Homepage Article Rafael Benitez Appointed Everton Manager

[Tommy.]

*puts away eggs..

@Eggs Sorry mate.
For another day, maybe.

 

[d34noj]

I can’t stand the man and wish with every bone in my body he wasn’t here, but here’s the thing, I support Everton football club and if Benitez does well then that means the club have done well and to me that’s all what matters, but that doesn’t mean I have to lick Benitez’s crack piece like some on here and if we do do well as a club then he won’t be getting any plaudits off me because he’ll be doing the job he’s paid well to do.

This is essentially what I feel.

Can't stand the bloke. Disrespectful busted flush of a manager, but if he wins us something I'll tolerate him (and that's all I'll do).

 

[catcherintherye]

No, it’s his job to win games.
Being popular doesn’t bother him.

That's true, but he will win people around by winning games. 4-0 hammerings isnt going to help people change their view on him much.

 

[catcherintherye]

In reality, we compete for the positions in the interval 6 - 12. If we are closer to 6th place than 12th place, we have had a good season.

To a degree yes.

Though at present he has inherited a side that got 59 points, so I use that as a base. He has not come in mid season to a side in quite acute difficulty.

 

[catcherintherye]

problem is the competition is much worse now than say wnen Silva was here. West Ham Villa Leeds all suddenly fancy it, so it's getting more difficult every year, especially when our rivals are investing and we are stuck dead in the water.

But teams get better and worse dont they? They are better, but other teams have dropped off. There are always going to be good and bad teams in a league.

 

[Kev50]

But teams get better and worse dont they? They are better, but other teams have dropped off. There are always going to be good and bad teams in a league.

yes, but the top ten is now harder to get into than its ever been in my view.

 

[catcherintherye]

yes, but the top ten is now harder to get into than its ever been in my view.

Fair play mate. I'm not so convinced really. Either way we managed it last season, so no excuses this season in my view.

 

[tommye]

I think our home record was so poor last season because Gbamin and Kean were unavailable lads. It's irrefutable evidence.

The Lucas Leiva phenomenon

 

[MikeH72]

yes, but the top ten is now harder to get into than its ever been in my view.

I love that you’re now trying to save face because it’s dawned on you that your messiah is leading us to mid table dross at best for the next few years.

 

[Milkman]

I love that you’re now trying to save face because it’s dawned on you that your messiah is leading us to mid table dross at best for the next few years.

Where do you think this group of players are capable of finishing?

 

[MikeH72]

Where do you think this group of players are capable of finishing?

Mid table at best. Kev was banging on about Benitez being a winner who’d get our players punching above their weight and totally not a “safety first” appointment.

 

[BlueStevie35]

He’s gonna cause unreal civil war in the fan base this season, worse than Walker and Smith eras

 

[tommye]

That's true, but he will win people around by winning games.

Not this fella he won't

4-0 hammerings isnt going to help people change their view on him much.

I couldn't despise the man any more than I already do so i ain't really gonna change no matter what he does or doesn't achieve

 

[Milkman]

He’s gonna cause unreal civil war in the fan base this season, worse than Walker and Smith eras

Doesn't seem to me like Benitez is the root of the problem, he's just a symptom. You might want to look more closely at Moshiri and Brands for the reason why we are where we are.

 

[Glasshalffull]

Moyes isn't a bad manager but he's also not a great one anymore. It was one good season and he finished 6th.

No sure from what you say whether I agree, or disagree, mate. I believe Moyes has been, and still is, a very good manager. Things in any job sometimes don't go as well as they should, given one's ability, and other times you benefit from a following wind and do better than you really deserve. I'd certainly put him in the top half dozen Premier League managers, anyway. To be honest, I would rather have had Moyes back, armed with a few quid, that fly-by-night, yesterday's man Ancelotti. Deffo more than the current incumbent, even though I'm far from a RB hater.