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Message: [QUOTE="blacksun, post: 1495158, member: 11356"] Whilst I concur with the philosophy of using the youth more, there were numerous reasons Rafa didnt. Firstly he had just gone very close to winning the title and was expected to run close again, using youngsters early on would have been a foolish risk at that point. Once it was obvious we werent gonna compete for the title, finishing 4th and getting into the CL was the priority so again not the time to be taking chances with the kids. Once it became clear that 4th was not gonna happen there was good reasons Rafa didnt play the kids, Pacheco was away with the Spanish youth teams as much as he was at Anfield, Kelly was injured on and off ever since his impressive game V Lyon, Nemeth had been sent out on loan to get 1st team experience at the start of the season and was injured almost much as Torres this year so he wouldnt have got much game time even had he stayed, Spearing just isnt good enough, found his level at Leicester and I wish him well as he has only ever been a good servant/fan of the club, Ecclestone went to Huddersfield for last 3 months of the season to get game time but despite a decent couple of games at the start couldnt get back into a decent form side in Div 1 is that really suggesting hes good enough yet for a top 4 team in the PL? For all the critics of Rafa, and yes I have had my complaints about him at certain times for certain things, it seems to be often ignored hes had to do a hard job in terrible circumstances with the current owners. I have just one question tho, if hes such a poor manager why are the current CL champions, Italian champions and cup holders about to sign him when they could have any manager in the world right now? [/QUOTE]

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