Hicks behaviour, disrupting the club at a very key time in the season, is evidence enough of where his loyalties stand.

Crashing Dashing Kid, Liverpool, UK

Wayne Booth, Sydney

The reason for the Fans' disappointment and disgust are because of broken promises.

1) 'THIS will NOT be a 'Glazer-type' takeover!

There was a reported £44m of debts. The new Owners were supposed to have 'Paid Off' - NOPE!

Current debt min £350m!

2) We will compete with 'THE TEAM DOWN THE ROAD'. We ALL thought they were talking about Man Utd in which case they have failed MISERABLY. Maybe they were talking about Everton?!

Rafa has SOLD virtually TWO teams of players & released others to FUND players! Rafa's NET expenditure over 4 yrs as related to Guillem Ballague in The Times is an ave of £20m/yr. THATS IT!

2 Reasons DIC are trusted MORE - Chief Executive is a FAN over 30 yrs

Promised RESPECT of LFC traditions.

VAST funds as liquid cash. Just research the £BILLIONS they have invested last 3 yrs.

If DIC said there would be NO loans secured against the Club, BUILD Stadium & COMPETE with Man Utd wrt Hicks/Gillett I'D believe it!

Ayaz, Wakefield,

i hink you'll find it's the royal bank of scotland that have funded the transfers not gillett or hicks. who as i understand it have yet to put any of their own money into the club.

bri, liverpool,

Great timing Hicks!

All I can say about this new turn of events is that I'm so torned in my emotions! I have worked with and for some great CEOs in my life and Rick Parry is a sorry excuse of a CEO. A good CEO would have made sure Liverpool kept up with the branding excercise that Man Utd launched years ago. A good CEO would recognise his own strengths/weaknesses and leave the football to footballing brains such as Rafa. A good CEO would do his job of making sure the club has the resources to support the manager whoever he might be. Rick has failed in every department and in a normal listed firm, he would have been quietly asked to leave by the board long ago. I can only imagine that the board are as incompetent.

Having had my rant on Rick, I need to turn to Hicks... on second thoughts, where do i begin!?!?!? He is a walking disaster who does not have the club's interest at heart... that sums it all up.

Craig, London, UK

I've got very little time for Parry. He's so slow moving on transfer deals at times it beggars belief. Two years ago we had players like Daniel Alves, who Benitez clearly wanted at the club, publicly begging Liverpool to sign him and we manage to miss out on him. He's probably worth twice the price we would have paid for him then. I don't even hear clubs like Chelsea and United having transfer negotiations, they decide which players they want and get the deals done.

It's worth noting, we've been far more successful in the transfer market since the Americans have come on board.

The fractious boardroom and seemingly the complete breakdown in relationship of the owners is humiliating for the club and of course Hicks shouldn't have called so publicly for Parry's resignation. But if this latest dispute leads to greater scrutiny of Parry then it will be a good thing.

Ultimately, Parry's responsible for bringing the Americans to Liverpool in the first place.

Tom Earnest, Westcliff-on-sea,

Hicks is behaving like a bully in the playground, threatening anyone who dares to put the club before his precious ego (Gillett, Parry, Benitez). Unfortunately the longer Hicks' tantrum persists, the more likely we are to regress on the football pitch. All we Reds fans can do is hope this sorry tale is resolved before serious damage is done to the team.

Fortunately the size of Hicks' wallet does not seem to match the size of his ego and he will hopefully be forced to sell in the summer.

Alex, London,

I don't dispute Rick Parry is long past his sell by date. While Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal continue to prosper commercially, Liverpool very definitely fall into the poor realtions category. For a club with the worldwide profile and stature of ours, we are light years behind where we should be. Noel White et al began the rot with their complacency during the inception of the Premiership and Parry has done nothing to arrest the slide.

My problem with Hicks is his timing. To drop a bombshell like this when it's all to play for is nothing short of professional suicide. Were it a one off then you could possibly excuse it but it comes hot on the heels of his savage and frankly stupid undermining of Rafa in December. I don't believe that DIC may be the kinghts in shining armour a lot of people think they will be but surely Hicks and Gillet can put their egos aside and realise the club needs strong leadership who put the good of the club above their own personal agendas.

Adam, Huyton,

He has some never asking Parry to Leave. Parry wants the best for the club.... how cheeky is it of Hicks to ask him to resign. The amercians really need to leave. No one likes them. Not the manager, not the players, Not the fans, and not even Parry.
Amercians = Disaster.,..... But as usual, all liverpool can keep doing as a team is unite and carry on winning trophys.
Liverpool have not had a manager like Benetiz since Shankley and Paisley.... Benetiz is the man to take Liverpool forward and for Hicks asking him to resign is not only a disaster for the club but a huge setback as Key liverpool players will leave.

SCOUSER, liverpool,

Hicks have sanctioned the 2 largest transfer fees in Liverpool’s history in less than 12 months - Torres and mascherano, I’ve wanted parry out of Liverpool for around 4 years now and Mr. Hicks is improving my opinion of him every day!

Wayne Booth, Sydney, Australia

Mark Johnson

Great plan but I'd imagine "the more militant reds fans" probably live in Liverpool!

There's probably some Man U fans out there that would be happy to help to get the public on your side.

Richard, Manchester,

I'm a Liverpool fan and so have been following all these stories with interest. My main conecrn is that we have got the wrong villian. Unlike many I'm extremely uneasy about the prospect of DIC. They have played the mdeia well to present themselves as potential saviours but there are some hints that they would be something of a bull in a China shop stamping their image all over the club if they got in. It is known that they may want their own man rather than Benitez. Hicks is clearly a bully and an unlikeable man but I am yet to be convinced that if he had sole control it would actually be a bad thing.

DW, Beijing, China

For the more militant amongst Reds fans, perhaps organising a regular 'go slow' on Hicks' home cities highways during rush hour would put some pressure on him at home. Certainly some sort of passive resistance is needed to get rid of Hicks.

Mark Johnson, Liverpool,