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Nov
Written by: Elliott
Does anyone else get the feeling that the Guardian has prewritten the “Liverpool Sack Rafa” headline? During the match against Lyon, the head editor nervously scratched his chin and furled his eyebrow. After the Babel goal, he called Billy, the 90 year old newspaper cranker, and told him to stop the presses! However, after the late Lyon equaliser, he called Billy again. But Billy was asleep.
When Ryan Babel is your ace in the hole, you may just need to fold your hand. Rafa Benitez has done an admirable job thus far this season of avoiding the axe – unlike the impervious Caesar, he has entered the Senate’s chamber with a bodyguard, a bulletproof vest, and a butterfly knife. But how many more bodyblows can he withstand?
The moral and non-moral victory over Manchester United loosened the noose, but the monster of his own making may be his own demise. People may soon start to ask questions. Is Dirk Kuyt better than Milan Baros? Are you sure? Is Ryan Babel better than Cisse? Are you sure?
Unless Gerrard finds his fitness and Aquilani is the second coming of Roy Keane, Rafa may be spending an extended Christmas break in Iberia. My advice is to not look down nor eat any delicious looking cakes that could contain explosives.
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November 5th, 2009 at 2:12 am
Shortly after the goal when Babel sclaffed that free kick out for a throw-in on the far side, a friend texted me to say “He has undone all his good work”. Now to do that he would have technically had to slice the kick so badly that it flew backwards 80 yards past Reina.
I wasn’t ruling it out.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:33 am
But Nick, the astute reader of your wonderful blog fistedaway will rightly ask – did Babel atleast improve his google ranking enough to overcome that awful Brad Pitt movie of the same name?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I really hope Rafa gets the axe, a club of Liverpools stature should not have such a negative person at the helm.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Rafa has certainly taken blaming his own players to the level of an artform, but is Mourinho’s refereeing complaints that much more obnoxious?
Still, the Rafa-running-on-air storyline just may be more interesting than the Blues-Red Devils race at the (yawn) top
November 12th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
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