The Benitez Thread

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

So just to summarise, Benitez will

•Use a 4-2-3-1 system.

•Perhaps use Oscar in the pivot to emulate what he had at Livershite (Alonso) and in general emphasise this area's importance and need for ball players

•Get us playing more structured football (perhaps switching to counter attacking football) and thus detract from our new possession style.

•Use wingers who bring natural width but also defensive abilities, putting Hazard/Mata's position in danger

•Use Torres non-stop

So our team could look like:

---------------------Cech-------------------

--Azpilicueta--Ivanovic--Cahill--Cole--

---------Mikel/Romeu----Oscar-----------

-Moses-----------Mata----------Hazard---

--------------------Torres---------------------

Perhaps he may even use Bertrand or Ramires (it is looking likely) on the wing again like RDM did. Marin will get more looks in now.

[magicrico 175]

Benitez "We don't need to give away stupid platic flags to our fans to wave. Chelsea fans lack passion"

"Chelsea is a big club but I would never take that job, in respect for my former team Liverpool. No matter what"

Money Talks, Torres Talks. Shambles.

[Jase 43,479]

One thing I would say Benitez has over RDM is tactically, he is better than the latter. Hope we can profit from that in our games. We need it. Other than that, plenty of question marks hang over the head of Benitez.

[Beepu 1,714]

So just to summarise, Benitez will

•Use a 4-2-3-1 system.

•Perhaps use Oscar in the pivot to emulate what he had at Livershite (Alonso) and in general emphasise this area's importance and need for ball players

•Get us playing more structured football (perhaps switching to counter attacking football) and thus detract from our new possession style.

•Use wingers who bring natural width but also defensive abilities, putting Hazard/Mata's position in danger

•Use Torres non-stop

So our team could look like:

---------------------Cech-------------------

--Azpilicueta--Ivanovic--Cahill--Cole--

---------Mikel/Romeu----Oscar-----------

-Moses-----------Mata----------Hazard---

--------------------Torres---------------------

Perhaps he may even use Bertrand or Ramires (it is looking likely) on the wing again like RDM did. Marin will get more looks in now.

):

Boy would ya?

[BlueSanti 290]

qucik quiz

What was the first thing Benitez did as Chelsea caretaker?

Signed a liverpool kit.

And yet you still want to support this cunt?

[Holymoly 1]

This is reminiscent of Sven taking over at England. A pet player who can do no wrong and ultimately no real connection with players as a team and no inbred desire to see them do well other than to ensure his own pockets are loaded.

[Reddish-Blue 2,510]

qucik quiz

What was the first thing Benitez did as Chelsea caretaker?

Signed a liverpool kit.

And yet you still want to support this cunt?

I bet if Guardiola ever became Chelsea manager...and he was given a Barcelona kit, he'd sign it.

In the same way, Rafa signed the Liverpool kit.

[zolayes 14,489]

I bet if Guardiola ever became Chelsea manager...and he was given a Barcelona kit, he'd sign it.

In the same way, Rafa signed the Liverpool kit.

admire your staunch defence of Benitez BUT you are so out of touch with what most of our fans feel.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Hi guys.

I've always put off posting because, well there wasn't a reason. But the last couple of days have been eventful and I need to vent.

I was devastated and I hated the idea of Rafa being manager. It was a weird night's sleep, but I've come to the conclusion that I'll survive. This club is still the club I grew up going to see with my dad. The guys supporting the team on Sunday will still be (largely speaking) the same guys I was hugging and crying with six months ago. The manager has changed, but the King of Stamford Bridge is still Ossie and I will still get stupidly excited and giddy like a school girl when I bump into Chopper Harris or Franco Zola on the street.

I hated Rafa as much as anyone. Two days ago he was the fat Spanish waiter (and that was being polite). Now he's Chelsea manager. I'm not going to boo him but I'm not going to sing his name. I will be singing Robbie's name though.

But let's be honest. Roman never wanted Robbie and he's targeted Guardiola for about a year now. That's who he wants and that is who the club is set up for. Just look at our transfer strategy from the first-team right down to the academy.

Benitez is a serviceable manager who should get us Champions League football. I don't expect anymore, and quite frankly I don't want anymore from him. Let's just get through this year and look forward to the future because it is a bright future.

[The only place to be 11,313]

And I wanted to add one more thing. The appointment of Zenden is a bit weird (felt sorry for Mario Stanic missing out on that one - must've had his phone on silent).

He's an intelligent guy with a good footballing pedigree, but I'm going to post one picture that probably comes under the heading 'conspiracy theories'

[Superblue 6,372]

admire your staunch defence of Benitez BUT you are so out of touch with what most of our fans feel.

Agreed but nothing we can do about it.

For me I want the club to be as successful as possible - if Benitez provides the spark that will win us the league this season then it will be proven the right decision. We have to get behind the players on Sunday.

[Reddish-Blue 2,510]

admire your staunch defence of Benitez BUT you are so out of touch with what most of our fans feel.

I'm not trying to defend Benitez. I feel absolutely disgusted by the sacking of RDM, I personally didn't think he'd survive beyond the season..but to sack him like that was just wrong. For all we know, RDM might have been able to turn around this rough patch of form and results, those pundits on SkySports summed it up perfectly..'after the City match, Chelsea have a number of fixtures that can easily be won..'

I'll never understand Roman or the Chelsea board's way of thinking...why sack a young manager at the top level in November, just to go and hire a free agent interim manager. Keeping Robbie till the end of the season would have made more sense.

But at the end of the day, RDM is gone, just like Mourinho, Ancelotti (both of whom are world-class managers)...and once again, we're left with instability at the club.

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

qucik quiz

What was the first thing Benitez did as Chelsea caretaker?

Signed a liverpool kit.

And yet you still want to support this cunt?

What's wrong with that? Not only is that trivial, but also, just because he's our manager now doesn't mean he should start hating Liverpool. He spent a good deal of time there, and if he still feels attached to the club, how can you blame him?

[BlueSanti 290]

I bet if Guardiola ever became Chelsea manager...and he was given a Barcelona kit, he'd sign it.

In the same way, Rafa signed the Liverpool kit.

Well but Guardiola never said a single bad word about Chelsea or did he?

And do not forget, that Barcelona is not Liverpool.

[Styles 9,790]

I'm losing a lot of affection for our club. Benitez is the LAST manager I would ever want near our club. He is a nasty, vindictive tosser who has tried to hurt our club and has mocked our supporters. I dislike him a lot and am very pissed off that he is now the face of our club.

Rafa out. I'm counting down the days until he and Torres both fuck off out of the club.

Fuck you Roman for doing this.

[BlueSanti 290]

What's wrong with that? Not only is that trivial, but also, just because he's our manager now doesn't mean he should start hating Liverpool. He spent a good deal of time there, and if he still feels attached to the club, how can you blame him?

The guy said that we - fans of Chelsea Football Club - can't support the club properly when he was in charge of Liverpool and this is the first thing he does as a Chelsea manager?

I am quite sure that this is behavior of proper cunt.

[Milan 17,959]

There should be some interview already. I'm really keen on hearing his thoughts. Hurry up!

[The only place to be 11,313]

I'm losing a lot of affection for our club. Benitez is the LAST manager I would ever want near our club. He is a nasty, vindictive tosser who has tried to hurt our club and has mocked our supporters. I dislike him a lot and am very pissed off that he is now the face of our club.

Rafa out. I'm counting down the days until he and Torres both fuck off out of the club.

Fuck you Roman for doing this.

He isn't the face of our club. He's a manager bought in on a short-term contract with everyone in football aware that the chairman and the fans want someone different.

Sure Sky TV might stick him in a few packages to hype up a game but he is not the face of this club. If you ever forget who the faces of this club are, watch the Champions League Final....glance to the Shed End on a Match Day and look at the King.....look at the young talent playing for OUR club.

He is not the face of the club, he will never be the face of the club and in 7 months time he won't even be at the club.

[petr.breu 1,618]

I still can't believe it, I don't want him in Chelsea... This is just crazy what happened in one day... Everything goes wrong...

[Styles 9,790]

He isn't the face of our club. He's a manager bought in on a short-term contract with everyone in football aware that the chairman and the fans want someone different.

Sure Sky TV might stick him in a few packages to hype up a game but he is not the face of this club. If you ever forget who the faces of this club are, watch the Champions League Final....glance to the Shed End on a Match Day and look at the King.....look at the young talent playing for OUR club.

He is not the face of the club, he will never be the face of the club and in 7 months time he won't even be at the club.

No chance. The manager, especially in England, represents more than just a coach. Watching the City game yesterday Martin Tyler said "Rafa Benitez's Chelsea" and it made my skin crawl.

I will not support him and hope he is sacked before the summer.

“We don’t need to give away stupid plastic flags to our fans to wave, our supporters are always there with their hearts and that is all we need. It’s the passion of the fans that helps us to win matches, not flags. Chelsea fans lack passion.”

You want me to support the wanker who said that? You are having a laugh.

Fuck off Benitez.