Homepage Article Rafael Benitez Appointed Everton Manager

[Yid4life]

He is your George Graham.
We used to sing 'Man In a raincoat's blue and white army' so as not to have to say his name out loud.

 

[Zatara]

Rafael Benítez is a gamble that could expose Everton’s wider fragility | Andy Hunter

Spaniard’s record is strong but his arrival could be divisive at both board and fan level at a club whose off-field position is delicate

www.theguardian.com

Hunter...decent article

 

[Lord Buckethead]

It's more like that game played at kids parties where you remove chairs one by one until there's only one left.

Except we chose to run to the gap at the first time of asking, and sit where someone had shat on the floor

 

[Zatara]

He's not on 15m a year, He's reportedly on 7m a year.

Meanwhile, The Athletic, which is written by real journalists, has his contract at £7 million per year.

Phew

 

[jamieni]

Phew

Yeah surely there’s no way he’s on £15mill. Would deffo think £7mill more likely.

 

[peteblue]

£15mil a year = £41k a day /288k a week.

How can he be on that? Thats a huge amount.

He's not on 15m a year, He's reportedly on 7m a year.

Meanwhile, The Athletic, which is written by real journalists, has his contract at £7 million per year.

Who cares what our Billionaires are paying him. I just want a big shiny trophy......

 

[jamieni]

Rafael Benítez is a gamble that could expose Everton’s wider fragility | Andy Hunter

Spaniard’s record is strong but his arrival could be divisive at both board and fan level at a club whose off-field position is delicate

www.theguardian.com

Hunter...decent article

For me it all comes back to the Koeman era. We blew our chance to spend big on quality players who would have given us the foundation to kick on. Instead we signed 20 attacking midfielders with the pace of slugs and Ashley Williams…..

We’re still a mid table team but now with a bigger wage bill. I don’t doubt Moshiri has put his money where his mouth is but the outcome has been fairly dismal so far.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

I just don't understand why they would go there with Benitez. The club couldn't of been less enthusiastic about the whole thing. I guess that maybe its Moshiri and Usmanov vs. everyone else and if that's the case then what an incrediblely odd hill to die on! They must see that our squad, poor as it is won't be relegated even if we'd got a no-mark like Eddie Howe or a total rookie like Big Dunc in to manage them. Realistically we'd be looking at 6th to 7th at best and 12th to 14th at worst. Well isn't that the exact same position we're in now? I get that in theory Benitez will command more respect from the players and be able to attract better new guys going forward but ultimately I just feel like the risk outweighs the rewards. If things go badly in the opening five or six games of the season then the crowd could very well turn on him in a big way. As I've said before, regardless of how I feel about him I'll still back the guy at the match for the duration of his time here but even so I can honestly see him being sacked before Christmas and we'll of wasted another season because of incompetence from the top of the club yet again.

 

[nikom court]

Likewise are you ok? Let's just stick to using the queens english, and leave the text speak out of it.

first time iv heard anybody from cork opting for the "queens english"

 

[Theoneandonly]

Yeah surely there’s no way he’s on £15mill. Would deffo think £7mill more likely.

7 mil with bonuses which will double that salary.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

I just don't understand why they would go there with Benitez. The club couldn't of been less enthusiastic about the whole thing. I guess that maybe its Moshiri and Usmanov vs. everyone else and if that's the case then what an incrediblely odd hill to die on! They must see that our squad, poor as it is won't be relegated even if we'd got a no-mark like Eddie Howe or a total rookie like Big Dunc in to manage them. Realistically we'd be looking at 6th to 7th at best and 12th to 14th at worst. Well isn't that the exact same position we're in now? I get that in theory Benitez will command more respect from the players and be able to attract better new guys going forward but ultimately I just feel like the risk outweighs the rewards. If things go badly in the opening five or six games of the season then the crowd could very well turn on him in a big way. As I've said before, regardless of how I feel about him I'll still back the guy at the match for the duration of his time here but even so I can honestly see him being sacked before Christmas and we'll of wasted another season because of incompetence from the top of the club yet again.

It's their club and they will do whatever they like with it, they couldn't give a flying one about what the peasants think.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I think @GrandOldTeam has changed the code so that we dont mimick the RS fans of calling him by his nickname.

For me, calling him that is skin crawling and like nails in a blackboard.

As a fanbase weve always called managers by their surnames anyway, aside from a select few.

We've got a few more of those auto changes too...

 

[Lord Buckethead]

7 mil with bonuses which will double that salary.

so £7M and a big compensation payout in a years time then

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

It's their club and they will do whatever they like with it, they couldn't give a flying one about what the peasants think.

Yeah well they've proven that loads of times over the years, but this is still an incredibly odd hill they've picked to die on.

 

[Khalekan]

It's all going to work out, we're going to have a great season and win the league cup, get into Europe next season. That's how I am now choosing to look at things.

There is no other way ti look at it

COYBB