2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[roy vernon]

Yet again... Rafael had a number of clubs who were after him in the summer. So going to China made no difference to his career.

Yet again you talk drivel

 

[Simon Buttle]

Useful site that

It's what used to be the physioroom.com so the info is direct from the clubs themselves.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Where we are now is persisting with this ongoing humiliation in order to save Moshiri some embarassment.

There's nothing more to it at this point.

 

[barneygumble]

Where we are now is persisting with this ongoing humiliation in order to save Moshiri some embarassment.

Genuine question.

If we sacked Benitez tomorrow, who would you want, who's a realistic candidate, within our price range?

Because I see lots of suggestions, but no solutions.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Yet again... Rafael had a number of clubs who were after him in the summer. So going to China made no difference to his career.

You keep saying this but a) you never mention who these clubs are, who are they? and b) If it is even true (I doubt it) they can't have been that interested in him as I don't recall him being linked with any job recently until he was with us then some loose talk about the barcodes post takeover.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

does say 3 of them are likely back for Sunday mind.

Looks like Brentford are also in the midst of an injury crisis

No excuses

 

[Runub]

You keep saying this but a) you never mention who these clubs are, who are they? and b) If it is even true (I doubt it) they can't have been that interested in him as I don't recall him being linked with any job recently until he was with us then some loose talk about the barcodes post takeover.

I can answer that.....Wallasey Golf Club, Caldy Golf Club, Bromborough Golf Club and others on the Wirral. I believe they are trying to raise their profile to attract new members

 

[windymiller]

Yes, but it shows that we are far more direct than we were last year. Benitez wants the ball to be played quickly vertically. Which in itself does not say much or guarantees success, but if we look at the number of shots, and analyze the quality of the chances, xG, then we see a pattern. As previously mentioned, we did not have a single counterattack goal last season, but this season we have already scored 3.

So what Benitez is trying to implement is modern football, where transitions are the key. However, we are still on the most primitive / basic part of the model, but like all models you have to start from scratch. Injuries and limited quality of the players naturally prevent the model from becoming more advanced, but this is where stability is a key factor.

Eventually, the players will return from injury, and we will buy more players with the right quality. It is possible that I am a little too optimistic, but in contrast to the period under Ancelotti, I now see that we have a model that is sustainable, and which in time will become more advanced.

I think you are being massively overly optimistic and seeing things in the stats that are not really manifesting on the pitch. An n of 3, to use your conterattack goal stats, is almost certainly statistically insignificant. Stats mean nothing without context, for example I work in drug research and often identify that drug A is superior to drug B in terms of raw data trends, sometimes this is statistically significant and sometimes it is not, even when it is statistically significant it may only represent a marginal laboratory improvement that has no clinical impact.

 

[Papa Shango]

Genuine question.

If we sacked Benitez tomorrow, who would you want, who's a realistic candidate, within our price range?

Because I see lots of suggestions, but no solutions.

Lucien Favre is available still isn't he?

Paulo Fonseca, Frank Lampard, Rudi Garcia, AVB. That's just the out of work managers right now.

Not advocating for any of them (Though I do like Garcia) nor am I saying he should go, but it's not the managerial wasteland out there that people think it is either.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Genuine question.

If we sacked Benitez tomorrow, who would you want, who's a realistic candidate, within our price range?

Because I see lots of suggestions, but no solutions.

Given the form and results, virtually anyone.

 

[Earwigjoe]

Given the form and results, virtually anyone.

A non kopite would do for now.

 

[davek]

Looks like Brentford are also in the midst of an injury crisis

No excuses

That's 8 out for the whole of the season. They currently have 2 players out.

Unbelievably desperate the level of denial and propaganda about Everton's cointinued long term injury decimation.

 

[Marius57]

Van Dijke got crocked and their season crumbled. 1 major player.

We have:
Docues
Gomes
Davies
Dom
Gray
Mina
Gylfi (MIA).

25 man squad is now a 17 man squad - 4 are under 23 players, 1 is a back up keeper so that's 12 senior players for a match.

Zero excuses apparently

That's a blatant lie and revisionism pal. Just Google their injuries from last year.

Even just to start with the cbs they had vvd, Gomez, and matip all injured at the same time and that was their 3 main CBs. Plenty of others as well. Like I say, Google it.

 

[davek]

That's a blatant lie and revisionism pal. Just Google their injuries from last year.

Even just to start with the cbs they had vvd, Gomez, and matip all injured at the same time and that was their 3 main CBs. Plenty of others as well. Like I say, Google it.

They were the league champions with a massive squad of above average players to choose from...and you compare their losses last season to a club like this with about 7 players worthy of being in a bang average PL football club's first team.

Ludicrous.

 

[nsno-chris]

That's 8 out for the whole of the season. They currently have 2 players out.

Unbelievably desperate the level of denial and propaganda about Everton's cointinued long term injury decimation.

No Dave, that’s 8 players currently registered has being injured for Brentford.

The giveaway is the bit that says “potential return date”