The Benitez Thread

[yuvala 2,167]

Good bye.

Thanks for getting us through this transition period.

[diskoviolente 425]

Well done Rafa, got the job done, won a trophy despite of all the stick he got. Did very well managing the squad in these crazy seasons, had his flaws and his "moments" but overall, nothing but respect for the man.

[Ollie 4,400]

Thank you Rafa. This thread should be renamed. Like him or not, he's lead us to a Europa League trophy and 3rd in the prem. It's been a very good end to the campaign and he's worked very well with us. I reckon if Man City hired Benitez, they'd be a formidable force next season. I now appreciate how good a manager, especially man manager he is. Can't believe i'm saying this.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

He is an has-been manager, but still, I love the way he deals with the players overall.Au revoir !

[Fernando 6,496]

Thank you Rafa. This thread should be renamed. Like him or not, he's lead us to a Europa League trophy and 3rd in the prem. It's been a very good end to the campaign and he's worked very well with us. I reckon if Man City hired Benitez, they'd be a formidable force next season. I now appreciate how good a manager, especially man manager he is. Can't believe i'm saying this.

I was thinking of this.

Whoever City get it will be a good manager, weather it's Benitez or Pellegrini. Top challenge coming from them.

But we will also have another challenge, the European front.

If Carlo goes to Madrid he will make them scary. Look at how he made us play?

And Mourinho has left a good team, which Carlo can squeeze a lot of juice out of it.

Also I was thinking that if PSG lets Carlo go, we could easily see Benitez at PSG!

That will be crazy European battle!

Pep at Bayern, Carlo at Madrid, Mourinho at Chelsea, Benitez at PSG and Pellegrini at City.....wow!

[Changingman_2000 876]

Thought his post match conference was a bit pandering to himself "Can't change some people's opinions, just do my job to the best of my ability", lah de dah. I suppose the £6M was a source of some comfort to him. Last attempt to take the moral high ground.

[Tomo 21,733]

And Mourinho has left a good team, which Carlo can squeeze a lot of juice out of it.

What has just got me thinking about Carlo, is if we kept him to this day, would he have left us for Madrid too?

[English Freak 456]

Thought his post match conference was a bit pandering to himself "Can't change some people's opinions, just do my job to the best of my ability", lah de dah. I suppose the £6M was a source of some comfort to him. Last attempt to take the moral high ground.

He did as expected. Kinda glad that Chelsea did hire him, I love seeing real opinions from Chelsea fans who can't adapt to change.

He took alot of stick but he had the last laugh as a former Liverpool manager.

[Fulham Broadway 16,957]

Straight down the tunnel. Bye Rafa, you fat cunt

[bushman 2,043]

Rafa´s reign born in disgruntlement, nurtured in rising anger, ending in triumph.

Meanwhile, he did not even bother to say fuck you all. I do not blame him.

It´s sad to see so many haters around.

[Martina 210]

Rafa's touching full page advert in tomorrow's Evening Standard

https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/336187603378376704

[didierforever 7,349]

GOOD RIDDANCE.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Feel like an absolute cunt to have joined in with the abuse of him, to be honest. Going to eat some humble pie. Thanks Rafa.

[Jype 6,398]

Feel like an absolute cunt to have joined in with the abuse of him, to be honest. Going to eat some humble pie. Thanks Rafa.

The first couple of months were horrible and he didn't help his cause with the comments that blamed everyone else but himself and Torres for all the problems, but I guess it was not that easy to take over in the middle of the season when the team was in bad shape and it was always going to take time till things started working out again. Nothing more than our usual November to January dip in form. After that it was mostly a pleasant ride and Benitez really deserves a lot of credit for winning the club's first ever Europa League title and getting us to third place despite the squad being ridiculously thin.

Going to have a big chunk of that humble pie as well and wish Rafa well wherever he goes, as long as it's not another English club.

[English Freak 456]

Rafa's touching full page advert in tomorrow's Evening Standard

https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/336187603378376704

I would love to see that become real.

I'm glad the board gave him the interim job...cause I love reading some of the brilliant opinions on Rafa in this thread.

He got us to 3rd place, won a trophy, boosted his CV and now he walks away from Chelsea with a nice pay packet.

[Rambo 1,729]

I do not wish him to make mistakes but he will make some. No coach is flawless.

Also, read a bit better. I never said I hope he will.

I swear, your posts are almost as repulsive as your avatar.

[Fulham Broadway 16,957]

One dimensional, stubborn, over rotates, goes awol against smaller sides and generally have an over inflated opinion of himself.

He did not know how to change a game if it was not working for us in the first 60 minutes, also he did not know how to close games off. In the end we were 15 minutes away from coming 4th and leaving us to play a qualifier for CL next season. He never was up to the job and never should have been given the chance to work with these players. you can see how Liverpool never won the league under him and the board were up to their usual shenanigans by appointing him in the first place.

Dont let the door catch your arse on the way out...

[English Freak 456]

One dimensional, stubborn, over rotates, goes awol against smaller sides and generally have an over inflated opinion of himself.

He did not know how to change a game if it was not working for us in the first 60 minutes, also he did not know how to close games off. In the end we were 15 minutes away from coming 4th and leaving us to play a qualifier for CL next season. He never was up to the job and never should have been given the chance to work with these players. you can see how Liverpool never won the league under him and the board were up to their usual shenanigans by appointing him in the first place.

Dont let the door catch your arse on the way out...

I love reading the negative side of Rafa's tenure at Chelsea

Regardless of what you say, he got us to 3rd. Live with it.