Benitez is a fat whopper

[4737carlin]

Yeah the players
Have we brought james rodriguez back yet, as he was hounded out back that 'fat mess'

You mean the same player who had down tools the season before and couldnt even be bothered playing Carlo's last game?

 

[4737carlin]

I just think last season saw the best and the worst of our fanbase.

TBF we havent crowned ourselves in glory this season either, we couldnt even stay silent for the grand total of 60 seconds on Saturday, and the previous home match some tramp ran on the pitch and botles were thrown

 

[Milkman]

TBF we havent crowned ourselves in glory this season either, we couldnt even stay silent for the grand total of 60 seconds on Saturday, and the previous home match some tramp ran on the pitch and botles were thrown

If it was something worth a minute's silence I'd be concerned tbh

 

[Drico]

Wasn't Sneijder a notoriously lazy trainer though or did I imagine that?

Fine player, but an utter crank.

 

[Jimishorts]

It almost makes it all worth while.

 

[Drico]

The Benitez line of defence does not pass the smell test. I think he was badly treated by a section of our fanbase, but if he allowed himself to be duped by our board over the paltry summer transfer warchest of 1.7m and is now revealing/claiming he didn't make certain decisions because he was "a red", well, he was never the right man for the job.

 

[wm02]

I prefer the Olympiacos rumour. Though Benitez is odious, the idea of him coaching James again is pretty funny.

 

[JLW]

Is football all about being loved though?

There are plenty of "nice fellas" in football management like Martinez and Silva - Benitez has achieved more in management than the pair of them will ever hope to achieve.

Like Alladyce his personality went against him with our fans from day one likewise Lampard has a lot of credit in the bank for fist pumping and wearing trabs with trousers.

Like politics football has become largely populism, style over substance.

No it’s not about being loved but I don’t think Benitez has style or substance.

Lampard has a lot of credit because he’s mopping up carnage left by Benitez. If it wasn’t for Lampard we wouldn’t be in this league and that would’ve of been down to fat kecks trying his utmost to destroy our football club.

I honestly don’t know how any Everton fan can defend Benitez’s time here! He was a disaster in every aspect of being a football manager.

Alienate players
Brought in Rondon
3 months without a win
Sold Digne because he questioned his tactics
Hated by the fan base
Nearly got a Chinese team relegated
Relegated with Newcastle

Just a useless horrible man

 

[Drico]

I prefer the Olympiacos rumour. Though Benitez is odious, the idea of him coaching James again is pretty funny.

I'd love to see that. Karma is a bitch, and James, though I loved his pretty triangles, deserves to be haunted for dialing in far too much of his time with us.

 

[Toffeeslam]

No it’s not about being loved but I don’t think Benitez has style or substance.

Lampard has a lot of credit because he’s mopping up carnage left by Benitez. If it wasn’t for Lampard we wouldn’t be in this league and that would’ve of been down to fat kecks trying his utmost to destroy our football club.

I honestly don’t know how any Everton fan can defend Benitez’s time here! He was a disaster in every aspect of being a football manager.

Alienate players
Brought in Rondon
3 months without a win
Sold Digne because he questioned his tactics
Hated by the fan base
Nearly got a Chinese team relegated
Relegated with Newcastle

Just a useless horrible man

He improved the nutrition at the club by battering all the chips and cake in the FF canteen.

Nothing left for the players see although Rondon must got a few tidbits sitting under his seat

 

[COYBL25]

Is football all about being loved though?

There are plenty of "nice fellas" in football management like Martinez and Silva - Benitez has achieved more in management than the pair of them will ever hope to achieve.

Like Alladyce his personality went against him with our fans from day one likewise Lampard has a lot of credit in the bank for fist pumping and wearing trabs with trousers.

Like politics football has become largely populism, style over substance.

I`m sure the Leicester fans will welcome you with open arms onto their forums, should he get the job.

You can tell them, non stop, how great he is and then they get to laugh at you too.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Remember when the fans picked Seamus Coleman at left back and left Digne on the bench?

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Remember when he put Gomes in the number 10 v Palace away?

I remember Rondon being played in a role that required running around away to Norwich and him being so unarsed with saving his job that he only made 1 substituion.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

What Sneijder says isn't all about personality or not being a nice enough guy. He's talking about his abilities as a coach and manager and his insistence on forcing square pegs into round holes. And one of the key things a manager needs to do is show the players they know what they're doing - players don't need to like a manager but they do need to have confidence in a manager's ability - it seems like quite a few at Inter felt he massively lost his way.

Lampard gets credit for putting together what looks to be a coherent and organised team, the rest is irrelevant. I'm one of those who had severe reservations about Lampard as manager but he's changing my mind - and it's nothing to do with gestures to the crowd or footwear choices.

Benitez CV speaks for itself mate, you can fluke a trophy here and there (Di Matteo, Martinez) but you can't fluke 1x Champions League, 1x La Liga, 1x Europa League, 1x FA Cup, 1x Copa Italia.

Its a fair point to make that his recent CV is average - but again so is Lampards amongst 90% of football managers yet why the difference in reception from the fans?

Its peak psychology - Boris Johnson was PM material not because he had a track record of success in politics but because he knew his away around a bacon butty.

Its populism / subconscious bias - the same way some players wont get much change oot of Zat and Iguana if they are older than 21 it also applies to managers be it age, personality, past clubs managed etc.

The mad thing is when you look at our history - was Kendall a cheeky chappy? did Catterick get us? was Moyes zaney? Would Royle have put up with Rodriguez calling in a sicky whenever he had a broken toenail?

The cream of the crop in our history wouldn't have stayed in a job past 6 months in the social media age as its all style over long term substance.

 

[Walken]

Wasn't Sneijder a notoriously lazy trainer though or did I imagine that?

He was also one of the best players in the world before fat Rafael arrived