2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Efcjake]

No he didn't.

How would you know one way or the other?

You know the square root of f all

 

[Kev50]

Early days.
A lot of fans sharpened knives before a ball was kicked.
Injuries.
Squad full of spineless jellyfish.
Couple of wins from looking alright in the table.
Who else? Anyone now is a bit doomed so replace him when the DOF finds someone better.
Using him like Chelsea did made sense to me. He was a better choice than Nuno Santo and Howe.
etc etc.

That was me - but the last few weeks has demonstrated that Benitez is - in my opinion, no longer holding the fort but being given thumbs up to try and build another one.

That paints another picture entirely.

There's changes happening which we assume is under Benitez' instruction and I'm just not convinced. This is a manager who it's hard to imagine ever being far away from things turning very nasty so to give him the autonomy to make long term decisions is a bad mistake.

But then, with no DOF - we've not got many at the club who I'd trust to make those decisions.

A real mess.

why have you got so little faith in his ability to make the right calls, given his record? He's won things wherever he's gone, and the few places where he didn't win things was when he deliberately took a step down to build something. It's a struggle at the moment, but he's playing people when they aren;'t fit owing to the dreadful squad we have. Let him bring in a few players in January, and get our good players back and you will see a different team.

 

[Pabbers]

He is not happy, can see that.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

He comes across pretty non-plussed about the poor form and has been for weeks. Seems utterly convinced that we'll end up on the right trajectory eventually.

January is gonna be massive for him, and for us.

 

[Efcjake]

why have you got so little faith in his ability to make the right calls, given his record?

His record at Everton.

 

[hktoffee]

Improving really?

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I dunno why he persists with this narrative that we were 'on top' against Palace when that blatantly isn't true......

 

[Kev50]

His record at Everton.

that's just daft though, surely. It takes years to build a team. And everyone can see the paucity of the squad, and the bad luck with injuries. If you give him time, he will build a good team. He's always done it wherever he's gone and he's had a thirty year career. He doesn't suddenly become bad in the last 3 months.

 

[sageyefc]

I dunno why he persists with this narrative that we were 'on top' against Palace when that blatantly isn't true......

Because he’s a liar

 

[Toffe3m4n]

His demeanor has been very defensive lately (just like the side) lol

 

[Harryflashman]

He is not happy, can see that.

I know how he feels

 

[Melchizedek]

I take it that’s not real? It can’t be.

Don't know for sure, but I know we don't create a lot of chances and we give other teams several chances every match.
Not really a stats person myself, just thought it was an interesting visual representation of how terrible we've been.

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

"The fans could see what we were looking for the intensity, commitment, way we were playing"

What games can we say this has happened? every single game is negative setup and slow.

I haven't seen what he things we have seen once this season.

 

[Parker]

If he gets January and beyond then the only thing that will save us is the incompetence of the teams around us.

 

[blue to the bone]

He is not happy, can see that.

Good