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      SOS - not taking anything for granted

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      redkenny
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      SOS - not taking anything for granted
      Nov 08, 2008 03:31:11 am
      Whilst reports indicate that Liverpool Football Club's American owners are preparing to offer Rafael Benitez a new contract, the Liverpool Supporters' Union, Spirit of Shankly, believes that supporters should judge Hicks and Gillett on their actions rather than their words. 

      The Liverpool Echo reports that Hicks has assured Benitez that dialogue will commence within the week. However, Hicks and Gillett have failed to act upon numerous previous promises and assurances. Spirit of Shankly is, therefore, concerned that their cavalier approach to the business of running Liverpool Football Club may lead them to once again disregard from afar, the assurances that they have made. 

      The Union has genuine fears that a failure to commence negotiations immediately, or any significant delay in bringing this matter to a conclusion, will impact adversely upon both existing player negotiations and the club's ability to operate effectively in the January transfer window. It is our information that key first team players are now entering a phase of their existing contracts where new deals will be necessary in order to prevent a repeat of Steve McManaman and Michael Owen type scenarios. We are also led to believe that a number of players' agents are reluctant to enter into negotiations while the position of the Manager remains unclear. 

      The instability that Hicks and Gillett have brought to the administration of the club must not be allowed to infect the playing side. We know that the Americans are actively seeking to offload the club, we know that they will have real problems in refinancing the debts that they have heaped upon the club and we genuinely doubt their commitment to ensuring that Liverpool Football Club can operate in anything approaching relative security.

      This is not a case of Spirit Of Shankly supporting anyone individual over another. This is about the ongoing mismanagement at the highest levels of the football club, which has undermined the most important position at the club, that of the manager. This needs to end now, to allow the club to move forward both on and off the pitch. 

      Regardless of their apparent willingness to talk next week about extending Rafael Benitez's contract, Spirit of Shankly remains firm in its opposition to Hicks and Gillett's ownership of Liverpool Football Club, contrary to claims made elsewhere in the media. The instability that their regime brings can only be a source of weakness as the club endeavours to achieve success on the pitch. They are the weakest link, they have to go.

      Spirit Of Shankly
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      Re: SOS - not taking anything for granted
      Reply #1: Nov 08, 2008 12:10:51 pm
      Thanks for the post RedKenny but something doesnt ring true here, if the gruesome twosome are planning to sell the club then why would they look to secure the managers services

      Could they be looking at the manager in a similar light as any player and look to secure him to increase the value of Liverpool F.C. should they be about to sell.

      Whatever is at the back of their mind  it will be purely money driven and will not have any thought for the Club, Manager, Players or Fans
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      Re: SOS - not taking anything for granted
      Reply #2: Nov 10, 2008 02:09:46 pm
      Is right, well said SOS.
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      Re: SOS - not taking anything for granted
      Reply #3: Nov 10, 2008 04:00:38 pm
      if you take all the sh*t out of those two F***ing tw*ts,
      you can probably bury them in a matchbox.

      they cant be trusted untill they are out of our club.
      remy
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      Reply #4: Nov 10, 2008 05:13:33 pm
      I heard a whisper going around that Hicks & Gillett will ask for conditions in any new contract that will mean Rafa will be gagged about talking openly to the press about club policies.Nothing would surprise me with these two little shitbags.anyone heard the same ?
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      Re: SOS - not taking anything for granted
      Reply #5: Nov 10, 2008 07:57:32 pm
      I heard a whisper going around that Hicks & Gillett will ask for conditions in any new contract that will mean Rafa will be gagged about talking openly to the press about club policies.Nothing would surprise me with these two little shitbags.anyone heard the same ?

      Being discussed already here

      http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php/topic,10466.0.html
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      Re: SOS - not taking anything for granted
      Reply #6: Nov 10, 2008 08:20:48 pm
      Thanks for that should look harder next time
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      Re: SOS - not taking anything for granted
      Reply #7: Dec 03, 2008 10:21:33 pm
      George Gillett's visit to Anfield
      Wed 03 Dec 2008


      Spirit Of Shankly, the Liverpool Supporters' Union, would like to know what the purpose of co-owner George Gillett's unannounced visit to Liverpool was on Monday. It would appear from the manager's comments, it was not to discuss the long promised new contract, nor do we believe was it a gesture of personal support to the Free Michael Shields Campaign. Was it, as some media reports suggest, connected to his impending deadline on repayment $75m of personal debt? Just as Spirit Of Shankly believed it was making progress in improving relations with the club following their magnificent support of our efforts to highlight Michael Shields' case ahead of his Judicial Review later this week, along comes Gillett swathed in secrecy.

      As the deadline for the repayment of the loan to RBS looms, our message to him and his so-called partner is simple "What are you planning to do with our club? You were at a loss when we met you in September as to why we thought you had told us lies – well now's your chance to tell us the truth!"

      Spirit Of Shankly

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