The Benitez Thread

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Anyone that was okay with that selection in the pre-match thread, should not come here and comment crap.

Benitez fucked up leaving out both mata and hazard. No brain in the team when those two are out. FUCK, against one of my most hated clubs Rafa build up a momentum and ruins it... FUCK RAFA FOR THAT SELECTION.

[zolayes 14,489]

"we ARE so lucky to have Rafa " ,,,, Rafafan and his supporters

[ChelseaChelsea 37]

Rafa will have to take some blame for this. He could not prepare his team for a derby match. He has apparently lost two derbies. The other one was a draw.

He was complacent and so were the players. All of them are guilty.

[Manuf 1,448]

gonna say it again and will repeat it after every major fuck up he does. THERE IS A FUCKING REASON HE WAS JOBLESS FOR 2 YEARS. imagine some thought that the fuck up in CWC wasn't his fault. Robbie only had 3-4 bad games. fuck off with this shit. tired of it already.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

gonna say it again and will repeat it after every major fuck up he does. THERE IS A FUCKING REASON HE WAS JOBLESS FOR 2 YEARS. imagine some thought that the fuck up in CWC wasn't his fault. Robbie only had 3-4 bad games. fuck off with this shit. tired of it already.

No mate, the worst thing that happened to me was the moment when another fan said that I don't care about Chelsea because of the same thinking as you've posted. That's just sad.

This was not a line-up problem. I don't think it was. We didn't field our youth team, those players now how to play and they can beat this QPR team with ease. It was something else, a psychological and motivational issue. Not the first team you'll see this from Benitez.

[Makaveli 59]

Disgrace. Joke. Disaster. Parody of football. I almost went blind.

GET THE FUCK OUT YOU SPANISH RETARD.

[zolayes 14,489]

Disgrace. Joke. Disaster. Parody of football. I almost went blind.

GET THE FUCK OUT YOU SPANISH RETARD.

FT or RB nahhh Both

[laura90 556]

I wish I can share your anger towards Benitez. I wish I see him as our biggest problem. I don't really. How could I? Managers don't last long enough to become major problem, well at least for me.

Our board bought a whole bunch of toys and are spending millions and months looking for puppet master to make their toys work. That's bigger problem imo.

The fact that we have two - three terrific players but half of the squad simply can't follow , especially.. well you know who.

I just want to know who the hell came to conclusion that Mata, Hazard and Oscar would shine in the team without proper CM and striker.

I consider that guy our biggest problem.

And Rafa. It seems to me that he will get the new record of the shortest managerial reign in english topflight, a dent in his career that will forever remind him never to mess with the fans again.

[dave30 728]

Fucking Abramovich CUNT

[DYC. 7,542]

I wish I can share your anger towards Benitez. I wish I see him as our biggest problem. I don't really. How could I? Managers don't last long enough to become major problem, well at least for me.

Our board bought a whole bunch of toys and are spending millions and months looking for puppet master to make their toys work. That's bigger problem imo.

The fact that we have two - three terrific players but half of the squad simply can't follow , especially.. well you know who.

I just want to know who the hell came to conclusion that Mata, Hazard and Oscar would shine in the team without proper CM and striker.

I consider that guy our biggest problem.

And Rafa. It seems to me that he will get the new record of the shortest managerial reign in english topflight, a dent in his career that will forever remind him never to mess with the fans again.

That's what's been annoying me the most. When you look at big spenders over the last 3 years, I'm sure we're among the top 4. Yet look at the current squad. And we're still in need of some serious quality injections in certain positions like you mentioned which is gonna cost a lot of money.

It would be a different case if the club cut down the spending but this is just awful.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Fucking Abramovich CUNT

Sorry, but if you're going to have a pop at the owner who has taken this club to highs it could probably never dream of just a decade ago, you need to change your avatar.

Seriously. :lol2:

Anyone that was okay with that selection in the pre-match thread, should not come here and comment crap.

Benitez fucked up leaving out both mata and hazard. No brain in the team when those two are out. FUCK, against one of my most hated clubs Rafa build up a momentum and ruins it... FUCK RAFA FOR THAT SELECTION.

Agree. We can't leave out Mata in league games. He's too important and the fact it took until the 70-something minute is a fucking joke.

I wish I can share your anger towards Benitez. I wish I see him as our biggest problem. I don't really. How could I? Managers don't last long enough to become major problem, well at least for me.

Our board bought a whole bunch of toys and are spending millions and months looking for puppet master to make their toys work. That's bigger problem imo.

The fact that we have two - three terrific players but half of the squad simply can't follow , especially.. well you know who.

I just want to know who the hell came to conclusion that Mata, Hazard and Oscar would shine in the team without proper CM and striker.

I consider that guy our biggest problem.

And Rafa. It seems to me that he will get the new record of the shortest managerial reign in english topflight, a dent in his career that will forever remind him never to mess with the fans again.

Rafa deserves the blame tonight.

As for your assessment of our board, I think you're way off the mark. I think we have amassed some of the best talent who are just waiting for a guy to lead them to a sustained period of success. I think Hazard and Mata fit the team perfectly and that Oscar can take Lampard's position in the squad long-term.

[dave30 728]

Sorry, but if you're going to have a pop at the owner who has taken this club to highs it could probably never dream of just a decade ago, you need to change your avatar.

Seriously. :lol2:

What's my avatar?

[The only place to be 11,313]

What's my avatar?

It looks like Rangers gates.

[dave30 728]

It looks like Rangers gates.

How do they relate to Roman?

[The only place to be 11,313]

How do they relate to Roman?

Criticising our club's owner with that avatar? Does it need spelling out?

Things could be much worse.

[dave30 728]

Criticising our club's owner with that avatar? Does it need spelling out?

Things could be much worse.

Yer im not fussed about the result just don't like Roman personally think he's a cunt. Anyway Rangers fans are having a ball in division 3.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Well.I miss my Chelsea. my Chelsea is a Chelsea that didn't always produced a "Champagne football", not always been on top, but my Chelsea is a team full of gladiators , full of players that play with the same objectives and same direction , the manager of my Chelsea loves the club , loves the players , loves the supporters.If my Chelsea finish off the top four because of the lack of quality in the team , then i'll accept it.But, the problem is , theses players are good enough to finish second , but they don't have a winning mentality.Maybe because they are lacking leaders on the pitch , but i feel that this Chelsea is not the Chelsea i was supporting : the Hazards , Oscar , Moses , Marin , Torres , Bertrand are simply not playing with their hearts , they dont love the club or they dont care about Chelsea as much as Didier , Lampard ,José , Petr, Iva , Terry , Essien cared about the club in their time. maybe it is because they are young , or maybe its the fault of a manager who cares more about his reputation than the club, anyway , these new players must learn the Chelsea way.

[Manuf 1,448]

let's review the season so far.

we started it with new players coming in. fresh, hungry, inexperienced. everybody said that we needed a new striker. nothing like that happened. we were set for the season and that's when we lost Meireles, Essien and De Bruyne. 3 different players who brought change and depth when needed.

our first game was against City in the Community Shield which we lost thanks to Ivanovic when we were better throughout the whole match. not a biggie. it was a glorified friendly anyway.

we started our Premier League run and by the end of the August were sitting at the top of the table after beating Reading and difficult teams of Newcastle and Wigan. scored 8 goals while losing 2.

it was the time for the Uefa Super Cup. we were bad, underestimated the opponent and got destroyed by something we haven't seen in the last months - striker on form. hard defeat to swallow.

had to go back to the premier league where we drew to the infamous QPR. hard again considering we should've gotten a penalty.

it was time for the CL, where we had to face the unbeaten champions of both Ukraine and Italy. we drew the first game at home against Juventus, but we stood up against the likes of Stoke City and Arsenal.

we then went to Norway where we beat Nordsjaelland quite easily by 4. we seemed to like that number as we beat Norwich City and Tottenham with the same amount of goals. we looked unbeaten, unreachable and ready to defend the title of European Champions.

what was coming, nobody could've predicted. we lost at home against Manchester City thanks to the referee who not only sent Torres off when he should've dropped Evans, but also allowed an offside goal from Hernandez. not to mention the second yellow card Rooney should've seen.

we then drew to Swansea in the last minutes and saw Suarez equalize in the 73rd minute after fouling Ramires inside our box. We blamed Robbie for Swansea but we should have got 3 points from both Liverpool and Manchester game.

the last game of Robbie in the league was against his former club WBA. we were denied two penalty claims yet again and conceded two. the last straw was when we lost 3-0 to the undefetead champion of Italy.

we had a streak of bad 5 games in which I firmly believe we should have won three (against Utd, Liverpool and WBA). we lost to Juventus and that game saw the end of Robbie Di Matteo.

we were introduced to our old foe who is now supposed to lead us to glory. We managed a draw against City, which seemed like a fair, boring result. Next games, against Fulham and West Ham, saw us draw and lose. we got over these results by beating Norwegian champions 6-1 which in the end didn't really matter.

We beat Sunderland 3-1 just before flying out for the CWC. We won by 3-1 against Mexican Monterrey and saw Corinthians life the trophy after disappointing defeat in the final.

We then beat 16th Aston Villa 8-0 which looked like resurrection. We then won two scary games against Norwich and Everton by 1-0 and 2-1 respectively. We have than lost to the last team who hasn't won a game in 22 fixtures - QPR.

@edit - we also beat Wolverhampton, United in league cup with Robbie and also defeated Leeds under Rafa

games Robbie won: Wigan, Reading, Newcastle (who were 4th at the time after beating Tottenham), Stoke City (12th), Arsenal (7th), Norwich (19th), Tottenham (5th), Nordsjaelland, Shakthar (undefeated when we met them), Wolverhampton, United

games Robbie drew: QPR (robbed by the ref), Swansea (11th), Liverpool (13th), Juventus (undefeted)

games Robbie lost: Man City (after playing with 10 men for the majority of the game), Atletico Madrid (Falcao), Man United (ref, 2nd team), WBA (2 penalty claims yet again, 4th team), Shakhtar (undefeated), Juventus

games Rafa won: Sunderland (18th team), Aston Villa (16th team), Norwich (11th team), Everton (6th team), Monterrey, Leeds, Nordsjaelland

games Rafa drew: City (2nd team), Fulham (11th team)

games Rafa lost: Corinthians, West Ham (8th team), QPR (20th team)

summary:

Robbie - W11 D4 L6 - goals scored - 45, goals conceded - 26

Rafa - W7 D2 L3 - goals scored - 29, goals conceded - 10

Robbie - 21 games - 2,1 goal scored per game, 1,2 goal conceded per game

Rafa - 12 games - 2,4 goals scored per game (1,9 if it wasn't for that massacre of Villa), 0,83 goals conceded per game.

Basically what we got with Rafa is a manager who was able to beat teams from the bottom of the table (Sunderland, Villa, Norwich) or lower leagues (Leeds, Monterrey, Nordsjaelland). He drew with City and Fulham but was capable of losing to the last QPR, Corinthians and West Ham.

Robbie lost to the Champions of England in the Community Shield, Champions of Europe (kind of) Atletico, vice-champions Utd, 4th team WBA and the undefeated champions of Italy and Ukraine. He drew with the mid-table Liverpool and Swansea, champions of Italy and QPR. He proved capable of winning against the likes of Utd, Tottenham, Arsenal, Shakhtar.

so, wtf was that sacking and bringing somebody who is on the same level or even below?