The Benitez Thread

[dave30 728]

I've not attacked Rafa once since he arrived and, whilst obviously its better we part company, fair play to him he's done a good job.

[Toli 977]

good job. 2nd half today was excellent...seems that his halftime speech was good. thanks for title and 3rd place.

[mediator 2,026]

Thanks Rafa, you did a good job.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Forget Europa, he got us CL which will most likely lead to Jose, and the chance to sign better players and challenge for the title next season - so thanks and good luck

[kobematabryant 400]

Thank you Rafa for the good work and you deserve my respect. I respect you more than AVB. You've done amazing lately, we barely lost any games recently except Southampton, but most players were rested for FA cup. If it wasn't for the special one, I wouldnt mind Roman to extend your contract.

Farewell.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Thanks Rafa, came through in the end

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Thank you FSW

for finally fucking off, you cunt !

[Jase 43,479]

Despite some baffling decisions and rocky moments along the way, ultimately, Benitez guided us into the Top 3 which we all wanted and predicted at the very least in the beginning of the season. And he also won us a trophy, even if its just the Europa League. We should have won 1-2 more and that's the frustrating thing. Otherwise, he has done a decent, I stress decent, job of what was asked of him.

[Milan 17,853]

[Milan 17,853]

'I received hundreds of messages, more than 200 messages on the website, from Chelsea fans saying thank you very much.

'For me that is enough, and also the players telling me things privately.

'The majority of [the supporters] were very positive in the end. That is good.

'We couldn't change the opinion of some of them. We tried to do our best until the end.'

[Azpinator 2,325]

We gave him a hard time, but only because he did some really out-of-this-world decisions. Eventually, we have to say thanks because he did a good job.

I can now use the nickname comfortably so: Thank you, Rafa! Goodbye!

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

I dont understand how such a good manager cant make good substitutions...

[different level 1,056]

We got our fairytale ending just like last year. 3rd place and another European trophy doesn't sound bad at all. Now looking forward to the summer and onto the next season with our ambition to win the EPL title higher than ever. Well done to Rafa, it wasn't an easy spell for him with all the media and especially fan pressure and he did have some really tough time in January/February, but bottom line is he won us a prestigious trophy and qualified us for next years Champions League and I'm very thankful for that. Regardless of everything he and our fans are separating on good terms. Good luck, Rafa, and all the best

[Melanicus 5,208]

Just humble thanks from me Rafa! All the best for the future.

[Martina 210]

'I received hundreds of messages, more than 200 messages on the website, from Chelsea fans saying thank you very much.

'For me that is enough, and also the players telling me things privately.

'The majority of [the supporters] were very positive in the end. That is good.

'We couldn't change the opinion of some of them. We tried to do our best until the end.'

200 isn't really that much, is it?

And why on earth is he always talking about himself as "we"?

I've never liked him and I'm glad he's gone. Hopefully he'll find a kwality cloob where they love him.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Fair play to Rafa in the way he's been very professional throughout most of this, which has surprised me quite a bit. I'll still question some of the decisions he's made over the season, he hasn't been the revelation the media will have you believe he's been but he does have some class about him in a way, and he is departing the club with his record in tact and the respect from most CFC fans and most football fans.

Thanks Rafa. Wish you the best in the future (of course, not against us though).

It's now time for The Special One to come in and take us to the level we belong to.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

200 isn't really that much, is it?

And why on earth is he always talking about himself as "we"?

I've never liked him and I'm glad he's gone. Hopefully he'll find a kwality cloob where they love him.

Take that number and compare it to the 10 thousand who have signed an online petition against him.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Take that number and compare it to the 10 thousand who have signed an online petition against him.

Take that number and compare it to millions of fans that have mutual respect for his achievements here.