It's not a cult - it's about sticking up for a good honest man who did his all for the club.
If you don't understand the emphasis that Liverpool supporters put on the character of the manager and whether he connects with the communitarian mindset of the fanbase, then it begs the question as to whether you truly understand what it means to support the club.
Its all about results. Results pay the bills after all. If you go 4 years without silverware as he did here, you can expect stick. Look at what Rodgers gets, and he was only here 3.
As regards his honesty, maybe I should ask Dudek to tell us again how honest Benitez is, or Alonso, or Keane, to name three.
Of course I take Dudek's word over Rafa's re: Gerrard's contract, as it's an independent voice over populist spin. The Murphy sale was for bizarre reasons, nothing to do with money or ability, but who he sat with at Melwood. Never heard of a similar case since.
Rafa had plenty of cash at Real Madrid, and got sacked after 6 months for being completely incompetent in the job, replaced by a trainee who almost reeled in a 10 point gap to win the league. Whether he has cash, or whether he hasn't, his man management skills are zero, he just can't deliver what is expected of him on a consistent basis, and that's why he's ended up where he has.
Totally agree. Suspend it forever as far as I'm concerned, every single argument that can be had, every single bit of abuse than can be dished out has already been done. I know many people won't agree, but this thread in my view causes nothing but division and resentment.
Start a new thread "Benitez, from Newcastle onwards" and take it from there.
You think that helps? For someone who says he doesn't touch this thread, he spends a lot of time posting on it. And there you were telling everyone that doesn't agree with SOAG was wrong.
This is a Discussion Thread. Strong discussion is welcome here or anywhere else on the forum. If posters cut out the swearing and the branding of others for disagreeing with them, it would be much better quality.
I'm aware that this thread is seen everywhere from America to Australia, so I don't swear at anyone, no matter what mud is thrown at me. How do I survive it? By realising that this is the only thread on the forum that I have a polar opposite opinion to the majority. Once I leave the debate and post elsewhere, I'm on message with everyone else.
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