The Benitez Thread

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Could have answered the questions better to begin with rather than dodging in, going around the bush and repeating the nonsense he talks about.

RDM was better. Straight to the point and no messing about. Some of the things Benitez said was just nonsense.

Meh nothing new there then.Some of this post match interviews after Liverpool games used to be a bit bizzare.Guess made it harder for the media to completly twist things...

What he said about in the past...shite as it may be..end of the day he was hardly gana praise us fans.Rival clubs etc,just going at things from all angles....still not mad keen on the bloke but give him a chance..and hope Roman's risk pays off really...last place I thought see the guy or really wanted to but end of the day nothing can be done or changed

[Tomo 21,733]

Could have answered the questions better to begin with rather than dodging in, going around the bush and repeating the nonsense he talks about.

I would rather that than some one with verbal diarrhea, imagine Redknapp's first press conference had we appointed him, i can imagine it now.

"Yes, well it was a good opportunity and you can't turn Chelsea down, Gourlay was on the phone to me Saturday night to tell me Robbie was on thin ice and about to get the sack and asked me if i would be interested if the opportunity comes, triffic".

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I got a good feeling about Rafa as manager! I think he will be a success here, exciting times ahead!

[Kojo 4,676]

He's agreed to become the Chelsea manager.

Call me old-fashioned but that used to be enough to deserve my support.

Your way of looking at things is stupid, so lets say if Guardiola said our fans are scum and said Chelsea are a bad club, then a few year later was appointed, you wouldn't have a problem with that?, infact you would be more than happy to give that man support? 'merely' because we appointed him.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I don't care at all about Rafa. I'll support him and hope he does well. What makes me sick is the management carousel, the absurd expectations on managers where a few bad games gets you sacked, and the inability of the board to learn its lessons. We need a long-term manager. It should have been Ancelotti but we fired him. It needs to be someone though. This can't continue.

[Tomo 21,733]

Your way of looking at things is stupid, so lets say if Guardiola said our fans are scum and said Chelsea are a bad club, then a few year later was appointed, you wouldn't have a problem with that?, infact you would be more than happy to give that man support? 'merely' because we appointed him.

Rafa didn't call us scum tho did he?

I imagine most of our squad have slagged the club off at some point. Cole, Terry and Lampard grew up as Arsenal, United and West Ham fans respectively, do you honestly believe they never at any point in their childhood said some vile things about us?

[LayZ 201]

Any links yet?Missed it live...

[Rmpr 8,977]

I don't care at all about Rafa. I'll support him and hope he does well. What makes me sick is the management carousel, the absurd expectations on managers where a few bad games gets you sacked, and the inability of the board to learn its lessons. We need a long-term manager. It should have been Ancelotti but we fired him. It needs to be someone though. This can't continue.

Once Roman finds the guy he wants it will. The fact is he never wanted any of the coaches (except Mourinho and Ancelotti), so he finds it difficult to have patience in a bad sequence with the wrong managers. I am not saying he is right (cause he is not), but that is how he feels.

[Kojo 4,676]

Rafa didn't call us scum tho did he?

I imagine most of our squad have slagged the club off at some point. Cole, Terry and Lampard grew up as Arsenal, United and West Ham fans respectively, do you honestly believe they never at any point in their childhood said some vile things about us?

I never said he did, I'm making up my own example, because i think it's incredibly stupid to give a manager respect just because they are Chelsea manager.

That man could have said things in the past, and Rafa has, we all know he's a big mouth and a very opinionated man.

He has to earn his respect.

[Milan 17,853]

In some ways it reminded me of AVB first conference but RB is just miles ahead of him. Anyway, as I expected, he will trust his team at first before actually making some moves in the transfer window. We are at the same where we were.

I'm really curious to see his team against Man City and in other games.

[Tomo 21,733]

Mourinho's words in April 2004, a mere 2 months before taking the Chelsea job.

"Liverpool are a team that interests everyone and Chelsea does not interest me so much because it is a new project with lots of money invested in it. I think it is a project which, if the club fail to win everything, then Abramovich could retire and take the money out of the club. It's an uncertain project"

link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2377496/Mourinho-would-prefer-Liverpool.html

Mourinho clearly stating he preferred the Liverpool job (in 2004). Bare that in mind when using Rafa's past words against him.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

On a lighter note...

LMAO!! Genius.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Your way of looking at things is stupid, so lets say if Guardiola said our fans are scum and said Chelsea are a bad club, then a few year later was appointed, you wouldn't have a problem with that?, infact you would be more than happy to give that man support? 'merely' because we appointed him.

Yes, because he's our manager and I want him to do well. Ergo, I support him in his role.

I don't particularly care for him as a person but he's Chelsea manager and that's enough for me to support him in his time at the club.

I don't care at all about Rafa. I'll support him and hope he does well. What makes me sick is the management carousel, the absurd expectations on managers where a few bad games gets you sacked, and the inability of the board to learn its lessons. We need a long-term manager. It should have been Ancelotti but we fired him. It needs to be someone though. This can't continue.

I agree we should go for someone long term, but that second season with Ancelotti was pretty poor in all honesty.

Mourinho set the bar extremely high and we've never truly replaced him. He's still 'our manager' in a very weird way. We all know who Roman truly wants to be Chelsea manager and it wasn't ever going to be Robbie.

[Holymoly 1]

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.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

If you noticed he praised, our spanish players hahaha on asked how players looked during training he said "i think ramires, azpilicueta, david luiz and oscar had a good training session today." go figure! lmao.

[Muzchap 8,966]

I don't care at all about Rafa. I'll support him and hope he does well. What makes me sick is the management carousel, the absurd expectations on managers where a few bad games gets you sacked, and the inability of the board to learn its lessons. We need a long-term manager. It should have been Ancelotti but we fired him. It needs to be someone though. This can't continue.

Think you should look at cup wins - it's been a successful strategy for us and is modelled on Italy and Spain's way of approaching management

Ferguson/moyes and Wenger are the last of long term managers IMHO...

This will be the future in the Quick Fix world we live in!

Do I like it or agree with it? No - but that's life, just have to deal with it ...

[Rambo 1,729]

If you noticed he praised, our spanish players hahaha on asked how players looked during training he said "i think ramires, azpilicueta, david luiz and oscar had a good training session today." go figure! lmao.

Out of all the names mentioned, only Azpi is spanish.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

He did mention Romeu a couple of times as well I think.