The Benitez Thread

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

A bit off-topic but have a look at this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2236606/Roberto-Di-Matteo-sacked-Chelsea-Roman-Abramovich-Inside-story-Neil-Ashton.html

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

A bit off-topic but have a look at this:

http://www.dailymail...eil-Ashton.html

I just read that article!

So Roman and the board force RDM to use Torres...even though he never suited our style of play...and then, RDM gets the sack for not being able to bring the best out of Torres.

When a player is finished, thats it. Unless he's a legend for the club, Sell him off and move on.

[cousin benson 76]

A bit off-topic but have a look at this:

http://www.dailymail...eil-Ashton.html

the daily mail? really? bullshit paper with celebrity magazine type journalism. they're shit stirrers

[The Big Drog 1,110]

2 time Uefa coach of the year. 2 time La Liga winner, 1 Uefa Cup, 1 FA Cup and a Champions League winner. The man deserves respect and admiration for his accomplishments. He is a world class coach and we should be happy that he has taken the short term contract that we offered him.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Okay people are starting to believe daily fail articles so there are only 2 ways to explain this.

1. the daily fail has actually started writing good articles and they 're making a lot of sense.

or 2. You people have lost your fucking minds. Because of your rage and dissapointement you've become so freaking gullible that you'd believe the regular shit articles they normally post.

Well i'm gonna have to go with way nr 2.

Seriously guys. This is the same shit as always.

The media would like nothing more then for us to start boycotting and turning on our team.

It would just give them more to write shit about.

[Amblève. 4,995]

So basically, Benitez will want to see what Torres is still capable of, Torres will score 2 or 3 goals, the board will think he's back, we won't buy a new striker in January, Torres will continue to fail, Benitez will get sacked, the new manager will want to see if El Fiasco can still produce etc.

Doesn't sound any familiar.

Edit: Why is my post not in the Torres thread?! Could a mod change this please? Thanks

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

I just read that article!

So Roman and the board force RDM to use Torres...even though he never suited our style of play...and then, RDM gets the sack for not being able to bring the best out of Torres.

When a player is finished, thats it. Unless he's a legend for the club, Sell him off and move on.

Well he is top 40 in our club history so u could call him a club legend

[cousin benson 76]

2 time Uefa coach of the year. 2 time La Liga winner, 1 Uefa Cup, 1 FA Cup and a Champions League winner. The man deserves respect and admiration for his accomplishments. He is a world class coach and we should be happy that he has taken the short term contract that we offered him.

his achievements are admirable, there's no doubt about that

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

If you think Torres has anything to do with the sacking and appointing, you are absolutely bonkers. Stop overestimating Torres' influence in Chelsea and acting like he is the secret boyfriend of Roman.

Some of the comments here just make me lmfao, seriously, where is the sanity?! If you have infinite angers which can't be released, stop posting stupid conspiracies and go shagging chicks.

[Term-X 7,891]

I don't buy into this RDM was treated in a disgusting manner bullshit (he knew what he was signing up for, he saw how AVB was treated). Plus he is a very wealthy man now, so save your sympathy.

[Superblue 6,372]

his achievements are admirable, there's no doubt about that

If he can strike the balance between a solid defence and keep our flair players playing then we'll have a real chance to challenge in the league this year.

[manpe 10,861]

Anyways, my expectations from Benitez this season:

* Reorganize our defending strategy to be more solid.

* Finish top 4 in the league.

* More rotation (he was known for it, we will probably see more of Romeu and Azpi as he used to favour Spanish players).

* Make a real push in the European competition (whether it be CL or EL) and CWC.

That should be enough to consider him a success.

[Hutcho 8,443]

If he can make our defence a bit more solid and identify our best defence quickly hen his experience could prove to be very useful, especially since we have conceded like 23 goals in our last 11 games.

[Jack Uzzi 54]

I don't buy into this RDM was treated in a disgusting manner bullshit (he knew what he was signing up for, he saw how AVB was treated). Plus he is a very wealthy man now, so save your sympathy.

Ehm, how else would you describe this dismissal then? 6 months after lifting the CL and FA trophies. While still having the players behind him and doing well in managing the squad.

It is not only disgusting, but just very confusing and alienating to see such a thing happen. Especially because RDM was coach, former player, and you could just feel he understood the DNA of the club.

[Clevemayer 764]

just red RDMs-Statement, even if I was sceptical about him and still am, he was 10 times better then rafa for me, whatever Rafas success wil be, i will always hate him...

but on Robbies Statement, "you sir are awesome"...