From the BBC....

 

Rafael Benitez has backed Fernando Torres to win over the Chelsea boo boys and insisted the misfiring striker's poor performance in the 2-0 defeat toSwansea was down to a stomach bug, rather than lack of desire or talent.

"I could not explain it before the match, because (Swansea manager) Michael Laudrup would have known, but Fernando had a stomach bug and Demba Ba had a niggle," Benitez told a press conference.

"So Fernando was playing with the problem. I was really pleased with him because he was trying to play despite the problems he had."

 

Anyone convinced by this? All it says to me is that we need more cover up front.

Edited January 11, 201313 yr by calibrax

It's nothing more than a ridiculous excuse!

 

Ordinarily I would commend a manager for defending his player. This time...

Bollocks!

And John Terry still played well with two broken ribs. Rafa is a stupid, ignorant and naive twat.

Wonder if the waiter fed him some dodgy paella? One thing for sure we are all positively bilious with his pathetic performances.  

If I was on 150k (?) per week I'd play barefoot on hot coals, tummy bug.........Bless.

Stomach bug eh??? oh yeah he's had the sh*ts for 2 fookin' years!!!!!

What else can he say though, really? Criticising his sh*t 'performance' would send him in to meltdown! It's just a standard quote from 'The Good Manager's Handbook' that you hear all the time when players play crap, but the manager doesn't want to upset them.

 

And if that was Ba with a 'niggle', I can't wait to see him play when he's fully fit!

 

Excuses, excuses, from the FSW!

Edited January 11, 201313 yr by It_Dont_Mata

Then why play him you fat buffoon.

You couldn't make up some of the sh*t the FSW is trotting out..

So according to Rafa logic, if Torres has a bad stomach bug and Ba has a slight hamstring niggle it's better to play the sh*tter player when his problem is probably worse.

 

Can he just f**k off already?

So according to Rafa logic, if Torres has a bad stomach bug and Ba has a slight hamstring niggle it's better to play the sh*tter player when his problem is probably worse.

 

Can he just f**k off already?

 

And to keep him on the pitch till 80 min?? Bollocks I say.

And to keep him on the pitch till 80 min?? Bollocks I say.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. 

Pathetic excuse from a pathetic interim manager

Edited January 11, 201313 yr by WV2 Blue

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Get him a new dipper

The winter Nando virus soon spread to 41000 other people.

Demba Ba a small niggle? bollocks.

 

Why even in the XI if he had a stomach bug, doesnt make sense

Torres has been sh*tting himself in front of goal all season!!

1. Dont pick a player who is unwell or unfit (Torres)

2. Don't put a player on the bench who is suffering from a hamstring injury (Demba Ba) - if you fit enough to be on the bench your fit enought to play!!!!

Both are made up bare faced lies.

If trues its our own fault for having only 2 forwards on our books!!

If f*cking farcical!!

That kind of excuse you expect from a 10 year old.

By this logic maybe next week we will find out that he actually DID select Ba but a dog ate the team sheet!

Just when you thought you had heard every excuse under the sun ..

Classic Benitez. It was always someone else's fault when he was at Liverpool and Inter.

 

Now in a few weeks he's been here we have the players were sick, the squad wasnt fit enough, a bad decision hurt us (when his indecision cost us more). I am sure if he wasnt the interim manager, he would be out there, putting on a show for the cameras, blaming the owner and chairman for dropped points too. 

Smells like bullsh*t to me too.  He'd do better with the fans if he at least took responsibility for his mistakes.