Benitez Legacy - reflections

[DrEFC]

Results yes, but his hard work aside from results may pay dividends in the long run.

@chicoazul multi?

 

[Jebus_lives]

@chicoazul multi?

No mate.

 

[twoblue]

Jeez. This thread is horrible.
Didn’t want benetez but he arrived and I thought he would probably be a steady if unexciting and unpopular appointment to carry us through to the new stadium.
I could understand the the thinking. I wasn’t quick to get on his back but it was clearly a poor appointment there was very little positives to look at in hindsight.

 

[barneygumble]

I honestly think the most frustrating thing is, he actually started off well.

Leeds, Brighton we played really well, and showed some excellent counter attacking football, which was nice on the eye in stages.

Some of the joke games started scrappy, but we showed signs of turning the corner.

Then he just gave up with 3 in the middle, and started his usual deflection game and I just couldn’t see why? As soon as he went two in the middle, we just suffered.

Awful manager, stubborn for his own good, and a massive ego.

Nevertheless thanks for Demarai Gray, who’s been amazing and for Townsend, who shows that wearing a blue shirt, even if you’re not very good, isn’t a free pass.

 

[Pootsy]

The only positive thing he did for the club was to identify weak areas that the board should have identified and sorted out sooner. But his bad work far outweighs this so [Poor language removed] him. Absolute Stain.

 

[Martin Alvito]

If the only reason that the manager didn't leave the club in the relegation zone is that other clubs were nearly on pace to be historically abject, the manager was a failure.

The club needed shaking up. He did that. In characteristic style, he moved too far too fast and created chaos.

It cost us one of our better players, who despite having flitted in and out of form would likely have fit well with the new manager's vision. This did permit some buys, so whether or not this was a bad thing will have to wait until after we see how the new signings integrate.

Reality is that it didn't work out. It probably was never going to work out given the history.

 

[degsy]

Most said it would all end in tears - and it did.

Brought in Gray and Townsend...(or was it really Brands??)
Gordon really grew up as a player too - but would that bave happened anyway.

Probably for the best if we never mention him again...bury it deep and pile rocks on it
Not our or Moshiri's finest hour

 

[kenada_blue]

Dinosaur

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Tosun deserves his payoff more than Benitez.

 

[JammyP]

Done. Dusted
Enjoy your retrement Rafael the gaffer.
Frank off to a fine start.

 

[davek]

• Brought Gordon into the first team
• Bought Gray and Townsend - the best value signings for £1.7M there's ever been
• Got shut of utter oxygen thieves like James and Digne
• Got shut of the fraud Brands
• Got shut of a medical team who prolonged rather than reduced injury absences
• Showed that with the right attitude even an Everton team on the bones of its arse could face Chelsea away and get something

....not bad for 7 months.

 

[JammyP]

• Brought Gordon into the first team
• Bought Gray and Townsend - the best value signings for £1.7M there's ever been
• Got shut of utter oxygen thieves like James and Digne
• Got shut of the fraud Brands
• Got shut of a medical team who prolonged rather than reduced injury absences
• Showed that with the right attitude even an Everton team on the bones of its arse could face Chelsea away and get something

....not bad for 7 months.

But balanced against a certainty of going down. And losing Digne. And creating divisions everywhere.

Move on. He's gone.

Fortunately

 

[davek]

But balanced against a certainty of going down. And losing Digne. And creating divisions everywhere.

Move on. He's gone.

Fortunately

I dont think you read the thread title mate.

 

[Runub]

• Brought Gordon into the first team
• Bought Gray and Townsend - the best value signings for £1.7M there's ever been
• Got shut of utter oxygen thieves like James and Digne
• Got shut of the fraud Brands
• Got shut of a medical team who prolonged rather than reduced injury absences
• Showed that with the right attitude even an Everton team on the bones of its arse could face Chelsea away and get something

....not bad for 7 months.

Nice to see £1.7M mentioned again….warms the cockles of your heart

 

[JammyP]

I dont think you read the thread title mate.

Oh yes I did.

You still sound like you think his going was a mistake. I can't remember a more miserable 7 months. Apart from the first 3 weeks of the season, and being around to bring in Gray and Townsend , he was a disaster