2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Maybe they did, but then who else could they have got ? Its just a bad coincidence the best person for the job once managed them, but they will have talked about it, you could tell by the way it was announced they knew, but because they really didnt have much choice, mainnly of there own doing, there wasnt anything else they could do.
The mess Moshiri has made cant be under estimated, just like Big Sam he is here now as a result of the mismanagment over the last 5 or 6 years

Said to you earlier mater, we're a shambles and Moshiri is at the forefront of that shambles.

 

[Crestfallen]

Then nothing is gonna change.
Get used to perpetual nothingness.

We are used to it. 30 years of it.

 

[blue61]

Yes that's the one - well done for highlighting the one major deficiency in an 11 year tenure.
The same David Moyes who in 11 years barely ever suffered capitulations like on Saturday.

Off the top of my head:
Arsenal away 7-0
Arsenal home 1-6
Wigan Cup 0-3
West Brom home 1-4
Dynamo Bucharest away 5-1

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Only just had a gander at the stats against Watford. Grim reading, they had 50% possession, 20 attempts on goal with 8 on target to our 15 attempts with 4 on target.

 

[sageyefc]

Every single person involved on Saturday deserves blame, players and manager. As far as the overall state of the club goes, one man in particular deserves all of the blame when you really get down to it.

Ric Wee?

 

[davek]

8th in the league after going through a catastrophic injury crisis and having spent less than £2M in the summer.

We have players to come back end of November and December. We'll have a couple of signings in during January.

I'm relaxed.

The task since the season started hasn't changed:

• 45 points and safety by Easter
• try and get 50+ points and comfortably top half

Next summer hand Benitez the Richarlison cash plus another £50M from sales + a transfer kitty of some description.

It's all good.

 

[marsh]

Big Sam in

 

[COYBL25]

Talksport, at the mo.

“ Is it time for Benitez to return to the Toon “

 

[Zezti]

8th in the league after going through a catastrophic injury crisis and having spent less than £2M in the summer.

We have players to come back end of November and December. We'll have a couple of signings in during January.

I'm relaxed.

The task since the season started hasn't changed:

• 45 points and safety by Easter
• try and get 50+ points and comfortably top half

Next summer hand Benitez the Richarlison cash plus another £50M from sales + a transfer kitty of some description.

It's all good.

Shipping 5 goals to Watford at Goodison is all good?

How far we've fallen.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Talksport, at the mo.

“ Is it time for Benitez to return to the Toon “

Waits for one of his acolytes to scream at me "Who would you bring in who could do a better job"

 

[tommye]

Talksport, at the mo.

“ Is it time for Benitez to return to the Toon “

Yes

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Talksport, at the mo.

“ Is it time for Benitez to return to the Toon “

From the day their takeover went through, I always thought this might be worth a bet of a pound or two. Any Newcastle fans who don't like their new owners would surely be won over by their Messiah returning.

Can only imagine what Rafael's first press conference would be like: "it is amazing to be back home, with the fans who all love me and I love them and this city and this club; it's where I always would have been if I hadn't been forced at gun point to walk away and go to China for £12m a year".

 

[4737carlin]

Off the top of my head:
Arsenal away 7-0
Arsenal home 1-6
Wigan Cup 0-3
West Brom home 1-4
Dynamo Bucharest away 5-1

How could you forget when Tranmere beat us in the cup 0 3?

EDIT that was under Smith, but it just shows a nightmare defeat is nothing new

 

[Tubey]

8th in the league after going through a catastrophic injury crisis and having spent less than £2M in the summer.

We have players to come back end of November and December. We'll have a couple of signings in during January.

I'm relaxed.

The task since the season started hasn't changed:

• 45 points and safety by Easter
• try and get 50+ points and comfortably top half

Next summer hand Benitez the Richarlison cash plus another £50M from sales + a transfer kitty of some description.

It's all good.

Didn't you hear? Richarlison is staying to become an Everton legend! He said so!

In other news, pigs can fly.

 

[Marius57]

How about the uselessness of the players too? or are they blameless

This is the benitez thread. He is being criticised for his subs, tactics and game management.

Go to the players threads to see them being criticised for their mistakes.