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[tommycockles]

Why did Rafa public criticizing the board?  I really didn't that was necessary and something Managers shouldn't do. 

DIC must be looking at this and have a cheeky smile.  We screwed them out of a deal when in principle it was all agreed and now a few months later the club looks in turmoil.

I don't think they'll be smiling- if they have to buy it paying the reporting 150m more that Hicks and Gillette want i think they'll be pretty pis.sed that this money could have gone towards players or the new stadium.

[puroresu]

Why did Rafa public criticizing the board?  I really didn't that was necessary and something Managers shouldn't do. 

DIC must be looking at this and have a cheeky smile.  We screwed them out of a deal when in principle it was all agreed and now a few months later the club looks in turmoil.

I don't think they'll be smiling- if they have to buy it paying the reporting 150m more that Hicks and Gillette want i think they'll be pretty pis.sed that this money could have gone towards players or the new stadium.

I will be v surprised if they buy the club at such an inflated price.  Like it or not I think we are stuck with the yanks for the short term although they may sell some shares to someone else.

[Redangel]

Only posted once before but read these pages all the time.Supported this club for more years than I care to admit . Was given a lesson in photography by the great Shanks when as a schoolgirl I was trying to take a photo of my friend with Ron Yeats outside Anfield. I used to stand in Anfield Road end and always stood on the Kop for European nights. I love this club and have always been proud that we did things properly , we treated people with respect. I am so, so sad that these two idiots have brought shame and embarrassment on our club.Most supporters  have welcomed these two and trusted that they would keep their word, they have kicked each and everyone of us in the teeth!! But more than that they have treated Rafa with total disrespect. I too have questioned Rafa's selections from time to time but I trust him with my club, I wouldn't  trust Hicks and Gillett with my hankie!!!We are splashed all over the press again for all the wrong reasons someone within the club needs to get a grip and get this sorted . This CANNOT go on!!!
If Gillett and Hicks have any feelings for this club and its supporters they'll get out now , sell us to someone who CAN do the business, before they destroy everything that this club stands for.
God I'm angry!!!!
   

[account deleted by request]

Seems we have allies abroad

Time to turn up the heat and do all we can to run Tom Hicks out of Tarrant County.  I don’t know the man.  It’s not personal.  But he’s been a terrible baseball owner.  He’s ruining my favorite team.

The players seem to have had it with Hicks.  Michael Young seems borderline manic at the yo-yo ownership style (wouldn’t be surprised if he demands a trade in a year or two).  Tex wants out so bad he’s acting poorly.  ARod left in a huff because of broken promises Hicks made.  And this is the first season I can remember in which the team was so bad that not one of the Rangers several All-Star caliber players had enough around him to perform at a level truly deserving of an All-Star bid (Michael represented the team well - great class as always - but we all know he wouldn’t have gone if not for the one representative per team clause).

Fans are disgusted with the teams play, their horrible finishes under Hicks and ancillary issues.  The Ballpark is becoming a circus tent, even after that stupid Amerique$t bell is gone.  Now that Hicks owns FC Liverpool, I’m betting the Rangers will be the first team in American professional sports to replace the logo on their jerseys with a sponsors ad.  I can barely afford to take my son to a game while the team’s salary has plummeted despite playing in the nation’s 4th largest MSA.

The organization’s coaches can’t say so, but they must be fed up with all the coaching and related changes at every level of the organization.

The media’s finally caught on.  Not that many of them are very trustworthy, but still, every sports reporter in North Texas has or has come close to calling for Hicks’ head.  And the national media have lambasted the team, making them a national joke.

Free agents aren’t beating a path here, not even hitters who should love to play in The Ballpark.  What does that say about how players across the majors view the Rangers organization?

Rumor has it that Nolan Ryan wants to own one of the Texas team - how great would that be!

So, Tom - pack ‘em up.  We’ve had it with your terrible performance.  Seriously, would you not fire someone with your track record?  Sell the team and make some money.  Keep building Glory Park if you must and keep making money from that.  But please turn most of your attention back to Dallas and try not to mess up the Stars or the Mesquite Rodeo anymore.  You can’t live off of one Stanley Cup forever, especially one won in the infancy of your ownership. And have fun in Liverpool (FC Liverpool fans, you can have Hicks.  Write when you tire of him, and we’ll help you run him out).

For what it’s worth, this post begins a new series dedicated to uniting fans against Hicks in support of any owner more committed to building a championship caliber team than fattening his/her wallet.

If you agree that Hicks needs to go, please state so in a comment below.  If you disagree, please tell us why (and we’ll try to read without laughing).

[Ciggy]

Mourinho clear favourite for Liverpool job @ Monday 14 January, 15:15 GMT


Paddy Power make Jose Mourinho their 9-4 favourite to succeed Rafa Benitez at Liverpool following the revelation on Monday that Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the club’s co-owners, held talks with Jurgen Klinsmann about becoming the next manager at Anfield.

Hicks told the Liverpool Echo that talks with the German legend were merely "an insurance" policy in case Benitez had left Liverpool for another job, but the news casts fresh doubts over Rafa's position.

Former Chelsea boss Mourinho is the clear favourite, with Gus Hiddink, Marcelo Lippi and Phil Scolari all currently joint favourites at 9-1.

Paddy Power will give you 8-13 on a new manager being in charge at Anfield for the 2008/09 campaign.

You can also get 1-2 on Benitez seeing out the current Premier League, and 6-4 on him being gone before the season is out.

Selected odds:

Mourinho 9-4
Gus Hiddink 9-1
Marcelo Lippi 9-1
Phil Scolari 9-1
Frank Rijkaard 12-1
Martin O’Neill 16-1
Mark Hughes 22-1
Sam Allardyce 28-1

Mark fu.ckin Hughes and
Sam Kunthorse Allardyce

[Homebooby]

Mourinho clear favourite for Liverpool job @ Monday 14 January, 15:15 GMT


Paddy Power make Jose Mourinho their 9-4 favourite to succeed Rafa Benitez at Liverpool following the revelation on Monday that Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the club’s co-owners, held talks with Jurgen Klinsmann about becoming the next manager at Anfield.

Hicks told the Liverpool Echo that talks with the German legend were merely "an insurance" policy in case Benitez had left Liverpool for another job, but the news casts fresh doubts over Rafa's position.

Former Chelsea boss Mourinho is the clear favourite, with Gus Hiddink, Marcelo Lippi and Phil Scolari all currently joint favourites at 9-1.

Paddy Power will give you 8-13 on a new manager being in charge at Anfield for the 2008/09 campaign.

You can also get 1-2 on Benitez seeing out the current Premier League, and 6-4 on him being gone before the season is out.

Selected odds:

Mourinho 9-4
Gus Hiddink 9-1
Marcelo Lippi 9-1
Phil Scolari 9-1
Frank Rijkaard 12-1
Martin O’Neill 16-1
Mark Hughes 22-1
Sam Allardyce 28-1

Mark fu.ckin Hughes and
Sam Kunthorse Allardyce

Can't believe this is happening.

[Sylar]

These fu.ckin' yanks are pi$$ing me off big time. Sure they are billionaires and help us buy fantastic players like Torres but for christ sake research and get experience of a buissness and a euphoria of this kind of 'investment'. They should know WE are the club and doing things like this is not what WE i.e. Liverpool FC want. Beacuse of those tw@ts LFC is shamed, embarrassed and is for sure affecting our games. If they want the best for the club to get good results, be loved by the supporters they are doing the complete opposite of what we want. WE do not speak out to the press EVER.

Now that they have pi$$ed all over the LFC name they can pi$$ off back to Yanksville and shagg a cactus or each other.

[Doeboy]

Rafa a dead man walking. Have spoken to my source and they are putting pressure on rafa to resign. If he doesn't, he will get the chop in the summer or even before. Sad times...

[Ciggy]

edited cause people cant take a joke.

[nobybob]

[tommycockles]

Ciggy don't go all radical on us that pics a bit strong!

[Ciggy]

edited cause of the pc brigade.

[roberto green]

I cant get my head around this.

Ultmatly it will be us the fans who will suffer!!

the yans off

[Lando_Griffin]

If Rafa goes over this, I will personally hunt those two sh*thouses down and rape their a*ses with a mace.

This is EXACTLY the scenario we feared.

F*cking stupid, ignorant wank-suckers.

LISTEN HERE, YOU PAIR OF CANKER-RIDDEN WHORES:



IF YOU SACK RAFAEL BENITEZ, I HOPE YOU DIE IN A PIT OF PREDATORY HOMOSEXUALS AS A RESULT OF ANAL BLEEDING.

YOU THICK C*NTS.

       

[The Manhattan Project]

The pictures of the US flag being burned are ridiculous.

It's the kind of thing I'd expect from Mancs.

Although I disagree that Klinsmann would have been the right replacement, I do like the fact that Hicks and Gillett were preparing for the worst and had a plan in place.

Rafa has to deliver now.