2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[h8kurdt]

Imagine being arsed about people calling a manager by a shortened version of his first name.

It's actually baffling. The worst kind of gatekeeping.

 

[BNJ1878]

I heard Davey Moyes and Bobby Martinez lots of times during their reigns.

The objection to Benitez is unique for obvious reasons. People just can't let go.

That said, I've always found it cringeworthy anyway, it should just be surnames. Same with "Boris" for Johnson.

It's the familiarity that comes with modern media and the Internet.

People have unbelievable levels of access to public figures private lives.

Combine that with the general dumbing down of society and the cringeworthy becomes acceptable

 

[TheCount]

The Gaffa.

 

[Brennan]

The Gaffa.

Rafà the gaffa

 

[devogue]

I heard Davey Moyes and Bobby Martinez lots of times during their reigns.

The objection to Benitez is unique for obvious reasons. People just can't let go.

That said, I've always found it cringeworthy anyway, it should just be surnames. Same with "Boris" for Johnson.

This 100%. So weird how people say Boris.

 

[Brennan]

….at the risk of being vaulted, I always use surnames, even ’Sigurdsson’. It might be because I’m ok at spelling but I also find it cringeworthy how Koppites refer to their players.

Had to be done

 

[Eggs]

Had to be done

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….ha, ha, that’s a play on words with the same post. I suspect you’ll find the odd one of those.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

this thread will get 50 pages in a day if actually lose a game lol

Well yeh, was always the concern for me anyway. It's like drinking a litre of whiskey a day for a couple of years and complaining one day you've woken up yellow. Being bitter and blue has long been part of DNA, treat that element with contempt it will turn and tear some a new one, not if but when!

 

[LeeCarsley]

I call him Mr. Benitez as I'm old as well although maybe not as old as Eggs lol

 

[kev]

Benny the Tez la, Benny the Tez. He's the daddy three games in.

I sense a reckoning from oppositional forces when the going gets a bit less decent.

@kev if you think its bad now, just wait.

"oppositional forces" Grow up FFS.
As I said divisive and boring.

This thread has descended into the ridiculous.
Some posters are genuinely excited by his appointment. That's fine.
Some posters are genuinely unhappy by his appointment. That's also fine.
There are also more than a few posters (from both sides of the debate) who are just out and out WUM's. Presumably they find it funny to wind up fellow blues.
Exaggerated praise of the manager and exaggerated negativity about the manager are equally divisive and most of all incredibly boring.

 

[YoboCopter]

Some people would rather do crap to slate mr Rafael benny than do good and eat humble pie

Rafael benny is my hero

 

[Sweeneytoad]

It's what ever rolls off the tongue easier. Rafael I'll go with.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

"oppositional forces" Grow up FFS.
As I said divisive and boring.

Mate, its the reality. Which side of the force are you on? Dark or light? Jedi or sith?

It's the GOT way.

 

[LocalNative]

Easier to Spell. Plus, it's his name.

• The Manager
• Benitez

Or, in special circumstances

• Rafael

The shortened version is never acceptable, he's not your mate. (unless he is, of course)

Standards please Toffees, standards.

Looooooooooooooooooooooooooool

 

[ProZ]

While I loved the appointment of Carlo and though it was amazing we had such a high profile manager, there was always something that did not fit, Everton are not a hands off team who don't need training hard, that is not the DNA of the club.

I feel Rafael is a good fit, I looked back at his signings for a club like Napoli for example of players that where not already at top clubs and I see Koulibaly, Mertens, Jorginho.

Some of those please raf