As Stuey has said in several topics, the most optimistic scenario at the moment is that wealthy buyers have been found and they have stipulated that they bring in the manager that they want, hence Rafa had to go.
Of course, there are several other scenarios that, quite frankly, I don't want to consider! They've been covered enough by other posters.
So for the sake of this thread, please do not debate whether Rafa was the right man or not. He has gone and it's fairly safe to assume that he will take some staff with him and whoever comes in will have very different ideas of how the team should play / line up.
Let's pretend that the above scenario is happening, new owners are coming in with a new manager before that start of the season.
What changes would you like to see on the pitch? I don't want another Rafa bashing thread, this is not about him but most of us had some things we disagreed with him about.
I'll give you some examples:
I'm a fan of 4-4-2 in principle but I also like to have Masch playing just in front of the back 4.
For this reason, I would probably like to see a kind of 4-1-3-2 formation with Stevie G in front of Masch and 2 up top.
If Masch has (or wants) to go, I personally believe that Lucas can do that job (this is not a Lucas bashing thread either).
It would work like a 4-4-2 but Gerrard would be the more offensive.
For the timebeing, I would keep Gerrard as captain. Having a new manager may reignite him and bring back the Stevie G we all love.
Pepe would be vice captain. Carra is a legend but on the whole, I feel Pepe's opinions have been more positive and he's been more vocal.
Carra would no longer be an automatic first choice. I think he (and the team) would benefit from him having a rest now and then.
Kuyt would play as a striker or not at all (barring an injury crisis).
There's a few starters, some light relief from the sh*t that's going on. Discuss.
Sorry mate there's a point where such starry eyed optimism becomes escapism and ultimately self delusion. Some people might want to think nice thoughts and pretend none of this is happening but our club is being raped. Unpleasant as it may be and I’m sorry if reality is poking it’s ugly nose in this is not a time for Reds to stand idly by while our club is being destroyed. Light relief is not what we need.
We know Hicks, Gillett, Purslow and Broughton are all liars.
We know that there is no buyer on the horizon because of the absurd asking price of £800m being demanded by the yanks.
We know that debt leveraged against our club has made it insolvent.
We know that interest payments are driving our club into administration.
We know that we will lose major players this summer who will not be replaced.
We know that we have lost a top class manager who will be replaced by some inferior.
We know that income this year will be lower than that to July 2009 and that group losses will increase substantially.
I think we're all agreed regardless of our opinions about Rafa that the real problem is Hicks, Gillett, Purslow and Broughton. Until that problem has been dealt with there will be no renaissance at Liverpool Football Club and anyone who thinks there will be is deluded.
Now is the time to take action and defend Liverpool Football Club.
No one else is going to do it except us Reds.
That means a summer of protest, of direct action, of flag burning, of boycotts and concentrating on the task at hand:
Getting rid of the parasites that are destroying our club and putting it back together again.
I don’t want my children asking me what I did to save Liverpool Football Club and having to tell them that I was dreaming about a fantasy world and pretending nothing was happening.
What do you want to tell your children?