Rafa Benitez - Coach - Pool (7 Viewers)

[David01]

maybe he is when you consider Hiddink is still under contract with Russia
of course the same can be said about Rafa but his position seems more insecure right now
personally I would go for Hiddink but I can live with Rafa
we don't have a clear idea of what is going on at Pool
I can only base my faith on his track record and that speaks for itself in my view
besides the Liverpool tactical scheme pleases me

 

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[BIG DADDY!!!]

not really the point,track record is certainly impressive but he has lost the plot big time

Yeah that rant he gave about Man Utd last year is as iconic as when Keegan lost the plot.

He suffers from the mind games and it seems Mournho has owned him on more than one in that department.

 

[Boksic]

unbelievably bad signings, crazy rotations, players playing well out of position, awful attempts at mind games, zonal marking.

No thank you!

 

[Bozi]

unbelievably bad signings, crazy rotations, players playing well out of position, awful attempts at mind games, zonal marking.

No thank you!

but,but.but,but...his track record

 

[Nenz]

Yeah like we can be picky anyway. Right now though, theres a reason why Benitez is in the same boat as Ciro over there in Liverpool.
It doesn't really make sense however that what looked like a seemingly good coach not long ago, has all of the sudden turned to shit. Meaning, that maybe a change of clubs is necessary to get the spanish motherfucker on to his winning ways. Hiddink of course is the way to go, but the guy is the biggest gypsy whore of a manager. He is not a long term option.

 

[icemaη]

Whats inside you Nenna?

 

[Nenz]

Whats inside you Nenna?

Dude how did you know?!

I put so much effort into that post making sense. Or is this a swipe at my openness to Benitez.. that muchacho motherfucker.

Honestly.. i've completely lost my shit

 

[Elvin]

Is he better than Ciro? Yes. So yes. Desperate times...

 

[Fred]

I think Rafa is a very good manager actually. He hasn't done a good job this season by any means. He hasn't been able to replace Alonso, nor does he look like he has the tactical flexibility to change the 4-2-3-1 he has used for the last two years despite it obviously not working without Alonso. Another fault of his is his well documented poor transfer dealings.

All in all i'd say he's a good manager though. He has done a good job overall for Liverpool, at least they have become a regular fixture in the CL and have become rather competitive in the CL. That certainly was not the case under Houllier.

He wouldn't be a bad move at all for Juve. Other than the obvious choice of Hiddink i cannot think of a better option that is realistic and available in the market right now.

 

[Elvin]

His Valencia side was very exciting.

 

[Paolo Sosa]

As fred said, he couldn't replace alonso. I voted yes, but come to think about it we don't have the sort of players he need to work his belovoed 4231 , anyway he is an remarkable upgrade on our post 2006 coaches imo

 

[Bozi]

I think Rafa is a very good manager actually. He hasn't done a good job this season by any means. He hasn't been able to replace Alonso, nor does he look like he has the tactical flexibility to change the 4-2-3-1 he has used for the last two years despite it obviously not working without Alonso. Another fault of his is his well documented poor transfer dealings.

All in all i'd say he's a good manager though. He has done a good job overall for Liverpool, at least they have become a regular fixture in the CL and have become rather competitive in the CL. That certainly was not the case under Houllier.

He wouldn't be a bad move at all for Juve. Other than the obvious choice of Hiddink i cannot think of a better option that is realistic and available in the market right now.

yet people bang on about him being a tactical genius and with him being solely responsible for team transfers activity he is solely to blame for the void left when Alonso departed

 

[Fred]

yet people bang on about him being a tactical genius and with him being solely responsible for team transfers activity he is solely to blame for the void left when Alonso departed

Well to be honest i think he's a rather good tactican myself, which is why i am puzzled that he has been stubborn with his formation lately, despite being well known for tinkering early on in his first years with Liverpool.

 

[IrishZebra]

Well to be honest i think he's a rather good tactican myself, which is why i am puzzled that he has been stubborn with his formation lately, despite being well known for tinkering early on in his first years with Everyone.

 

[Fred]

Haha, similar case, thats true.

But of course there is a considerable gap in quality between the two

 

[Nenz]

To compare the two DrunkenZebra is to compare a guy who's won everything to a guy who's won nothing.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Nah, I see a Ranieri in him.

 

[IrishZebra]

To compare the two DrunkenZebra is to compare a guy who's won everything to a guy who's won nothing.

They are very similar Partyconvict.

 

[Suns]

Yes,why not? He's great and he's an Italian fanboy. He's always said nice things about Italy and he already knows Italian.

 

[swag]

I voted yes because I think we can have Bettega or someone else manage the signings better than he alone -- leaving him to focus on some of the things he does best tactically.

Maybe he's far from an EPL winner, but otherwise he's done a lot more in the CL than we've seen in a long time.