Poor old Rafa

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    adriansmooth
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    Rafa Benitez is a very good manager and that’s a fact. But he’s not world class, nor is he suited to all kinds of situations. On top of that he’s been getting completely the wrong jobs lately.

    You’ve got Real Madrid, one of the top clubs in world football. Their team is built largely around Ronaldo, who along with Messi is the best player in the world. Ronaldo is mentored by Manchester United and especially Sir Alex of whom Ronaldo speaks highly of. Who would you not hire for the RM job? Rafa of course.

    You’ve got Newcastle, a club deep in relegation battle with only a handful of matches left of the season. They need a new manager who can not sign any players and as the squad is not very good and there is little left of the season, the new manager will not be able to mastermind a tactic revolution. What you really need is a Harry Redknapp like manager who will lift the morale, encourage the players and try to make them overperform. Who would you not hire for the Newcastle job? Poor old Rafa of course.

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    theMartial Art
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    On the evidence of the second-half performance they have every chance of safety

    #978353

    Mikus
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    He’s too much of a theoretical manager for me, who like Wenger, is more reliant on quality but for different reasons, e.g. he’s naive when expecting many rotations in a finely tuned system to have little effect on results. He’s that bit too cautious too.

    He was apparently ready to sign for West Ham when Madrid came calling. You’ve got to ask yourself, would he have done a better job than Bilic?? I’m not sure he would have. He doesn’t really work by making teams better than the sum of their parts – where he does well is organisation together with tactics. In finely balanced games that works very well, i.e. in cups. But when applied over a league season it’s just not suited as well.

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    Leno
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    Redknapp or Rafa mate, c’mon, in any circumstances? I can’t believe we convinced him to come but hopefully he takes to the club and stays regardless of the outcome. He’s lifted the whole city and the team ethos makes me proud to support NUFC again, despite the harrowing fear that it’s simply too late. I really want to see him stabilize us as a Premiership club again and take it from there. This guy recognises what we are. Two wins and a draw might be enough. Toon Toon!

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    SensibleS7
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    Not really poor old as such for me.

    I became resentful towards him for his stubborness in not signing strikers when we needed them and added a sweetener in Robbie Fowler in which I’m eternally grateful for, but we needed better players circa 2006 and 07.

    Although he won be back with the 08/09 title charge, his stubborness shun through once again playing 4-2-3-1 at Anfield where Hull and Fulham quite easily found it in them to park the bus and pick up draws.

    Adopting the tendancy to finger=point at Hicks and Gillette for his short-comings, he went down-hill for me and left our club in one big mess.

    An Article was printed yesterday in the Daily Mail regarding Jerzy Dudek and his differences with Rafa.

    Not really my cup of tea like many and I remain in the minority so no poor-old-poor-old from me.

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    shanksy
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    Far from poor old Rafa. 2005, enough said.

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    NotoriousBingo
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    Newcastle really need a manager of Rafa stature, they have been out so long that they don´t know what professionalism is anymore. If he stays there he will reshape the club from the bottom up.

    He does not need that much time to implement his plan as he already has a plan in place for a club like Newcastle, otherwise he would not have taken the job.

    I can still see them staying up, its not a big chance but its there and whether the club will go down or not they will reap the benefits of Rafa´s tenure no matter how short it will be.

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