never before have i had any interest in the owners of liverpool,it just shows you the change in football. i wish they would get it sorted asap. this could all be done in pre season not a such a crucial time in our season. ynwa

jimmy, ballymena, n.ireland

As a liverpool i want to see D.I.C take over and run the club the way it should be. if you have ever tried to go on the web site and tried to buy something you cant because its always sold out its not good enough.rafa is a good manager and we have a good team just no luck some times he has took us this far and stuck by his players so he needs more time to win the league. alex ferguson never done what rafa done in 3 seasons and neither did wenger.IN RAFA WE TRUST all good things to those who wait out with the yanks they are just greedy for money

joemccusker, Belfast, N.ireland

Now Rafa hasn´t come close to the trophy we all want to win, he´s had enough chances and too many excuses - and he´s arguably the most defensive manager in the league.

How can it be wrong to consider other options? Does anyone really think it´s Hicks´ fault that we´re trailing? Rafa´s spent too much on the wrong players and will keep getting it wrong. I don´t like it particularly, but I think Hicks & Gillette were too weak when they didn´t fire Rafa in November.

TeBe, Oslo, Norway

The idiocy surrounding the Reds boardroom is why having one sole guy in charge beats having a group who can't figure out how to move forward with major investments, signing players, building stadiums, practice facilities, & scouting. It is better to having the buck stop with one person, rather then with my Reds who have Hicks, Gillett, with Parry with tdoing the day to day work. I would rather have it like Chelsea where you know Abromovich knows what he likes & has the cash to back it up. I think DIC could be like that, if you look at DIC's trackrecord in horse racing, you will see they are in it to win,& plus you know the money is there.

I just want to see the Reds be the club it has been in the past, winning the league, not just being cup specialists. While the last 3 years have seen the 2005 Champions League trophy, the 2006 FA Cup trophy, & being the 2007 Champions League runner-up, it's been too long for the league.

danybhoy, minnesota, usa

One has to wonder why Hicks would want to assume 100% ownership of Liverpool FC when it seems patently obvious that he is not wanted, his heart is not in it (just his wallet) and if he does sell he will make a fair amount of profit which most people would say he does not deserve given his conduct so far.

Of course sport is big business these days but if the Glazers can let Sir Alex do things his way (and still make money) why can't Hicks let Rafa do the same?

I heard that in WW2 the Brits were fond of saying that the Yanks were "over paid, over-sexed and over here". It seems now that Hicks is "over-bearing, over there and Liverpool are over him"!

Jim Kellam, Melbourne, Australia

The quicker this saga gets over and done with the better. We need somene at the top, providing the funds for the manager (be it Benitez or someone else) to add quality to our squad. We are fast become a Newcastle/Leeds and it tears me to bits to think the club i love could become that after such a great history, and a promising future. We need to stop airing our dirty linen in public, go back to the values the club was built on and thrived on for so many years. Dear old Bill Shankly would be turning in his grave at what is going on. Liverpool FC needs to become just that, Liverpool FC and return to the "Liverpool Way", because the way things are now are dreadful. As George Bernad Shaw once said "We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." Let's hope the people that will be in charge in the future understand this and take it on board, for without history we have no future, but with no future....we have no history. YNWA

Steven, Sydney, Australia

It's a bit of a mess all this. Hicks and Gillette have lost the fans' confidence they so valuably had at the beginning of the season, and have had a rocky relationship with Rafa and between themselves.

But as a big Liverpool fan living in Dubai, I have first-hand experience of how fast buildings and man-made island projects move out here. The attitude of the Dubai government is 'we must have it now, now, now', and if they take over at Anfield, Liverpool will have people in charge with money, but the mentality of Spanish and Italian club presidents who readily sack managers and have too much control on the pitch.

Hope for vast improvements from the Yanks, or pass up a load of Dubai money for players and stadium developments?

Good luck deciding.

Scott, Dubai,