2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Gwladysstreetlad]

I know we have a major injury problems right now still but Benitez made a seriously awful call with his team selection tonight. To just dismiss the only competition that we stood any chance at all of winning is the hight of arrogance. He's just made his job even harder then it already was.

 

[YoboCopter]

The man is everton football club

 

[lesbattersby]

Thought he brought someone with him to stop injuries. Kin useless whoever he is.

 

[crackers]

Most were rested because they are injured, some others because it's a dangerous game to over play the few we have available

You talk about players like they can't get injured in training. It's not like they're playing midweek every week, it's rare. Just play them if they're fit.

 

[mccole]

He is firefighting with this squad for a season.

Spent nothing, squad is littered with very expensive problems and no real depth in any area.

I think this season has to be quality for Europe and hopefully our home form becomes stronger than last season.

 

[Goat]

I'm close

Cup losses and derbies still get me. I can't let them go.

I HATE ROTATION

I would have played the Under 12s tonight.

 

[windymiller]

Sound the way everyone piles in here going on about the team we put out. Meanwhile one of the best paid directors of football around sits on his arse having left us with an utter disgrace of a squad.

Both things are bad, one doesn't negate the other.

 

[Tubey]

This is utter nonsense. A 2-2 draw is not an embarrassment. And anyone who thinks winning an early round tie in the LC (before the elite take it seriously and mow everyone down later on) is more important than 3 points in the PL need to have a lie down.

Three points v Norwich will have us looking very very reasonably placed with our injured to come back after the United game and international break.

We have a run of eight games before Christmas where we could foreseeably lose around six of them. Spurs, City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester included in that run.

Benitez needs a buffer to survive any such run. Progress in the League Cup would have been it.

If we go into the new year around 12th-14th, which is very plausible, then things could get very, very nasty.

In my view, he needed cup progression as a safety net, and that's now gone.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

He disrespected the competition twice and we got punished. Its unacceptable and yet people tolerate it.

At least Martinez played strong teams in these games for all his faults. Everyone since has been a joke.

And finished bottom half twice because of it which saw him lose his job.

Its almost like you need a quality squad with depth to fight on two fronts like the big clubs have...

 

[Axlswhk]

I’m quite annoyed we seems to play Carlo/Silva tactic today. Slow buildup, half hearted counter, sideways backwards, soft defending and lack of bite.

I’m not sure if this is down to players or manager.

 

[andy4efc]

I know we have a major injury problems right now still but Benitez made a seriously awful call with his team selection tonight. To just dismiss the only competition that we stood any chance at all of winning is the hight of arrogance. He's just made his job even harder then it already was.

FA Cup has more frequent 'unexpected winners' than teh Carabao, just for the record. 2013 the last time anyone other than City, Liverpool, Chelsea Utd or Spurs won it.

FA Cup obviously had Arsenal, Leicester past two seasons.

Not that we should be binning off the carabao so easily like

 

[The binman chronicles]

The Martinez Semi-Final was the last time Everton hurt me, after all the pain over the years, that was the 1 that broke me, since then, im just numb.

I have just one question here, what is an Everton?

 

[Bungle]

We'll beat Norwich at home. They haven't got a point yet

We're exactly the team you want to play if you haven't got a point or your striker hasn't scored for 640 matches, it's what we do.

 

[davek]

Some really happy voices in here, quite sad that some are wanting the manager out over us staying in the cup - you all know the names, very very sad (KTR ??‍)

They go back in their box after we beat Norwich.

Nothing surer.

 

[maccavennie]

I would have played the Under 12s tonight.

Would have been 3-0 up.....then told they had to go to bed at ht