Benitez is a fat whopper

[chicoazul]

Tremendous thread title. A lesson to others in how to post on GOT.

 

[Blue Magic]

He should wear tighter trousers.

It's just an employee saying what a superb job I'm doing...

 

[Walken]

Wes Sneider sticking the boot in, calling fatso the worst manager he ever played for. My complaint with Rafael was never the small club stuff, it was that he is horribly overrated.

 

[4737carlin]

Thanks for Nathen Pattersen

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Thanks for Nathen Pattersen

Patterson, Mykolenko & Gray for a combined £30 millions is fantastic business.

Say what you want about his time here but he put Brands and Walsh to shame in the market pound for pound.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Patterson, Mykolenko & Gray for a combined £30 millions is fantastic business.

Say what you want about his time here but he put Brands and Walsh to shame in the market pound for pound.

 

[Runub]

Patterson, Mykolenko & Gray for a combined £30 millions is fantastic business.

Say what you want about his time here but he put Brands and Walsh to shame in the market pound for pound.

Forgot Rondon…he is just a lot of pounds and ounces

 

[4737carlin]

Patterson, Mykolenko & Gray for a combined £30 millions is fantastic business.

Say what you want about his time here but he put Brands and Walsh to shame in the market pound for pound.

Good shout

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

My complaint with Rafael was never the small club stuff, it was that he is horribly overrated.

I lived in Valencia when he was the manager there, when he was arguably at the peak of his powers. Ayala bringing the ball out of defence and picking out runners was a thing of footballing beauty.

That he was outclassed by his successor at Newcastle and was rocking around China was the counter point to any cautious optimism I had. He didn't deserve another go round in the premier league, certainly not at Everton.

I think it should have been the end of Moshiri's ability to impose his ideas of the club, but fear he will try and one-up the experts in the future.

 

[Walken]

I lived in Valencia when he was the manager there, when he was arguably at the peak of his powers. Ayala bringing the ball out of defence and picking out runners was a thing of footballing beauty.

That he was outclassed by his successor at Newcastle and was rocking around China was the counter point to any cautious optimism I had. He didn't deserve another go round in the premier league, certainly not at Everton.

I think it should have been the end of Moshiri's ability to impose his ideas of the club, but fear he will try and one-up the experts in the future.

Given the more grown up nature of our business this summer it may have been.

As for Rafael, Valencia is the one top job he has done. Left the rs a uefa cup team having forced alonso out the club, about par at napoli, failure everywhere else.

 

[brigadier]

Mykolenko was terrible Patterson couldn't get on the bench it was Lampard that improved their game, I'm not giving that man any credit for those signings, a defensive manager that concedes corners and free kicks every week has no place managing at professional level, his know nothing fans said he would be good fit because he knew where the blue star chippy was, truly the worst decision I've seen.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Given the more grown up nature of our business this summer it may have been.

As for Rafael, Valencia is the one top job he has done. Left the rs a uefa cup team having forced alonso out the club, about par at napoli, failure everywhere else.

Yeah, I agree with that, amazes me that his CV made it past the personal assistant to even reach Moshiri's attention. I think the whole appointment process would be worthy of an ESPN 30 for 30 style documentary.

 

[4737carlin]

I think it should have been the end of Moshiri's ability to impose his ideas of the club, but fear he will try and one-up the experts in the future.

It was the end, after that, after 5 years or so of taking us backwards, sticking his nose into aspects of the business he needs to leave to others, it was his final act.
From then on it went back to Bill and the board, who got us Frank, kept us up, and delivered a good summer window

 

[Walham Green Blue]

Given the more grown up nature of our business this summer it may have been.

As for Rafael, Valencia is the one top job he has done. Left the rs a uefa cup team having forced alonso out the club, about par at napoli, failure everywhere else.

TBF he helped us (Chelsea) win the Europa League and get 3rd in the league when he was interim manager, so that could be construed as a job well done, especially as our lot hated him almost as much as you lot do/did…

 

[MikeH72]

How’s he getting on in his new top job?