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2021/22 Rafael Benitez

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Ghost Rider said:
With these players?

Where is Delph , the sudden best midfielder at the club , 2 games later doesn't make the pitch. Probably due to fitness / injury.

2 points in 7 games isn't a great return but given 3 of our midfield have been injured, one has played less than 90 minutes in 2 years , the other can't play 3 games in a row and the final one is in policy custody. Say that to any other manager , tell them they have that selection for the midfield and see how many points out of 7 they pick up. Without a striker as well for that part, with Richy and lewen out.

There were issues today that were glaringly the manager , whether the options were good enough or not. In the bigger picture , it's an impossible scenario for anyone. The two can't coexist and one of them has to change.

So the question really is;

Is the answer changing the players available or changing the manager who selects from them? Can't have both half way through a season.
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If you honestly think that no manager in the world could have put out a side to beat Brentford or Watford then I don’t really think it’s worth continuing the conversation to be honest. Ante Semudza managed to get his Slovenian team that’s existed for 9 years and has a weekly wage bill similar to what we pay rondon per hour to beat Spurs but there’s no way we could have? Ok mate.
 
Tubey said:
We were missing our entire first choice attack.

Yes, starting Iwobi/Rondon was ridiculous, but let's not pretend there aren't severe selection issues right now and we're not scoring goals simply because pretty much every player capable of doing so at Premier League level we have was either injured or suspended.
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They were playing against a 26 year old centre half that was playing for Northampton Town a year ago.
 
Gave him the benefit of the doubt but he's a joke even having Iwobi and Rondon in the team. Everton are a joke that keeps on entertaining!
 

Gilbert.. said:
They only loved him because he was out spoken about mike ashley.
Take away the ashley thing and it wouldnt have been that loveable.
He wasnt stupid. He knew it would win him favour.
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They loved him because he would constantly say things like "this city feels like home", "these are my people", "it's an honour to fight for these people" right the way up to the moment he walked out on them because Beijing Rovers offered to stuff £12m quid a year in his pocket.
 
MACCA75 said:
They were playing against a 26 year old centre half that was playing for Northampton Town a year ago.
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Yes I understand that, but that squad we have is ridiculously unbalanced and, more importantly, consists of players either finished, are mercenaries and/or complete cowards.

Brentford to a man have more application and desire than Alex Iwobi or Michael Keane will ever have.

All we're seeing now is the exact same thing we've seen for years but the odd decent player we have that usually bails us out is missing. Ancelotti had shocking performances week on week but he had DCL and Richarlison on the pitch instead of Rondon and Iwobi. That's the difference, and it's a massive one.
 
windymiller said:
How many months along this death march to relegation would be an appropriate amount of time?

Everyone but Mina and DCL are back now. That's 2 injuries. When do you estimate we will get our next point?
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when Brentford kindly allow us to replay today's game when Richy and DCL are back, because apparently we'd have been assured a win with those two starting.
 
Tubey said:
Yes I understand that, but that squad we have is ridiculously unbalanced and, more importantly, consists of players either finished, are mercenaries and/or complete cowards.

Brentford to a man have more application and desire than Alex Iwobi or Michael Keane will ever have.

All we're seeing now is the exact same thing we've seen for years but the odd decent player we have that usually bails us out is missing. Ancelotti had shocking performances week on week but he had DCL and Richarlison on the pitch instead of Rondon and Iwobi. That's the difference, and it's a massive one.
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Was watching Roy Keane earlier and a lot of what he said about Utds players rang true regarding us.

"Leopard doesn't change its spots"
"dont work hard enough off the ball"
"dont run and run and run some more"

Brands has built a squad of mentally suspect players.
 

ForeverBlue92 said:
Was watching Roy Keane earlier and a lot of what he said about Utds players rang true regarding us.

"Leopard doesn't change its spots"
"dont work hard enough off the ball"
"dont run and run and run some more"

Brands has built a squad of mentally suspect players.
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You can only polish a turd so much.

Sure, you can argue Benitez should be polishing the turd better, but regardless it remains a turd.

The players we have are turds. There's about three I'd keep in the whole squad, the rest need flushing.
 
ForeverBlue92 said:
Was watching Roy Keane earlier and a lot of what he said about Utds players rang true regarding us.

"Leopard doesn't change its spots"
"dont work hard enough off the ball"
"dont run and run and run some more"

Brands has built a squad of mentally suspect players.
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No, a new manager would get them challenging for CL football easily. It’s just that Koeman, Allardyce, Silva, Ancelotti and now Benitez couldn’t do it. But the next bloke definitely will, nothing wrong with the squad.
 

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