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Madmax wrote:

Dundalk wrote:I just heard he has quit being our manager.......he is going to be the new player manager, he is center back tonight with Carra.....FACT!!

Great rotation from rafa.. LOL he would look funny though running up and down the pitch wobbling his fat all over the place.. 

Its true

Bad Bob wrote:It's official, Dalglish is now installed as interim manager and has been given the go ahead to speak to West Ham about Scotty Parker.  Spread the word.

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GYBS wrote:

heimdall wrote:

bigmick wrote:

kazza wrote:So what are you saying

My point (not very well made granted) was that perhaps it was all in my imagination that Rafa is slightly softening his relationships with the players, or if he is it's by the tiniest of degrees.

It's somethign which all managers are increasingly having to get used to though. Rightly or wrongly the players hold the balance of power, and be it an "arm around the shoulder" or a bit of ego boosting now and then, all the most successful managers have to do it in this day and age, even Rafa.

BM The best managers in the world are able to communicate what they want in a clear and direct manner and are capable of being friendly and approachable but also strict and tough.
Man-management is Rafa's major failing as a manager,plus the bizarre belief that players like Lucas, Dossena, Babel and N'Gog are anywhere near good enough for Liverpool. 

Both Ferguson and Clough are neither friendly nor approachable

heimdall wrote:

GYBS wrote:

heimdall wrote:

bigmick wrote:

kazza wrote:So what are you saying

My point (not very well made granted) was that perhaps it was all in my imagination that Rafa is slightly softening his relationships with the players, or if he is it's by the tiniest of degrees.

It's somethign which all managers are increasingly having to get used to though. Rightly or wrongly the players hold the balance of power, and be it an "arm around the shoulder" or a bit of ego boosting now and then, all the most successful managers have to do it in this day and age, even Rafa.

BM The best managers in the world are able to communicate what they want in a clear and direct manner and are capable of being friendly and approachable but also strict and tough.
Man-management is Rafa's major failing as a manager,plus the bizarre belief that players like Lucas, Dossena, Babel and N'Gog are anywhere near good enough for Liverpool. 

Both Ferguson and Clough are neither friendly nor approachable

How do you know? Are you judging them from the image they portray on TV?
I tell you what though they didn't go slagging off their players and exposing their weaknesses to the world now did they?

Sabre wrote:Had Rafa called Torres "Fernandito", he would have scored 3 today. He's killed the lad's confidence.

what about if he started calling him "Mijo" ? 

JoeTerp wrote:

Sabre wrote:Had Rafa called Torres "Fernandito", he would have scored 3 today. He's killed the lad's confidence.

what about if he started calling him "Mijo" ? 

Mijo, as in "Ultra Deep inner Spain" version of Mi hijo (My son)?

No that would be too warm for Rafa, I don't remember a manager so warm to say Mijo from the times of David Vidal

what a legend that coach.

On a serious note, some fellow reds have commented, I don't know exactly whether it was in this thread or another about Rafa's criticism towards Torres.

Torres wasn't fantastic today, but there's no doubt that the best answers from him must come with goals like today.

Sabre wrote:Not exactly about "changes" in Rafa's man management, but I found interesting a response of Ayala to a Marca newspaper I've read in the paper edition.

What did Rafa tell you? asked the journo

Ayala answered (translated) : He told me not to be nervous, because if I made a mistake he'd take the responsabity, he'd take the blame for it, not me. After the match he congratulated me and told me to keep playing that way.