Rafael Benitez.

[Jairzinho]

You'd have to think it would be right up there as one of Rodgers' favourite defeats.

[TheHowieLama]

He is the bestest manager in the whole wide world.

[Hades]

Anyone could do a better job than Benitez.

[TheHowieLama]

I wonder what Rafa does on Thursday nights? Probably goes for tapas and a few pints in the Plaza and sneaks a smoke as he walks back home.

[TheHowieLama]

He may very well get a massage on Thursday evenings.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

On Thursdays he wanders the town centre of Madrid alone, until he comes across a bar that's playing our Europa game. At which point he stares through the window - probably in the rain - and sheds a single tear, as 10cc's "I'm Not In Love" blares out of his el walkman.

[TheHowieLama]

By this time Friday he has certainly had a scone.

[gmac]

Haven't posted on here for a few years ( I don't think ), since it changed its layout I think.

 

Anyway, just a fleeting one. Since this site harboured the esteemed 'ART' it would be interesting to ask opinion on how it's gone since :rolleyes:....Was that decision right to get rid of the current Madrid manager.....in favour of the current England manager :huh:.

 

How's it gone since, it's certainly five plus years now, goes fast  doesn't it. Do you think we have a better manager than Rafa, has the club progressed since he was forced out ( no matter what the European rankings state ), were the ART right :D...ahem.

[Pureblood]

Haha, excellent.  

[Bjornebye]

Haven't posted on here for a few years ( I don't think ), since it changed its layout I think.

 

Anyway, just a fleeting one. Since this site harboured the esteemed 'ART' it would be interesting to ask opinion on how it's gone since :rolleyes:....Was that decision right to get rid of the current Madrid manager.....in favour of the current England manager :huh:.

 

How's it gone since, it's certainly five plus years now, goes fast  doesn't it. Do you think we have a better manager than Rafa, has the club progressed since he was forced out ( no matter what the European rankings state ), were the ART right :D...ahem.

 

Negged for the abhorrent use of smileys. Burgh you fucking twat 

[Pureblood]

If anything the smilies enhance it.

 

Superb comeback post.  

[gmac]

:rolleyes: Why thank you Bjornebye :),  you out of town Scandinavian cunt  :D

[Tony Moanero]

:rolleyes: 

 

:)

 

  :D

Cunts.

[gmac]

Who were those people on here that actually made a claim to getting rid of Gillette and hicks, one a dougie fella the other an atk or whatever his name was. Earned money from it if I recall .

[Strontium]

Top of the league.

[Jairzinho]

[TheHowieLama]

On a Monday evening he is enjoying a lovely Tempranillo and some manchego.

[Nunavut Patrick]

Fuck that, he is secretly hanging with Pako eating spicy wings talking about Josemi.

[TheHowieLama]

Rafa from interview yesterday

 

 

When presented with the Manuel Pellegrini picture Benitez said: ‘A great coach and a great person. I have a good relationship with him and he is great as a manager and a person.’

When he was shown the Carlo Ancelotti picture he responded: ‘Carlo is a friend and he is a good coach and a good person.’ Aware that the next picture he would be shown was going to be of Mourinho he joke: ‘Let’s just leave it there.’

And when he was then shown a picture of the Chelsea manager he responded: ‘A great coach... and there we will leave it.’ When he is asked: ‘And you are not going to say “good person”?’ He replied: ‘I am free to have my own opinion am I not?’

 

[Jairzinho]

Rafa knows.

[TheHowieLama]

I bet Montse makes a killer paella.

[RedBadger]

http://www.squawka.com/news/benitez-alonso-wasnt-happy-about-liverpool-sale/482230?

 

 

Benitez: Alonso “wasn’t happy” about Liverpool sale
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/news/benitez-alonso-wasnt-happy-about-liverpool-sale/482230#lueR6tHwSPDDagic.99

 

 

Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez has revealed that Xabi Alonso did not want to leave Liverpool and “wasn’t happy” when the club put him up for sale, as per Spanish news outlet AS. 

Alonso moved to the Santiago Bernabeu for £30 million (fee via Telegraph) in 2009, but Benitez, who was in charge of the Merseyside club at the time, revealed that the transfer wasn’t the player’s decision.

Of the controversial Liverpool transfer, Benitez said: “When one is faced with responsibility, it’s important to assume this position. I needed the money as team manager.

“You don’t get much for selling a bad player. He wasn’t happy about it. I was clear with him and his representative. Liverpool Football Club put him up for sale.

“He had just had an excellent season and we sold him for decent money that helped us rebuild the team”.

The departure of Alonso had a huge impact on Liverpool, who struggled to replace the Spaniard’s graft and spectacular passing ability.
 

Alonso, now at Bayern Munich, spent five years at Madrid, with whom he won both the La Liga title and the Champions League.

The cultured midfielder was part of the Liverpool side that won the Champions League in 2005 and the FA Cup a year later, but, whilst the club did receive a substantial amount of money upon selling him, they failed to reinvest it wisely and, arguably, are still in need of a player of Alonso’s calibre in their midfield today.

Alonso, who made over 100 appearances for Spain before retiring from international football last year, helped to set the rhythm of Liverpool’s play during his time at the club and was the instigator of many of their attacks.

The 33-year-old is currently in his second season with Bayern Munich, with whom he won the Bundesliga title last season.

[Byrnie]

[Ranxerox]

Growing pains or getting ugly fast? 

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/rafa-benitez-facing-real-madrid-6587263#rlabs=2%20rt$sitewide%20p$7

[moof]

Should never have let alonso go, that might be Rafas greatest mistake.