On the other hand, Metro also had an article on why Benitez have been a success though I don't think 'resounding' is a right word to describe his success.. http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/12/seven-reasons-rafa-benitez-has-been-a-resounding-success-at-chelsea-3756242/ Regarding his his failures here, I kinda disagree with this point made. Even though we are still conceding silly and pathetic goals under Benitez, the defence generally have been much more solid under him than it was with RDM. Back then under the latter, we were a mess and total shambolic defensively - the team was disorganized, all over the place, players not tracking back, out of shape. Now under Benitez, we don't generally see that anymore and most of the goals we conceded is a result of poor basic individual errors as opposed to entire team's poor defending earlier on in the season.