Malaga? STUPID STUPID move ... they have $$$$$ issues.
The perception of Rafa (bring popcorn)
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Malaga? STUPID STUPID move ... they have $$$$$ issues.
I was in Valencia a couple of months ago and the response when I told people I'm a Liverpool fan was universal. It felt weird actually, like being in a Spanish-speaking RAWK.
I guess the perception in the rest of Spain is similar if obviously a bit less adoring.
Er I meant to quote Silver Sean then btw.
Big time.
There doesn't seem to be a great job out there for him right now. PSG would be ideal for him, but they're reportedly interested in Mancini.
If it's offered I think he should take the Newcastle job. They seem to have a good transfer policy in place, they're a big club but only fairly modest expectations (especially next season), the squad is better than it's shown this year so improvement should be easy, it's in England with a reasonable chance of long term growth (8 year contract for Pards). Definitely not without its downsides but overall I think it'd be a good option for him, not least because their fans actually seem to want him.
Or maybe he'll just pitch up at Real Madrid!
Or maybe he'll just pitch up at Real Madrid!
If Abramovich baulks at paying Madrid to take Mourinho from them, I wonder if there's an outside chance he'd give the fans the finger and actually sign Benitez on a semi-permanent basis ("semi-" because it's just a matter before he sacks him anyway).
No, people say they're almost as bad as people say we are.
The key thing to remember here is people and the bollocks they talk.
But that's the thing - he was brought in to Valencia & one things.
He was brought in to Liverpool & he won things
He was brought into Chelsea - now he won something.
Fuck - he even won things at Inter, & Real Madrids U-19's team - not to mention promotion with the other 2 Spanish teams he managed.
Yes he can be a prick & tends to get in to fights with chairman, makes strange personnel decisions & has got himself the sack a few times, but Di Matteo hasn't achieved anywhere near what Benitez has, and to suggest otherwise is pure nonsense.
He is a great manager, but his stubbornness let him down at the end of his Anfield reign. As Woland said, his contempt for the UK media is the reason many fans see him as a bit of a joke figure, as they portray him as one. His trophies speak for themselves, plus the fact that we have regressed since he left also goes to show how good he was for us when in charge, with a pretty low net spend.
He started the regression though Sean, we were 7th when he left and he'd had a few poor transfer windows which contributed to our downfall. I always think he'll be a brilliant cup manager, particularly over two legged ties, but it's a shame he can't let the shackles off and show such tactical astuteness when it comes to one off games in the league, as we saw too often against the likes of Birmingham, Stoke etc. As I've said, it's nothing we don't know already, Rafa is brilliant in Europe, I think he puts alot more into Europe too than he does the league, as we've seen by his rotation policy.
Ross Turnbull has played seven games for Chelsea and won six trophies. Now that's a stat to ruin anyone's day!
I didn't think Rafa was restricted to winning cups, I thought he'd managed to win La Liga?
He did.
How long was he in the Premiership again, and where did 6 years of building and rebuilding get us when he departed?
Let it go mate ... He won the league twice with Valencia (2001/02, 2003/04), and has never done it again. People can interpret it however they want.
He's been linked with Roma and Napoli in the past few days, and Benitez mentioned in an interview after the Europa League win that he would like to return to Italy.
Obvious interpretation: he's shit at league football.
Always with Rafa, the shackles were what I felt was his weakness. And he also failed really badly at signing solid attacking players 9 times out of 10. Torres was the only success, I can see.
Mark, he only finished seventh once, and I think we can agree, the club situation didn't help that, and that maybe maybe the following season,, based on his skills would have fixed it. But yes, the league form - it definitely didn't show itself to be title winning with us, although the Valencia thing makes me think he could win it some day.
Mark - he's trolling you with this. Ignore him. When Rafa wins another league title, we can discuss this again!
If Manuel Pellegrini takes the Manchester City job both the Premier League champions and runners-up will start next season with managers who’ve won nothing.
Apart from the Second Division title David Moyes won at Preston and the handful of bangles Pellegrini lifted in South America.
Bizarrely, there is a manager now available, living 40 minutes from both Manchester clubs, who has won the Champions League, UEFA Cup, Europa League, World Club Cup, UEFA Super Cup, two La Ligas, the FA Cup, the League cup, Community Shield and Supercoppa Italia.
He’s six years younger than Pellegrini and knows the Premier League so well he’s guided teams to the Champions League in six out of his seven attempts.
Although, to be fair to City and United, the fans at his current club can’t wait to see the back of him even though he’s turned their season around in incredibly trying circumstances and leaves them as winners.
Which is enough to make Glenn Hoddle and William Roache debate at length what exactly Rafa Benitez did in his previous life to be treated with such contempt.
Awkward: Benitez sheepishly raises the Europa League trophy
Michael Steele
It’s certainly had every football fan outside of Stamford Bridge wondering why he’s been viewed by many at Stamford Bridge like a shoe-bomber on a Boeing 747.
“Because he took the job of a man who should never have been sacked”, they say. Well why wasn’t that addressed to the owner?
If it had, Roman Abramovich may have answered that he got rid of Roberto Di Matteo mid-season because Chelsea were all but out of the Champions League, had won only two of their last eight games, and the manager seemed unable to integrate expensive signings, instil discipline or get them to defend. Benitez made a good fist of sorting those problems out.
“Because years ago, when he managed a rival club, he was asked a question about Chelsea handing out plastic flags, and replied that his fans didn’t need them to create an atmosphere,” they say. What a hanging offence that is, eh? Imagine Jose Mourinho ever stooping that low to stir-up pre-match enmity?
There are many Chelsea fans who now feel embarrassed at the bile spewed at the “Fat Spanish Waiter” by their own, these past six months. Unloved and unwanted he may have been, but they know he didn’t deserve that treatment. I hope they have the decency to thank him in his final game tomorrow.
Good on the CV: Benitez got the better of Fergie. FACT!
Alex Livesey
Because they have plenty to thank him for. He improved players like David Luiz and Fernando Torres and integrated the attacking skills of Oscar and Eden Hazard while making the defence solid.
He managed the squad’s fitness so well they finished with a trophy and a possible third place in the Premier League, which would be three places higher than last season.
He sorted out the senior pros, ensured Sir Alex Ferguson lost his final two games against Chelsea, and leaves Jose Mourinho with a disciplined and harmonious squad.
And you may not be interim, but you should have been on Wednesday when his training ground goal that won you the Europa League gave you a good night on the lash in Amsterdam and left you feeling good again.
So go on folks. Show the doubters that modern-day Chelsea still has some of the class and humour of old.
By waving a plastic flag for Rafa. Saying “Thanks.”
Now read Bonus Brian Reade: Jamie Carragher is real last street footballer, John Terry's strip show and more.
Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/brian-reade-rafa-benitez-unloved-1895248#ixzz2TcrQqI00
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Apart from the Second Division title David Moyes won at Preston and the handful of bangles Pellegrini lifted in South America.
Bizarrely, there is a manager now available, living 40 minutes from both Manchester clubs, who has won the Champions League, UEFA Cup, Europa League, World Club Cup, UEFA Super Cup, two La Ligas, the FA Cup, the League cup, Community Shield and Supercoppa Italia.
He’s six years younger than Pellegrini and knows the Premier League so well he’s guided teams to the Champions League in six out of his seven attempts.
Although, to be fair to City and United, the fans at his current club can’t wait to see the back of him even though he’s turned their season around in incredibly trying circumstances and leaves them as winners.
Which is enough to make Glenn Hoddle and William Roache debate at length what exactly Rafa Benitez did in his previous life to be treated with such contempt.
Awkward: Benitez sheepishly raises the Europa League trophy
Michael Steele
It’s certainly had every football fan outside of Stamford Bridge wondering why he’s been viewed by many at Stamford Bridge like a shoe-bomber on a Boeing 747.
“Because he took the job of a man who should never have been sacked”, they say. Well why wasn’t that addressed to the owner?
If it had, Roman Abramovich may have answered that he got rid of Roberto Di Matteo mid-season because Chelsea were all but out of the Champions League, had won only two of their last eight games, and the manager seemed unable to integrate expensive signings, instil discipline or get them to defend. Benitez made a good fist of sorting those problems out.
“Because years ago, when he managed a rival club, he was asked a question about Chelsea handing out plastic flags, and replied that his fans didn’t need them to create an atmosphere,” they say. What a hanging offence that is, eh? Imagine Jose Mourinho ever stooping that low to stir-up pre-match enmity?
There are many Chelsea fans who now feel embarrassed at the bile spewed at the “Fat Spanish Waiter” by their own, these past six months. Unloved and unwanted he may have been, but they know he didn’t deserve that treatment. I hope they have the decency to thank him in his final game tomorrow.
Good on the CV: Benitez got the better of Fergie. FACT!
Alex Livesey
Because they have plenty to thank him for. He improved players like David Luiz and Fernando Torres and integrated the attacking skills of Oscar and Eden Hazard while making the defence solid.
He managed the squad’s fitness so well they finished with a trophy and a possible third place in the Premier League, which would be three places higher than last season.
He sorted out the senior pros, ensured Sir Alex Ferguson lost his final two games against Chelsea, and leaves Jose Mourinho with a disciplined and harmonious squad.
And you may not be interim, but you should have been on Wednesday when his training ground goal that won you the Europa League gave you a good night on the lash in Amsterdam and left you feeling good again.
So go on folks. Show the doubters that modern-day Chelsea still has some of the class and humour of old.
By waving a plastic flag for Rafa. Saying “Thanks.”
Now read Bonus Brian Reade: Jamie Carragher is real last street footballer, John Terry's strip show and more.
Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/brian-reade-rafa-benitez-unloved-1895248#ixzz2TcrQqI00
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Yeah but the writer has forgotten the key point that all of this has happened despite Rafa not because of him.
The writer of the first piece is Brian Reade.
Benitez did not appear for the lap of honour around Stamford Bridge
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2327072/Retiring-players-say-farewell-final-day-Premier-League-season.html#ixzz2TmAG5gx9
gotta love Rafa
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2327072/Retiring-players-say-farewell-final-day-Premier-League-season.html#ixzz2TmAG5gx9
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