2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Fansince1988]

Just looked at a few of the games from the run last season (these are just the ones I spotted, may have missed some absentees):

Southampton: Missing Coleman & Richarlison
Newcastle: Missing Richarlison, Godfrey, Digne, Coleman, James, with Pickford out of the team
Man Utd: Missing Richarlison
Fulham: (won)
Leeds: Missing Digne & Coleman

Not necessarily blighted, but hardly "a largely fully fit side"

Ancelotti also gave the impression that he knew what the issue was, talking about stabilising the defence. After that run we beat Chelsea, Leicester and Arsenal on the spin, conceding a total of 1 goal.

I still feel Carlos rode his luck and got quite lucky at time, a lot of the time last season we were poor but still picked up good result. Then again some of the teams we beat were in poor form, for example Liverpool were and Arsenal. His luck ran out in the end as the end of last season showed us.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

What's going on in here now????? @davek faking Benitez memes????

This is going to be one weird weird week

 

[trueblue84]

Down with the bad man who cant cure injured players and cant make £1.7M stretch to signing 5 world class players.

Boooo!!

I'd take another 5 years of benitez on condition that moshiri buggered off. He's the real villain in all this.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I'd take another 5 years of benitez on condition that moshiri buggered off. He's the real villain in all this.

Now THAT is a Faustian pact.

 

[BrendanGOT]

So Kasper Hjulmand is the favourite according to the latest whispers through the internet

At there is a name, so some of our fans can practice throwing their barbs at him when these frauds of players put 0% effort for their 6th manager in as many years. BOOOOOOOOOOOO. F'off you Danish (insert physical attribute here).

Think I'd rather just stick with Benitez for the exact reasons you mentioned

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Worst run of form in 15 years.

How has he not been sacked? Why is he being held to different standards than previous managers?

Those guys didn't have a glittery CV from 15 years ago

 

[Runub]

Benitez was dealt a bad hand no doubt about it


But he has played that hand terribly regardless

That sums it up very well. I like it

 

[Kev The Rat]

Worst run of form in 15 years.

How has he not been sacked? Why is he being held to different standards than previous managers?

Because we are being nasty to him. He is a poor kopite and we should all stop bullying him. Its just not fair the way we are treating him.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he emerged from the tunnel in a red tracksuit.

might spend 20 minutes accidentally shouting "tactics" to Salah and Mane if we're lucky.

 

[nsno-chris]

I enjoyed, when supposedly at the top of his game, went in to Inter Milan and absolutely destroyed a championship winning side.

The guy is an abject failure, living off one game….. in fact, one half time substitution

He’s a charlatan and a failure

 

[ForeverEverton]

Anyone know what was said?

 

[CharliePotato]

Anchelotti couldn’t get a tune out of the lads, Silva couldn’t, Martinez couldn’t, Koeman couldn’t, there’s more too It than Rafael.

We’re a shambles of a club.

 

[peteblue]

More really good stats to back up how good he is...

Everton managers after 13 Premier League games of their tenures...

Manager​	Games​	Points​
Roberto Martínez​	13​	24​
Carlo Ancelotti​	13​	22​
Joe Royle​	13​	22​
Marco Silva​	13​	22​
Ronald Koeman​	13​	19​
Sam Allardyce​	13​	19​
David Moyes​	13​	18​
Mike Walker​	13​	15​
Rafael Benítez​	13​	15​
Howard Kendall​	13​	13​
Walter Smith​	13​	12​

So he’s better than Howard Kendall is he ?……..

 

[ForeverBlue92]

….there have been plenty of things happening in this world in the past 150 years but football matters to people. I watched yesterday with my daughter who’s a NHS Consultant surgeon. Plenty going on in her world over the past few years and I consider her grown up but it doesn’t mean Everton become less important to her.

Despite what’s going on elsewhere, we care a lot about Everton. I’d like to think I’m also grown up and I make no excuse for caring about my club and I can’t understand any supporter being blasé about us being relegated.

Everton are a multi million pound business who dont give a toss about you mate.

The owner doesn't give a toss about you

The board dont give a toss about you

The manager likely doesn't give a toss about you

The players certainly dont give a toss about you

I stopped treating football like it meant more than life and death the moment Covid hit and turned our world upside down.

I suggest others do the same as title winners or relegation battlers multi million pound Everton will still be going just fine mate I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep over them.

My cousin still doesn't speak to me after I sacked her wedding day off over to go to an away game - if I could turn back the clock that ticket would have been lashed on stubhub if I knew what I know now.

 

[trueblue84]

Now THAT is a Faustian pact.

Our deal with the devil seems to be asking for a billionaire owner and getting moshiri.