2021/22 Rafael Benitez

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Keane - gifts Southampton a goal
Keane - gifts Leeds Utd a goal
Keane - bummed by Josh King
Digne - gifts Aston Villa 2 goals
Godfrey - gifts Wolves a goal
Holgate - nearly gifts Wolves a soft pen

Be gone with your Benitez oot nonsense - our defence are a disgrace outside of Mina.

Absolute keystone cops whenever a manager has the audacity to not play 11 behind the ball for 90 minutes.

Soon as Gana Gueye left and they had no one shielding their arses all game they have been shown up for the rubbish they are.

Oh turn it in you dullard.

we get it, you’ve nailed your colours to the mast so going to back him unreservedly, bore off. Any other manager and you would be all over him. Stop being a [Poor language removed] FFS.

 

[sageyefc]

Time for Fat fat sack sack

@orly

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Spurs at home, Man City away, Brentford away and the rs at home, are our next four fixtures. The Brentford game is a must win. I can see things getting ugly, if we follow up defeats against Spurs and City, by losing the derby. Make no mistake about it, Benitez is on the ropes here.

 

[PhilM]

We play Spurs, City, RS, Arsenal, Chelsea and 2 aways next.

Dead man walking.

This is the real acid test for him. If we don't see some form of improvement, he'll be gone. But again, what's been consistent through all this? The same players.

Maybe, you simply can't polish a turd.

 

[MikeH72]

I'm done with this team until he's replaced. This team doesn't represent me so I will be avoiding watching live.

Sunday afternoon walk out in the country somewhere for me. Thos team aren't Everton and I support Everton. If the board want to return our club back to us then I'll be back immediately.

Until then, I dont need to watch this utter crap.

This except I won’t be jumping back on board after he’s replaced, because these players don’t represent me. They’re an absolute disgrace and an embarrassment.

 

[Ladda]

We're going to get relegated. He's worse than Silva!

 

[Drico]

The manager stitched himself up tonight.

We lost 5-2 at home to Watford, he's had nine days to prepare yet starts with the same system, uses the same set-piece set up.

That's got nothing to do with the board.

As for budget, Benitez knew what he was signing up for - he said it in his first press conference.

He certainly didn't help himself - but he has some ego if he thinks he can turn water into wine with this lot. I don't think he's as good as he thinks he is, and I think he is a very good manager. But the zonal stuff is ideology and the selection of Gbamin shooting oneself in the foot.

Reality bites. Far more likely he hops off to Newcastle now because, frankly, he's bitten off more than he (or anybody, really) can chew prior to January.

 

[toffee matt]

The fact he was appointed in the first place sums up how badly the club is run

 

[Lob]

I am not one for wetting the bed but i can see us being in trouble this season. Just seeing shambolic periods of football in every match such as the entire first half this game, final 20 previous game etc. Defence is the poorest in the league, midfield is fecked without Doucoure, attack is fecked without DCL. Comes to something when Delph is the best player on the pitch and he was when he came on today and that isn't because he did anything special, he just did what he is paid to do without making mistakes.

Troubling times ahead and no light at the end of the tunnel. Just gets harder from here on in.

 

[Fansince1988]

Hes not getting sacked because the run of fixtures until boxing day is a poisoned chalice. Anyone with a brain would run a mile

I seriously think it should be Dunc next, we have had loads of so called experienced managers all have failed, Spurs look like they have Conte ( that’s another Carlos type deal, big job comes he’s gone) I don’t want that here again. Id like Moyes back but he would not come now.

 

[Connor]

Good to see he's made us solid at the back and able to defend set-pieces

Something we were anyway last season for the most part

 

[Papa Shango]

That first half was abysmal, but with so many players missing its nowhere near time for him to go

Of course it's not.

But that's what you get when you take on Mr. Divisive as a manager.

He has been dealt a crap hand but nobody cares about that when emotions take over (and they will, football is an emotive game).

Played Mosh.

 

[Neiler]

26 points to go.

 

[Gilbert..]

Sets team up to be solid. But it can also make him look a dinosaur manager.
His time came and went 15 years ago.
The squad isnt there but even if it was he'd still go negative as the first option.

 

[MACCA75]

Hes not getting sacked because the run of fixtures until boxing day is a poisoned chalice. Anyone with a brain would run a mile

Give Dunc the horror fixtures like they did last time..