Holymoly

...and so it begins

Like him or loathe him but you have to admit that he has an aura of a "manager" about him. A manager that knows what he has let himself in for. Not seen that since Jose, who couldn't give a stuff what anyone thought of him. Benitez was honest enough to admit that the one thing that will keep him in a job is to keep winning. Clearly he will have little responsibility for acquisitions and the backroom staff will remain with a few additions that for me is the best of both worlds. Hopefully he will kick coaching butts as well as players. Roll on Sunday and let's see what transpires.

This is reminiscent of Sven taking over at England. A pet player who can do no wrong and ultimately no real connection with players as a team and no inbred desire to see them do well other than to ensure his own pockets are loaded.