Rafa underwhelms once again

Ahhh leave it to Liverpool and more specifically Benitiz once again showing their true colors and drop a 3 points at relegation battling Middlesbrough. This comes one week after a draw against Manchester City. So over two weeks, the title "contenders" dropped 5 points against teams they should have secured the full 6 points if they were really going to contend for the Premiership title. What a surprise. Since Rafa came to Liverpool he has added and dropped players, constantly whined about needing more money and control of the team, and overall been underwhelming when it comes to challenging for the Premiership title. When Liverpool appeared to challenge for the league title and appeared to have finally solved the Manchester United - Arsenal - Chelsea puzzle, they just went back to showing their true colors. No surprise either, that earlier in the week at Real Madrid the Reds were able to head back with a 1-0 lead in their Champions league tie. This is typical Benitez, great manager for the short term no ability for long term challenges.

Here is what Liverpool should do, fire Rafa bring in some manager that understands how to work the transfer market and manage for a championship. A manager that does not buy Keane only to resell him back to his former club when your top striker goes down. Hmmm, maybe when Torres went down you would think it was a good opportunity to leverage Keane allow him to be your #1 striker. Oh wait Rafa wants him on the wing, oh no he is a deep striker, nope he is on the bench.....that is just one example of questionable transfer decisions by Benitez. Get rid of Cisse and decide that Kuyt is a Premiership striker. Sign Babel, but let him sit on the bench. The list goes on. Yes getting Torres was a solid move, but that is the exception with Benitez. I would argue that were it not for 15 crazy minutes in Athens, Rafa would have been elsewhere a long time ago. So, fire Benitez and bring him as a consultant for knock out competitions.

While I have little respect for Benitez as Liverpool manager, I think he would be a solid national team manager. Rafa is perfect for knock out stage competitions and short group stage events. Seriously, I think he would be a good replacement for Domenech. He would know how to manage Les Bleus, understand how to set up his team for each competitor and manage with knock out games in mind. And he could not be any worse when it comes to interpersonal skills!