2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Jimishorts]

which?

Can’t remember, was posted on here and was derided immediately.

 

[Jo3Fr3sh]

What a horrible manager. Just awful. The worst of the lot so far. Fat Sam at least we knew was temporary, Benitez wanted to [Poor language removed] on the club for years.

 

[maccavennie]

All the stuff about how absolutely meticulous he is, and how he’ll stop training to go and move a player a yard further forward etc is hilarious when you watch what we produce on the pitch.

He's finished Macca. The money grabbing prick was happy to take the money at a no mark club like Newcastle for 2 years then go to China for his dole money of 10m a year.

 

[irishblue11]

Lock this thread and let's pretend it never happened ?

 

[Leylo]

( monday)

Can't sleep that long surely

 

[MACCA75]

Frustrating that so many of us that could see exactly where this was heading but we carried on and wasted 7 or 8 games and lost one of our best players.

 

[kenada_blue]

Allardyce was a success. Nobody has done better than him since he left.

It's funny how our focus has changed over the years...we were up in arms and disappointed in not challenging with the money spent.

Now all we want is a competent team

 

[Colonel Getafe]

He was not to know FSW may be given the push within days.

It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. We all knew the writing was on the wall. Could he not have sat tight for a week or two, then moved if needs be?... All I'm saying is that perhaps the most important thing to Digne is simply to be playing every week, whether thats with us or Villa or anyone else; which is fair enough. Let's not make out he's not a born-n-bred Blue.

 

[Tel001]

Makes you wonder why Digne didn't just sit tight for a bit longer? Was EFC really his "love affair", or did he just want another contract and to play every week, whereever it's at?

Probably assumed that seeing as they had just sacked brands , signed a rb, a lb and publicly backed the manager, that Rafael was going to be around a while

 

[Curtis]

Come from some no mark on Twitter, the express have just run with it.

i think even in the tweet it mentions Bilic offered his name up as a candidate not that they were considering him. Mark Hughes used to do that all the time in the past with our numerous managerial openings. haha

 

[MACCA75]

He's finished Macca. The money grabbing prick was happy to take the money at a no mark club like Newcastle for 2 years then go to China for his dole money of 10m a year.

Just hate his arrogance. On the verge of the sack and still insisting on a 2 man midfield. Some of these managers ego’s are massively out of control.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Probably because he didn't know how serious the club was about Benitez. They'd never tell him he was on shaky ground.

You're probably right, and I'm just pondering/offering possible rationales for the sake of query. Wouldn't take a lot to read between the lines, but hey, it's done now; at least we got decent money in instead of getting fleeced for the 100th time.

 

[Dymak]

It's funny how our focus has changed over the years...we were up in arms and disappointed in not challenging with the money spent.

Now all we want is a competent team

A side that just doesn't end up in the Championship is what we are after right now.

 

[toffee matt]

All the stuff about how absolutely meticulous he is, and how he’ll stop training to go and move a player a yard further forward etc is hilarious when you watch what we produce on the pitch.

All complete BS spun by his media buddies in the Merseyside press pack

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Probably assumed that seeing as they had just sacked brands , signed a rb, a lb and publicly backed the manager, that Rafael was going to be around a while

A fair point.