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Postby Boxscarf » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:54 pm

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babu » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:36 am wrote:
Id say he probably does care though.  He wants to be a successful football manager and I dont see him being offered a top job if he doesn't get Chelsea back on track.


He's gone there to win trophies and be successful, so of course he cares. The nonsense some people are spouting is risible.

Chelsea supporters are by far the worst at spouting nonsense, they're whinging that he's just come in to get a massive pay off which is ridiculous. Benitez craves success and he believes that he can achieve success with Chelsea. However in order for Rafa to bring success, he needs support which he isn't getting, he needs time and patience, which he doesn't have and he needs to players to support him and play for him and the club and they aren't doing this.

He's trapped in a corner and he needs to fight his away out of that corner with the help of his players, but the man is not a miracle worker, despite this team's great attacking talent in Oscar, Mata, Marin (who has barely featured) and Hazard, they are weak defensively. David Luiz is one of the worst CB's in the league, he's god awful. Ashley Cole is past his best and their right back is a young fella who is new to the league and then there is Gary Cahill who isn't exactly the best centre back around, the same applies for Ivanovic who is as gormless and he is clumsy.

Chelsea really need to bring in a strong centre back and a left back and they need someone of Alonso, Pirlo and Schweinsteiger's quality, who can sit behind Mata, Oscar and Hazard and really control the ebb and flow of the game. They don't have this player. Ramires is a decent player, but he's nothing special. They have loaned out Essien and not replaced him. Up front they have Torres, Moses and Sturridge, none of who can really do the job that Drogba did for them. Quite why they let Lukaku go is beyond me, he's looking like a real talent at West Brom and has hinted he wouldn't mind a permanent deal at the Hawthorns.

Chelsea can sack Rafa and bring in Avram Grant, Jose Mourinho, Unai Emery or whoever and they'd still be struggling this season. Abramovich needs to bring in a left back, a centre back, a defensive midfielder or a box-to-box midfielder and they need to bring in a striker who can score goals.
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Postby supersub » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:12 pm

[quote="[url=http://www.liverpoolfc-newkit.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1194667#p1194667]eds » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:13 pm[/url

And yet you are the one campaigning for Benitez to be here next season instead of Rodgers.  :no

Tell me sunshine, in what universe does it make any logical sense that you want us to "do well" in all competitions yet inadvertently want Rodgers out?

If we did well in all our remaining competitions there would be NO reason for Benitez to return.

Doesn't work both ways mate, if you want our club to do well, you get behind OUR current manager and keep your silly gob shut about anyone else managing any other clubs........[/quote]


I hope your comments are aimed at kenny kan because I certainly don't want Rodgers sacked.
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Postby jacdaniel » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:50 pm

Boxscarf » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:54 pm wrote:
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babu » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:36 am wrote:
Id say he probably does care though.  He wants to be a successful football manager and I dont see him being offered a top job if he doesn't get Chelsea back on track.


He's gone there to win trophies and be successful, so of course he cares. The nonsense some people are spouting is risible.

Chelsea supporters are by far the worst at spouting nonsense, they're whinging that he's just come in to get a massive pay off which is ridiculous. Benitez craves success and he believes that he can achieve success with Chelsea. However in order for Rafa to bring success, he needs support which he isn't getting, he needs time and patience, which he doesn't have and he needs to players to support him and play for him and the club and they aren't doing this.

He's trapped in a corner and he needs to fight his away out of that corner with the help of his players, but the man is not a miracle worker, despite this team's great attacking talent in Oscar, Mata, Marin (who has barely featured) and Hazard, they are weak defensively. David Luiz is one of the worst CB's in the league, he's god awful. Ashley Cole is past his best and their right back is a young fella who is new to the league and then there is Gary Cahill who isn't exactly the best centre back around, the same applies for Ivanovic who is as gormless and he is clumsy.

Chelsea really need to bring in a strong centre back and a left back and they need someone of Alonso, Pirlo and Schweinsteiger's quality, who can sit behind Mata, Oscar and Hazard and really control the ebb and flow of the game. They don't have this player. Ramires is a decent player, but he's nothing special. They have loaned out Essien and not replaced him. Up front they have Torres, Moses and Sturridge, none of who can really do the job that Drogba did for them. Quite why they let Lukaku go is beyond me, he's looking like a real talent at West Brom and has hinted he wouldn't mind a permanent deal at the Hawthorns.

Chelsea can sack Rafa and bring in Avram Grant, Jose Mourinho, Unai Emery or whoever and they'd still be struggling this season. Abramovich needs to bring in a left back, a centre back, a defensive midfielder or a box-to-box midfielder and they need to bring in a striker who can score goals.


If Roman had of had a long term plan from day one, by now they could have been the best team in England and Europe.
But he doesn't, he wanted instant success and has sacked everybody that has failed to deliver it.

They don't have any original ideas at that club.  They see a striker doing well for a club (Torres, Shevcenko) and assume they'll do the same job for Chelsea.

There are huge problems at that club and instead of facing the problems the owner just keeps signing more players and sacking managers after a few poor results.
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Postby Boxscarf » Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:36 pm

I couldn't care less about Roman or Chelsea, I hope that clubs falls outside the top four again this season and I hope the circus that is Chelsea continues to roll on by! I want Roman to stay there, because as long as he stays there, Chelsea will never be a stable club and any success they enjoy will be limited and they will never dominate English or European football.

Roman's biggest mistake as Chelsea manager was sacking Mourinho. Mourinho adored Chelsea, his wife loved living in London, Mourinho was happy and I believe if Roman wasn't such a meddling moron, Mourinho would still be in charge of Chelsea. Chelsea under Mourinho were the greatest Chelsea side of all time, irrespective of Ancelotti's achievements or the CL success that Villas-Boas/Di Matteo brought to Stamford Bridge last season.

Now it's reported that Mourinho is eyeing up the United job, a club that is probably one of the most stable, (ownership issues aside). As for Rafa, he needs to go to somewhere like Aston Villa or Swansea, where he can really build a team up into a formidable force, because if he fails with this interim stint as Chelsea manager, he'll find it hard to get into another top club, because of his record at Inter and Chelsea.

I honestly think he has the wrong decision taking this job on, he should have never bothered.
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Postby Kenny Kan » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:02 pm

I hope your comments are aimed at kenny kan because I certainly don't want Rodgers sacked.



Why would you hope that?
I think they're aimed at you BTW.

I don't want Rodgers sacked.

At the same time I'm not the one pretending Rafa is the first double agent in football management.

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Postby eds » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:40 am

supersub » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:12 pm wrote:[quote="[url=http://www.liverpoolfc-newkit.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1194667#p1194667]eds » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:13 pm[/url

And yet you are the one campaigning for Benitez to be here next season instead of Rodgers.  :no

Tell me sunshine, in what universe does it make any logical sense that you want us to "do well" in all competitions yet inadvertently want Rodgers out?

If we did well in all our remaining competitions there would be NO reason for Benitez to return.

Doesn't work both ways mate, if you want our club to do well, you get behind OUR current manager and keep your silly gob shut about anyone else managing any other clubs........



I hope your comments are aimed at kenny kan because I certainly don't want Rodgers sacked.[/quote]

They were squarely aimed at you.

YOU are the one that wants Benitez here next season. Where does that leave Rodgers then, your know OUR current manager?

Are you a WUM? You sure sound like one?  :no
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Postby supersub » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:58 pm

Clearly you have no idea what I want for LFC.....I have never said I want Brendan Rodgers out and I have never advocated for the return of Rafa Benitez

you have clearly mistaken me for someone else or you are a thick "ed"
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Postby supersub » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:02 pm

eds , I have just seen a reply to a quote I made earlier in the week

when I said Benitez would be back home on the Wirral, I meant he would be out of a job in in his house in Caldy,Wirral , not at Anfield ..you daft apath
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Postby mart » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:20 pm

Boxscarf » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:36 pm wrote:I honestly think he has the wrong decision taking this job on, he should have never bothered.


Its just a 7 month contract. Benitez wants to manage a top side capable of winning trophies, and his wife wants to stay in england. There are not that many top sides to chose from and he has been out of a job for a while now. Imo Benitez knew the risks and decided to give it a go to get back into the media spotlight in the hopes that another job would open up.

He probably made the wrong choice as Roman misunderstood the manager of the month award.
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Postby eds » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:24 pm

supersub » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:02 pm wrote:eds , I have just seen a reply to a quote I made earlier in the week

when I said Benitez would be back home on the Wirral, I meant he would be out of a job in in his house in Caldy,Wirral , not at Anfield ..you daft apath


It would have just been easier saying "he will be out of a job by summer anyway" as your comment is quiet confusing to people that don't live in the UK.

Anyway semantics aside the original arguement was that he is a Anfield "legend", which he is not. He never won the league, so in my book he was a fantastic cup manager and tactian.

I had a lot of respect for the man, especially the s**t he had to put up with at the end of his tenure with tweddle dee and tweddle dum.

BUT as I have already said I have lost a lot of respect for him now that he is at that club, no one has forced him to take that role. No one.
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Postby Kharhaz » Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:08 am

Supersub a WUM?

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Postby babu » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:41 am

Boxscarf » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:54 pm wrote:
jacdaniel wrote:
babu » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:36 am wrote:
Id say he probably does care though.  He wants to be a successful football manager and I dont see him being offered a top job if he doesn't get Chelsea back on track.


He's gone there to win trophies and be successful, so of course he cares. The nonsense some people are spouting is risible.

Chelsea supporters are by far the worst at spouting nonsense, they're whinging that he's just come in to get a massive pay off which is ridiculous. Benitez craves success and he believes that he can achieve success with Chelsea. However in order for Rafa to bring success, he needs support which he isn't getting, he needs time and patience, which he doesn't have and he needs to players to support him and play for him and the club and they aren't doing this.

He's trapped in a corner and he needs to fight his away out of that corner with the help of his players, but the man is not a miracle worker, despite this team's great attacking talent in Oscar, Mata, Marin (who has barely featured) and Hazard, they are weak defensively. David Luiz is one of the worst CB's in the league, he's god awful. Ashley Cole is past his best and their right back is a young fella who is new to the league and then there is Gary Cahill who isn't exactly the best centre back around, the same applies for Ivanovic who is as gormless and he is clumsy.

Chelsea really need to bring in a strong centre back and a left back and they need someone of Alonso, Pirlo and Schweinsteiger's quality, who can sit behind Mata, Oscar and Hazard and really control the ebb and flow of the game. They don't have this player. Ramires is a decent player, but he's nothing special. They have loaned out Essien and not replaced him. Up front they have Torres, Moses and Sturridge, none of who can really do the job that Drogba did for them. Quite why they let Lukaku go is beyond me, he's looking like a real talent at West Brom and has hinted he wouldn't mind a permanent deal at the Hawthorns.

Chelsea can sack Rafa and bring in Avram Grant, Jose Mourinho, Unai Emery or whoever and they'd still be struggling this season. Abramovich needs to bring in a left back, a centre back, a defensive midfielder or a box-to-box midfielder and they need to bring in a striker who can score goals.

Hey Boxscarf, that's not my quote above. I never said that.
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Postby supersub » Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:51 pm

Kenny Kan » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:02 pm wrote:
I hope your comments are aimed at kenny kan because I certainly don't want Rodgers sacked.



Why would you hope that?
I think they're aimed at you BTW.

I don't want Rodgers sacked.

At the same time I'm not the one pretending Rafa is the first double agent in football management.




Because I couldn't see any relevance to me........I don't want Brendan Rodgers sacked and I couldn't give a monkeys ar2e who manages Chelsea

I can't recall Rafa Benitez be touted as a double agent........I merely said if some Russian fool offers 7 months work for a wedge of money then take it,plastic club ...who cares
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Postby ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:33 pm

eds » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:24 pm wrote:
supersub » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:02 pm wrote:eds , I have just seen a reply to a quote I made earlier in the week

when I said Benitez would be back home on the Wirral, I meant he would be out of a job in in his house in Caldy,Wirral , not at Anfield ..you daft apath


It would have just been easier saying "he will be out of a job by summer anyway" as your comment is quiet confusing to people that don't live in the UK.

Anyway semantics aside the original arguement was that he is a Anfield "legend", which he is not. He never won the league, so in my book he was a fantastic cup manager and tactian.

I had a lot of respect for the man, especially the s**t he had to put up with at the end of his tenure with tweddle dee and tweddle dum.

BUT as I have already said I have lost a lot of respect for him now that he is at that club, no one has forced him to take that role. No one.


so a european cup winning manager isnt a legend? i know we set the bar high at anfield but that is ridiculous.
of course benitez is a legend you whopper
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Postby supersub » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:15 pm

Rafa is an Anfield legend in my book too...........winning the league can't be the only way a manger can earn legendary status , surely!
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