2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[BlueToff]

This just shows how brow beaten a fanbase we have become.
Accepting mid table as the norm cos its been this way for years.

If that was Chelsea he'd be sacked , no ifs or buts about it.

Even Watford wouldnt put up with it...christ.

he does need time, and we can't sack another manager

But we're on a poor run and the footy is tosh

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

gurn

 

[BlueToff]

I've seen no one absolve the manager of any blame.

90% players/Brands/board

10% Benitez

For the game the other day, he is absolutely more to blame than 10%. He set the team up, he made the subs etc.

He's not to blame for injuries or our crap recruitment (Rondon aside).

He is to blame for our play being generally rubbish, though. Just like Ancelotti was.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

he does need time, and we can't sack another manager

But we're on a poor run and the footy is tosh

Ironically we are playing better away from home.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

This benitez bollacks is driving me nuts. Our fans have just got to get behind the players the team the management to the best of our ability. Give the belief, the whole club live with fear and I don’t know we can change it,but looking over a t them [Poor language removed] over the park won’t change it.

 

[Nymzee]

This benitez bollacks is driving me nuts. Our fans have just got to get behind the players the team the management to the best of our ability. Give the belief, the whole club live with fear and I don’t know we can change it,but looking over a t them [Poor language removed] over the park won’t change it.

No one’s talking about them lot. They left us in the rear view mirror years ago.

 

[blulouie]

he does need time, and we can't sack another manager

But we're on a poor run and the footy is tosh

You & I know how this ends.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

No one’s talking about them lot. They left us in the rear view mirror years ago.

It does put more pressure on us to peer form and you cannot deny that,

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

Perform sorry mate

 

[Nymzee]

It does put more pressure on us to peer form and you cannot deny that,

Err maybe a case inner-city rivalry but not in general footballing terms. Liverpool doing well doesn’t cause the media to discuss if we should do better. Outside of derby days no one talks about us both in the same discussions.

 

[4737carlin]

All I want to hear from the Benitez fan club is an example of such a divisive appointment being a success.

How about that time he went to Chelsea and they hated him but he won that the Europa League?

 

[BlueToff]

Ironically we are playing better away from home.

In terms of style I'd say marginally, yeah, but we've got what, 5 points from 12 on offer from our away games?

 

[BlueToff]

How about that time he went to Chelsea and they hated him but he won that the Europa League?

With a squad that had just a year previous won the Champions League...

 

[4737carlin]

With a squad that had just a year previous won the Champions League...

Correct, meanwhile he has just picked up a useless squad, that was badly managed and people suddenly expect him to turn them into a top side? No chance

 

[BlueToff]

You & I know how this ends.

The issue in appointing Benitez is he was never going to get the time because of his past, if things went wrong.

We can take losing to an extent. We can take mistakes costing us the odd time etc.

But the footy has been generally durge, we're now crap in one of the only areas we were decent in last season, and our recruitment policy seems to have been players Benitez knew or had scouted himself which means the DoF is useless and the system isn't in place.

You can't be winning 1 game in 6 and not come under some form of criticism, no matter who you are. Everything is extenuated, maybe unfairly, with Benitez, but there'd be a bit more leeway if we were at least looking like a team that wasn't just trying to counter-attack and be unable to do anything else.