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Rafa looks certain to take over at Inter , a proof that his critics are clueless.

I just started watching the series today on the internet . I'm impressed and Hot.

Angie Martinez ft Wyclef - Coast to Coast

People are guilty of hypocrisy and double standards , and thats why people can't up with an universally agreed definition  for terrorism.

But , its very simple and I don't know why we are still tinkering. Anyone  that causes terror especially to civilians is a terrorist.  The man in question went on a shooting spree , killing innocent people.

Give him a beard and an Arabic name and we will agree that he is a terrorist.

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=456067.msg6160566#msg6160566 date=1275779272]Redsun is just an illiterate. . . .
How did Derrick Bird commit terrorism?[/quote]because he brought terror. I bring terror, I am a terrorist.

Basically vs Essentially
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Chuck Liddel vs Kimbo Slice.

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9ijaprince:
Who really is brown Ideye? Is he a midfielder? Someone should just enlighten me.

Brown Ideye is a striker a very poor one . He played in a team that is arguably the worst ever Nigerian team- Ladan Bosso's U20 team to canada 2007. I think he must have godfathers in the NFF

Arjen Robben is out too, he was trying out a  skillful pass. He injured himself in a perfect case of ''overskill dey kill ninja'' .

the media coverage of his departure has been disgusting , This one here is the nicest I've come across :

Right to the end the professional pundits failed to understand why so many Liverpudlians stayed loyal to Rafa Benitez.

As 500 fans marched on Anfield after his departure, chanting the Spaniard’s name, heads shook at a footballing sub-species bracketed somewhere between romantic die-hards and mawkish morons.

To the “expert” eye, these deluded fools had been conned by Benitez’s cunning and blinded to his failings by the glory of Istanbul and the criminal incompetence of the American owners.

Liverpool fans they said, once among the most knowledgeable in the world, had clearly lost touch with the modern reality, and were now a sad throwback to the days when sideburned men kicked orange balls.

Well, I’d argue one of the saddest aspects of modern football is too many pundits, including ex-players, have not paid to watch a game since those orange ball days. And they’ve lost touch with the fan.

I’m not saying Benitez had to stay. The results and the football last year were shocking, he’s been a major player in Anfield’s destructive civil war, and the number of fans disillusioned with his style and methods was growing.

But to paint his six-year reign as an unmitigated disaster, sustained only by the over-sentimentalising of Istanbul, is analysis at its most skewed and cringeful. By 2004 Liverpool had been relegated to the status of European also-rans. Benitez made the club a genuine world force again.

It wasn’t just that 2005 Champions League win (which is shamelessly downplayed as a fluke despite beating Fabio Capello’s Juventus, Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea and Carlo Ancelotti’s AC Milan). Or reaching the 2007 Champions League final and the 2008 semi-final. It wasn’t even UEFA elevating Liverpool to Europe’s top-seeded club due to results under Benitez.

It was beating Real Madrid and Inter Milan at the Bernabeu and San Siro (which the Reds had never before done) and Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Magical victories at the very top of world football, which restored long-overdue respect to Liverpudlian hearts.

Ah say the experts, but he didn’t win the league. True. But he got closer than any Liverpool boss in the past 20 years. A season ago he was a whisker away, taking the highest number of points by a runner-up in a 38-game season and the club’s best points haul since 1988.

And he did so despite having the 5th highest wage bill in the league, the 5th costliest squad, the 5th biggest stadium capacity and a net annual transfer spend of £15million. Which should have made experts ask why Liverpool were ever considered a nailed-on top four side under Benitez, especially when the boardroom was mired in anarchy.

Ah, they say, but he’d long lost the players and the board. So why have Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Daniel Agger, Dirk Kuyt and Pepe Reina signed new long-term contracts within the past year? Why last August did managing director Christian Purslow do interviews purring over Benitez and how he was integral to the club’s future?

Ah, the experts say, but that was before he let Xabi Alonso go, which everyone could see was a calamity. These would be the same experts who, for the previous couple of seasons, claimed Liverpool were a two-man team. With Alonso (on whom Benitez turned a £20million profit) never being mentioned as one of those two.

[b]Ah, they say, but Torres apart, he only signed sub-standard dross and ended up with a shockingly-weak squad. Really?

Liverpool are sending 12 players (13 if you count Milan Jovanovic whose Bosman signing is going through) to the World Cup. Or an entire team: Reina, Carragher, Agger, Skrtel, Johnson, Babel, Gerrard, Mascherano, Rodriguez, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Kyrgiakos, Jovanovic.

Eleven Chelsea players flew out to South Africa, the same number as Arsenal, and Manchester United sent eight. Does that look like he’s left Anfield bare of talent?

The truth is Benitez leaves a squad worth many times more than the one he inherited, despite spending less in the past three transfer windows than he’s brought in.

I don’t seek to rewrite history or airbrush Benitez’s failings. I saw last year’s football and it stank. I felt the growing anger among players and fans at his bloody-mindedness and knew something had to give.

Which is why it may be best for all concerned that he walks on. But now he has, let’s do him the honour of getting his legacy right.[/b]

Rafa Benitez was many things at Liverpool but unlike every manager since Kenny Dalglish, he was not a failure. Indeed a majority of Liverpudlians will remember him as a legend.

Because like Bill Shankly, on more days and nights than those expert pundits ever care to recall, he made the people happy.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-reade/Why-Rafa-Benitez-leaves-Liverpool-as-a-legend-not-the-failure-his-history-rewriting-critics-insist-The-Brian-Reade-Column-article448527.html

Black Rob- Delusional.

Rafa did a good job, and yes he made mistakes, but who doesn't? I also think 99% of his critics are impatient and have short memory .

But the fact still is the club's management should take majority of the blame. Even before Hicks & Gillet, the club was not attractive and cash was not in abundance so he could not acquire his first-choice of players. Probably, he had to buy the likes of Riera, Arbeloa and Voronin because Silva, Dani Alves and Villa would not come to Liverpool. I still can't believe Torres chose us ahead of Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal .So the man made do with the little he had.

And the reports we read everyday about how much he has spent or how many players he had signed are just media garbage. He made a lot of profit from selling those players and he sold them quickly when he knew they would not fit in. So , I'd rather blame the club executives for the mismanagement of transfer funds.

sure he can , with a broken leg. Golden boot ko, Golden wheel chair ni.

If we can get Hiddink , Benitez's exit would seem worthwhile. But the names I hear being linked with the job - Hodgson and Redknapp give me worries.

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JUST GOT IT. thanks.

arkinses:
bgees, you see my mail?Eat a sack of hairy dicks

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My worry is, Inter will get Rafa, but what will we get? probably a yes-man or the likes of Hodgson or O'neil. I think we might be going down again.

Pato

"Liverpool FC today confirmed that Rafael Benitez is to leave the club by mutual consent.

Mr Benitez relinquishes his position as team manager after six years and the Board of Directors would like to place on record their grateful thanks for his services and wish him all the best in his future career.

The Board has now asked Managing Director Christian Purslow, with the assistance of Club Ambassador Kenny Dalglish, to begin a formal search to identify and assess potential candidates for the managerial position.

No timescale has been placed on the process and Liverpool FC will make no further statement until a new manager is appointed.

LFC Chairman Martin Broughton said: "Rafa will forever be part of Liverpool folklore after bringing home the Champions League following the epic final in Istanbul but after a disappointing season both parties felt a fresh start would be best for all concerned.''

Rafael Benitez said: "It is very sad for me to announce that I will no longer be manager of Liverpool FC. I would like to thank all of the staff and players for their efforts.

"I'll always keep in my heart the good times I've had here, the strong and loyal support of the fans in the tough times and the love from Liverpool. I have no words to thank you enough for all these years and I am very proud to say that I was your manager.

"Thank you so much once more and always remember: You'll never walk alone.""

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/liverpool-fc-statement-1

That last line made me cry.

its official, its on the club website. I must admit I never saw this coming. I'll start worrying when I see the list of possible replacements.

J.Cole - Song for the 'Ville.

AB-Soul ft Jayrock- Lifestyle

Arkinses, how did u get that ,kind of signature?

Royal disgrace.

Nas & Damian Marley - Nah mean.

beautiful.

lol!!.

Inter would still do well under Rafa though.

I don't see why this should generate traffic or even be on the homepage . why can't we care less and focus more on Nigerian problems?

she is what it says, a b-i-t-c-h!