The Benitez Thread

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so in teamtalk.com benitez says he has discovered our flaws from one trainin session. Is he jst talkin or was he that fast?

I'm pretttyyyy sure whoever watches our games on tv will see a shit load of flaws. You don't need to see that on training.

Also, if I remember correctly, he said that there are things we can improve on and not what you read.

You Want to see this diver and cheater here?!

Diver, cheater slash world class midfielder. One of the best in his position. Do I want him?

YES.

Ps: I'm on my phone. Can an admin plz enlarge that "yes" so it covers this whole page?

[Sheva. 5,373]

"We didn't talk about the Champions League or the next game but about little things I saw and we could improve a bit, and things they were doing well, which Roberto Di Matteo was doing."

Defending hopefully.

[The only place to be 11,313]

so in teamtalk.com benitez says he has discovered our flaws from one trainin session. Is he jst talkin or was he that fast?

I imagine the first time David Luiz picked the ball up in defence and started running forward with it, alarm bells were ringing.

Look, the one thing he has is experience. He's going to see flaws in almost any team because they're always there.

The trick is fixing them.

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[kellzfresh 7,229]

I imagine the first time David Luiz picked the ball up in defence and started running forward with it, alarm bells were ringing.

Look, the one thing he has is experience. He's going to see flaws in almost any team because they're always there.

The trick is fixing them.

David luiz runs is not even up to half of the flaws we have. The flaws we have should run deeper than spotting it in one training practice.

Or I guess RDM wouldn't hav gone though this bad streak without fixing it....

[Shane 2,275]

How do people think we'll perform in the league under Rafa? Hmm.

Drawing 0-0 against midtable teams at home.

[Jusek 2,031]

I'm shocked. Only he is just an interim manager.

[kwylino 329]

hmm I know i'll get a WWE style steel chair to the side of my head but, What if Rafa actually brings this club some success, like say FA cup + Premier league (no champions league though) or ethier one of those (maybe with the carling cup also, but just say two of any of those trophies, example: 1 carling cup + FA Cup)

And it came to summer, would you like him to stay on, even if he brings successes? or just say, Nah piss off

Also on busquets, Hell cristiano ronaldo is known to be a horrible diver,...Would i take him? Hell yeah o_o, football talent guys.

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[NiclasCFC 2,582]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtFhodN4tWg&feature=g-u-u

[Heisenberg 1,824]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtFhodN4tWg&feature=g-all-u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtFhodN4tWg&feature=g-u-u

Was just going to post that ! Thanks

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Drawing 0-0 against midtable teams at home.

The good old days under Di Matteo where we never drew against anyone....

[Jase 43,479]

Benitez spoke to Chelsea TV and here's one of the things he said regarding the formation.

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2989583/title/benitez-first-impressions

You brought the 4-2-3-1 shape to England, it's now very fashionable…

I used this system in Valencia and even Tenerife, also I think in Extremadura. It depends on the players you have. If you have one striker, then the second striker has to be very offensive, and the wingers have to be very offensive if you are to score goals. Also one of those central, deeper midfielders, has to be offensive, it is not just two holding midfielders. If they are more defensive, then you need offensive full-backs, you have to find that right balance. The idea of one striker and three players with freedom and an offensive mentality is interesting.

Is that the shape you will use here?

Before I have used 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2, but because this is the shape Chelsea have been using until now, I think at this moment this is the best shape for the team. You cannot change too many things, we have to do the things they were doing well, carry on with these things and then change the other little things.

[Sheva. 5,373]

^ I was just about to post it. And this:

People say your Liverpool wasn't an attacking team. Are they right?

"We scored 119 goals in the 2008/09 season. People don't see the difference between a team that is organised with balance and a team that is defensive. We had a lot of clean sheets, I remember Petr Cech and Pepe Reina were always competing, but we liked to go forward and score goals. If you look at the stats we had attacking mentality. Sometimes when you are attacking you are defending better"

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtFhodN4tWg&feature=g-u-u

Pardon me for being an idiot and perhaps even paranoid here but what did Mata mean when he said they are training more movements statically? Statically?!!

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

*Tactically

[Jase 43,479]

*Tactically

OOH but I heard a 'S' in there!

Anyway, I BLAME MATA'S SPANISH ACCENT!!

[DYC. 7,542]

^ I was just about to post it. And this:

People say your Liverpool wasn't an attacking team. Are they right?

"We scored 119 goals in the 2008/09 season. People don't see the difference between a team that is organised with balance and a team that is defensive. We had a lot of clean sheets, I remember Petr Cech and Pepe Reina were always competing, but we liked to go forward and score goals. If you look at the stats we had attacking mentality. Sometimes when you are attacking you are defending better"

Odd response. That's like saying Chelsea in the Abramovich era were very offensive because they broke the PL goal record in 09/10.