2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Papa Shango]

Didn't Benitez have a 'Championship side' when he took over at Newcastle when they were 19th with 10 games to go?

Just playing devil's advocate here.

He did by the end of the season...

 

[Marius57]

You haven't read our accounts have you Kevin?

These accounts where according to you we are about to be sanctioned and deducted points but have then spent 30m anyway?

Have you read them?

 

[Kev The Rat]

So, since when has that mattered, are you saying we could only go for out of work managers? That would explain why Rafael was the best man for the job I guess

He want the best man then and he certainly isn’t now.

Like with Ancelotti we need to take advantage of opportunities when they arise

 

[Jebus_lives]

Incredible isn’t it.

Koeman got 1 full season then the knives were out from September the next season.

Didn't even get that.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Spending the Digne money in advance that.

Where's the £10-15 million required to pay Benitez and his backroom staff off coming from?

Where's the £60+ million budget required to tempt a Kovac into joining coming from?

Digne is leaving on a loan only

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[Toffe3m4n]

He did by the end of the season...

They were Championship fodder the entire season up until the point he came in though. I don't think that can really be argued.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Be nice to start a game on the front foot. Does Duncan Ferguson have any input at all ?.

He take's Rafael's lunch order.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

The money to sack Benitez will be there. Think about it, you can't employ a manager purely because you can not afford to fire him. That would be ridiculous. The rules are not there to force clubs to keep someone employed.

He is unemployed, I am sure he will take whatever comes along. He can have some money in the summer.

This is Everton we are talking about

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Digne is leaving on a loan only

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You dont know how FFP works do you?

 

[Papa Shango]

They were Championship fodder the entire season up until the point he came in though. I don't think that can really be argued.

Well they were not a good side. Still aren't. They could have stayed up though, it was not an impossible task.

 

[Kev The Rat]

You dont know how FFP works do you?

I’m sure you’ll be able to concoct some nonsense and purvey it as fact

 

[Marius57]

Didn't even get that.

While I don't think koeman is a good manager. He was judged way too harshly off those opening 10 games. We had finished 7th. He then played 5 of the 6 teams who had finished ahead of us in the first 8 games or something and we hadn't bothered replacing lukaku other than with 3 crap number 10s, only 1 of which he wanted.

 

[magicjuan]

I thought it was because he "knows the city"?

He knows 'some of the city' and it shows, clearly... never his fault (which seems to have caught on with some of our support).

 

[Papa Shango]

You dont know how FFP works do you?

It's not FFP that is holding us back by the way, obviously as we are not in Europe. Its the Premier Leagues rules.

 

[Thomasc]

While I don't think koeman is a good manager. He was judged way too harshly off those opening 10 games. We had finished 7th. He then played 5 of the 6 teams who had finished ahead of us in the first 8 games or something and we hadn't bothered replacing lukaku other than with 3 crap number 10s, only 1 of which he wanted.

He had a similar issue in his 2nd season at Southampton, then recovered and went on to finish 7th.