Install the app
How to install the app on iOS

Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.

Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.

 

Homepage Article Rafael Benitez Appointed Everton Manager

Status
Not open for further replies.
Tubey said:
That's what I've been saying - context matters.

He was clearly arsey and annoyed because he didn't win, but it was totally understandable and, critically, what he said was 100% correct.

Most of it is clearly a language thing to be honest - he meant "club with a negative approach to the game", which certainly defined Moyes' Everton correctly.
Click to expand...
Spot on. He was clearly on the wind up by associating us on the day with those small clubs coming to spoil at Anfield. But he DID NOT call Everton a small club.
 
Cool_Blue said:
I’ve been on the road all day out of WiFi range. 78 pages ffs, can someone sum up the general mood in a sentence or two. Any positives at all? Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
"he called us a small club, wah I'm not going the game anymore *stomps feet like a baby*"
"I'll get behind the team but not him!"
"I'll give him a chance."
that's it.
 
“This is the greatest gamble in the history of Merseyside football,” a source close to the situation said. “It’ll either be a shambles or a huge success. There’s no middle ground.”
 

davek said:
Go back and listen to that interview. He clearly makes a distinction between the small clubs and Everton doing that on the day.

You just cant accept that.

By the way, up until about 10 minutes ago I was convinced he'd baldly stated we were a small club. Having heard and watched that video clip thiugh I;m inclined to agree and accept his explanation about referring to the eay we set up on the day.
Click to expand...
I have thanks. Listened to it about oh 15 mins ago.

He knew what he was doing and he meant it (in terms of having a pop at us, he probably doesn't believe it but he knew it would wind us up.)

There is nothing for me to accept. He said it and he meant it, for me personally its not that big of a deal and never has been, but it doesn't need defending either just because he is now the clubs manager.
 
I just want everyone to know that I still love you all in a really not weird, totally non-sexual way.

Take your vitamins, and a break from Everton internet might be best if you're that wound up.

#SigurdssonOut
 
diggerdestroyer said:
Didnt it also come up couple years ago when he was commenting with carragher and carragher asked him about everton. He had back tracked back then.
Click to expand...
That was back end of 2019. Yes, on MNF he clarified what he'd said.

The trouble is he should have clarified it at the time, not over a decade later when he was looking for the job before Carlo got it.
 
Papa Shango said:
I have thanks. Listened to it about oh 15 mins ago.

He knew what he was doing and he meant it (in terms of having a pop at us, he probably doesn't believe it but he knew it would wind us up.)

There is nothing for me to accept. He said it and he meant it, for me personally its not that big of a deal and never has been, but it doesn't need defending either just because he is now the clubs manager.
Click to expand...
I'm not defending him as he WAS on the wind up. But he clearly wasn't saying Everton per se are a small club. It was a calculated insult to associate us with smaller clubs by saying we acted like one on the day.
 

Is it because what he said was the 'truth' that we don't like it. He called Moyes and our attitude under Moyes and our general outlook as a club at the time correctly.

Wouldn't be my choice, but the fact that he still wants it despite the 'welcome' tells me something about the man at least that I like.
 
Absolutely get that mate - my missus is a Scouser (totally ambivalent to football, though, thankfully) her daughter is RS, both her grandad's are Everton. Our differences with the RS go back to around 1978 but Benitez and Mourinho inflamed it hugely. So Jose going to Tottenham riled us further (although most were and still are grateful of what he won for us)

You've got it all, though. FSW that besmirched the club and managed your rivals. As you say, it's a mess - but shows just how little our relative boards thought about the fans or cared at the time. They know that someone else will take your seat within minutes.
 
davek said:
I'm not defending him as he WAS on the wind up. But he clearly wasn't saying Everton per se are a small club. It was a calculated insult to associate us with smaller clubs by saying we acted like one on the day.
Click to expand...
He was playing to the RS gallery and it worked a charm but it was classless and not something a manager should do. But as someone else just said, he probably didn’t believe it, he has previous for spitting his dummy out post-game.
 
Papa Shango said:
He knew exactly what he was saying and meant every word of it. You can tell there is a weird pause and look when he spits it out from both him and the interviewer.

He may not have believed it in reality (probably did, no reason not to to be honest) but he was deffo stirring the pot.
Click to expand...
Even if he did mean it, I think he was fighting for his team. He has said as much today he is our manager and will fight for his team accordingly.

Even if he did say it and even if he did mean it, its in the past let's move on and look forward.

I'll tell ya this, more depressing than a silly comment in an interview is our abject continued failure, I want to see us compete, and maybe just maybe do something worth a dam.

Say what you want about the RS but the season before last they won the league, that hurt watching that, and it hurt watching them win the champions league again and again. I want some of that!!
 

Status
Not open for further replies.

Welcome

Join Grand Old Team to get involved in the Everton discussion. Signing up is quick, easy, and completely free.

Register
Back
Top