2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[FrenchDarrenBent]

Amanda Staveley is a big supporter of Rafael, they're about to bring in Frank McParland to overlook recruitment, who just so happens to be good friends with Rafael. It's not unreasonable to see why people are making assumptions.

Could be good for both parties:

1. Rafael's contract is paid off, that's about 8 million
2. Rafael takes Townsend & Gray with him for a combined 60 million
3. Conte becomes manager here, we win the league

Easy peasy

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

How about I buy you guys all a round and we bury the hatchet. Should only cost me about 20... euros.

Thanks, ex-mate. It might be helpful for you to understand that buying a round in Liverpool is not getting everyone a packet of crisps.

 

[Wolf8312]

No. Not at all. He's proven that he's far from rubbish repeatedly. Like him or not. He's an objectively good manager. That doesn't mean that a club with unlimited funds that could have any manager they wanted (other then a handful of well settled managers who already have it made) would even look twice at him.

I think that's based more on a kind of prejudice more than cold logic though. I don't think the people who run these clubs have much more of a clue about an exact recipe for success than the rest of us plonkers. The irony in man united fans moaning about the glazers and the united board is that their lack of recent success is in large part due to the management listening to them and giving in to popular demand all the time, changing big-name managers every ten seconds hiring Ole after a winning streak and bringing back a 36 old Ronaldo!

I think by swapping Carlo for RB we've inadvertently ended up with the better manager albeit not the bigger name on paper.

 

[Theoneandonly]

Could be good for both parties:

1. Rafael's contract is paid off, that's about 8 million
2. Rafael takes Townsend & Gray with him for a combined 60 million
3. Conte becomes manager here, we win the league

Easy peasy

Conte won't come here, he turned down Man Utd on the grounds that he wanted a top 2 club.

 

[Death]

Thanks, ex-mate. It might be helpful for you to understand that buying a round in Liverpool is not getting everyone a packet of crisps.

The pound serves me well in Liverpool 20 should cover all you guys crisps aswell. Lemme guess, ready salted?

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

The pound serves me well in Liverpool 20 should cover all you guys crisps aswell. Lemme guess, ready salted?

Rafael's coming too. He'll have Newcastle Brown Ale!

 

[LocalNative]

I think Benitez' stubborn attitude will keep him here. However, if he's told by the board we STILL have no money to spend then him jumping ship isn't beyond reality.

 

[nsno-chris]

Conte won't come here, he turned down Man Utd on the grounds that he wanted a top 2 club.

No he never

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

The pound serves me well in Liverpool 20 should cover all you guys crisps aswell. Lemme guess, ready salted?

Salt and vinegar, a king of the crisp world and favoured by our manager as an accompaniment to pickled eggs.

 

[Rob17896]

He really isn't. He is a dinosaur manager with history of ill blood with the club that has divided a fan base.

Lots of players do that as well. The going is good, enjoy.

 

[Theoneandonly]

No he never

I meant spurs.

 

[nsno-chris]

I meant spurs.

close enough like

 

[malcson]

Have you ever met Boris Johnson. Or Donald Trump?

Not really the same, they actually put their philosophies and views about people in the public space and are frequently interviewed. Either way I don't like their views and opinions but they may (I doubt it) be charming company in person - certainly some people like them otherwise they would not have gained the positions they have.

 

[hippopotamus]

#freerafa
I know it's tough, but it would be inhuman to stand in his way and destroy his dream.

 

[donny]

No. Not at all. He's proven that he's far from rubbish repeatedly. Like him or not. He's an objectively good manager. That doesn't mean that a club with unlimited funds that could have any manager they wanted (other then a handful of well settled managers who already have it made) would even look twice at him.

The entire Geordie fan base would want him.