September 9, 2011, 08:00:21 pm »

Quote from: Fanxxxxtastic on September 9, 2011, 01:48:16 pm

Didn't realise that Rafa had such lovely green eyes.

Scared the beejesus out of me when I saw it first time but loved it in the end !

danwarb · « **Reply #264 on:** September 9, 2011, 08:03:56 pm »

Reading the players comments.

The website is a bit awkward to navigate, not being able to open up pages in new tabs.

DangerScouse · « **Reply #265 on:** September 9, 2011, 08:05:16 pm »

Quote from: Uhoh AureliOs on September 9, 2011, 12:36:52 pm

No wonder the site was struggling, I guess they didn't anticipate the amount of hits they'd receive.

Quality!

Kahuna{=}Berger · « **Reply #266 on:** September 9, 2011, 08:25:18 pm »

Quote from: Uhoh AureliOs on September 9, 2011, 12:36:52 pm

No wonder the site was struggling, I guess they didn't anticipate the amount of hits they'd receive.

That is pretty damn impressive!

redforlife · « **Reply #267 on:** September 9, 2011, 08:37:02 pm »

Just seen one of my comments in the Istanbul section, must have been taken from the thread on here. Boss

gray19lfc · « **Reply #268 on:** September 9, 2011, 11:26:15 pm »

Can someone link me to the RAWK reference?

AriGold · « **Reply #269 on:** September 10, 2011, 12:57:00 am »

Sent him a few messages, love you Rafa

Jagged Princess · « **Reply #270 on:** September 10, 2011, 06:36:39 am »

I love how Rafa's been replying to some of the posts on there.

Now if only we could get Crosby Nick a mention

AriGold · « **Reply #271 on:** September 10, 2011, 02:01:03 pm »

Quote from: AriGold on September 10, 2011, 12:57:00 am

Sent him a few messages, love you Rafa

All 3 of mine published in the different sections, made up. What a man you are Rafa, YNWA.

007.lankyguy · « **Reply #272 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:49:12 pm »

I don't mean to boast (ok I kind of do) but Rafa agrees with me 100% - (see comment 6

) http://rafabenitez.com/web/index.php?act=mostrarBlog&id_entrada=20&idioma=in

Momos_righteye · « **Reply #273 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:17:50 pm »

Quote from: The 5th Benitle on September 8, 2011, 08:29:47 pm

Above all of that, I'll just say, and you'll know what I mean by it and why it's meant as the highest of compliments: You were one of us.
You still are

Says it all for me! Well in rafa

danielfonseca · « **Reply #274 on:** September 14, 2011, 11:32:10 am »

this guy becomes more legendary by the day ,I have never seen this level of interaction between manager and supporter .He really is a humble and nice guy .

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #275 on:** September 14, 2011, 12:17:42 pm »

Quote from: lankyguy007 on September 13, 2011, 09:49:12 pm

I don't mean to boast (ok I kind of do) but Rafa agrees with me 100% - (see comment 6 ) http://rafabenitez.com/web/index.php?act=mostrarBlog&id_entrada=20&idioma=in

Nice! So can we expect Lancyguy to be sitting on the bench next to Rafa whenever he gets his next managerial job?

scatman · « **Reply #276 on:** September 14, 2011, 01:50:38 pm »

its great that he's replying to comments, i love him, and my name got an airing

Matt8Pie · « **Reply #277 on:** September 14, 2011, 02:15:27 pm »

Quality manager and an amazing person, really.

timmyonions · « **Reply #278 on:** September 14, 2011, 03:11:48 pm »

Quote from: lankyguy007 on September 13, 2011, 09:49:12 pm

I don't mean to boast (ok I kind of do) but Rafa agrees with me 100% - (see comment 6 ) http://rafabenitez.com/web/index.php?act=mostrarBlog&id_entrada=20&idioma=in

How feckin cool is tha?

zabadoh · « **Reply #279 on:** September 14, 2011, 05:48:03 pm »

Does anyone know how to get an English RSS feed off of the site?

When I tried the RSS link at the bottom, it's all Spanish articles. Also, the article addresses are malformed with an extra /web in them.