The Benitez Thread

[super_frank8 186]

Yes, we all hate Benitez and it is very unlikely that we will ever like him but what would we have to gain by voicing our displeasure against him in matches? He won't care. Also, sounds so easy for you to say that the players won't be affected the chants. You might be fine with it but not everyone are going to be comfortable with it. We are on a poor run of results now and the team need our support more than before. If we really care for the team, back them and ignore Benitez in matches. That's my point!

As long as he hears it - & he sure as hell did with 40,000 people bursting their lungs to ensure it - then that is satisfaction enough for most fans I would imagine.

& how else exactly are we, as the fans, supposed to voice our displeasure to the powers that be? By posting polite & well-reasoned arguments on an online fan forum that Roman undoubtedly doesn't even acknowledge the existence of & likely never will?

The only way he is going to actually take notice & realise just how far he has crossed the line this time is if 40,000 of the fans that are vital to his own footballing/financial endeavours make sure it is ringing in his ears for 90 minutes every week.

I would have to imagine the only players who are going to be even mildy discouraged by such chants would be Torres & Romeu since they probably wouldn't get a game under anyone else...

[Jase 43,479]

As long as he hears it - & he sure as hell did with 40,000 people bursting their lungs to ensure it - then that is satisfaction enough for most fans I would imagine.

& how else exactly are we, as the fans, supposed to voice our displeasure to the powers that be? By posting polite & well-reasoned arguments on an online fan forum that Roman undoubtedly doesn't even acknowledge the existence of & likely never will?

The only way he is going to actually take notice & realise just how far he has crossed the line this time is if 40,000 of the fans that are vital to his own footballing/financial endeavours make sure it is ringing in his ears for 90 minutes every week.

& I would have to imagine the only players who are going to be even mildy discouraged by such chants would be Torres & Romeu because they probably wouldn't get a game under anyone else...

Maybe it was fine doing today but I sure hope they don't do it in every game. And there are other ways to make our displeasure and anger to the board(by going directly to the media etc), not by making Stamford Bridge a 'fortress' for visiting teams.

[robdog 2,084]

Maybe it was fine doing today but I sure hope they don't do it in every game. And there are other ways to make our displeasure and anger to the board(by going directly to the media etc), not by making Stamford Bridge a 'fortress' for visiting teams.

We don't want to see rafadyce to succeed. It's simple as that. So if RDM gets fired for being in 3rd only a 3rd way during the season, then we will rather have CFC finish below l'puke. That way rafadyce can jog the fuck on.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Why are fans who go to games always criticized? The day rafa was appointed everyone was saying how he should get hell at his first game, we boo him and then people say how wrong it is

[super_frank8 186]

Maybe it was fine doing today but I sure hope they don't do it in every game. And there are other ways to make our displeasure and anger to the board(by going directly to the media etc), not by making Stamford Bridge a 'fortress' for visiting teams.

Who do you personally know that has direct access to the commercial mass-market media - let alone the worthwhile name to actually get it published for a day? In an ideal world, if I was a well-known celebrity of some sort, then yes undoubtedly I would have used my fame to my advantage & expressed my utter disgust through any kind of reputable interviews that may have a chance of being exposed to the public.

However, unfortunately I'm not quite there yet, & I don't know anyone personally who is in a similar position of influence - so I would have to say that attending a game & shouting at the top of your lungs while holding up an oversized sign is probably the only current realistic way of making our grievances known to as many others as possible; short of committing an actual crime worthy enough to be an international headline & simply saying 'it was Rafa's fault'...

[robdog 2,084]

BTW attending a footie match & shouting your lungs out is therapeutic I know I done it many times & felt better afterwards. We take shit all week long, so it's good to holla to let it all out.

[super_frank8 186]

BTW attending a footie match & shouting your lungs out is therapeutic I know I done it many times & felt better afterwards. We take shit all week long, so it's good to holla to let it all out.

Exactly. I wouldn't pay 45 fucking quid to get into the Bridge every week just to sit there in silence & pretend I'm completely without any objection to such a preposterous decision as this. If I was at the game, I would've been trying to shout louder than everyone there; I'm sure most of the crowd today were doing the same.

[Henrique 9,133]

I really dont know why this topic is still opened.

[Kieran. 6,317]

I really dont know why this topic is still opened.

Can't figure it out? Maybe to talk about the new interim manager?

[zolayes 14,489]

Can't figure it out? Maybe to talk about the new interim manager?

hopefully it will be closed soon ,,,Bye Bye Rafa

[Henrique 9,133]

Can't figure it out? Maybe to talk about the new interim manager?

The topic is about the same bullshit about Benitez.

[diskoviolente 425]

Realised today that the best thing might be to pretend to be grown up about this and support the Chelsea no matter what. Although I am still fuckin angry about RDMs sacking. He said afterwards that he still has an unreserved love for the club. Not that anyone in the board would care, but I do. Of course I want Chelsea to win trophies and dominate games against the big teams and struggle but still win against the small ones, but I also want to be proud of the club like I was proud in Munich when we played quasi the worst game we´ve had and still hung in there and did our own way, the way we knew we could win with. These last three days just torn my sentiment towards Chelsea into two directions. On the one hand Robbie maybe wasn´t tactical as astude and maybe he wasn´t the one that was wanted initially but he was someone who loved to be here, just like Carlo, just like José, just like Claudio. I want to be proud of Chelsea, and it kills me when there is bad press and we are the laughing stock of the world of football and be seen as cruel and heartless bastards.

On the other hand I know that for the sake of the season and the club it was maybe a wrong decision to give Robbie the job, so I know all that. It just felt good to have a club legend managing our team. I couldn´t watch the match today cause of work, but i got to read the mbm and the comments on here and I still feel the buzz but I have to say that seeing Rafa on the touchline is too weird.

On the one hand any other club below us would probably be chuffed to have him (he is a good manager, slightley paranoid and mental, but good) is good, but he is just in an unlucky position to be in. No one wanted him here, now he´s got the gig, we are the unasked and still coming audience who has to accept it. On the other hand I want Robbie to be there.

KTF.

KTBFFH.

Up the Chels.

Sorry, not one for the emotional ones, but it still feels so fucking weird.

[The only place to be 11,313]

We have a right of protest and he deserved every bit of abuse he got. What did he expect when he took on the job? And for some of our fans to feel "sorry" for him?, really? How fucking sad and feeble is that? True fans voiced their opinion today and it was the majority, not a minority.

You'll have to count me as part of the 'minority' who wanted to support the players on the pitch and the work Robbie did, instead of abusing the guy who (like it or not) is in charge of the team now.

The guy who has to go in to work tomorrow and try and make a team out of guys who almost certainly heard some of the abuse he got.

I understand emotions were running high, but hopefully the fans who did abuse him got it out of their system and can maybe get back to supporting the players on the pitch in the next home game.

Roman got the message - he actually already knew and still did it because he figured it would be best for the club going forward. He also probably expected the booing and the banners (poor arts and craft skills from the fans who wanted to protest Rafa - apparently the only thing they hated more than Benitez was Art Attack).

[Changingman_2000 876]

There are so many fans in here that are a disgrace to the soul of our club. They're like leaves on the wind. Don't abuse the guy because he's our manager now. Would you back a guy who disrespected your family on many occasions? Only because he was your boss? He must've been right with the "Chelsea fans lack passion" because I can't imagine Anfield cheering for somebody like SAF or Mourinho who constantly abused them.

Di Matteo we loved and trusted. Rafa we'll never trust! One Di Matteo!

He said he won't take other job in England because there's only one team he supports and after being jobless for 2 years he jumps in the first opportunity he gets. He's shit and won't change anything, especially in 6 months.

Too right, the amount of shallow, plastic fans we have nowadays is just not on. Why should we meekly accept the Fat Controller?? can't believe some of the spineless posts on here. Some if you lot need to go shopping and buy yourself a back bone

[robdog 2,084]

No way rafadyce can turn shit into suga - he is no magician

as an added bonus, I found a video of Telly Tubby on how he will win me over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQoOSNe-Obw

[Manuf 1,448]

No way rafadyce can turn shit into suga - he is no magician

as an added bonus, I found a video of Tell Tubby on how he will win me over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQoOSNe-Obw

yeah, like fuck he didn't care about the chanting. you'll hear us everywhere you go, livescum

[The only place to be 11,313]

Rafa could've ingratiated himself to the Chelsea fans by nutting that **** Shreeves.

The absolutely worst type of sports 'journalist'.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Why do people still mistake suporting the team with backing the manager?

We should not be doing any action that may hurt the team. We dont need to chant Benitez name and we still want him out but we dont need to boo him...

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

It was definitely a strange decision to appoint Rafa as manager considering our common history but he now has the chance to at least neutralize his reputation: it will not be the same as with Robbie, but i think Rafa has never been the guy who gets that familiar with players. But for the club we should at least let him do his job until he actually puts a foot wrong.

[Rambo 1,729]

The treatment of Rafa today was a complete disgrace. I don't care if you didn't want him, neither did I. He is now the manager of Chelsea Football Club and any Chelsea fan should give complete support or at least a chance. Way to go the fans at Stamford Bridge, just about turning our home into a hostile ground.

Disgrace, but proud of the team for playing through it against the league champions.

Reminds me when some of the fans booed Bridge after the JT incident when he did nothing wrong. I'm guessing these fans just needed to vent out their frustration and used Rafa as their scapegoat.