2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Marius57]

They did something that so many of our "senior pros" refuse to: play for the shirt - with the very same manager. The senior pros are being exposed with every passing week...

Playing for the shirt or playing for the manager? Different things. The manager is not the shirt, he is not the club. If anything playing for the shirt is more playing for the fans than the manager.

 

[GedMoore]

him and Dobbin were, in different ways, better than Rondon has been at any point in his Everton career to date

Didn’t dare start them in winnable games though

That tells you all you need to know about how highly he rates them

If we had Norwich at home tonight non of those kids get a game

 

[kenada_blue]

And now this coward is saying something after months of silence.

Welcome to the Benitez masterclass in the papers tomorrow lads.

It'll have zero mentions of having 6 defenders playing and most of the under 23 squad. It'll just be how much of a tactical genius he is.

 

[Thomasc]

Unexpected point, a very welcome point as well.

Does it change anything? Not a thing.

But a very pleasing point at the European champions.

 

[Seanjd]

The way I see it, he was brought in to keep a mismatched squad with little quality and next to no funds to add to it in the league whilst the stadium is built and FFP problems are overcome. The absolute best that can be achieved with this squad is a comfortable mid-table finish, with injuries making that slightly harder to achieved.

I think we will probably achieve 10th-14th, which will be job done.

The fact that the team is playing for him and putting a fighting shift in shows us that he has the support of the players at the moment and is able to get something out of them. Let’s hope we can go on a better run when we start getting some first team players back.

 

[matty1878]

Unexpected point, a very welcome point as well.

Does it change anything? Not a thing.

But a very pleasing point at the European champions.

this

 

[davek]

Doesn’t work like this Dave. This will somehow see the African Nations cancelled while City become Omicron FC.

3 titles in 4 seasons for City tells me otherwise.

Course and distance...course and distance.

 

[Nymzee]

And now this coward is saying something after months of silence.

I only use Twitter to give people crap it seems. Straight in to that absolute Mediterranean toad.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

And now this coward is saying something after months of silence.

The answer is we feel embarrassed that a draw in the Premier League is being lauded as if we were Forest Green holding Utd at Old Trafford.

 

[wba83]

Pathetic turn out, pathetic banner.

Pathetic turn out it was an hour before kick off you prize pleb

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Obsessed? I want the stain on the club removed tonight and expunged from the Everton record books.

Ask @davek or @ForeverBlue92 about obsession

You are obsessed, mate, bordering on psychotic

 

[Brizzletoffee]

The senior pros have been found out. Without so many of them tonight, we saw a youthful collective play for each other and for their manager. Add the evidence that many of these same senior pros have seen off multiple managers and it is becoming crystal clear where the problem lies. The Raxative will soon reach the cancerous colon of the established dressing room hierarchy. The clear out is imminent.

I understand the clear out is needed, but how far is Benitez going to go. Rumours of digne, Pickford, DCL, Mina, richy. That’s not the clear out that’s needed. And do I trust Benitez to respend wisely. No simply put.

 

[tsubaki]

The way I see it, he was brought in to keep a mismatched squad with little quality and next to no funds to add to it in the league whilst the stadium is built and FFP problems are overcome. The absolute best that can be achieved with this squad is a comfortable mid-table finish, with injuries making that slightly harder to achieved.

I think we will probably achieve 10th-14th, which will be job done.

The fact that the team is playing for him and putting a fighting shift in shows us that he has the support of the players at the moment and is able to get something out of them. Let’s hope we can go on a better run when we start getting some first team players back.

I disagree - I think in there is the core of a good side, he (or whoever his replacement is) just needs to identify the way in which they play best and manage them properly. He's not done that so much so far.

 

[Drico]

Playing for the shirt or playing for the manager? Different things. The manager is not the shirt, he is not the club.

A young team managed by Rafael Benitez played their hearts out for Everton Football Club tonight away from home against the European Champions. Viva La Rafalucion!

 

[Marius57]

Welcome to the Benitez masterclass in the papers tomorrow lads.

It'll have zero mentions of having 6 defenders playing and most of the under 23 squad. It'll just be how much of a tactical genius he is.

Pro benitez crew "but carlo was crap because he played 4 centre backs" benitez plays 4 centre backs and a right back "god"