2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

You set that poll up in such a way that only Benitez supporters participated. It's like setting up a poll in Wigan to assess the nation's attitude towards pies.

I like pies. Wigan I can take or leave.

I suspect Benitez may like pies too. Wigan less so. Bobby Martinez, ironically, clearly likes Wigan but not the pies. The svelte sex god.

Anyway, opinions 9n Benitez have changed more broadly I feel. They may flop back given a run of results. They probably won't, like.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

You can clearly see the core of the 'hatebrigade' in that poll. Even if we were top of the league, you'd find something to loan about.

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If Benitez turns it around a certain few suspects will no doubt be making fools of themselves.

 

[hktoffee]

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If Benitez turns it around a certain few suspects will no doubt be making fools of themselves.

It will depend on who are his next 2 signings in this window.

 

[Bluerover]

That's not what I meant, I'm pretty sure you knew that. I don't think there is a big group of third parties with no employment ties to the Department of Work and Pensions who have struck up a rivalry with other third parties with no employment ties to the Department of Health and Social Care making moves between the two organisations controversial and publicly fraught. Maybe I'm wrong?

Now I really am lost. I worked in Ireland. No idea about your DWP or DHSC

 

[Runub]

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If Benitez turns it around a certain few suspects will no doubt be making fools of themselves.

Are you wavering? Surely it is when not if?

 

[MACCA75]

When was the last time a manager improved a team but started off by making it considerably worse first?

 

[johnjoeefc]

A lot of people seem pretty sure that benitez won't be around too much longer. I find that quite surprising. The owner has already given him his long term backing and given him freedom in the transfer market.

The anti manager atmosphere and negativity I feel is wasted energy and counter productive. Man needs a chance with a couple of windows under his belt.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Man needs a chance with a couple of windows under his belt.

Is that still applicable if the worse-than-Mike-Walker-run results in a relegation? 1 win in 12 league games or a point-per-game average at the half way stage is not benefit of the doubt stuff for me.

 

[Thomasc]

A lot of people seem pretty sure that benitez won't be around too much longer. I find that quite surprising. The owner has already given him his long term backing and given him freedom in the transfer market.

The anti manager atmosphere and negativity I feel is wasted energy and counter productive. Man needs a chance with a couple of windows under his belt.

Moshiri will wake up when / if we are 4th bottom.
Then he will have to act, it’s inevitable.

He got lucky at Hull, which is good for the club short term as it was one less embarrassing defeat.
You have to think it’s only prolonging the inevitable though.

 

[Death]

Mmmmm, swingers.

Ohhhh, you mean poll votes.

Yeah, hands up I'm fickle. Booooooooooo. Benitez, boooooo. Sharp, boooooo, Moshiri, booooo.

I'm telling snider on you in the group chat. You're becoming a lose cannon.

 

[Bungle]

A lot of people seem pretty sure that benitez won't be around too much longer. I find that quite surprising. The owner has already given him his long term backing and given him freedom in the transfer market.

The anti manager atmosphere and negativity I feel is wasted energy and counter productive. Man needs a chance with a couple of windows under his belt.

I'd argue you could fit significantly more than just the windows under his belt.

 

[windymiller]

I like pies. Wigan I can take or leave.

I suspect Benitez may like pies too. Wigan less so. Bobby Martinez, ironically, clearly likes Wigan but not the pies. The svelte sex god.

Anyway, opinions 9n Benitez have changed more broadly I feel. They may flop back given a run of results. They probably won't, like.

Thanks for the pie update.

 

[windymiller]

Now I really am lost. I worked in Ireland. No idea about your DWP or DHSC

Oh, Ireland. That makes sense, I remember reading about your civil service ultras. Do you think the government will ever get a grip on that problem?

 

[NathDogg]

People saying the football was worse under bisto boobs allardyce are wrong, at least he had is organised - it's much worse now, we look shapeless, undercoached and underprepared, regardless of injuries and new signings.

There's some fundamental issues with what Benitez is doing and how he is coaching the squad that need to be addressed, but he isn't the type for admitting mistakes and changing his ways - that's why we're in trouble, and are needing screamers from gray, Townsend to get us out of trouble in games - when they are out injured or not 100% were goosed.

I pray we can pick up a few wins over the coming matches and get to 40 points asap - if we can sneak a bit of a cup run then brilliant (unlikely), but 40 points after this run we are in is paramount.

It doesn't look like he's going anywhere unfortunately, so get safe and then review everything - such heady aspirations he is instilling into the club and fanbase, along with Moshiri.

Yet Benni's bumboys keep lapping it up - very odd.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Moshiri will wake up when / if we are 4th bottom.
Then he will have to act, it’s inevitable.

I disagree with you here. We've been on the worst run in 30-odd years with a manager worse than Mike Walker and Moshiri still hasn't pulled the trigger. Moshiri didn't act when we fell into the bottom half, when we dropped to 12th, 13th, 14th and hasn't acted when we are 15th.

That says to me 17th isn't going to be the line in the sand for Moshiri. I think it'll have to be bottom 3 with maybe 10 games to go and a serious threat to his investment. Other than that: 17th, 16th, 15th, 14th or 13th - it doesn't really make a blind bit of difference to Moshiri so long as it's PL status retained for another year.