2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[StuBarlow]

Not

How many have we from the last 5 (easier ) fixtures? We are on a serious slide down the table.

Yep a nose dive is coming.

 

[Papa Shango]

He's done well so far overall.

1) 10th in the league so far, equals last season and with no budget

2) No Mina, DCL, Doucoure

Get everyone back and we can fight for Europe. Key injuries and it's mid table again.

I don't think you can really compare our overall finish last season to where we are at this stage of this season. It doesn't really represent anything (where we not top of the league or pretty close to it at this point last season?)

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

Not excusing him and his failures but he’s been here five minutes. The problem is those above him - the people who hired him, the people who signed the players in the squad, the people making other big decisions at the club.

 

[Stan Lee Park]

Do one you moron you think Michael Keane and Mason Holgate will be defensively solid under Eddie Howe or whichever other idiot gets this job on the cheap?

WAKE UP these players are crap year after year, manager after manager and you're fooled again.

Give Keane another contract he may one day grow a backbone and not make Josh King look like prime Luis Suarez.

The players are poor, I agree. However, Benitez cannot pass the buck forever and he either has to turn this round quickly or go.

 

[gazzaa2]

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

They were 4th the other week as well until injuries bit.

 

[akkers]

I think Benitez has been massively naive to lose Doucoure and continue initially with a central 2 since, especially tonight such a risk throwing Gbamin in from the start as part of a 2, recent form has been horrific and bitterly disappointing after imo a solid start to the season, Keane looks again like he's hit the bottom of these cycles he has and Godfrey just isn't right, even Gray's form is dipping

 

[Ladda]

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

You will sack Dean Smith next game and kick on when your team settles. We'll be stuck with Rafael regardless of what happens and we have a terrible tired squad. We're in deeper trouble than you

 

[R.Reddington]

Not that baffling when you look at the bench though.

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

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We won’t be seeing Gbamin again, don’t you worry.

 

[steven]

Not that baffling when you look at the bench though.

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

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It’s not even changing the personnel. He brought Townsend back into a 3 in middle which made us look so much more solid.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Jackyll and hyde halves need to end now

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

Think most of it was Wolves stepping off/containing.

They definitely dropped their tempo.

 

[edge]

Same crop of ball bags in are team that have let the manager down as before he got here, until the likes of Keane Iwobi ECT are gone expect the same results.
In fairness to him the spine of the team is out ,but he dosnt help himself sometimes
Football has been dire, and looks like he learned nothing from the Watford game, first half
He is under pressure make no mistake, needs to dig in ,now till we get to the international break, 50 -50 he makes xmas

 

[BlueToff]

Not that baffling when you look at the bench though.

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

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Why has he played two in midfield again when we were cut open by Watford and Doucoure isn't fit?

Why can't we defend set-pieces (or attack from them?) - we were brilliant at both last year, the only thing we were good at.

Why can't we construct any moves other than aimless punts or the odd counter?

 

[john jako]

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

Managers. Did you beat us 3-0?

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Shut up with this.

We're funding a £500+ million stadium and on verge of a points deduction / fine for breaking Profit and Loss Sustainability.

We aint spending £12+ million to sack this fella and his staff off then paying compensation to bring another fella in.

So who's Left?

An out of work manager like Howe, Nuno, Lampard, Hughes - average managers who wont do anything with this bunch of misfits.

Stop living in FIFA21 and wake up the clubs a poisoned chalice no one like Potter or Ten Hag etc will touch us like a bargepole even if we could afford it.

 

[jinkyali]

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.

Aye yes I am. He's culpable.
Its straight at him.