The Benitez Thread

[strong centreback 157]

David Attenborough-He'd be useless, but at the press conferences, he could explain the grazing patterns of our striker so we'd understand why he wandered off to the wings and stood there. "the Torres is frightened by the ball so its natural inclination is to run away from it" and so on...

His brother richard attenborough is actually lifetime vice president at the club or words to that effect, massive chelsea fan, he also was john hammond in jurassic park in case your wondering who im talking about

[Changingman_2000 876]

What a choice that would be, FSW or the handbrake. Fuck, what a decision to make.

[super_frank8 186]

I would rather have Arry or AVB right now, but would draw the line at Grant

Honestly, Grant is essentially a cult hero in my eyes compared to this obnoxiously ignorant obese fuckwit who's clearly far too busy gorging himself on pre-match paella & sangria to actually bother picking the right team.

Can't wait for whatever surprises await us in the line up tomorrow...

[flyll 5]

I honestly just cannot believe that he is actually our manager.

Was Roman even thinking when he picked this one?

Can we please just have Jose back next season?

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[GermanBlue 82]

Pretty interesting opinion about Benitez, definitely worth reading:

"Since he arrived there were 4 games which Chelsea fans didn’t want to lose. They were West Ham away, the Club World Cup Final, Leeds in the league cup & QPR at home. Benitez has lost 3 of those 4 games."
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"When at Liverpool, Chelsea fans used to joke about Benitez as he would win the big games such as Chelsea at home or United away, and then lose or draw the gimmes against sides like Stoke or Wolves at home, which effectively cost Liverpool the title. Now he’s doing the same at Chelsea."

http://www.ibtimes.com/sportsnet/chelsea-fc-news-qpr-loss-shows-why-rafa-benitez-cant-be-permanent-boss-991060

[Fulham Broadway 16,923]

Chelsea flag in the first photo -rooftop anti-Benitez protest ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257490/Riot-police-evict-squatters-exclusive-central-London-house-hold-rooftop-protest.html

[robdog 2,084]

The plan is working to perfection now

[Jype 6,398]

I simply have no words to describe the anger I feel towards Benitez now. Okay, I understand benching Ba because we have some important games coming up, but what I don't understand at all is WHY THE FUCK DID HE KEEP HIM ON THE BENCH ALL THE WAY TILL THE 80TH MINUTE? Hard to make an impact in less than ten minutes but Ba still managed to do more in his first five minutes on the pitch than Torres did in 80 and in the whole ten minutes of play Ba had two good headers and a goal which might or might not have been offside. I don't even want to imagine what he could have done given 30 or maybe even 45 minutes, but let me tell you that the game sure as hell would not have finished 0-2.

If Benitez is incapable of reacting early enough to have an impact on the run of play, then I ask what in the name of fuck is he actually doing ? He does not shout instructions from the touchline, he does not do substitutions (especially Torres, his rentboy) and from what I gather he does sweet fuck all at half time too. Just sack the cunt already, Steve Holland can take over for the rest of the season if Guardiola won't come. Can't do any worse, can he?

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

GET OUT OF THE BRIDGE!

[Changingman_2000 876]

He has to go, this is just shocking. To give Torres 80 minutes is just pathetic, absolutely pathetic. Royally pissed off by this tonight. The buck stops with that shambolic excuse of a manager. I wonder why he wasn't employed for two years after fucking up Jose's Inter. Pathetic

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Just realized we haven't scored in four of our home matches under the guidance of The Tactician. Those games were: Man City, Fulham, QPR and Swansea.

Last year with a much weaker team in the same fixtures we've scored 13 goals.

[didierforever 7,349]

Just realized we haven't scored in four of our home matches under the guidance of The Tactician. Those games were: Man City, Fulham, QPR and Swansea.

Last year with a much weaker team in the same fixtures we've scored 13 goals.

oh please but defensively we have ssssssooooooo good under rafa... oh wait, no we have not... we are just sucking...

[Corner 456]

I don't think it's time to call for Rafa's head just yet, the team played very well tonight and he got his tactics correct. He was late with the substitutions, but RDM was just the same if not worse with substitutions. Let's not forget that.

[Fulham Broadway 16,923]

How this deluded prick thinks he is winning fans over is beyond me, and I'd love to know what Roman thinks this clown gives us over RDM

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I don't like Rafa, but this isn't really his fault.. Is it?

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

I don't think it's time to call for Rafa's head just yet, the team played very well tonight and he got his tactics correct. He was late with the substitutions, but RDM was just the same if not worse with substitutions. Let's not forget that.

There is a huge difference. RDM never had Ba, he never had Marin fit, Lamps was injured for some time...

Now I'm not much of a stats man, but apparently RDM was sacked after the same amount of defeats that FSW has this moment.

[didierforever 7,349]

I don't think it's time to call for Rafa's head just yet, the team played very well tonight and he got his tactics correct. He was late with the substitutions, but RDM was just the same if not worse with substitutions. Let's not forget that.

what kind of an excuse is that? if a previous manager has made some mistakes it is all right for his replacement to do so too?