2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[jinkyali]

I mean we were 2-0 down inside the opening 15 mins if not for him?

They're saves he should be making. He's done his job.

He didn't unfortunately for the first goal.

 

[MikeH72]

We were sound at the back until about March

We're an absolute horror show now

We were absolutely horrific. We had a spell of being pretty solid when he had 4 centre backs playing and didn’t leave our penalty area.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Can you not see that he was never ever going to get a period of grace like any other manger would’ve done.

As @ToffeeTim and others have been saying since day one, he was a divisive appointment, who would split the fan and when the fume did come, it would be turbo charged as a result.

Here we are ten games in you and you’ve got the fans battling against each other, it’s just not sustainable and it was all so predictable.

He has as much interest in Everton as he has for Labour never having it so good etc.

The way the team sets up and plays is Benitez call and it feels like the manager doesn't know what he is doing.

There has clearly been a horrendous flatulent release from Benitez that has reinflated the fart balloon but hopefully, it will deflate soon.

 

[Villa_Fan]

Villa Fan in Peace

How come we are both so crap this season. If we continue playing like this we could both be playing Championship football next season. I am just hoping we sack Smith before u guys sack Rafael and give us a little head start in looking for a replacement

Best of luck this season, too big a club to be on a run like this

 

[banno]

Benitez will be OK when we have some PL standard players in the defence

 

[Marius57]

The injuries, arrests, and anti-vaxxers have murdered us, but we knew our squad was paper thin

Who are the anti vaxxers? Injuries are crap but happened last season as well.

 

[BlueToff]

They're saves he should be making. He's done his job.

He didn't unfortunately for the first goal.

You're blaming him for that goal?

We've conceded seven goals from set-pieces this season - the worst in the league.

That's not the goalkeeper's fault that, yet again, an attacker has been given 5 yards to run into and win a header.

 

[Drico]

Nobody is expecting water into wine though.

This squad, without Townsend and Gray and as people loved to point out a crocked James instead, was 4th in March.

Not saying we're a top-four side, we are nowhere near, but we aren't this bad.

Ancelotti - i gave him stick at the end of the season because he couldn't figure out how we went from being solid to being solid and being able to attack. That was, IMO, down to a lack of work on the training pitch. But he did have us solid.

Under Benitez we have neither.

With our injuries we are indeed this bad. People tend to overrate our players. They are Everton players for a reason - they are not good enough for the top six.

We are 10th right now. But the trend is obvious. Without our better players on the pitch regularly, we struggle. We are fodder when we lose them all at once.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Tough medicine we need. If we fire the manager then you are giving these failure players yet another lifeline. They need to leave before he does.

 

[R.Reddington]

‘Rafael Benitez gets Everton relegated’

Everton, that.

 

[BlueToff]

Benitez will be OK when we have some PL standard players

These same players were 4th in March, minus Townsend and Gray.

 

[gazzaa2]

Jackyll and hyde halves need to end now

Oh and if we could stop gifting goals that would be nice

He's clearly motivating the players. The second half performances have generally been very strong (Southampton, Burnley, Wolves, United). The players are too slow out the blocks though.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

He won’t be sacked. But anyone could see ten minutes in today that we needed to change shape.

I find it baffling he didn’t change it till we went two nil down when we had countless warnings even before the goals.

Not that baffling when you look at the bench though.

Gbamin starting was a mistake. The fella just needs sending to Coventry.

 

[BlueToff]

Tough medicine we need. If we fire the manager then you are giving these failure players yet another lifeline. They need to leave before he does.

The manager is crap though

 

[zukai12_]

If your defending him you are simply being a contrarian

Hes not ever going to work with us