Sunday, May 2, 2010

Rafael Benitez's Sour Grapes

The EPL season is almost over, and I think the maajor talking point is not Man Utd, Chelsea nor Arsenal, but Liverpool. Before the season started, Liverpool was seen as one of the title contenders after their strong showing last season, where they push Man Utd all the way to the end of season.

However this year is a totally different story for The Kops. They fell behind early in the season and they never recover from then on. Throughout the season, we have heard one common moan by their manager, Mr. Rafael Benitez. He's always been criticising their board for the lack of fund during the summer, their inability to sign "major" players and the sales of pivotal players as their main reason of failure.

This has been talking too much and taking too much as Liverpool did signed Alberto Aquilani and few others. Their mistake was letting Xabi Alonso go to Real Madrid, yet no replacement signed in for this slot. They actually did try to replace Aquilani but players are different, and there's no direct replacement.

I feel that Rafa Benitez should get on with his job using what resources he had at hand to try bring the best out from them, rather than criticising his own boss throughout the season. This also shown that Benitez is not the person to bring EPL title back to Anfield because of his inability to bring out players their best.

Look at Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea, they too released their prize assets, yet they could still sustained the challenge. Most notably when Man Utd let Cristiano Ronaldo go to Real Madrid, but Sir Alex Ferguson is able to bring in another prize asset in Wayne Rooney. Arsenal released Emanual Adebayor to Man City, yet they are still able to stabilised their squad surrounding Cesc Fabregas. Chelsea didn't sign in too many players but still Carlo Ancelotti can make used of the current crop of players to create another empire of their own.

All these are the examples shown by great managers, but sorry to say, Rafa Benitez is a sore loser, and he's just an amatuer coach, an ordinary coach. Liverpool fans out there you may condemn me for saying so, but I believe Liverpool is at a wrong hand and it would be for the benefits of the club to let Rafa Benitez go to Juventus, where he's speculated to have GBP 80 Mil to spend on new players in the coming summer.

I just want to see how far can he go with the funds he has!

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