2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Evening. Just checking in and I'm pleased to see the Benitez thread remains a harmonious hotbed of discussion.

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[Saint Domingo]

I know nothing about sports science, but this sounds reasonable to me as a layman…

I guess this is something they can actually quantify (VO2 max etc.), but wouldn’t a player need to have a record of their numbers when they are 100% fit first, in order to calculate what 85% looks like?

Good luck getting the 100% readings from this bunch of crocks!

he got Delph onto the pitch for successive games. Small wins.

 

[Harryflashman]

the greatest Barcelona team of all time, potentially the greatest football team of all time, lost at home to a Hercules side with Drenthe playing for them. It’s irrelevant who losses are against. City got beaten by Norwich at home the season before last, maybe they should have fired Pep.

I think pep at city and our current manager with us is valid comparison on a Number of levels . You being a fan I’m sure will focus on the money spent whilst I’ll concentrate on the 72% win rate & the 10 trophies won ,I hear if you squint its actually difficult to tell them apart .

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Not always. Medical folk know a lot, but they dont know everything.

Aye, and the quality of evidence available might not be unequivocal. Or top quality. Or even acted on by individual practitioners.

Messy world is medicine and health care.

 

[Billy Dean]

the greatest Barcelona team of all time, potentially the greatest football team of all time, lost at home to a Hercules side with Drenthe playing for them. It’s irrelevant who losses are against. City got beaten by Norwich at home the season before last, maybe they should have fired Pep.

I think there are quite a lot of posters who actually do think Pep should be fired.

 

[DanB90]

Read a bit about Donachie, and some red flags came up. Do not quite know how to formulate it, but he seemed a bit too alternative, and was perhaps a little too busy working with gurus, shamans, witches and trolls, than to take a scientific approach to injury prevention, etc.

Like healing crystals and little Formby beach yoga one and that?

 

[tommye]

Ah yes, a graduate of the School of Séance. Tbf, it was an easy recruitment error.

Bravo Sir.
A fantastic effort. ? ?

 

[Noble Savage]

the greatest Barcelona team of all time, potentially the greatest football team of all time, lost at home to a Hercules side with Drenthe playing for them. It’s irrelevant who losses are against. City got beaten by Norwich at home the season before last, maybe they should have fired Pep.

I don't think Pep would of put two in midfield knowing that the opposing team would concentrate their play through there or at least sorted it out within 15 minutes of watching a disaster happen there . Maybe I'm wrong .

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Bravo Sir.
A fantastic effort. ? ?

It would have been better for everyone if he was French

 

[AussieToffee11]

My respect for him has risen with news around the changes to the Medical department. We are in desperate need of ruthless decision making, and that is one thing Rafael can bring. I'm sick of mediocrity.

Donachie might be a great guy, but our injury record has been horrific in recent times.

 

[Misa]

Seems like he has been backed by Moshiri to make changes and he's starting with the medical department. He wouldn't have been appointed manager otherwise. I believe Moshiri is determined to see this appointment through after spending around 500 million and getting this squad. We all loathe to lose money and be treated like a fool. Losing a few games or a minority group of people shouting loudly from their keyboards is not changing that. Expecting to see more changes all over the club soon.

 

[4737carlin]

My respect for him has risen with news around the changes to the Medical department. We are in desperate need of ruthless decision making, and that is one thing Rafael can bring. I'm sick of mediocrity.

Donachie might be a great guy, but our injury record has been horrific in recent times.

See he is doing work behind the scenes, its what we have needed for a while, there is more to a manager then the 90 minutes we see onthe pitch.

 

[The binman chronicles]

This bloke might literally sweep the rotting core out of the club that has bogged us down for the last 7 years, yet some of you want him out before he has a chance to do it because he lost a few games. Laughable.

Hopefully he gets the chance to boot Ferguson, Unsworth, Ebbrell, Baxter and anyone else that have been a fixture while we have been underperforming too.

And don't get me wrong it's with a heavy heart I say Ferguson and Unsworth, they are both passionate blues and you can see how much they love the club, however we can't just keep on forcing new managers to keep these people. Ferguson might become a decent manager but he has to go try elsewhere first. If he doesn't want to leave, give him a job for life as an ambassador/hospitality speaker. Anything away from the pitch that gives players continuity of one failed manager to the next.

 

[LABlue2]

Ah, can’t wait for my nightmare to come true when we play Villa and I see Benitez and Gerrard on the sideline

 

[Earwigjoe]

Ah, can’t wait for my nightmare to come true when we play Villa and I see Benitez and Gerrard on the sideline

Heres a teaser, I had to crop it as they were both naked from the waist down.