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BBC Sport - Danny Mills: 'Rafael Benitez 'almost perfect' replacement

Should Danny Mills shut up?

  • Yes

    Votes: 207 84.5%

  • No

    Votes: 12 4.9%

  • Cheese on Danny Mills face mate.

    Votes: 26 10.6%
  • Total voters
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He works for the bbc, an institution known for it's obscene profligacy, harbouring, sheltering, and indeed facilitating pederasts, it's political bias and all-round kopiteish weirdness.

People like him are a part of the reason why the licence fee should be abolished, and the reason I haven't watched MotD for the last so many years (About 6 or 7 now, I think)
 
Whistlin' Dixie said:
He works for the bbc, an institution known for it's obscene profligacy, harbouring, sheltering, and indeed facilitating pederasts, it's political bias and all-round kopiteish weirdness.

People like him are a part of the reason why the licence fee should be abolished, and the reason I haven't watched MotD for the last so many years (About 6 or 7 now, I think)
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I like how this word exists in Bulgarian as well, but it's much more offensive for us (closer to, er, "a slang term for cigarette").

Also this is the first time I'm seeing it used in a sentence. Huh.
 

Once again Everton playing second best to our neighbours if we sign the FSW.
Decent manager ? Maybe, but taking him about 8-10 years after he was deemed no longer good enough ? Not for me thanks Danny.

De Boer or Koeman would be ideal to start fresh.
 
Kev50 said:
He got one of the worst Liverpool sides in living memory to two CL finals.
He's an absolute winner, he'd be terrific for us.
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Also wanted Gareth Barry over Xabi Alonso. Lost all credibility once that story was leaked lol
 

Mills is an utter helmet, half the utter crap he comes out with is to incite reaction...

Rafael... just no he is a idiot - his last trophy was 3 seasons ago with Napoli.

And he went to Newcastle...

And Relegated them.

Impressive CV yes - absolute whopdong of a man who should come nowhere near this club.

EVER.
 
Darth Toffeeman said:
Andy Gray suggested Mark Hughes. Tony Cottee thinks Eddie Howe.
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Another pair of bright sparks.

Andy 'I get overexcited far too easily' Gray, and Tony 'dull as dishwater who speaks like an automaton in that horrid cockney drawl' Cottee.

The entire pundit industry is full of no-marks and ex-kopites. There's only Trevor Francis who's just about tolerable, imo.
 
Caolam said:
Having Benitez manage Everton is too big a price to pay just to see him embarrassed, club should come out with a statement saying we aren't interested in Benitez, we are looking for a "big manager" not a large one.
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I'm not arsed about insulting the man or dwelling on the past. He insulted us in his role of manager of our nearest rivals. It worked, proper got under our skin!

Tactically the man is pretty decent and he's managed high profile clubs. OK, there's the Liverpool thing, the Newcastle relegation and high profile fall outs at inter and real, but I don't think he's the worst choice out there.

Academic anyway, I don't think he'd come.
 
Timak said:
When Benitez had an unlimited cheque book plus Gerrard in his prime he did well in cup competitions (and had one reasonable go at the league). When he was forced for 2 seasons to cut their cloth according to their actual income they finished roughly where Everton did under Moyes.
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Yeah this tbh, I still don't get why he's got such a good rep. Fluked a CL with Houllier's squad, had MAscherano, prime Gerrard, Torres, Alonso, Carragher and only came closeish once to the league - I was NEVER worried that year, maybe i was naive but it wasn't like 2014 at all.

Then he failed at Inter, taking the treble winners to midtable and failing in CL.

Then he went to Chelsea and won a mickey mouse trophy (chelsea's wage bill was probably triple the rest of the club's turnover put together, or something) and scraped into top 4.

Then Napoli, once again he won a cup but failed in CL and the league, Napoli didn't even qualify in his last season.

Then for some bonkers reason Madrid took him on, and he flopped big time.

Then he took Newcastle down, being outwitted by Fat Sam in due course.

So a few good cup runs but ultimately he just isn't very good despite the hype he receives.
 
bizzaro said:
Unbelievable. :coffee:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36282767

Roberto Martinez sacked: Rafael Benitez 'almost perfect' replacement - Danny Mills

Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez is an "almost perfect fit" for Everton, says former England defender Danny Mills.

Ex-Ajax boss Frank de Boer is the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Roberto Martinez, who was sacked by the Goodison Park club on Thursday.

Benitez and Newcastle have had positive talks since relegation was confirmed, but Mills believes the ex-Liverpool boss could return to Merseyside.

Benitez started the season with Spanish giants Real Madrid but faces the prospect of the second tier of English football if he remains at Newcastle next season.

The 56-year-old led Everton's city rivals Liverpool to a Champions League win in 2005 and guided Chelsea to a Europa League success in 2013.

Benitez's family have remained in the north west of England following his six-year spell at Anfield.

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"Rafael Benitez goes to Everton, Roberto Martinez goes to Newcastle. That's not beyond the realms of possibility," former Leeds United and Manchester City defender Mills told BBC Radio 5 live.

"He's got experience, I can't see him staying at Newcastle," said Mills, who added that the Spaniard's Liverpool history "doesn't matter".

But former Tottenham and Newcastle midfielder Jermaine Jenas disagreed, arguing that Everton fans want to see attacking football.

"With Benitez, I can feel them going too defensive and they wouldn't be happy with that," he added.


"He lives there. His family is there and he'd be happy going back," he said.
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He's a helmet :zzz:.. Yeah will open arms welcome Rafael . Wouldn't last a minute .
 

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