Rafael and the small club comment

[MikeH72]

Exactly. Sacked within 6 months.

Spot on. 6 months shows that .

Claiming he was good enough to manage Real is claiming Hodgson was good enough to manage Liverpool, Moyes good enough to manage United, Silva good enough to manage Everton, the list goes on and on and on.

 

[blue to the bone]

They’re weird kopite lovers though.

Steve bruce is getting results just as good now

 

[KaiserEFC]

In what way are we a small club?

We don’t win anything, we don’t qualify for European competitions and we consistently get beaten by small clubs?

 

[Osamabindiesel]

I think “Idiot Club” is more like it.

 

[Everton1970]

He wasn’t good enough to manage Real.

‘Erm, he was and he did. Think he paid with his job for a 4-0 defeat at home to Barca and getting kicked out of a domestic cup for fielding an ineligible player

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...-tenure-so-what-did-he-do-wrong-a6796261.html

Rafael Benitez has been dismissed as manager of Real Madrid - so what did he do wrong?
During his 25 game reign there were tears, a 10-2 scoreline, suspension from a cup competition and an horrendous drubbing at the hands of great rivals Barcelona - but overall the former Liverpool manager's statistics were strong.

Following a tearful unveiling as the club's new manager, Benitez got to work, managing to win 17 of the 25 games for which he was in charge - a win percentage of 68 per cent. To put that in context, the club had a win percentage of 73 per cent last season when they finished two points behind champions Barcelona.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

We are a small club!

We’ve been held back for years by an inept bunch of amateurs.

I want a manager who will stand up to them & tell them what’s required to challenge at the top.

The only manager (who we could get) capable of that is Benitez.

 

[COYBL25]

Loads, Benitez hasn't been a top manager for years now. Does he even work with a DOF?

Add to that Steve Bruce seems to be getting more out of what is essentially the same team.

He’s yesterday’s man.

 

[Nasseline]

No Rafael is not a great manager now ... if he was he would not have left Newcastle to go china .
His best spell in management was over 10 years ago. I do not think he is anywhere near that level now . Time moves on.
So I would rather try get some one who maybe a great manager now and in the future.

Like?

 

[Nasseline]

Claiming he was good enough to manage Real is claiming Hodgson was good enough to manage Liverpool, Moyes good enough to manage United, Silva good enough to manage Everton, the list goes on and on and on.

And what have the other managers you mention won?

 

[blue to the bone]

Like?

Already mentioned names. Keep up

 

[Deleted member 48881]

If somebody came along and called me an idiot it registers zero emotional response from me because I know I am not one. The accuser must therefore be wrong and I pity those who are often wrong.

If anyone calls everton a small club then they reveal that they have no in depth or historical knowledge of football and I pity them in the same way.

Hatred isn't the answer.

If Benitez has since learned and grown up a bit I would consider him - so long as he said something derogatory which was truthfully and factually correct about the rs. That shouldn't be too hard.

This.

 

[Nasseline]

Already mentioned names. Keep up

But you said you wanted successful managers. Poch, Marcellino and Blanc were sacked in their last jobs, and Arteta have never managed in the Premier League. Keep up.

 

[BernieH]

His teams play boring football, he's a kopite in no particular order.

 

[okellypj]

No Rafael is not a great manager now ... if he was he would not have left Newcastle to go china .
His best spell in management was over 10 years ago. I do not think he is anywhere near that level now . Time moves on.
So I would rather try get some one who maybe a great manager now and in the future.

He left Newcastle because they wouldn't give him money to progress the team...

 

[malfosse]

We don’t win anything, we don’t qualify for European competitions and we consistently get beaten by small clubs?

Is that the official criteria for assessing the standing of football clubs?

To stay on topic Benitez is just a fat baldy rs who is not a very good manager.