retrospect. I voted for Rafa out of sentimental reasons, as a show of support for a man who did so much for our club. At the time my real response was a much more cautious 'wait and see', but the temptation to give Rafa a vote of confidence was too much. Having said that, my vote for Rafa in no way meant that I was dissapointed when Rodgers was given the job, in fact I was very optimistic. Still am very optimistic. Another problem with the poll was that a lot of votes went to unrealistic options, it was clear from day 1 that the likes of Klopp and Guardiola were unavailable, but they racked up a lot of votes. It's also worth mentioning that Rodgers ruled himself out of the race early on as he didn't want to be part of the shortlist circus, so this might have stopped some people from voting for him or even considering him. If a more realistic poll had been taken without the sentimental pull of Rafa or the big name but unavailable managers then I suspect a lot more people would be able to contribute to this thread. I don't know if I would have been one of those people, but I do know that as soon as Rodgers name was announced I stopped 'campaigning' and started supporting. I think I may have voted for Van Gaal on the basis that if we were going to behave like a bunch of chimps