2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Efcjake]

Mate.....

Like it or not, Benitez is his boss and he's being paid a fortune by Everton Football Club to go out onto the pitch and give it his all, regardless of how he's being deployed.

There's absolutely no way we should be backing a player who is quite obviously taking the piss here. Benitez has made it clear on several occasions that he's a good player and important one but he's refusing to be a team player. I have absolutely no time for that personally. Plus, he's stunk the place out for the best part of a year now, so it wouldn't surprise me if his attitude has also been called into question and he's become a big prima donna about it all.. all now leading to him effectively abandoning the club & fans that have supported him so well.

You know what? all of this vitriol is solely coming from the fact that many hate Benitez that much that they're siding with a clearly troublesome player over him, which is hysterical. How about we continue to just allow players to take the piss, ey? It's not like that's been an issue at Everton for ages now.......

The only information you have about this situation is coming from Benitez and he isn't a reliable source.

Everything else you wrote is based off of that assumption.

I believe Lucas over Benitez every day of the week.

 

[blueblue]

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Managers don't conduct transfer negotiations.
There is always somebody else who does this , it was Brands and before him Kenwright, it seems it is Kenwright again now.

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Benitez was squirming like a rat in that press conference. Dont believe a single word he says especially about Digne . Looked like a man who knows who is on the verge of the sack, constantly bitching about Reid was ridiculous

 

[bigstickytoffee]

The only information you have about this situation is coming from Benitez and he isn't a reliable source.

Everything else you wrote is based off of that assumption.

I believe Lucas over Benitez every day of the week.

Have I missed something? What has Lucas been saying?

 

[Efcjake]

Imagine saying this after 6 months of kissing his arse and we're in 15th ffs

 

[Efcjake]

Have I missed something? What has Lucas been saying?

Just his Instagram post a month ago.

 

[BlueToff]

Can’t really argue with getting rid of a player who doesn’t want to be here

Can we not question why a player who was perfectly happy to commit his long-term future to the club less than a year ago now doesn't want to be here?

 

[kenada_blue]

Benitez was squirming like a rat in that press conference. Dont believe a single word he says especially about Digne . Looked like a man who knows who is on the verge of the sack, constantly bitching about Reid was ridiculous

Embarrassing wasn't it.

Surprised he didnt let it slip his mask slip and day "What would Shankley do?"

 

[Harryflashman]

So is this fella having a go at reidy ? I mean if that’s what that was surely that’s not a difficult argument to pick a side in , i accept the odd poster will be firmly in the manager camp but I mean why name check an Everton legend you weirdo ?

 

[sageyefc]

Look at us all, at each other’s throats, this is what he does, he destroys lock-ins and creates conflict. We must cut out this cancer before it continues to grow

 

[bigstickytoffee]

Can we not question why a player who was perfectly happy to commit his long-term future to the club less than a year ago now doesn't want to be here?

Perhaps he has realised in one year what it has taken me a life time to get right.
We are just a polished turd.

 

[kenada_blue]

Lucas Digne Feb 2021 : “When you sign for Everton, it is like an amazing wedding. You just have to do your best every day to show Evertonians the love you have for them."

Rafatolla Jan 2022: "Wah wah what would Reidy do? Wah wah wah"

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I think I saw digne sitting on the bench against Brighton last week, begs the question, if he didn't want to play for us what was he doing there and if the manager only wants player's who only want to be here why did he put him there?

In the presser earlier:

Vinny O'Connor: 'in that situation [after saying he wanted to leave] why was Lucas named on the bench against Brighton?'

Benitez: 'because as a manager you have a responsibility to try and do what is best for the club'

Not entirely sure what he was getting at with that.. probably just trying to say that we otherwise would've been very short on numbers if he wasn't named.

Either way, he didn't even get on the pitch regardless.

 

[JimmyK]

Signing 2 full backs, getting rid of an inept Director of Football and binning off a player that has done nothing for 2 years isn't action?

I don't think Digne has been anything like as bad as some people have suddenly decided for a start and that goes back to the whole stats argument that Benitez was referencing in his press conference so i'd be surprised if Mykolenko does much better than Digne for the rest of the season so it's hard to see that as taking action. Getting rid of Brands might have been a good thing its hard to say really but i don't think giving Benitez more power is a good thing at all so again not really thinking thats action to stop the rot.

 

[maccavennie]

Carragher says stuff for clicks. He used to rip Rafael to shreds at Newcastle and then share a helicopter ride home with him.

Ahhh so at least we now know who you are and how you got so much info......your the helicopter aren't you!!