Difficult to see BR hanging on now, especially with the likes of Rafa and Klopp being available.
The fact is that during the last 10 games we had a great chance to secure 4th spot, and instead our stats are: won 3, lost 5, drawn 2 ... and often with woeful performances as per the first half of the season.
The question is whether this can be a learning experience for Brendan, enabling us to kick on next time. Unfortunately I don't think so.
I'm not a blind Rafa fan, but he'd be my choice. He's still young enough, would definitely be hungry enough, knows the club and how the fans tick. Plus, he deserves a shot with better owners than he had to put up with before. When he left I thought that it was for the wrong reasons and we (as a club) should be careful what we wished for. For 5 years we'd become a truly feared force in Europe for the first time since the 1980s. Now we're back to being a joke.
Klopp did a great job with Dortmund until this season, but I think we're a very different proposition in a much more competitive league, and it would be a massive gamble that I do not think would pay off. Rafa is the best of the others available, and at the very least we should interview him quickly (Ayre needs to swallow his pride if that is required ... LFC needs to come first and I think there's unfinished business for Rafa and LFC without romanticising the situation) before Real Madrid get him.
Anyway, back to where we are today ... gratitude to BR for last season, but I can't help but wonder how much of that was a freak season galvanised by a peculiar confluence of circumstances.
The fact is that our defence if anything has gone backwards from a bad situation, without SaS our attack has been toothless, and we've shown very little spirit. Ultimately that does come down to the manager, and there are probably better ones available for LFC at this time and for the foreseeable future.
