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Bad Bob wrote:What shenanigans there have been at Anfield this week. Rafa Benitez is just about holding on to his job, so to celebrate we've drawn up a lovely quiz about his time at Liverpool...


1 - Name as many of the five clubs (not including youth or 'B' teams) that Benitez managed in Spain before joining Liverpool as you can.

Tenerife, Valencia, Albacte, Valadolid, Numancia 

2 - How many league titles did he win in Spain?

2

3 - What position did Benitez play as a player?

Midfielder

4 - Who was Benitez's first signing after joining Liverpool?

Josemi

5 - And who was the first player he sold?

Danny Murphy

6 - Name the six players that started Benitez's first game in charge (a 2-0 Champions League qualifying win against AK Graz) that are still at Anfield.

Gerrard, Carragher, Hyypia, Finnan, Riise, Kewell

7 - Who is his record signing?

Fernando Torres

8 - Who are the three players that Benitez signed for Liverpool who he also managed at Valenica?

Aurelio, Pellegrino, im sure there isnt another

9 - Name five players that Benitez has bought and sold/released while at Liverpool.

Josemi, Luis Garcia, Jan Kronkamp, Morientes, Fowler

10 - What is Liverpool's highest final league placing under Benitez?

3rd

11 - And the lowest?

5th

12 - How many English (first team) players has Benitez signed?

4

13 - Name the Spanish player who was part of the deal that took Michael Owen to Real Madrid.

Antonio Nunez

14 - How many trophies has Benitez won with Liverpool?

4

15 - Which player has appeared in the most games for Liverpool under Benitez?

Carragher

16 - How many games did Benitez famously go without naming an unchanged side?

99

17 - Which player was Benitez talking about when he went off on the following bizarre rant earlier this year: "I would like to ask the Premier League a number of questions. How can a player with a signed agreement be treated like this?"

Mascherano

18 - What is the name of Benitez's assistant who left Liverpool earlier this season?

Pako Ayrestian (sp?)

19 - Which Spanish club have reportedly made a number of approaches for Benitez while at Liverpool?

Real Madrid

20 - To the tune of which highly annoying song do Liverpool
fans sing Benitez's name?

La Bamba

jonnymac1979 wrote:I wrongly said Owen instead of Murphy.  Didn't know Rafa worked that quickly.  Crazy days them when he had that little clear out when he first started here.

Agreed.  Murphy was out the door like a shot and I was thinking, WTF? - we're going to need him!  I remember him trying to offload Diouf from the moment he arrived too...didn't even give him a squad number, if I recall!