The Benitez Thread

[robdog 2,084]

Benitez is actually a decent manager (emotions aside), he got a shit Liverpool team always playing well against us!

Really??? I totally disagree w/ that sentiment. Look at the facts:

Now compare Telly Tubby's stats to our previous gaffers under Mr. Abramovich

[Sheva. 5,373]

Really??? I totally disagree w/ that sentiment. Look at the facts:

http://i.imgur.com/I00qt.jpg

Now compare Telly Tubby's stats to our previous gaffers under Mr. Abramovich

http://i.imgur.com/qUq4Z.jpg

The facts do not tell anything. Most of those managers did not even manage to last the amount of time he did at Valencia and Liverpool.

[Rmpr 8,977]

@, THIS:

Opinion of an Arsenal fan on another football forum I go. He summed it up pretty well, and sadly I agree

[Hutcho 8,443]

After having 12 hours or so to reflect on things the main thing that annoys me is the treatment to Rdm who has been so good to us.

Benitez is no one's favourite of course and certainly not mine, but he will do his best for this club and that is all we can ask. He may have said this that and the other, but it was a while ago and he was the manager of a rival club. Time to move on. Also it's not like he is here on a 5 year deal. Roman wants pep, but he has said he won't come back to management til next year... Chill people...

Thanks to Rdm for what he has achieved with this club.

Now rafa let's go beat city.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Ben Jacobs some guy from Sports Talks has tweeted some interesting things yesterday. It seems our situation in the CL was nothing to do with Robbie getting sacked.

Ben Jacobs ‏@JacobsBen

Rafa was offered the job eight days ago, so the midweek Champions League defeat had nothing to do with Di Matteo's dismissal #Chelsea

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In addition, #Chelsea fans, can reveal Benitez was offered Manchester City job last year but turned it down. Also claims Spurs wanted him

Ben Jacobs ‏@JacobsBen

@chelseafc It is also worth pointing out, as I understand it, Rafa turned down the #ManchesterCity job last year #Chelsea@ChelseaFC

Ben Jacobs ‏@JacobsBen

Rafa was actually approached before Di Matteo was hired,but Abramovic decided not to go with him. There was interest though eight months ago

Also something about Torres..

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Rafa also told me Torres is nursing a knee injury and, although still playing, it is affecting his form/confidence

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Finally, Benitez is looking forward to linking up with Fernando Torres again, but revealed he has a knee injury which is affecting his form

Another tweet on this "knee injury"

​@TweetChelsea_niggling knee injury,nothing major but nothing easily fixable, just grating bone which has resulted in lack of pace/confidence

[Hutcho 8,443]

Really??? I totally disagree w/ that sentiment. Look at the facts:

Now compare Telly Tubby's stats to our previous gaffers under Mr. Abramovich

They are totally different teams though tbf. I. E. Every Chelsea team for the last 8 years has been better than the teams he has managed so it is unfair to look purely on win percentage.

[Sheva. 5,373]

[Muzchap 8,966]

Really??? I totally disagree w/ that sentiment. Look at the facts:

http://i.imgur.com/I00qt.jpg

Now compare Telly Tubby's stats to our previous gaffers under Mr. Abramovich

http://i.imgur.com/qUq4Z.jpg

So you're telling me Valencia winning La Liga twice in front of Barca and Real is not an accomplishment? That's 2 seasons of consistently outperforming everybody else.

And RDM only has a small number of games and you are not comparing RDMs WBA record with Benitez!

See how stats can lie.

Benitez isn't the best but he did well for Liverpool and they are shit - so could do well for us...

[Hutcho 8,443]

Ben Jacobs some guy from Sports Talks has tweeted some interesting things yesterday. It seems our situation in the CL was nothing to do with Robbie getting sacked.

Also something about Torres..

Ben Jacobs

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JacobsBen

Rafa also told me Torres is nursing a knee injury and, although still playing, it is affecting his form/confidence

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Chelsea

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Finally, Benitez is looking forward to linking up with Fernando Torres again, but revealed he has a knee injury which is affecting his form

Well you would have thought they would have had someone lined up before hand otherwise sacking our manager just as we are starting a long stretch of games like 12 or something before january would be extremely stupid.

[zolayes 14,489]

After having 12 hours or so to reflect on things the main thing that annoys me is the treatment to Rdm who has been so good to us.

Benitez is no one's favourite of course and certainly not mine, but he will do his best for this club and that is all we can ask. He may have said this that and the other, but it was a while ago and he was the manager of a rival club. Time to move on. Also it's not like he is here on a 5 year deal. Roman wants pep, but he has said he won't come back to management til next year... Chill people...

Thanks to Rdm for what he has achieved with this club.

Now rafa let's go beat city.

wont chill ...thats the fucking trouble ...Roman does what Roman wants ,,fuck what we think

[Muzchap 8,966]

I know people are annoyed at RDM treatment, but how do you NICELY sack somebody?

The club have thanked him, haven't made any derogatory comments, all been civil?

Can't see how else it could have worked?

Don't say not sacking, as that's clearly not the answer...

[Thor 2,689]

Really??? I totally disagree w/ that sentiment. Look at the facts:

Now compare Telly Tubby's stats to our previous gaffers under Mr. Abramovich

What a joke of an excuse. Some of you on here are clouded by bias and hate. Rafa is a decent manager. You don't accomplish some of the things he has without being one over a long period of time like he has.

Are you really quoting his time at Inter as something poor? He took over in one of the worst times in the clubs history. No one could have done better.

His time at Liverpool was a great success if anything. That team went a lot further and better than it should have with the talent they had available. Now he has an even better team here at Cheslea, and hopefully he can give us a spark going forward, since we can't seem to finish anything in front of goal.

[Muzchap 8,966]

wont chill ...thats the fucking trouble ...Roman does what Roman wants ,,fuck what we think

He's great when signing players we want though?

That's the trouble, can never win - do you honestly believe he's doing it to hurt CFC or like me do you think he's trying to do what's best for the club?

I'm not saying you have to like it, just trying to understand your view...

[Billy. 2,742]

sorry but i just cannot stand by Rafa i dont think hes a good manager at all (dont care if he won the cup in 05), and i just know in the back of my mind that Roman has got him in to get the best out of Torres, it will never happan the twat is past his best im sick of saying 'he will come good' the guy dont care about Chelsea let him go back to spain i would prefer Ross Turnbull to play up front would deffo make more of an effort.

i just dont get what people say to Roman to make him do these things.

Yes Robbie was not doing amazing over the last month but god give the guy to the end of the season at least, these snap calls are making us become a massive joke in my eyes

and to see we are going back in for Drogba i mean i love the bloke but fuck me thats taking 10 massive steps backwards

also all the players mostly Torres and Luiz need to look at themself big time. would not be sad if both of them pissed off in January

and cos of all this crap whats to say that on Jan or at the end of the season players like Mata and co go sod this there is to much changes all the time and want to leave the club

What we need to do is find a manager they want and FUCKING STICK BY HIM!!!!

i know most of you will have ago or what not but thats my views on it

Mini Rant Over

CAREFREE!!!

[Rmpr 8,977]

I know people are annoyed at RDM treatment, but how do you NICELY sack somebody?

The club have thanked him, haven't made any derogatory comments, all been civil?

Can't see how else it could have worked?

Don't say not sacking, as that's clearly not the answer...

We will never know how he was treated, we can only expeculate.

If Roman said he would give him a 2 year contract but RDM would have to keep convincing him, then Di Matteo knew what the terms were. If Roman said he was the man going foward, then he was mistreated.

We also dont know how today`s meeting was handled.