The Benitez Thread

[Milan 17,878]

[robdog 2,084]

Just curious if Telly Tubby has won everyone over yet?

[-Kaplan- 410]

Rafael Benitez is the new manager, you say? Heh. Cool Story.

It's still Chelsea at the end of the day.

[robdog 2,084]

Rafa's pre-match notes:

[termninja 5,290]

Rafa's pre-match notes:

Carneiro! Keep Rafa at the club

[teignman 441]

Rafa's pre-match notes:

I think there needs to be some doodles in the margins of "Mrs. Rafa Torres."

[teignman 441]

A byproduct of this circus has highlighted something I always thought anyway -how the role of managers is greatly over rated -and is equalled or even bettered, by having a leader on the pitch.

This is something, among many other things, that we've lacked during this downturn in form. We have been running out a squad, at times, where Petr is the old man of the bunch at 30. With JT and Lamps out we've lacked experience and leadership in our out field players. This is also why I'm not so enamored with the hard line approach of the board offering only 1 year contracts to players over 30. You need guys that have fought the battles and wars and overcome pressure and adversity.

[Changingman_2000 876]

Is that Fat Controller still in the chair then? Just home and hoping that the Bolivian Marching Powder that Roman had hoovered up his bugle had worn off yet.

Where's Avram the handbrake when you need him?

[zolayes 14,489]

Rafael Benitez is the new manager, you say? Heh. Cool Story.

It's still Chelsea at the end of the day.

but not as we know it ...or want it

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

This is something, among many other things, that we've lacked during this downturn in form. We have been running out a squad, at times, where Petr is the old man of the bunch at 30. With JT and Lamps out we've lacked experience and leadership in our out field players. This is also why I'm not so enamored with the hard line approach of the board offering only 1 year contracts to players over 30. You need guys that have fought the battles and wars and overcome pressure and adversity.

As well as only going after young players in transfers. Yes, we want to get that future core, but it's important to compete now and the players that are the best value are always older. You will almost never get value for a 22 year old but will often get great value for older players. (Berbatov 4.4M, Michu 2M, etc...) It's not all or nothing.We bought Carvalho when he was 26, Ballack when he was 30, Anelka when he was 29, etc...). It's like everything we do now has to be all one way. We go out and get all attacking players. We go out and get all young players and so on...

[LayZ 201]

We should have timed our transition such that it coincided with the expansion of the Champions League...that way we wouldn't have had to worry about finishing in the top 4...

[Caeruleus 1,148]

New wallpaper by me for my "dear" mr. Benitez. JOSE MOURINHO - The only man I want in CFC now!

[teignman 441]

As well as only going after young players in transfers. Yes, we want to get that future core, but it's important to compete now and the players that are the best value are always older. You will almost never get value for a 22 year old but will often get great value for older players. (Berbatov 4.4M, Michu 2M, etc...) It's not all or nothing.We bought Carvalho when he was 26, Ballack when he was 30, Anelka when he was 29, etc...). It's like everything we do now has to be all one way. We go out and get all attacking players. We go out and get all young players and so on...

Agree. A balance between the future and the present needs to be stuck in our squad.

[teignman 441]

New wallpaper by me for my "dear" mr. Benitez. JOSE MOURINHO - The only man I want in CFC now!

New wallpaper by me for my "dear" mr. Benitez. JOSE MOURINHO - The only man I want in CFC now!

This picture makes Jose look like he's the "most interesting man in the world" from the Dos Equis commercials. I like it.

[Changingman_2000 876]

How did he deserve the abuse? Correct me if i'm wrong but I don't think Rafa was the one who canned RDM. The job was open and he took it, who can blame him.

He deserved the abuse because he is a cunt who has made an all to frequent habit of publicly cunting us off and reveling in it. Personally, I would rather eat my own shit than back that fat, scouse, spanish scum wankstain.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

What if Shakhtar beats Juve and we play 0-0 against Nordsjaelland ?

[klopfzeichen 78]

At least having Rafa at the helm makes matches against the scouse a little more interesting. They still idolize him there, the fools.

[-Kaplan- 410]

At the rate this is going, I wouldn't be surprised to see people advocating for the return of Zola.

Ronaldo from Barcelona to Madrid; Ibrahimovic for Inter, Juventus, Milan; TORRES from Liverpool to Chelsea; COLE from Arsenal to Chelsea. Come on, put the Benitez thing behind already. It's rather pathetic from any football fan's point of view. If you don't like it, tough cookies. Life goes on.

ROMEU: " We have to keep going forward, look at the positive things and win the games and fight, fight, in each game."