no money?
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what Benitez has been spending on
surely you need to read beyond the headlines.....
if you go thru' the entire list, how many >20m pound players
did rafa managed to sign during his entire tenure? his ability to
sign proven players is marginalized greatly by the unavailability
of funds (blame the yanks, we all know that story). in fact, he has
to be astute and sign players of unknown qualities and hope to
integrate them into the team and hopefully bring out the best in
them.
in that department, he hasn't done too badly. there will be hit
and miss; but alonso, reina, maschy and some others are really good
buys in my book.
and there are others which are not his picks; most notable is
robbie keane. and that lucas guy, for all his lack of ability, is
only loose change in man city's books.
man u, on the other hand, in one broad stroke, took in a certain
rooney in for 25m pounds in 2004. why, 2 years back, man u, despite
a 700m pound debts, even could afford 30m pounds for berbatov.
the likes of chelski with laundered rubles have even more
buying power. liverpool were never in that league of buyer. not
then, not now.
the liverpool squad today pales in comparison i to the top 4
teams in terms of back-ups. take away liverpool spine of reina,
carragher, maschy, gerrard and torres, you have a very ordinary
team. the fact remains that rafa's track record @ liverpool based
on his win/loss records is one of the best. a forumer here has
pointed out that fact.
you single out rafa and take pot shots here without
substantiating. rafa, like many others, may not got have got his
tactics rights, maybe more so this season, but it is irrefutable
that he is a UCL winner, fa cup winner and came close last season.
how many managers in the last 5 years can claim that credit? only a
handful, and the great arsene wenger is not one of them.
btw, which is your team or are you one of those who likes to sit
on the side and growl?
