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It's not reasonable for any manager, 14 games into his tenure, having won 1 game in 9, to be saying 'wait for the second half of the season'
Of course Benitez wants to win games. He's just not very good at doing it.
I want to be a rock star but I'm not very good at playing guitar.
TrachyBlue
Player Valuation: £5m
“Our” ?
steven
Player Valuation: £35m
What about the drums?
I'm not mental enough, or emotionally unstable, to be a drummer unfortunately.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
stretford blue
Player Valuation: £35m
Better get Dan donachie back
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Everton now...
Nothing to see here according to the rent a mob.
Literally nobody is saying that though are they mate, and you know that.
But you know, add a poor manager to a poor, threadbare squad.
A manager who's hired a fitness coach who doesn't want players to be at their peak fitness cause apparently that means more injuries... Think he's replaced one clown with another.
Brownie
Player Valuation: £70m
I think we'll have a much better idea of where things are heading at the end of January. It sounds like Benitez knows what he wants in terms of signings, so it'll be interesting to see who arrives and who departs.
For what it's worth, I think up to now he's done about as well as I expected. Some positives in that he identified weaknesses in the squad and tried to fill them, and we also had a couple of battling performances. On the other hand, he's made us rubbish at set pieces and hasn't been able to do anything about the fragile mentality of the team.
I don't think the way he's set the team up has been terrible - switching Townsend to midfield was a decent idea, in my opinion - but equally he hasn't done anything particularly clever that's made the difference in a game, and he wasn't able to prevent collapses against Villa or Watford with tactical changes.
That aside, I don't like him (who knows, maybe he's a good person, but he's always come across as slimy and arrogant to me) and he's never going to inspire the fans in general because of his history. My only hope really is that he has an inside track on some Spanish talent and creates a decent side around that. Otherwise, I can't think of much to look forward to.
For what it's worth, I think up to now he's done about as well as I expected. Some positives in that he identified weaknesses in the squad and tried to fill them, and we also had a couple of battling performances. On the other hand, he's made us rubbish at set pieces and hasn't been able to do anything about the fragile mentality of the team.
I don't think the way he's set the team up has been terrible - switching Townsend to midfield was a decent idea, in my opinion - but equally he hasn't done anything particularly clever that's made the difference in a game, and he wasn't able to prevent collapses against Villa or Watford with tactical changes.
That aside, I don't like him (who knows, maybe he's a good person, but he's always come across as slimy and arrogant to me) and he's never going to inspire the fans in general because of his history. My only hope really is that he has an inside track on some Spanish talent and creates a decent side around that. Otherwise, I can't think of much to look forward to.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
He's won more than all but one of our managers.
This underlines how 'kin rabid (and clownish) the attack on Benitez is.
He's done nothing in the last 5-6 years to suggest he should have been anywhere near the job. He's stuck in the 2000s.
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