Cheating on our loved one, Rafa, and the consequences we’ll have to face

What happens if we continue ‘cheating’ on Rafa? How would the club continue to progress and rebuild the way he wants?

This article is written by conman from The Red And White Kop Forums – It does not necessarily represent our views and has been edited to suit posting.

Some people may flirt with others; some people follow through and take that next step. There is a big difference, but both are very harmful to your family and your security. Flirting with other people will make your loved one insecure, feel unwanted, and used. Cheating on that loved one with someone else, bringing a new person into your life will ruin not only a marriage, but a family and possibly a future. Not only will you lose your spouse, but you will lose your house, your kids, the in-laws, many friends, and last but not least, respect.

So, why am I telling you all this? Has this been posted on the wrong website? No, it hasn’t.

Some of you have succumbed to peer pressure and in the process, lost your own thoughts. Some of you are hoping we get rid of Rafa Benitez and bring in someone like Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink and even Martin O’Neill. The list continues. If deep down this is what you want, then you are entitled to think this. But should you be saying it out-loud and in doing so making your current love, Rafa, feeling insecure and unwanted? That is the question.

You can see Rafa is tired of all this constant flirting, moaning, finger pointing and accusations, especially in light of him fighting our corner against the real cancer of this club – the owners. Whether you believe in Rafa or not, there certainly is a case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Rafa’s actions of flirting with Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid is a response to those who hold his future in the palms of their hands. Rafa can walk, he can leave; its quite easy for him to do so, but he is building a destiny here, the owners are not interested in supporting it, the media are not interested in recognising it, and many of you are too blind to see it.

Rafa could be the one to win us the Premier League, but then again he might never win it, but we have been trying for close to two decades to win it. Many have tried before him, and didn’t get us any closer. The reason you all have such high hopes for us to succeed is Rafa himself. He is the one who gave us all our recent highs. He is the one who made you believe that Liverpool are one of the best clubs in the world. If your expectations have been let down this season because of our terrible run, then its your expectations of Rafa that have been let down, you know he has done better and thus, you also know that he can do better.

What happens if we cheat on Rafa and go one step further than flirting with someone else? How about if we replace him? What happens to our beloved club? Do we simply sign another manager and win the League? If you believe this, you are a clown. It’s not that simple. If we lose Rafa, its equivalent of cheating on your spouse – all the flack comes with it. You will lose the kids, the house, the in-laws, and your friends.

If we lose Rafa, we will lose Rodolfo Borrell (U18 coach) and Jose Segura (academy technical manager) from Barcelona, Eduardo Macia (chief scout), Peter Brukne (sports physician) & players like Torres, Mascherano and Reina.

How many youth players currently play in the Barcelona first team? 7 or 8 is my guess. What if we could have a set up like that!? We certainly have the two men who did it for the Catalan club. Our chieft scout, Macia, has made many well-thought suggestions and you do have to admit that we have been acquiring some great young talent over the past few years – certainly 10 times more than we ever did before. Our new sports physician might stay here, who knows, but it was Rafa that had the cunning to contact him in Australia and snap him up and try to build a medical presence here like we have never had before.

What about our top players? Will we manage to keep Torres, Masherano and Reina without Rafa? I doubt it. He is the reason they are here. He is the one who brought them here and they wanted to play for him. Sure they love the city, but it wasn’t the city which brought them here. Sure they love us fans, but it wasn’t the fans that brought them here. Why may you ask did they want to play for Rafa? Because they believe in him and they believe they can win trophies with him.

Basically, if you want to get rid of Rafa, you’re going to get rid of a hell of a lot more than you bargained for. This is a pivotal time in the development of our club. We might be getting some new owners and we need to make sure we are in a better position because of it. Can Rafa do better than this season with a few more quid to spend? Absolutely. We have Rafa’s new technical signings looking to implement their knowledge and allow us to become a better club because of it. If we sack Rafa we pay him £16m, which I assure you would be much better spent on players. Actually, it would be rather ironic that the only substantial money Rafa has received in recent years is the money to get rid of him.

What about giving Rafa the time to see out his contract or most of it? Will it pay dividends? Sure, it would be cheaper to keep him. If Rafa can grow a club with an average spend of £5.5m a year, then we know he can work on a tight budget. We also know if given some money to splash, he tends to splash it wisely and if he doesn’t, he gets rid immediately. The ex-Barcelona academy members (Borrell and Segura) really do need some time on their side to develop the kids. No point in giving them just a year or two. They sure will need 4-5 years to get the ball rolling and a few more years until we see players regularly coming through.

Let’s skip back to 1969/70, this season echoes Shankly’s worst season. What if we were to lose Shankly then? Could we have done better the following two decades? Unlikely. But if Shankly was sacked, we might well have lost Paisley, Fagan, Moran and some other of our top players. Let alone have the chance to rebuild the club with some new talented players.

So the question I want to put to you is this: Have you thought about the concequences of losing Rafa?

Because I’m sure we won’t take the hit as easy as some would make out.