I've voted yes. We've gone through so much rebuilding in the past few years, and have still achieved success. If we persevere and get behind Rafa and the team then there'll be more to come!
We're still in the FA Cup and the Champions League so there is still a hope of silverware at the end of the season (which would be more than we achieved last season!) One more win and we're fourth again on the current points tally.
He's now been quoted in saying "We will finish in the top four" - where's the quotes "Will be much closer this year" gone. Say's it all in my opinion.
You can read into the quotes of 'we're looking to finish fourth' instead of our early title hopes as much as you want. Get f*cking real! What do you want him to say. 'We're still going to win the league'? We're out of the race now, and Rafa isn't disguising that! Could you see the likes of Mourinho doing that? To be fair to Rafa though, he's did well to manage to stay in the job with all the sh*t hanging around the club! Any sh*te like that, especially with owners going behind your back for a replacement, and most would be off!
I think it's so easy to jump on and slag the manager off when things aren't going right. We know that he's tactically capable in the league, so what's been going wrong? We can't completely lay the blame on Rafa! I've heard a lot of comments that the teams he's put out should have taken apart the opposition (whether it be Luton, H & W, West Ham, etc) so why didn't they? If the tactics are fine, then the players must be affected about all of the uncertainty surrounding the club!
Getting rid at the end of the season would push us back a few years. A lot of the squad would leave. The players that stay may not necessarily be the new manager's cup of tea, or they might not be able to adapt to the new style of playing. Why do that to ourselves when we have experienced success first hand with Rafa and we know he is capable of getting a Premier League winning tally of points (82 points in his second season, enough to win the league most years!)
Now get behind the team. Swerve all of this negativity! We're Liverpool Football Club. We have to answer to nobody! We let our success do the talking and one day soon we'll be pushing ahead in League Titles. Don't let us end up like Newcastle fans, calling for heads at the first sniff of a bad patch, and consistent in nothing but under achieving!
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