You say he got Rafa to Anfield, he F***ing didn't, Liverpool FC got Rafa to Anfield, the club, the history & the passion that goes with it.
He may have done a couple of good things along the way, but the pros to Rick Parry are hugely out weighed by the cons. Time after time we have missed out on players due to his ineptitude, Simao, Vidic & Alves just being a few examples, probably plenty more that we don't even know about.
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Rick Parry is a useless tw*t, end of story.
To some extend I have to agree with some people on here, that the criticism of Rick Parry is at times unfair. If it was the club that got Rafa here, why didnt the club and its history get the players like Simao, Vidic, Alves etc.?
As you say yourself, he has done a couple of good things along the way, his work in bringing Rafa here is one of them. I think he should be given credit for that.
In connection with loosing out on transfer targets, how do we know that his ineptitude is responsible, and not the economic situation? Im asking because I dont know about it. I just thought that since he is not the man with the money, he hasnt had the possibility to meet the price other clubs asked for. Or maybe not even enough to negotiate a cheaper price.
Anyway, this was actually not thought off as a defence of Parry, I just thought that if he should be slagged, it should be on a fair basis.
I agree with most people on here that the club would be better off with a new CEO. I think his lack of support for Rafa last season is among the biggest mistakes he has done so far. Im not really sure what he was thinking. But the biggest reason for me to wish for a new CEO, is our financial situation. The last 4 seasons I have wondered so hard how our economy can be so bad. We have been in the CL every year, winning, making the final, the semi-final, and one 1/8-final. We are one of the biggest clubs, with a naturally big fanbase, one of the biggest brands, have a really good sponsor etc. And at the same time I hear our depts keep on growing. Whereever I ask people about this the answer is more or less the same: Bad marketing. At latest I read at Guillem Balagues site:
http://www.guillembalague.com/rumores_desp.php?id=10"People, you must forget about new signings at the level of Fernando Torres. The club doesn’t need those players as urgently as it needs restructuring itself in a way that in a few years it can create enough income to be able to always get the first choices that the manager wants in the transfer market.
For instance, Aaron Ramsey could have been a Liverpool player three months ago, but now the club cannot compete with what Manchester United or Arsenal are offering. If shops around the world don’t run out of Liverpool shirts; if commercial deals are done to produce four times more money than comes in now; if the club is run a bit more professionally, then not only can you guarantee a progression in the near future, you will also be able to keep the manager in the long term. Otherwise, we will see."To me, if this is true, it screams for new CEO.
And a last thing, people keep calling Parry a tw*t, prik, c**t etc.. It indicates that people think he runs the club badly on purpose. I dont think so. He is said to be a lifelong Liverpool fan, so why would he deliberately try to harm the club? I think (which is of course only a guess) he is doing his best, but just isnt really the smartest guy around. But as always, own mistakes are harder to spot than others. Im sure from the day he took the job and until now, he thinks he the best man for the job.
So he should be sacked, thanked for trying, allthough his best was far from good enough.
