Nothing wrong in what he said tbf.
Benitez to Chelsea Discussion & Sack watch
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Interesting how Ferguson says Benitez is lucky because he might win a trophy without constructing the team, whilst praising Di Matteo, who himself had absolutely no impact whatsoever on the construction of the team either.
Which was struggling whereas the team inherited by Benitez has had a load of investment and looked shit hot like 3 weeks ago.
Not really, it takes a lot more effort to win the champions league does it not? The World club cup is child's play by comparison, it's like having two trophies by default.
Oh yeh, don't get me wrong - the club world cup is an absolute joke and it is a bit ridiculous Benitez will get that on his CV(unless they have a disaster). It just seemed like a bit of a pointless barb to me, especially when there's no way Benitez is going to worry you lot this season.
I don't know, we are hardly setting the league alight ourselves.
Though you have to admit it will get to the fat man straight from the off, so pointless or not ,it's going to be funny
You're bizarrely precious sometimes.
Anyway it's still very much a three way title race. Especially if the Russian splurges some more cash in January. Plus, Benitez is a twat who has always been disrespectful to SAF. He should expect nothing but the same in return.
There is no love here. He needs a wily kick just for that facts antics.
He was on the staff before Villas Boas!
Barney Ronay's amusing take on Rafa's 'unveiling' yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/nov/22/rafa-benitez-chelsea-manager
Flanked by Chelsea's chief press man, Benítez winced his way beneath the Tambling Suite's low ceiling and settled down at the gallows-like plinth at the far end with its familiar dual unveiling chairs, the two of them looking less like a managerial dream date and more like a pair of policemen announcing a fresh investigation into some unsolved atrocity.
You're way off the mark if you're comparing our treatment of Hodgson to the shite Benitez is getting even before Chelsea have kicked a ball under his tenure. It's true that Hodgson wasn't our first choice, but we knew our options were limited. It was only when our worst fears starting to materialise (playing crap football & plunging down the table) did we push to get him removed. Big difference to the way Chelsea fans are at the minute. It's not beyond the realms of possibility he could do well there. Hodgson was given that opportunity before we decided he wasn't the answer.
He was on the staff before Villas Boas!
Barney Ronay's amusing take on Rafa's 'unveiling' yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/nov/22/rafa-benitez-chelsea-manager
Flanked by Chelsea's chief press man, Benítez winced his way beneath the Tambling Suite's low ceiling and settled down at the gallows-like plinth at the far end with its familiar dual unveiling chairs, the two of them looking less like a managerial dream date and more like a pair of policemen announcing a fresh investigation into some unsolved atrocity.
Very good article
Grauniad hack said:
Come on Rafa.. You know what you should do.. Do your homework and get that list ready!!
I'm bringing more popcorn..
Chelsea fans really like him don't they?
Chippy on Theshedend said:
Chelsea fans really like him don't they?
To be fair, he's responsible for the following missives
"Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players, every manager wants to coach a such a big team. But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what. For me there is only one club in England, and that's Liverpool."
"We don't need to give away flags for our fans to wave - our supporters are always there with their hearts, and that is all we need. It's the passion of the fans that helps to win matches - not flags." - That one is on a plaque somewhere at Pools training ground
He spent a career not liking them, its not surprising they dont like him either.
Aye you can see why Chelsea fans don't want him even with his managerial record which stands up against most managers.
I'd never want Benitez at United for the same exact reason.
I'd never want Benitez at United for the same exact reason.
Okay - who wins the cnut-off
Chelsea c. 2006
Abramovich
Mourinho (Chelsea version)
Terry (2006 version)
Ballack
Drogba
The Human Calculator
Peter Kenyon
Other assorted mercenaries
Chelsea 2012
Abramovich
Rafa
Terry (2012 outed racist and adulterer version)
Cashley
Mikel
Torres
Other assorted mercenaries
Chelsea c. 2006
Abramovich
Mourinho (Chelsea version)
Terry (2006 version)
Ballack
Drogba
The Human Calculator
Peter Kenyon
Other assorted mercenaries
Chelsea 2012
Abramovich
Rafa
Terry (2012 outed racist and adulterer version)
Cashley
Mikel
Torres
Other assorted mercenaries
2006 easily. 2012 is a pathetic assortment of clowns.
Mourinho on the news that Rafa Benitez is Chelsea´s new coach: "He should take Materazzi as an assistant".
He told Maicon that as a joke
Didn't Benitez tell a few years back that he would never join Chelsea, because they are Pool's rivals, and that there's only one team in London for him, and that's Pool?
Not quite.
‘Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players, every manager wants to coach a such a big team,’ said the Spaniard. ‘But I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what. For me there is only club in England, and that’s Liverpool.’
We need a new version of this but with Terry instead of Gerrard
You posted this about him before he was even officially appointed. It reads very much like you couldn't wait to sharpen the knives for him:
And 2006 nearly had Stevie Me to add to that little collection
I love a good old post digging.The Liverpool fans hated Hodgson the moment he was linked, how the feck can it be argued differently? Oh yeah wait, they always stand by their managers...
Meh, that's bullshit.
You guys half heartedly wanted him to fail just to say "I told you so"
Let's not kid ourself there.
He didn't have a fair support from the start, he might have not made it anyway , but to claim you're the best fan in the world, always behind your managers etc is crap
I've already stated that he wasn't a popular choice. It was never personal though. Well certainly not at the start anyway. But I never went to Anfield for his first game in charge ready to bury the guy. His short Liverpool career was a double-edged sword of failure from the start. On the pitch we were shite. Off it, Hodgson's press conferences were staggering in the sense that if he could say the wrong thing, he invariably did. He got off to a flyer when he was first appointed manager by saying he hoped his good friend Sir Alex wouldn't hold it against him for taking the Liverpool job. Virtually apologising to the manager of our most hated rivals was never going to endear him to anyone. But we still cut him some slack in the hope he could prove us wrong, & not turn out to be the incompetent chancer that he obviously is.
Compare that to Chelsea fans, who have seen a manager sacked when it's quite plain to everyone that he was out of his depth at Stamford Bridge. Yet their antipathy towards Benitez could threaten what could be a very promising season. & it's not as though there's an abundance of top managers waiting for Roman to call is there ?
We're football supporters, & football supporters generally don't give a feck who they've got running their club as long as they're successful. If Roy Hodgson had been a good manager he'd still be at Liverpool Football Club. The fact is, he's not a good manager, & it wouldn't have mattered how long he was at Anfield, 6 months or 6 years, he'd have still been an average manager with an average cv. We didn't get him sacked. His results did.
Rafa has lost what he had. He is living on past success. He was poor with Liverpool in 2009-10 and was very poor at inter. Just like KKK his time has gone. He is living on past glories. I think this season at Chelsea will show that to be a 100% true.
Please be true
Until it actually happens then, it's 100% not true.
Hence I said "I think"
Well, actually...
A statement about future possible events is never going to be 100% true or 100% false, unless it's a tautology or oxymoron respectively. The gregster not only qualified his statement by stating it as 'opinion' - he also included a proviso as to future events that would establish the truth of his claim.
Even worse, at the moment, Benitez has no 'current success' at all -therefore whatever favourable reputation he has is most certainly based only on 'past glories' at this time. So your claim that he is not 'living on past glories' until some future date, because it also contains an untrue claim about the present, is demonstrably untrue.
Scouse Logic... sucks.
Redman's bent right out shape because his beloved Rafa has taken the Mafia man's rouble. I'm sure he had high hopes of a triumphant return to Anfield before it dawned on him that the new owners wouldn't touch him with a barge pole. How long before Redman's handle becomes "Blueman"?
He seems to have a lot to say about everything and everybody lately
I think he is getting a little bitter
feck off. Your beloved Benitez was the bitter fat man with the list of fachts.
Please be true
A couple of articles on it:
About Lampard being 'fuming': http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/360231/Rafa-Benitez-blunders
I'm not so sure why they're amazed Lampard hasn't been offered a new contract. It's been clear for a while that he's on his way out.
And another article where Benitez talks about the contracts, John Terry, Abramovich and Fergie (by not talking about Fergie): http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/23/frank-lampard-ashley-cole-chelsea
Yep, it's all Benitez's fault.
Spacegoat.A source close to SteveJ described him as 'f*cked off with smug Frankie & his sycophantic media pals'.
It still hasn't sunk in for me that this clown is now in charge of the Renties. My Chelsea supporting mate is furious .