Rafa - "Purslow to blame"

...and that's what all this is about Sheppy. Concentrate on the topic in hand mate - Purslow. Coming into this thread with a view to defending Purslow's conduct just because you believe Rafa had to go ain't doing you any favours.

All the pro/anti Rafa debates have been done to death pal. There are more sinister elements to worry about. Bigger threats to the club that you and I love. The facts are simple: Hicks, Gillett, Broughton and the c**t Purslow do NOT care about our performance as a football team.

Way back in September 2009, I wrote this:

Some posters disagreed (at the time) but I'd like you to take time out and think about this:

Purslow, et al, were quite happy to sacrifice team performance in order to remove Benitez. When we should have been pushing, on the board were happy to see us fail - just to serve personal agendas. They (Purslow) drip-fed black propaganda to the media and any ill-informed whopper who would listen that the manager was to blame for our "demise". Benitez (love or loathe him) was the one dissenting voice; the one person who questioned their motives.

Purslow was quite happy to destabilise the team and the club to get rid of the thorn in their side. They didn't care about Rafa, they don't care about Roy and they don't give a flying f**k about fans.

Get f**king real and understand this, once and for all - it's not about Benitez or Hodgson - these cu*ts do NOT care for our club.

YNWA

Fantastic post, Bad boy, Thats the best take of all in this sorry state of affairs, All these posters that seem to be coming out of the woodwork now that Rafa has gone is incredible, their silence was deafening when the sh*t was hitting the fan when Rafa was getting railroaded but now he's gone, they come to the fore, Spouting other peoples opinions and beleiving they know something makes me sick. Well said mate

Just read that Purslow's connections to H&G (prior to LFC) are being investigated by one of the broadsheet newspapers. 
I know our forum member queuepolitely was doing some digging for his film, wonder if he's found something and passed it on?

I know me and you have not see eye to eye on this one originally reddebs, I've changed my mind. There are traces and finger prints all over the place. Not sure I have the time to really investigate this properly though so will be interesting to see that the tabs do with it.

I know me and you have not see eye to eye on this one originally reddebs, I've changed my mind. There are traces and finger prints all over the place. Not sure I have the time to really investigate this properly though so will be interesting to see that the tabs do with it.

Nice one for changing your mind mate.  I'm looking forward to what the papers come up with too, just hope they do a proper job and see it through.

Of course Purslow is to blame,He has his own personal agenda in all this.His Mid-Ocean Consortium,is likely to be one of the bidders for our club.Remember folks,like the gobshites,he is a "leveredged-Buyout" specialist,so would employ the same tactics to aquire the club.Do you really want this man to own our club?If not,time to do something.At this moment we are between a rock and a hard place.I see them as two sharks on a feedfrenzy,with only one outcome.

Already being discussed here.

http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php?topic=31224.0

Brilliant, just like being at school again.

Pusrslow had the story about Descamps released to make it look like he;s serious about a replacement.
Timed to coincide with Rafas dig at him in the press. He is a complete liar

No.
He had the Didier Deschamp story released to make that L.F.C. forum trouble maker look a right tit thinking he that had tipped the new manager.
Now.......  he really is a c**t!!


 

Extracts from an interview in the Liverpool Echo 2/6/2010 :  
Q/ H&G put LFC up for sale in April, there are rumours that a Middle Eastern investment will be announced on July 15th.Can you tell us where precisely the sale of LFC is up to?
A/The process is well under way it might be good to remind you of it. I have been brought in to oversee the sale process.
The process is structured, so an informed memorandum has gone out to a number of people who have expressed an interest.We are still in the middle of that process.There have not been any offers at this stage.
I have heard rumours this and that was turned down,the truth is there have not been any offers to turn down.I wouldn't have expected any offers at this stage to be honest.
But there are a number of interested parties.There is no specific deadline.WE are looking at the middle of July-ish for a first round of bids ,but that is not a final stage that is just us inching through.
We are hopeful,but I wouldn't like to put it more than that-we might get something done before the transfer window. That from the outset was always more hope than expectation. These things can take a long time. Let's hope we are on course. We are pretty well where we expected to be at this stage.
                                         End

That is one question to the master of disinformation and unqualified horseshit, the interview in full is the same hypothetical,none the wiser statements masquerading as answers. It is obvious why he is doing what he does and was handpicked by the owners - he is a very clever confidence trickster.  

I'm with you on that. We need to completely replace our board room for the good of the club

AHEM!!

Sheppy

Re: Christian Purslow - Backstabber and Lacky for Hicks and Gillette
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I'm not sure why everyone thinks Christian Purslow's the devil incarnate. I think he deserves massive credit for bringing Joe Cole to the club.

If even now you don't see what a bad decision it was to sack Rafa, you never will and you are in the minority.

You're opinion is pissing me off, due to it being so wrong. Stop believing everything the shitrags write and form your own opinion on facts and have the hindsight to look past one season. Please.

I never wanted to get drawn in to this whole Rafa debate but, i think it was the right decision for Rafa to leave. Hasn't Roy stated, that he has never seen a team so low in moral and spirit. As much as i love Rafa the time was right, Roy will have to work hard to get player confidence soaring again. Something Rafa would be incapable of achieving due to his quoted "cold approach" or lack of man management ability.

Let's be honest, this forum is very pro Rafa. It's rare that a member on ere gets away with criticising Rafa without getting an earful. He(Sheppy) might be the minority on the site but i find that hard to believe on the outside world. Minority or not though, football is opinionated, and people should learn to respect other peoples views. Peace.

Tosser

I wonder why he changed his attitude towards Rafa..

Tosser

I wonder why he changed his attitude towards Rafa..

Because he never had an Uncle Ben to tell him, "With great powers, comes great responsibility".

Well the clown seems to be buying all Rafas targets now, I wonder has he even asked Roy what players he is interested in.

Well the clown seems to be buying all Rafas targets now, I wonder has he even asked Roy what players he is interested in.

I don't believe for a minute that he is buying/selling all these players with no input from Roy

Of course he is getting input but whose actual transfer targets are these. I remember Roy saying the other day I'm just coach Purslow looks after transfers.

Jovanovich Wilson and Cole were heavily linked to us when Rafa was here and Remy another supposed target has never even being seen by Hodgson.

Of course he is getting input but whose actual transfer targets are these. I remember Roy saying the other day I'm just coach Purslow looks after transfers.

Jovanovich Wilson and Cole were heavily linked to us when Rafa was here and Remy another supposed target has never even being seen by Hodgson.

You wouldn't expect Roy to look after the transfers though would you ,in theory he should tell Christian how the hell am i still at the club after failing in the job i was employed to do Purslow who he does and doesn't want and then it's up to him to sort out
I think with regards to Roy though he is very candid with what he is saying about targets though as was proved with Joe Cole

Cole was originally linked to us in March and Rafa was to be very interested in the lad. It frightens me how much input this business man appears to have in our transfer budget.

Cole was originally linked to us in March and Rafa was to be very interested in the lad. It frightens me how much input this business man appears to have in our transfer budget.

I find it strange he is still at the club to be honest but one thing intrigues me does he get on with Roy because from appearances he seemed to get on with Kenny


As for Cole though it's not as though Roy doesn't know him

It frightens me how much input this business man appears to have in our transfer budget.

You mean TRANSFER WALLET!!

Bollocks.

Rafa hid under the Hicks and Gillett smokescreen whilst he patently underperformed.
He said fourth and didnt get it.
Out of the CL and loss of revenue.

Stupid transfers, stupid tactics, stupid substituions and if you want to know what his attitude was like to players check out the recent article by Yossi.

Woy has made more progress with getting in Joe Cole and Danny Wilson ...two excellent buys... than the cast off "mud on wall" transfer policy of Benitez.

I know we all loved Rafa... but season 2009-2010 he imploded and then the team imploded.

Any personnel department would sack someone not delivering, on Rafas wages.

Ignoring the conspiracy theories and putting aside the hatred for Purslow that's evident on these forums, let's just bring back a bit of common sense to the picture.
Every coach / manager relies on a team of scouts, that's what they're there for. I have no doubt that Hodgson has approached the board with a list of people he would like to sign, given the pulling power of LFC (that he didn't have at Fulham) and Purslow will be working on those targets (budget permitting).

For Roy to come into our club and ignore the targets that the scouting team have already been following would be foolish to say the least. All Roy really needs to do is look at the players suggested, suggest some of his own and perhaps say, 'Yes he's good but I don't want a player in that position at this time'.

As for Purslow actually handling the transfer negotiations, again, this is not at all unusual in the modern game. Whatever your opinions of Purslow, he is clearly a very astute businessman and no doubt has the gift of the gab in these situations. He doesn't need to know about football because I'm sure he isn't actually picking the targets!

All these players were linked to us when Rafa was here that is a fact, your using the Purslow thread to have a hop off Rafa. I bet Christian would love that.

I know we all loved Rafa... but season 2009-2010 he imploded and then the team imploded.

Any personnel department would sack someone not delivering, on Rafas wages.

Not necessarily Arsenal have stood by Wenger and United stood by Fergie under similar circumstances.

Given that Rafa's fortunes were not helped by a board that operated a sell to buy transfer embargo making a net profit on transfer over two seasons, I think they could have afforded him one more season. However that was not the case & Roy is now our manager.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/11/rafa-benitez-yossi-benayoun-liverpool

Yossi Benayoun has accused Rafa Benítez of trying to break him at Liverpool.


The midfielder said the former Liverpool manager was the sole reason for him wanting to leave Anfield.

The Israeli midfielder, who joined Chelsea in a four-year deal this month, said the former manager made his life a misery while he was at the club.

"Everyone asks me why I left Liverpool," said Benayoun. "There is only one reason – Rafa Benítez."

The midfielder says the Spaniard, who left Liverpool to manage Internazionale, never treated him with respect he felt he deserved.

"If I played well, I never felt he gave me credit," he told the News of the World.

"When I scored, I still expected to be out of the team the next game. On two occasions early last season, against Fulham and Lyon, the fans booed when I was subbed.

They thought I was playing well but Benítez told me he was surprised the fans booed because I was not good enough.

"He tried to destroy my confidence.

You can't treat a player like this and expect him to be happy."

Benayoun said he was very unhappy but out of respect for the club he did not speak out. He said the players and people at the club know how he felt.

"I don't want to speak on behalf of other players at Liverpool, but people know what happened to Albert Riera and Xabi Alonso.
It was the same for me.
Benítez tried to break me like he broke Riera."

The 30-year-old said before the final game of the season Benítez pulled him aside in training and said:

"You will not be in the squad for this game.
Thank you for your three years of service, now you can call your agent to do a deal with another club." FFS!!!

"That's when Chelsea made an offer," said Benayoun, "and the deal was done before Benítez left."