The Benitez Thread

[Tomo 21,751]

The last manager that brought a mixed response (although not to this extent) was Ancelotti and we know what happened less than a year on. Although lets hope if history repeats itself the second part is different.

[Superblue 6,372]

Yeah fair point actually, he's been here through all the coaches, not sure if he was pre-Mourinho or not though. And you're probably right about that, they'll probably link all of Rafa's ex-backroom staff and find any conflicts lol

Man I hope Sunday will show us some kind of faith in Rafa's abilities, I first wonder about his line of formation.. This is the man who was notorious for 4-4-2. Return of the diamond perhaps..?

Pretty sure he came here under Avram Grant. Mourinho had his own goalkeeper coach, Silvinho something - I can remember him doing the Soccer AM crossbar challenge with the Chelsea players!

But agreed, been through all the coaches since Grant. Cech loves him and it seems so do the other keepers.

Benitez in his press interview said he was bringing in Zenden, a fitness coach and analyst. Nothing about a goalkeeper coach - typical media shit!

[AtlantaChelseaFan 7]

Maybe Benitez should hire new chefs as well then. He looks like he knows his stuff in that department. Hope Benitez does something about Chelsea TV too, I hate that Gigi woman.

You leave Gigi out of this! It's bad enough we've lost Robbie, a good and decent man and a pretty good manager to boot.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I dont want to admit it, but the more i think about it the more I believe he is the right manager for us.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I dont want to admit it, but the more i think about it the more I believe he is the right manager for us.

Especially as he will give us defensive structure/strength at a time when we really need it. Roman knows what he's doing. In Roman we trust.

[Superblue 6,372]

Especially as he will give us defensive structure/strength at a time when we really need it. Roman knows what he's doing. In Roman we trust.

I think he's the sort of manager who will either do superb or completely bomb out, for some reason I just don't see any middle ground.

And I must say at the moment I'm optimistic. Anything out of the City game will give very solid foundations to build upon for the rest of the season.

[chelsea blue 615]

Muppet countdown clock

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[Mustafa 885]

I get that we, as Chelsea fans dont really like Rafa... But he's our manager now so we have to put all past hatred behind us and accept him and hope he's a massive success.

Good Luck Rafa!!

Sincerely, A sensible Chelsea Fan

[Madmax 9,219]

I refuse to acknowledge him, let alone support or respect him.

But as long as he's here, I hope he does his job by winning trophies. Lots of them.

[gary gordon 1,777]

You clearly weren't a Chelsea supporter before 2003. Your opinion is worthless when you make comments like that.

Be glad to send you some VHS tapes recorded off australian tv since 98. And believe me, when i started supporting them, they where about as good as Fulham are now. if you don't think so your a moron.

[RamiCFC9 258]

He's all about the facts, eh?

People laugh at this but .. Actually everything that he said was right.FA is Fergie..Ever wondered how united is always there with pretty shit squad tbh ..How they can't even get out of one of the easiest groups ever but still lost the PL only by goal difference ..It's pretty obvious, look at this season, we were top of the league playing them at home with chance to make 4 point gap, what happened?Everybody knows, we got burried by ref and look how the things turned out, before that game we were on fire, now we are in shambles.One ref decision sometimes makes the difference between winning PL or not and we all know to which direction these decisions are going when Fergie and Utd are involved.

[RamiCFC9 258]

What Rafa said towards us, Chelsea fans was just business I believe, nothing personal.For example when I play football even just for fun, I always try to make other teams players ( even tho my best friends) play worse via psychological attacks.People need to stop acting like crybabies, especially 30+ years "grownups".

[The Skipper 20,609]

How do people think we'll perform in the league under Rafa? Hmm.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

How do people think we'll perform in the league under Rafa? Hmm.

Surprisingly well. Comfortable top 3 finish. However in the cups it's anyone's guess.

[Jase 43,479]

Apparently since we appointed Benitez, the club's official Twitter account have lost more than 12 500 followers!