Tommy Smith: Will Liverpool FC owners match fans' support for Rafa Benitez
MUCH has been made about Liverpool's failure to land a league title in 20 years now.
And rightly so. We all know why.
But dropping out of the European Cup before the knockout stages is bitterly disappointing and very painful too for everyone associated with Liverpool FC.
Because it is in Europe's upper echelons where Liverpool Football Club belongs.
So being dumped out of a Champions League group this season which any Liverpool side should ordinarily have been able to conquer, is not good enough.
But my thoughts last night as our Champions League hopes disappeared despite the 1-0 victory over Debrecen went out to those magnificent Liverpool fans who stood in the rain in Hungary at the end on a cold November night singing "You'll Never Walk Alone."
They weren't booing, screaming at players or calling for the manager's head.
No.
They stuck with the team and shared the deep disappointment, singing their hearts out to try and lift everyone's spirits.
Liverpool supporters are magnificent and unique.
And the reason why Rafael Benitez and everyone at Anfield knows they deserve far better than they're suddenly getting this season.
Certainly the fans will give the manger time to sort it out.
Question is, will the owners, who hardly ever turn up to watch a game, either sell up or somehow give him the money he needs to ensure this stuttering and deeply frustrating season is not repeated.
I doubt it.
But for the sake of those truly wonderful and loyal Liverpool fans who stick with their team through thick and thin, I hope I'm wrong.
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