2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[ForeverBlue92]

Put this down as one of your expected losses.
Maybe try to rationalise it when we lose to crap like championship sides, oh wait we already have and you had excuses prepared for then.

If you want to sit at home noshing off to the manager while the club suffers, go ahead, but spare us of your weird ramblings.

Last time I checked we were 7th despite having an injury crisis.

Put DCL, Richarlison and Mina in our team today and Antonio, Behrama & Ogbonna out of their team do you REALLY think we still lose that game?

Fans need to wake up the tip 10 or so sides are very close in ability and small margins make a big difference and as usual we have too many injuries and no quality/depth on the bench to compensate.

Blame our fitness team / Brands not the bloke 50th manager in about 6 years who has had the same problems to deal with.

 

[sd_1992]

One win in 5.... rondon playing 90 minutes every game.... tactical genius.

 

[Baggzio]

Iwobi and Rondon simply can't start the next ANY game.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Zezti]

He can legitimately be criticised for the Iwobi selection and how long he then remained on the pitch, despite every shred of evidence suggesting he shouldn't have been.

Same for Rondon.

Imagine being a young striker and being left on the bench while that thing gets the full match.

 

[MikeH72]

Bahaha the same Gordon who literally did nothing but jog around when he came in???

Absolute nonsense there was a reason he was anonymous in the Championship last season he isn't good enough.

Gordon is better than Alex Iwobi.

 

[Carloblues]

He's been hampered by injuries but starting iwobi and Rondon again is criminal, keeping them both on for basically the full game cost us this game.

Subs needed to be made 5/10 mins before they scored. Undefendable

 

[LinekersLegs]

Needs to urgently work on our defense of set pieces.

 

[stretford blue]

See if we can squeeze some decent compo out the Saudis for him and be done

If he takes rondon with him I'm all in

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Gordon is better than Alex Iwobi.

He really isn't.

He's just another average player our fans cream about same as Davies same as Gomes.

 

[Zezti]

Last time I checked we were 7th despite having an injury crisis.

Put DCL, Richarlison and Mina in our team today and Antonio, Behrama & Ogbonna out of their team do you REALLY think we still lose that game?

Fans need to wake up the tip 10 or so sides are very close in ability and small margins make a big difference and as usual we have too many injuries and no quality/depth on the bench to compensate.

Blame our fitness team / Brands not the bloke 50th manager in about 6 years who has had the same problems to deal with.

What are you talking about???

You're going off the deep end with your dream world in which we are somehow living the good life under this manager.

Stop making bad excuses mate.

 

[Mosh Pit]

Bahaha the same Gordon who literally did nothing but jog around when he came in???

Absolute nonsense there was a reason he was anonymous in the Championship last season he isn't good enough.

He had 10 minutes! The same gordon who put in a solid performance against united with attacking threat.

But I bet you'd rather watch Iwobi run around doing absolutely zilch all game, yeah?

The manager gets blame today, as do the players.

 

[Tubey]

Gordon is better than Alex Iwobi.

Yeah but I'm convinced I and 99% of this forum are too.

I'd have played Joao Virginia on the wing instead of Iwobi today, and I'm not even joking.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Got out witted on tactics today right down to cutting out Pickfords distribution. Managers rigid requirement in style of football allows Rondon to wind many of us up, just can't see he will be anywhere near the pace that Dom has regardless of fitness.

 

[nsno-chris]

Oh see we’re back on the “get Howe in” from the forums top liar, even though nobody has ever said it

It was an awful game that he did nothing to even remotely change it.

It was pure Martinez levels of delusion today, hoping that plan A would work even though it was clear to everyone it wasn’t

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

This is all very unseemly gents. Can I suggest the fight club thread?

Stop salivating over Benitez' arsehole for one day you utter freak.

Aw didums we lost a game SACK SACK SACK

Benitez, like Ancelotti before him, has difficulties. But by the same token, many demanded more from Ancelotti.