IT COMES as no surprise Rafa Benitez was today attacked by a 'nameless' member of Liverpool's board.
Several of the seven man committee have been faceless for so long, they've specialised in their anonymity.
Today, chairman David Moores must face up to the responsibility of flushing out the guilty colleague.
Liverpool fans will demand to know the identity of the man who's stabbing Benitez in the back, and Moores and chief executive Rick Parry must take instant action, calling for his resignation with immediate effect.
It's inconceivable both Moores and Parry won't be equally disgusted by comments which, given the ongoing pressures on them, couldn't have been timed worse.
It was presumed Liverpool's defeat to Manchester United was the low point of the season.
Today's scandal comfortably eclipses this.
The Liverpool hierarchy is aware of the perilous position it's already in due to their ongoing pursuit of investment.
If the 'influential figure' had any guts at all, he'd put his name to the comments immediately and allow others to question him on views which are clearly at odds,not only with the majority of Liverpool supporters, but the rest of his board.
After everything Benitez has achieved at Anfield, the cowardly attack splashed on the back page of a national paper this morning summoned images of a World War 1 commander complaining the troops on the front line hadn't done enough to defeat the Germans by 1916.
At best it's irresponsible drivel, at worst it represents the ramblings of a man descending into lunacy.
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