2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[BlueToff]

He seems to have a fairly good idea of our issues. He's said a few times on the radio that he's friends with Bill

He's friends with one of our issues

 

[miff]

I totally agree it’s ridiculous it really is but equally as ridiculous was this appointment, I have no idea what the answer is other than this fella wins a few matches and we can at least kick the can down the road a bit .

The answer is, we forget why he was appointed and let him do his job. We also should expect more from the money grabbing b'stards who wear the shirt, they're the problem at the moment, not the manager.

 

[Harryflashman]

He's friends with one of our issues

I think bill has played as big a part in anyone in us finding ourselves where we are but as regards this manager I think his hands are probably clean .

 

[Zatara]

Everton took a month to appoint Benitez mate.

You rightly have a dig at the owner etc - and that's totally fair. I don't see why you believe that same owner has now appointed the right manager?

I feared he was lost in the 2000s and all the evidence this season, to me, suggests he is.

He's just not very good. And I don't think he'll get time if the results keep turning sour.

We could very easily be looking at 1 or 2 wins in 12 by the time we reach the derby. That's not good enough for any manager to survive.

I hope we're not. I hope we beat Spurs and then beat City and Brentford. I'm not expecting it, but if we lose all of those then we're in a very bad place and Benitez's job should be under threat. I don't care about the caveats. All of the managers can point to caveats.

The club should be launching a tv series surrounding Benitez' job...more suspense, truths, lies and outrage plus more entertaining than the dire football.

 

[larbert toffee]

All about opinions but i disagree. He’s very balanced IMO.
He’s also nothing like Piers Morgan who just spouts controversy for effect and attention.

No problem Thomasc , your second paragraph is exactly as I see him, but as you say it's all about opinions and perception and he appears to target different teams on different days all for effect.

 

[ToffeeTim]

No problem Thomasc , your second paragraph is exactly as I see him, but as you say it's all about opinions and perception and he appears to target different teams on different days all for effect.

I think Jordan says some things for effect, but I tend to agree with him when he talks about us and a lot of what he says generally. I certainly agree with him a lot more than I agree with Morgan.

 

[Thomasc]

No problem Thomasc , your second paragraph is exactly as I see him, but as you say it's all about opinions and perception and he appears to target different teams on different days all for effect.

here you go, I certainly don’t find anything controversial in here

 

[GedMoore]

This is the issue. I'm hoping we don't. But I genuinely think he needs to take six points from the next 12 on offer or he should be facing the sack because any manager should be in that situation.

People keep banging on 'we can't sack another manager'. We sacked Silva because we had 14 points at the start of December after a derby defeat. So Benitez has four games to pick up one point to be better than what Silva had when he was sacked.

Fans will turn on him in a big way soon

 

[dockroad]

Sherwood on SSN is always pushing Rafael to the barcodes . Him and Merson never have a good word to say about us.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Sherwood on SSN is always pushing Rafael to the barcodes . Him and Merson never have a good word to say about us.

In fairness to Sherwood, he said that Benitez to Newcastle would suit both clubs. Newcastle want him, and he has lost the Everton fans, and never was the right choice in the first place.

He was completely right.

 

[Toffeelover]

I think Jordan says some things for effect, but I tend to agree with him when he talks about us and a lot of what he says generally. I certainly agree with him a lot more than I agree with Morgan.

I read that and have to say there be some truth in waht he said. Look at the last games, did our players really try hard, for example against Watfrod.

 

[Marius57]

Do you honestly want us to sack another manger?........6 months into the job, not a penny to spend?
What in gods name will it achieve to sack him now?
We can't just keep sacking mangers, SACK - RESTART - SACK - RESTART, it's pathetic.
Give him at least one transfer window with money to spend for gods sake

We were making offers in the final week of the window from anything between 8m and 30m. Funny that we could do that with no money.

I don't want manager turnover. But he was the wrong appointment in the first place.

I asked a hypothetical question. Glad our standards are now so low that people would be content with potentially losing 6 on the bounce and having 1 win in 10. Nil satis and all that.

 

[Toffeelover]

In fairness to Sherwood, he said that Benitez to Newcastle would suit both clubs. Newcastle want him, and he has lost the Everton fans, and never was the right choice in the first place.

He was completely right.

Who would we look to for a replacement, and not Nuno for sure.

 

[Peter The Dog]

here you go, I certainly don’t find anything controversial in here

me neither.

i thought he was bang on the money.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Do you honestly want us to sack another manger?........6 months into the job, not a penny to spend?
What in gods name will it achieve to sack him now?
We can't just keep sacking mangers, SACK - RESTART - SACK - RESTART, it's pathetic.
Give him at least one transfer window with money to spend for gods sake

They'll never learn - fast forward 6-12 months when Doucoure/DCL/Mina are oot injured and we have won 1 in 6 with Nuno/Howe/Lampard et al in the dug out it'll be the same "if he loses the next 3 he's a goner".

Rinse and repeat like Sunderland/Watford and the other banter clubs.