05 Oct 2016 19:16:08
Just read the news about Rafa and his Wife sending 40 kids (who have lost loved ones due to acts of violence) from the Liverpool area on a trip to Disneyland. He clearly still lives the area, and i sincerely hope we can find a place for him at the club in his latter years.

1.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 19:40:57
I semi agreed with the decision to let Rafa go, but still have a real soft spot for the man, just as he does for our club and city.

2.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 19:48:56
Great man and a great LFC manager.
He did leave at the right time though. I'm sure Rafa would only want a job on merit but the club does need to show its appreciation for legends like Rafa.
YNWA Rafa 🏆.

3.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 20:08:37
Great man with a great heart.

4.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 20:46:13
Massive respect to Rafa.

5.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 20:58:31
How can you not admire and respect Rafa after where he got us to in europe, despite being hampered by the clubs financial problems?
But that said, he was apparently a quite divisive character in senior club management, and rumour has it there were frequent power struggles within the club.
He knew how to build a highly effective team, in fact his 08-09 team were feared throughout europe and could give the current squad a bloody tough game, but then he also gave expensive contracts to quite a few poor quality fringe players, and caused a major financial hangover for FSG to clear up at great cost.
I do sometimes wonder how things would have gone if he had kept his job, gotten a grip of his passion for control, and if he had been given the player budget that kenny and brendan got.
You have to imagine that with that big a transfer kitty, he would have brought in some top talent and kept us in the CL at least a couple of times.
You hear about how the club had deals almost in place for players like david silva and david villa but the plug was pulled on him before we signed them, and you wonder if rafa might not acrually have won us a league if he stayed around and been given the financial backing that kenny and brendan got?
Certainly downing or adam or carroll would never havebeen signed for a rafa side, among many others.

6.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 21:04:22
Rafa is a legend.

He will always be a red

Hope he wins the Championship for Newcastle this season.

YNWA.

7.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 22:20:12
Didn't he do this last year too, def a legend but to be honest I was glad when he left.

8.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 22:18:43
Fantastic man and great manager in his time. Liverpool legend, would love to see him in the future some part of the club.

9.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 22:44:34
I am not the biggest fan of rafa as a manager but his commitment and passion for the club and area has never been in doubt, the biggest legends for our club are men like him and kenny.

10.) 05 Oct 2016
05 Oct 2016 23:03:17
The only reason I don't want Rafa back is because we have Klopp.

11.) 06 Oct 2016
06 Oct 2016 01:40:07
Big man. big heart true red!

12.) 06 Oct 2016
06 Oct 2016 01:41:48
Will always admire and like rafa. Tbh he gave me one of the greatest nights to watch in football I have ever seen, and also lots of other great games. I don't think he was great with transfers though, don't get me wrong he got in some quality players. But also some very dubious ones on big money. Also never understand why he wanted rid of alonso for Gareth Barry, absolutely puzzled me that one.

13.) 06 Oct 2016
06 Oct 2016 07:41:21
I know Rafa can divide opinion, but there is no doubting his love for the club or the city! this is another class act from a classy guy!