The Benitez Thread

[Changingman_2000 876]

yeah... still has a contract...

It seems so, I've read it somewhere that he'd manage us in the two games against City in the States. Of course, that means I'm not watching them.

Can't we just bin him and claim some sort of moral high ground?, Maybe put a statement out saying "the board have taken this decision as he is giving our fans the right hump"?

[Changingman_2000 876]

To have him take the tour is just farcical to be honest. Be as well letting the likes of Steve Holland take it. Blinding experience for him. Certainly can't do him any harm.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Can't we just bin him and claim some sort of moral high ground?, Maybe put a statement out saying "the board have taken this decision as he is giving our fans the right hump"?

Ah, we've managed to endure much longer than I expected, so when you say he's gone after this month I fucking like it.

[Changingman_2000 876]

Adrian Durham cunting him off on talkSPORT just now with regards to the Oscar substitution. I honestly can't get my head around this cunt and his fuckwit substitutions. I mean, why?

[bluesman2610 1,422]

3 games left of this unfunny joke right?

[Changingman_2000 876]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22464343

[Tomo 21,751]

If we beat Villa then Arsenal fail to beat Wigan (meaning 3rd is ours before the last day) i think he should leave before Everton.

The post season lap of honour with Rafa in it will be very awkward to say the least, and he doesn't deserve that sort of humiliation.

[Phil Driver 503]

The waiter was useless last night and he is not in the same league as Jose ,he is obstinate ,leaving Terry,Lampard and Ba on the bench cost us a win ,the fans want to see their favourite Chelsea legends on the pitch and they would have seen us through to the win, Benayoun coming on was a joke and Torres should have been subbed ,the song is right, the waiter does not care about us and we dont care about him ,the sooner Jose is back the better,

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

If we beat Villa then Arsenal fail to beat Wigan (meaning 3rd is ours before the last day) i think he should leave before Everton.

The post season lap of honour with Rafa in it will be very awkward to say the least, and he doesn't deserve that sort of humiliation.

There won't be a lap of honour for him. To have a lap of honour you have to have, erm, honour.

[Peace. 4,352]

The team was heading downhill under RDM. We would of finished outside the top 4 if RDM had continued as our manager.

You're right. Had di Matteo still been our coach, we would have lost against West Ham, QPR, Newcastle, Southampton. We also would have drawn against Fulham, Southampton and Reading.

[Martina 210]

For those who enjoy statistics (and perhaps also for those who think he's a huge improvement over RDM)

Chelsea's results against the Premier League's best only serve to underline the failed promise of this season

So what went wrong? I know you already know what went wrong: crap results versus crap teams.

Only one of these disappointing results is on Roberto Di Matteo (the 0-0 draw away to Queens Park Rangers). The rest have all come in the era of the Interim Rafalución.

http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2013/5/9/4314856/chelseas-results-against-the-premier-leagues-best-only-serve-to

[Tomo 21,751]

You're right. Had di Matteo still been our coach, we would have lost against West Ham, QPR, Newcastle, Southampton. We also would have drawn against Fulham, Southampton and Reading.

Its easy to say that, would we have won away to Everton, United, smased Villa ?

[Martina 210]

Adrian Durham cunting him off on talkSPORT just now with regards to the Oscar substitution. I honestly can't get my head around this cunt and his fuckwit substitutions. I mean, why?

Rafa also featured on today's Heads Gone :-)

[bushman 2,043]

Rafa´s substitutions might be seen as clueless but only he knows why he had done it.

Some players might had knocks as he said, some looked tired to him...over all Rafa has done well for several months.

[Changingman_2000 876]

Rafa also featured on today's Heads Gone :-)

He must be a regular feature on that!

[Hutcho 8,443]

Rafa´s substitutions might be seen as clueless but only he knows why he had done it.

Some players might had knocks as he said, some looked tired to him...over all Rafa has done well for several months.

Some players did look tired, yet we only made 2 subs. There is no logical reason for Benayoun coming on and just 2 changes.

[bushman 2,043]

Some players did look tired, yet we only made 2 subs. There is no logical reason for Benayoun coming on and just 2 changes.

Well, may I suggest to look at Chelsea´s bench ?

What do you see there ? I see nobody.

So many games, the team plays in every 3rd game...One thing I would not blame him for rotations. He really has very little options.

[Peace. 4,352]

Its easy to say that, would we have won away to Everton, United, smased Villa ?

Well, regarding Aston Villa, it's a win against a team which fight to avoid the relgation. Granted it's a huge score line, at the end of the day that's three points against a team from which we merely had to take three points. Nothing special. As for Everton, it's a tricky team and they are the 3rd best home team, so well play — just as United (maybe if they weren't playing for 'nothing', it would have been different ?).

But, taking into consideration what I said in my previous post : we took three points out of 21 from this seven games. Out of those six teams, two are going down, and the others are respectively 3, 4, 5, 5 and 8 points away from the relegation. That's 18 points lost out of 21 from games which we should have won. We should have, at the very least, had taken 15 points from those games. We would have 12 points in more, which means that we would have had now 81 points — 4 below United and 6 ahead of City (had we not beat Arsenal/Everton and United, we would be on par with them).

Furthemore, gainst top-table opponents — namely United, City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton, Loserpool — we took 12 points out of 21 available (seven games) -> we took 'only' half of them. I do not believe that's an over-achievement.

Finally, since that skinny dude is the manager, here's the League table :

United -> 55 pts (23 games)

Tottenham -> 49 (24)

Arsenal -> 47 (23)

City -> 47 (24)

Chelsea -> 45 (24)

We're not in the top four.

[Martina 210]

Rafa´s substitutions might be seen as clueless but only he knows why he had done it.

Some players might had knocks as he said, some looked tired to him...over all Rafa has done well for several months.

With all respect - people often "know" why they do things but that doesn't mean they make sound decisions. Perhaps they just don't know enough and need help.

And Benayoun looked exhausted after just 5 minutes on the pitch.

We had Terry, Lampard and Ba on the bench, no?

[Hutcho 8,443]

Well, may I suggest to look at Chelsea´s bench ?

What do you see there ? I see nobody.

So many games, the team plays in every 3rd game...One thing I would not blame him for rotations. He really has very little options.

Terry, Lampard, Ba!

I see experience, game changers. The best defender available. One of the best midfielders of his generation, who is set up for that situation, and our best striker available... All on the bench. You see no-one. I see Quality.