Rafa Benitez is apparently complaining about the lack of public support from Liverpool leadership. Which I find highly amusing for a couple of reasons.
First, Rafa "guaranteed" that Liverpool would finish fourth. The reality is that Liverpool aren't going to get fourth and may even end up in seventh place. Frankly, for a club of Liverpool's stature, that is execrable. I'm not placing too much blame on Rafa for this as I know Liverpool don't have strength in depth and really suffered with injuries this year. However, he has to know that his head is on the block considering his earlier "guarantee".
Secondly, did he seriously just ask his boss for the dreaded vote of confidence?
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So, what was he supposed to say? "Yeah, your right, I don't believe we can do it"? It was a no win situation - you either back your players publicly , in which case the current situation unfolds, or you doubt your players publicly, which is shitty management if you ask me.
Re: lack of support, here's some interesting reading for you...
http://www.anfieldroad.com/news/201005063612/lfc-chairman-must-deal-with-damage.html/
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article6988851.ece
And my response is - So?
The point is that he gave a guarantee that Liverpool would get fourth place. They didn't. Even if you believe he shouldn't be sacked (and I hope he stays although this seems more and more remote a possibility), you have to expect that the Board are going to be taking a long hard look at his job.
For some reason, I couldn't open the first link you had. However, not sure what you want me to get out of the second link.
Are you saying that Rafa is not getting public support because the board is trying to screw him? If so, not sure what the second link proves.
Ultimately, regardless of how badly he was screwed by the Board, the Board are still the guys in charge. Are they likely to publicly blame Rafa or blame themselves?
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