The Benitez Thread

[Jase 43,479]

Fergie on Benitez...

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/sir-alex-ferguson-rafael-benitez-is-very-concerned-about-his-cv-8602463.html

"He is very concerned about his CV. He refers to it quite a lot," said Ferguson during a press conference this morning.

Before adding: "But you can't dispute the fact he has done a good job in the last few weeks."

[Jase 43,479]

Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews

Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez named Barclays Manager of the Month for April

Oh dear. Watch out for the award's curse...

[Jype 6,398]

Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez named Barclays Manager of the Month for April

Fixed that for ya.

[Special Juan 28,115]

Interim of the month.

[Milan 17,955]

[Jase 43,479]

1. That is Benitez's 6th 'Manager of the Month' award in the Premier League.

2. Rafa Benitez has won 4 and lost 1 of 5 previous Premier League matches that immediately followed after winning Manager of the Month award.

3. Rafa Benitez is the first Chelsea (INTERIM) manager to win the Manager of the Month award since Carlo Ancelotti won it in April 2011.

[Azpinator 2,325]

What does Zenden do exactly? I see him just sitting around and posing for pictures.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

bet he must be editing his CV right now.

[bababoom 4,478]

Well done Rafa, did well.

[Ankit 3,176]

Well deserved. Just checked the results for the month and 6 wins out of 9 isn't bad. And in 3 other results, one was a loss against Rubin which was a good result (as we did what was needed to qualify). The others were City (which we deserved to loose) and Liverpool which we drew only because of referees and that racist biter.

So overall a very good month, hoping this May goes the same way and we win the Europa and qualify for CL. Both look very likely in my opinion.

[Ankit 3,176]

SO where is Rupert? He must be very happy today. Unleash the fury on us, mate.

[nachikethas 1,154]

He can be a personal coach for luiz.

[robdog 2,084]

SO where is Rupert? He must be very happy today. Unleash the fury on us, mate.

He is probably trying to get justice for Count Suarez

Fuck that, we were 4 points behind man utd, still competing for premier league and ither trophies when he arrived. We should easily be in top 4, instead we are counting games/points, relying on other teams to drop points. He ruined our season, got us knocked out of at least 3 trophies. Only way he can salvage this season is if we win europa league and gain CL football.

I'll never respect him. He's crushed our season and is only looking out for his cv

for those that like the facts:

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FSW

42 matches - 23 wins 9 draws 10 losses

RDM

42 matches - 25 wins 8 draws 9 losses

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Didn't realize that losing to Man City & dropping points will get you gaffer of the month

[Laylabelle 9,534]

This month hasnt been to bad...just shame around the rest!!!

With so few games to go hope the Manager jynx dont strike...be nice to end top 4 and a trophy rather then a runner up medal and 5th place...

[Jase 43,479]

Well deserved. Just checked the results for the month and 6 wins out of 9 isn't bad. And in 3 other results, one was a loss against Rubin which was a good result (as we did what was needed to qualify). The others were City (which we deserved to loose) and Liverpool which we drew only because of referees and that racist biter.

So overall a very good month, hoping this May goes the same way and we win the Europa and qualify for CL. Both look very likely in my opinion.

Just for the record, only Premier League results are taken into account in this Manager of the Month award. It has nothing to do with other competitions' matches.