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St. Benitez

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[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg767211#msg767211 date=1230898207]
"If Chelsea are naive and pure then I'm Little Red Riding Hood"
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One of my favourites. Rafa wasn't taking prisoners here 😀 8)
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My favourite "I am in a hurry because I must go to the hospital because the injury was so serious that maybe he (Robben) will be there for one week"
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haha. Marvellous
 
“I've just told the media you're a better player than John Terry," Rafa told me. Then he started laughing as he made a tell-tale sign, putting his hand to his nose and pulling it out to imitate Pinocchio.

Before our Champions League semi-final with Chelsea I got him back when I was handed the press conference duties. "What did they ask you?" Rafa quizzed me. "I told them you're a better manager than Mourinho," I said, and then repeated his Pinocchio mime.â€
 
Yep it's from Carra's autobiography but Sumo you'll never find out unless you [size=20pt]read[/size] books.
 
[quote author=Red Mullet link=topic=30006.msg767982#msg767982 date=1230993140]
.... The Magician

[flash=500,400]http://uk.youtube.com/v/3qGyWnsk4kA[/flash]

Can someone tell me how to imbed clips ? :-[
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[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=30006.msg764951#msg764951 date=1230580743]
Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Xabi Alonso,
Torres and Reina...
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Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Torres, Alonso,
Riera y Reina.

Es muy bueno, ¿verdad?
 
Dear Mr. Benitez,

I am very proud to call myself a true LFC fan, one of many strewn throughout the world. We are of every stripe and every class, from every profession and every race. Like most fans, I'm not from Liverpool and have never even been there. The dream I have, my pilgrimage, is to make it to Anfield one day to see the Reds play.

I love the team because of the continued class this organization shows in every detail of it's operation. It's that class that makes Liverpool so special to their fans. The tradition of winning runs very deep and the color of our blood will always be red.

When I heard that you'd be joining I was very happy, knowing that you may be the most important missing piece of the puzzle. What you've done in such a short time is just short of incredible and I'm sure your continued perseverance will bring LFC back to be consistently prominent in football worldwide. To convince an amazing captain like Gerrard to stay was an incredible step along the way and many new signings have shown flashes of brilliance. I believe in what you're doing and see a great future to go along with the storied past.

I am writing, as many others may, to plead with you to ignore any offers from other clubs and to make Liverpool FC your home. I understand that there will always be rumours and one can never tell from whence they come or how vociferous of nature they may be, but as for all the true fans of the club, we hope you never leave. You're our skipper now and a better one we could never want.

So Rafa, with my greatest respect, thank you for all you've done. Please keep up the hard work. We're behind you every step. Remember only at Liverpool, You'll Never Walk Alone."
 
"It's simple," he explains. "When you talk about players, you talk about personalities. And then it is the difference between you and me. You go to, I don't know, a theatre, and you see some things and they see other things because you are different. It's the same with players. Some understand the style of football, the culture, the language. Others don't. It's important to know all the things that you can before you sign a player. I always say that you can have a good player for winning one game, but you need a squad for winning trophies. You need good professionals because at the end you'll be with them for one, two, three, four years, not just one game. And then sometimes he's a hero to the supporters. They see him and think, 'Why isn't he playing?' But maybe he can have one good game but not the next four. OK, you can use players who can amuse the supporters, but if you want to win trophies you need workers, for 90 minutes, every week, every training session. Workers with enough quality for winning."
 
I love Rafa and have even stopped trying to figure out his team selections. When the team was announced for the Newcastle game I got a few texts from Scum supporters asking me whether Rafa had any ambitions to win the league and I just replied "I love Rafa and his crazy selections, he might be a mad bastard but he'll win us the league this season."
 
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg770591#msg770591 date=1231242711]
"It's simple," he explains. "When you talk about players, you talk about personalities. And then it is the difference between you and me. You go to, I don't know, a theatre, and you see some things and they see other things because you are different. It's the same with players. Some understand the style of football, the culture, the language. Others don't. It's important to know all the things that you can before you sign a player. I always say that you can have a good player for winning one game, but you need a squad for winning trophies. You need good professionals because at the end you'll be with them for one, two, three, four years, not just one game. And then sometimes he's a hero to the supporters. They see him and think, 'Why isn't he playing?' But maybe he can have one good game but not the next four. OK, you can use players who can amuse the supporters, but if you want to win trophies you need workers, for 90 minutes, every week, every training session. Workers with enough quality for winning."
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Class. That's Rafa down pat.
 
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg770591#msg770591 date=1231242711]
"It's simple," he explains. "When you talk about players, you talk about personalities. And then it is the difference between you and me. You go to, I don't know, a theatre, and you see some things and they see other things because you are different. It's the same with players. Some understand the style of football, the culture, the language. Others don't. It's important to know all the things that you can before you sign a player. I always say that you can have a good player for winning one game, but you need a squad for winning trophies. You need good professionals because at the end you'll be with them for one, two, three, four years, not just one game. And then sometimes he's a hero to the supporters. They see him and think, 'Why isn't he playing?' But maybe he can have one good game but not the next four. OK, you can use players who can amuse the supporters, but if you want to win trophies you need workers, for 90 minutes, every week, every training session. Workers with enough quality for winning."
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Fantastic post!


When i read that i couldn't help but think of Babel and Kuyt.
 
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[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=30006.msg764951#msg764951 date=1230580743]
Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Xabi Alonso,
Torres and Reina...
[/quote]

Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Rafa Benitez,
Torres, Alonso,
Riera y Reina.

Es muy bueno, ¿verdad?
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Haha. ¡No! Lo siento.
 
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg771138#msg771138 date=1231276152]

Unbeaten in the league at home in 2008
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Haha. Did you put that in here because of what I said in the other thread or was it a massive coincidence?
 
[quote author=Halmeister link=topic=30006.msg771139#msg771139 date=1231276197]
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg771138#msg771138 date=1231276152]

Unbeaten in the league at home in 2008
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Haha. Did you put that in here because of what I said in the other thread or was it a massive coincidence?
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I don't know what you're talking about mate. It must be a massive coincidence.
 
THE FAMOUS RAFA BENITEZ GOES THE PUB
Paul Rogers in Cologne 17 October 2007
If Rafael Benitez was in any doubt about just how much the Liverpool supporters loved him, the answer was spelled out to the Spanish boss on Tuesday night.


Benitez, in Cologne for Wednesday night's game against Bayer Leverkusen, was spotted in the team's Hyatt Hotel by a group of fans who had travelled over from Liverpool earlier in the day.

The Liverpool boss was promptly invited down to the pub for a drink to watch Tuesday night's Champions League games involving Manchester United and Chelsea and guess what? He said yes!

Inside Jameson's Irish Bar in Cologne word began to spread that Rafael Benitez was outside the pub. Inside the place was heaving with Liverpool fans and a sprinkling of German-based Chelsea and Manchester United supporters. Getting to the bar was proving harder than keeping clean sheet on any away trip this season but still the rumours that Liverpool manager was outside the pub continued.

Then, he walked in.



"It was like Jesus walking into a room!" claimed Allen Baynes, a school inspector from Kirkby who was inside the pub. "The place went absolutely mental. Rafa walked in a with a couple of fellas and as soon as he set foot in the place, Hernan Crespo headed the ball past Tim Howard and Manchester United were effectively out of the Champions League, What a moment! United as good as out and Rafa's in the same pub! It was Shankly-esque!"

As Benitez stood there, looking at what must have been 500 Liverpool fans going mad, a chant from the back started up.

It went something like this: 'The famous Rafa Benitez went the pub to see the lads and this is what he said, Who the **** are Man United? Who the **** are Man United? Who the **** are Man United when the Reds go marching on!'

The Liverpool manager looked on in awe as he saw for the first time just how passionate his team's supporters actually are.

"He looked absolutely amazed at what he was seeing," claimed Chris Brannan, a supporter from Tuebrook who had followed the Reds since they were in the second division. "He wasn't drinking like the rest of us but then he didn't need to. Imagine for a minute you're Rafael Benitez. You're a Spanish manager who doesn't know exactly what the Liverpool fans are about and there you are, walking into a pub in Germany on the back of two big defeats and suddenly you've got 500 proper lads singing your name. It was like something from Palestine. He means that much to us! Everyone, and I mean everyone, goy out a mobile phone and tried to take his picture as he stood there with us, the normal Liverpool fans, watching the Chelsea and United games on the TV.

"People talk all this rubbish about Everton being the People's Club but we've always know that was just words said to appease the Everton fans. Could you imagine Moyes, or any other manager in the world for that matter, going to the pub with the fans? No chance.

"Rafa did it on Wednesday night and as far back as I can remember, and I'm an old man, I've never heard of any manager doing something like that. Everton, The People's Club? Don't make me laugh. We are the real People's Club. Always have been, always will be."

Photographs courtesy of Paul Salt and Gareth and Jon H (RAWK)



http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N148088050309-1830.htm
 
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=30006.msg768015#msg768015 date=1230995126]
[flash=500,400]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/NO3UBwzWP1Y&feature=related[/flash]

Mr Kuyt please take note.
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Hes eaten too many burgers in the last 2 years to be able to do that now!
 
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg771141#msg771141 date=1231276313]
[quote author=Halmeister link=topic=30006.msg771139#msg771139 date=1231276197]
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg771138#msg771138 date=1231276152]

Unbeaten in the league at home in 2008
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Haha. Did you put that in here because of what I said in the other thread or was it a massive coincidence?
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I don't know what you're talking about mate. It must be a massive coincidence.
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The unbeaten in the league at home thread? Or am I being whooshed?
 
[quote author=Halmeister link=topic=30006.msg771150#msg771150 date=1231276496]
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg771141#msg771141 date=1231276313]
[quote author=Halmeister link=topic=30006.msg771139#msg771139 date=1231276197]
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=30006.msg771138#msg771138 date=1231276152]

Unbeaten in the league at home in 2008
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Haha. Did you put that in here because of what I said in the other thread or was it a massive coincidence?
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I don't know what you're talking about mate. It must be a massive coincidence.
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The unbeaten in the league at home thread? Or am I being whooshed?
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Yes i did.

I thought it would be worthy of being added to this fantastic thread.
 
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