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Liverpool FC ~ tim bakal relegate sizen nehhh...
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What next for Benitez?
It has been a case of so near, yet so far for Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez this season.
The Reds' Barclays Premier League title challenge fell just short, they were gallant quarter-final losers to Chelsea in the Champions League, while their campaigns in the domestic cup competitions had little time to get going.
Fans will certainly see 2008-09 as a qualified success and hopes have been raised that the league title could be a realistic possibility next time around.
Here we look at what Benitez must do to transform Liverpool from contenders to kings.
KEEP IT POSITIVE
Liverpool's season can be broadly split into three distinct parts - a brilliant start which took them top at new year; a subsequent, deflating run of two wins in seven league games which saw them overhauled; and a rousing finale which has so far brought nine wins in 10 unbeaten top-flight games. The latter period has been by far the most convincing and was sparked by a 5-0 aggregate demolition of Real Madrid. In the 4-0 second-leg hammering of the Spaniards you could almost see 11 lightbulbs switching on in unison, as the often conservatively-minded Reds realised they were good enough to bludgeon teams into submission, rather than throttle them. Given the way his team has performed since, Benitez appears to have been similarly illuminated and that epiphany must not be forgotten come August.
STRIKE IT LUCKY
The signing of Robbie Keane - which Benitez has suggested was taken out of his hands - failed lamentably to provide the partner-cum-understudy to Fernando Torres that Liverpool so glaringly needed. Dirk Kuyt has long since ceased to be considered as a frontline striker, while Ryan Babel and David Ngog are young and of debatable long-term value. High-class striking reinforcement is a must if the Anfield club are to maintain form for an entire season.
WING IT
The arrival of Albert Riera, a genuine and sometimes classy left winger, helped to change Liverpool's shape and they have stretched teams far more this season than previously under Benitez. Another on the right, where Kuyt toils admirably but with limited guile and zero inclination to find the bye-line, would improve things further.
KEEP ALONSO
The Kop left Benitez in no doubt of what they thought last summer when it looked as though Xabi Alonso could be sacrificed to finance a deal for Gareth Barry. After another excellent season - only the untouchable Steven Gerrard has been better - the Spaniard is adored even more, and any new central midfielders should only be brought in to supplement the current crop, the below-par Lucas aside.
BITE HIS LIP
There is nothing to be gained from indulging Sir Alex Ferguson in the mind-numbing playground tedium that constitutes Premier League managerial mind games. Benitez's 'facts' speech backfired badly and a touch more class and, therefore, gravitas would do nicely.
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Rafa Benitez is offering 50mil to sign Carlos Teves - kabar2 angin selat inggeris  |
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Reply #1542 conan's post
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tokey arab mane yg takeover neh.. |
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Balas #1540 topeng perak\ catat
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muhkang next season jah.. season pastu pong derang jore gak |
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Benitez: Liverpool may break transfer record
Rafael Benitez has said he may well break the club's transfer record again this summer. In the last two summers, the Liverpool boss has spent £20m-plus on first Fernando Torres and then Robbie Keane.
Rafa Benitez: Plotting his summer raids.
And although Benitez is believed to have been given only £20m by the club's American owners for a transfer spree - any more will have to come from sales - the Spaniard is planning purchases at both ends of the financial scale.
Linked again with Carlos Tevez this week - a move that has been talked about at Anfield now for some while - the club say they have not made a bid to the players' third party owners.
But Benitez is known to be keen to pair Tevez again with his compatriot Javier Mascherano, the Argentina stars joining West Ham together back in August 2006.
However, he said: ''We may well break our transfer record, but certainly not Manchester United's. But it does not matter about the prices, it is doing the right thing and finding the right players.''
But having all but assured themselves of runners-up spot in the Premier League now behind champions Manchester United, Benitez knows he has to work carefully in the transfer market this summer to maximise the funds he has been given, or can generate.
He said: ''The next step is to overcome Manchester United, and that is the hardest. It does all come down to the money they have been able to spend, that is the difference.
''If we want to reduce this gap we have to be really good in the transfer market this summer. That can be the difference between winning the two or three extra points that we would need to win the title.
''We do not have that sort of money, so we have to be cute and clever in the market. Then it does not matter if you have money or not.
''When you have a lot of money it is easier because nobody notices your mistakes. For us it is important to find good targets to buy and make ourselves successful.
''We have learned a lot about our squad this season, we know each player that little bit better and it means we can improve for next season.''
He added: ''The fact that we have won nine of our last 10 games and not won the title just shows the high level of the Premier League.
''This season we have managed very good performances against the top sides,something we had not been doing before and now we have to improve a little bit more.
''We have 83 points and that would have been enough to win the title on six other occasions since the Premier League started. I can only underline that I am pleased and proud of my team to have gone this close.''
Benitez has started to generate cash from his squad by agreeing a £1m fee for defender Jack Hobbs to stay at Leicester, where he has helped them to promotion from League One. Winger Paul Anderson will also join Swansea for a fee of around £750,000.
Xabi Alonso is being linked with a £22m move to Real Madrid, while Ryan Babel could also be sold. Striker Andriy Voronin is also expected to be moved on.
[ Last edited by FreeMen at 21-5-2009 09:40 ] |
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fools ni mcm hebakk tp telorpiless jerr.. |
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ssssssssyyyyyyyyyyyyyy............tim ni jore awal season ajer...end of season dia org akan declare lg akan jore next season... |
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ohhh yeahhhhhhh...suasane masih hangat..
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Real Madrid to offer £23m for Xabi Alonso
Real Madrid will launch a £23million bid for Xabi Alonso once former president Florentino Perez sweeps back into power.
But Liverpool are ready to resist even such a massive offer and yesterday issued a statement saying the player is not for sale.
Perez is favourite to snatch control back at the Bernabeu, with the club's elections due in June. |
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Reply #1551 FreeMen's post
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abes? palyer lawan mana yg nak kena red card karang? musim neh lebey kurang 10 games la libepul lawan 10 org |
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kelakar tak? |
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kasi up ler...sian dok 2nd page.... |
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die nih.. amik anak org takmo pulang balik dah...
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:re: tropi mana ? tropi?  |
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Reply #1558 epitome's post
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angkat baby ajelah |
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oh lupa... golden glove pun tak dapat tahun neh.. kalau tak, itu ajelah yg boleh buat modal |
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Post time 20-5-2009 10:17 AM
kuatnye reina.... 
bergambar ngan bini org dan anak org... 
