Re this article:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1025842/agent:-no-official-chelsea-approach-for-rafael-benitez?cc=3436

Please no. I cant possibly think why this would happen....i mean Benitez??? i hated how liverpool played under him (towards the end anyway).

Not a quality manager in my opinion.

lets stick it out and see what this 'project' offers first.

The fat Spanish waiter will never be Chelsea manager, the board can't be that stupid!

Wouldn't be top of my 'manager wish list' by any stretch of the imagination.

Track record of falling out with the owner/board of every club he's been at.

He would be behind Mou and Capello for me, but some of the people are completely underrating him. He's leaps and bounds ahead of AVB and many others in every aspect.

Rafa would bring two things:

1. He'd sort the defence.

2. He has this link with Torres.

Those two things are crucial. But the question of whether I can get over the Liverpool thing is a different question entirely.

I couldn't disagree more.

We saw how poor Rafa was at building teams at Liverpool.

In his 5 year tenure, he only really brought 4 good players to the club: Alonso, Reina, Torres, Mascherano.

He turned Liverpool from a comfortable top 4 team into a midtable outfit.

Edited February 23, 201214 yr by Myles_91

I'm not suggesting he be allowed to come anywhere near the team next season. I was only considering him as a short term option.

I couldn't disagree more.

We saw how poor Rafa was at building teams at Liverpool.

In his 5 year tenure, he only really brought 4 good players to the club: Alonso, Reina, Torres, Mascherano.

He turned Liverpool from a comfortable top 4 team into a midtable outfit.

I'd forgotton just how many players he bought and sold whilst he was there

http://www.liverweb.org.uk/benitez.asp

Crazy turnover of players, including some absolute dross for decent cash

I accepted Fernanda when he came but the fat sp*anish basta would really be beyond the pale. Good thing it will never happen.

I'd forgotton just how many players he bought and sold whilst he was there

http://www.liverweb.org.uk/benitez.asp

Crazy turnover of players, including some absolute dross for decent cash

I never have rated the guy.

The 2 trophies he won were flukes as they fluked both Semi finals against us and the final vs West Ham and Milan respectively.

Semi final's were decided by crazy refereeing/officiating and finals were down to Gerrard's individual brilliance and partly luck and capitulation of opposition.

Take out those lucky wins and he massively underachieved at that club.

When he tried to offload Alonso for Barry that convinced me he had truly lost it and his lack of composure in the 08/09 season re: Fergie rant was evident. As much as I'm not a fan of AVB, despite all the pressure he has been under at a tender age of 34, he has shown far more maturity and composure than Rafa ever has at 51.

It's not the players he brought in as much that concern me it's the ones he let go.

Selling Alonso, Bellamy, Murphy and Sinama-Pongolle (who I always rated) was absolute madness and borderline insanity IMO and I thought that at the time and in hindsight still do now.

Edited February 24, 201214 yr by Myles_91

Whichever way I look at it, there is so much wrong with the merest suggestion that Benitez might one day manage Chelsea.

No I'm sorry, it's just wrong.

Hiring Benitez would be like (simile here!) leaving a minor car accident and going into a burning house.

Track record of falling out with the owner/board of every club he's been at.

Then he should fit right in as CFC manager. What manager hasn't had a falling out with the owner at CFC? It seems to be the Roman way. Kind of reminds of me George Steinbrenner and the Yankees when he was firing managers left and right.

Truthfully, we've already got 2 Liverpool rejects...

So, why not have a third????

Rather see "the project" through to be honest..if it fails, then so be it...but Rafa, c'mon???? i'd prefer Don Fabio first....(only because i think its highly unlikely Mourinho would return.)

Edited February 24, 201214 yr by WV2 Blue

He's not that bad, he's got two Spanish titles, with Valencia I might add, plus a UEFA cup and European Cup (I refuse to call it

the Champions League). An FA Cup, couple of shields and Super Cups.

When I first saw this/heard about it I thought Oh no. But then I thought about it and realised that he may get the best out of Torres, and has some Premier League experience. Although I'd prefer not to have him, I didn't like him at all.

Still hilarious...FACT, to be fair the dippers would have won the league if it had'nt have been for this...Taggart mind games.

Edited February 24, 201214 yr by WV2 Blue

Firstly I hate the guy, but i think it is very realistic that the board would appoint him as manager.

1) He has won the Champ league with a poor liverpool team and took them to the final on another occasion

2) Won the Uefa cup with Valencia

3) Won La Liga with Valencia

4) Won Spanish Manager of the year

5) Got the best out of Torres

6) Has vast experience of EPL and European football

Whilst our negative feelings about him may be extreme, I doubt the board will see things in the same light. They run Chelsea as a business and a manager with that CV and pedigree would be considered.

7) FIFA Club World Cup with inter :P ahahaaha

Raijkard have better experience than him

Build team with eto . rolandinho guily etc,,,

i thing it is better if we keep AVB till summer to see how he want to rebuild CHELSEA

I wouldn't want that waiter anywhere near Chelsea. He'd struggle under the pressure (the media and the higher ups on the board) He's got a very poor record in the transfer market

Also I thought there was a rumour of a pretty frosty relationship between the waiter and torres anyway.

Not sure if I'd want him here but I agree that some people are really under rating him.

Also, he seemed to take the Torres instruction manual with him when he left Liverpool, maybe he still has it.

i dont want this guy anywhere near Chelsea football club, unless he's in the away team dugout.

Surely not !!!!

Still hilarious...FACT, to be fair the dippers would have won the league if it had'nt have been for this...Taggart mind games.

Toe curlingly embarrassing, but the Mickey's lapped it up. Rafa giving it to big, bad Meeester Ferguson

Not sure if I'd want him here but I agree that some people are really under rating him.

Agreed. I used to rate him and his transfer dealings also used to be pretty good (Torres, Alonso, Mascherano, Arbeloa, Reina, Skrtel, Agger..) even though he seems to get criticized for it a lot. Seemed to get a bit crazy the longer he stayed at Liverpool but who can blame him really. Same as you, not sure I'd want him here though.

Edited February 25, 201214 yr by footballoholic