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[strider6004]

Talking about Rafa, me my brother and the friend that invited me to Chelsea when I was 19 all wanted Rafa to stay another season with a full summers training behind him. 

We played some great football during his short tenure yet of course a section of fans strongly objected to him because of a remark he made when at Liverpool.

 

[Scott Harris]

Talking about Rafa, me my brother and the friend that invited me to Chelsea when I was 19 all wanted Rafa to stay another season with a full summers training behind him. 

We played some great football during his short tenure yet of course a section of fans strongly objected to him because of a remark he made when at Liverpool.

No we didn't. We were always set up not to lose rather than to win. Benitez was great at turning wins into draws, he loved bringing on a RB too when we should have been pushing for a win.

Also, one remark wasn't the only reason why we didn't want him at the club. He criticised the club, the fans and our success, many many times when we came up against his Liverpool team. Seriously, there were digs almost every time the two clubs came up against each other during his time with Liverpool. A lot of the ill feeling between us and Liverpool was at it's highest during this period. Liverpool fans would have been exactly the same if Mourinho was to manage them.

Benitez only took the Chelsea job because he was desperate. He would have taken anybody over us, but his reputation was so poor at the time that no top team would touch him.

 

[dkw]

We played terrible football under the f**kwit, he had no idea how to change a game and was embarrassingly predictable with his subs (right back for right back on 70 minutes.....). 

 

[strider6004]

Benitez only took the Chelsea job because he was desperate. He would have taken anybody over us, but his reputation was so poor at the time that no top team would touch him.

Agree and the same with the Newcastle job for me.

Why was his reputation so poor, I recall he went to Madrid for a bit and didn't last long, was that it or was it that JM succeeded him and did well?

 

[didierforever]

Agree and the same with the Newcastle job for me.

Why was his reputation so poor, I recall he went to Madrid for a bit and didn't last long, was that it or was it that JM succeeded him and did well?

He was quite poor for RM. JM gave RM some balls and to be honest, RM were in ascendancy while Barca were in a bit of a decline having lost puyol and aging xavi and iniesta. Yet, they got beat 4-0 mainly due to really poor tactics from Benitez. I remember the El classico and dont think he even played with a proper DM in that game. 

Moreover, after that came the Denis Cheryshev fiasco. He was suspended/ineligible and yet benitez started him which ended with madrid getting disqualified from copa del ray. I think he was sacked a month or less after. Cant say it has been a wrong decision. 

 

[Argo]

No we didn't. We were always set up not to lose rather than to win. Benitez was great at turning wins into draws, he loved bringing on a RB too when we should have been pushing for a win.

Also, one remark wasn't the only reason why we didn't want him at the club. He criticised the club, the fans and our success, many many times when we came up against his Liverpool team. Seriously, there were digs almost every time the two clubs came up against each other during his time with Liverpool. A lot of the ill feeling between us and Liverpool was at it's highest during this period. Liverpool fans would have been exactly the same if Mourinho was to manage them.

Benitez only took the Chelsea job because he was desperate. He would have taken anybody over us, but his reputation was so poor at the time that no top team would touch him.

We were both desperate, it was the ultimate marriage of convenience.

 

[Anglejjd]

It’s about time we started to back the manager, it’s getting boring wasting vast amounts of cash paying them off.

 

[Bobbywoodhogan]

The board apparently want to go in a different direction next season. They want a different style of football and for youth to be integrated. 

This is where the Europa League can really benefit us. There are all those extra games and if we qualify early we could give the youth players a good run out in it. The fact that our youth players are consistently so successful proves they should be getting chances. Also this may be wishful thinking but (and I hate to bring them up) but look at how lucky Spurs got with Harry Kane. He showed his talent in that competition forcing his way into the Spurs first team. How great would it be for one or two of our youth players to burst onto the scene like that.