Relegation

[kenada_blue]

This is important. Any kind of result will stop the rot and build confidence

Remaining home games:
Leicester
Newcastle
Leeds
City
Wolves
United
Palace
Chelsea
Brentford.

Take City and Chelsea out as gimmies...if we don't lose any of them and bag a few wins...we should be fine. 27 points up for grabs. We need 18 at least.

 

[Runub]

“theory” were also poor and form we are the worst in this league. we need points mate simple as that get in that bottom 3 we won’t come back

We will see. Not saying it will be easy and there will be tough times ahead but I think we can stay up.

 

[T LEAFE]

We should stop worrying about relegation during the winter break.
Our players will be recuperating in places like Dubai as we struggle in the cold and forthcoming recession
They will return rejuvenated and proudly take us into the promised land...of the Championship

 

[raib]

Since we have been in the top league in English football,1954, every club has been relegated except us and arsenal . Maybe it's just our turn. Relegation didn't do the snidey six much harm .

It did not but if we go down I do not think we will be back for a while.

 

[Littlesue]

We should stop worrying about relegation during the winter break.
Our players will be recuperating in places like Dubai as we struggle in the cold and forthcoming recession
They will return rejuvenated and proudly take us into the promised land...of the Championship

See Pickfords flew off there this morning with Maguire, Mings, Rashford and McGinn, we hate rivals but they love em ?

 

[GS Blue - LIVERPOOL FAN]

Really don't know why anyone is pinning their hopes on ferguson, especially with all this talk of him injecting some passion into the players.

He's been here for years, has he not thought of doing that before?

We need more than that. A proper manager we can all unite behind.

 

[roy vernon]

You wanted the destabilisation of a managerial change halfway through the season; you wanted the galloot in the dugout.

Well done.

Ah come on Dave,yesterday was the first game since Benitez has been gone. He's the one to blame for us being in this position, him and the lunatic that appointed him. The people who wanted him gone, and I'm quite happy to acknowledge that I was one of them, were correct. Make no mistake, if we do go down, the blame lays firmly on the doorsteps of Moshiri and Benitez.

Had he been sacked after the Watford game instead of letting us watch in slow motion while he got things so terribly wrong, we would have a new manager by now and I doubt if we would have been worrying about relegation. Who knows, he may have seen the seriousness of our situation and used the bit of money we had on bringing in a decent centre mid and centre back on loan.

 

[GS Blue - LIVERPOOL FAN]

Ah come on Dave,yesterday was the first game since Benitez has been gone. He's the one to blame for us being in this position, him and the lunatic that appointed him. The people who wanted him gone, and I'm quite happy to acknowledge that I was one of them, were correct. Make no mistake, if we do go down, the blame lays firmly on the doorsteps of Moshiri and Benitez.

Had he been sacked after the Watford game instead of letting us watch in slow motion while he got things so terribly wrong, we would have a new manager by now and I doubt if we would have been worrying about relegation. Who knows, he may have seen the seriousness of our situation and used the bit of money we had on bringing in a decent centre mid and centre back on loan.

You say that if we go down it will all be on benitez but surely now he's out we'll see a massive improvement if he was the sole problem?

 

[davek]

Ah come on Dave,yesterday was the first game since Benitez has been gone. He's the one to blame for us being in this position, him and the lunatic that appointed him. The people who wanted him gone, and I'm quite happy to acknowledge that I was one of them, were correct. Make no mistake, if we do go down, the blame lays firmly on the doorsteps of Moshiri and Benitez.

Had he been sacked after the Watford game instead of letting us watch in slow motion while he got things so terribly wrong, we would have a new manager by now and I doubt if we would have been worrying about relegation. Who knows, he may have seen the seriousness of our situation and used the bit of money we had on bringing in a decent centre mid and centre back on loan.

No judgement can be made on Benitez's time here because of the extreme injury situation faced.

 

[Fansince1988]

not as easy as that tho

Well time will tell, for the Villa game Dunc didn’t have long to prepare, him or a new manager (if one came in quick enough) does have a bit longer before the next game.

 

[kenada_blue]

No judgement can be made on Benitez's time here because of the extreme injury situation faced.

Worst manager in our history.

No judgement. Just fact. Stats will say so

 

[roy vernon]

You say that if we go down it will all be on benitez but surely now he's out we'll see a massive improvement if he was the sole problem?

You obviously didn't read my post, I didn't say he was the only problem, but, he was one of the two biggest problems we had, the other one being Moshiri. Moshiri failed to act, when it was patently obvious that Benitez was taking us in only one direction. Had he been sacked after the Watford game, as he most certainly should have been, we would now have a new manager, who would have had a transfer window and we would not, in my opinion, be in this position.

The team has got absolutely no confidence left and they have developed a losing mentality. So as you can see, I didn't suggest that Benitez was the only problem, just one of the two enormous problems we had, who have contrived to put us in an extremely precarious position.

As a footnote, Benitez' tenure has been destructive and divisive and pretty much disasterous.

 

[roy vernon]

No judgement can be made on Benitez's time here because of the extreme injury situation faced.

No Dave, injuries can not excuse his tenure and it's abject failure, he was destructive, divisive and tactically inept. A good manager, certainly one on the kind of money Benitez earned, should be able to adjust and manage tactics and formations to compensate for injuries. I think we had a discussion before about the wisdom of allowing Benitez loose with a wrecking ball when he would have niether the time nor the ability to rebuild.

 

[nsno-chris]

Imagine still defending Benitez

Have some self respect

 

[GS Blue - LIVERPOOL FAN]

You obviously didn't read my post, I didn't say he was the only problem, but, he was one of the two biggest problems we had, the other one being Moshiri. Moshiri failed to act, when it was patently obvious that Benitez was taking us in only one direction. Had he been sacked after the Watford game, as he most certainly should have been, we would now have a new manager, who would have had a transfer window and we would not, in my opinion, be in this position.

The team has got absolutely no confidence left and they have developed a losing mentality. So as you can see, I didn't suggest that Benitez was the only problem, just one of the two enormous problems we had, who have contrived to put us in an extremely precarious position.

As a footnote, Benitez' tenure has been destructive and divisive and pretty much disasterous.

I agree with that.

And I definitely agree benitez's tenure has been divisive and disastrous but I don't blame benitez for that.

It was an inevitability because of the way we react to the RS and moshiri should have heeded the advice. If he was at any other club (either Liverpool, or Everton) I'm sure things would have been different.

The tribal irrational nature of football support I suppose!