2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Khalekan]

Just the opposite , I'd say.

It always seems to end badly for Benitez

What happened at The Pit?

Did he walk or was he pushed out?

 

[jazzy]

What happened at The Pit?

Did he walk or was he pushed out?

Don't do ancient history especially when ot involves the RS but I'd wager ten English pounds that it didn't end well for the rotund one.

 

[Carloblues]

What happened at The Pit?

Did he walk or was he pushed out?

got boo'd and forced out by the same inbreds who think he's doing a good job at us

 

[luuk_deventer]

Do you honestly think, given his track record of transfers - that he will improve the team?

I think he has been appointed and, now that has happened, he needs to be given an opportunity to improve the team.

The team is about where it should be in the table, 3 points off the top half and a few wins off Europe. DCL still to come back too.

Early form very good, recent form very bad and needs to improve. RB will know that too.

 

[Theoneandonly]

Those are shocking statisitics. Why is he so poor at the start of seasons?

And it shows in how we start games too. We are dreadfully slow out of the blocks every week. We just wait to go behind then react. How is that good management.

Not sure mate. Rafael has even admitted that his teams start slowly.

 

[d34noj]

I think he has been appointed and, now that has happened, he needs to be given an opportunity to improve the team.

The team is about where it should be in the table, 3 points off the top half and a few wins off Europe. DCL still to come back too.

Early form very good, recent form very bad and needs to improve. RB will know that too.

That's not what I asked though is it.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Wayne Rooney has offered some insight into Alex Ferguson’s brilliant man-management skills. The legendary former Manchester United manager fell out with most of his best players – such as Roy Keane, Rooney, David Beckham, Paul Ince and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Yet Rooney now realises that Ferguson called him out as a way to spark a reaction from other players. The Derby County player/coach understands that by criticising him, someone with thick skin and a strong personality, it sent a message to other, more laid-back characters in the Man United dressing room.

“His man-management is the best I’ve ever seen,” Rooney told the Guardian in an interview. “I always remember as a kid, every half-time arguing with him. Constantly. I remember thinking: ‘Why’s he keep having a go at me? There’s players far worse than what I’ve been. But the older you get, you realise why he’s doing it. If he [Sir Alex] spoke to Nani the way he spoke to me, he’d break down in tears. He [Nani] wouldn’t be able to come back out.”

Benitez isn't Alex Ferguson.

 

[luuk_deventer]

That's not what I asked though is it.

Okay, I do not know is the answer.

If he will improve the team depends on lots of factors such as how much he gets from the board, whether he has to sell players, which players are available.

He can improve the team with astute signings, as we have seen with Gray and Townsend and he should be given the chance to. If he will, I do not know. We will see.

Benitez isn't Alex Ferguson.

I agree.

 

[Khalekan]

Not sure mate. Rafael has even admitted that his teams start slowly.

Well his team didn’t start slowly here.

We were quick out of the traps only to get bowled over at the second bend.

 

[MACCA75]

I think he has been appointed and, now that has happened, he needs to be given an opportunity to improve the team.

The team is about where it should be in the table, 3 points off the top half and a few wins off Europe. DCL still to come back too.

Early form very good, recent form very bad and needs to improve. RB will know that too.

This isn’t ‘recent form’ it’s literally a third of an entire season we’ve been crap for. Soon to be 8 points from 13 games.

 

[Theoneandonly]

That's 2 good examples tbf to you, but would you be happy with a strong finish only because of the fear of relegation?
Has he had any strong finishes nowhere near the relegation zone?

At Newcastle. He added Almiron in the January transfer window and him, Perez and Rondon were superb in the latter part of the season.

 

[d34noj]

Okay, I do not know is the answer.

If he will improve the team depends on lots of factors such as how much he gets from the board, whether he has to sell players, which players are available.

He can improve the team with astute signings, as we have seen with Gray and Townsend and he should be given the chance to. If he will, I do not know. We will see.



I agree.

Gray was Brands, Townsend is bang average and Rondon... The less said the better.

Track record suggests he will buy crap and relegate us.

 

[sageyefc]

At Newcastle. He added Almiron in the January transfer window and him, Perez and Rondon were superb in the latter part of the season.

You say that like it’s a good thing

 

[Theoneandonly]

You can see why he’s despised at every club he’s ever been at other than the rs and the geordie kopites

Utter bull

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Don't do ancient history especially when ot involves the RS but I'd wager ten English pounds that it didn't end well for the rotund one.

Didn't he finish 7th or 8th in his final season, moaned loads about the board (keeping the gremlins onside) before hotfooting it to Inter... who booted him unceremoniously for upsetting the applecart? Players were all Mourhino loyalists by all accounts so he just hacked them off. Then the fans. The board acted.

Notably he's started on backroom staff and the fans so far at Everton. Presumably because he thinks Moshiri will support him more than the fans ever would so won't start up that attack. Contra Newcastle, where Ashley was an easy target and the Geordies lapped it up.

In his own way, he's as bad as Mourinho.