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Rafa Benitez - Are Chelsea Fans Right?
First of all I'm not a Chelsea fan and i think Benitez is over-rated so we can get that out of the way straight away, but this isn't an anti-Rafa or anti-Chelsea thread I'm looking in broader terms than that.
There seems a lot of shock in the media about the reception that Benitez got from the Chelsea fans yesterday but I'm not really sure whats wrong.
The Chelsea fans REALLY don't want Benitez for what seem to be fair enough reasons so why shouldn't they make their feelings clear? It might not be great for team spirit but if thats how they feel they should be free to voice the opinion.
If your club appointed someone you really really objected to would you suck it up or would you react in a similar way?
There seems a lot of shock in the media about the reception that Benitez got from the Chelsea fans yesterday but I'm not really sure whats wrong.
The Chelsea fans REALLY don't want Benitez for what seem to be fair enough reasons so why shouldn't they make their feelings clear? It might not be great for team spirit but if thats how they feel they should be free to voice the opinion.
If your club appointed someone you really really objected to would you suck it up or would you react in a similar way?
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Any one who wins the cl in his first season over here cant be that bad , and who broke the Barca/real hold on lla liga , i lost count the number of times that our fans have said if we resigned Alan Smith , he be booed every game, because he went to Mu , cant be bothered going through all the stuff but i very much doubt too many would be booing if he scored in his first game somehow
“If Chelsea are naive and pure then I’m Little Red Riding Hood.” (2007)
“We don’t need to give away flags for our fans to wave – our supporters are always there with their hearts, and that is all we need. It’s the passion of the fans that helps to win matches – not flags.” (in regards to the 2007 Chelsea V Liverpool Champions League semi-finals. The quote has since been placed on a plaque at Liverpool’s training ground)
“I’m sure Chelsea do not like playing Liverpool. When they are talking and talking and talking before the game it means they are worried. Maybe they’re afraid?” (on the same tie)
“We were good friends until Liverpool started winning, then he started changing his mind.” (Talking about Chelsea favourite Jose Mourinho)
“After the game, Sheila, who was sitting right in line in the main stand, said to me that the ball had crossed the line. She is a very honest person and that was good enough for me. It was a goal.” (on whether Luis Garcia’s so-called ‘ghost goal’ had crossed the line in the 2005 Champions League semi-final, it didn’t)
“To me, Arsenal played much better football two or three years ago. They won matches and were exciting to watch. Barcelona and Milan too. They create excitement so how can you say Chelsea are the best in the world?” (after Chelsea’s first Premier League title win in 2005)
If Chelsea fans don't like the guy then they are entitled to show their anger, though Abramovich won't give a toss about what anyone else thinks.
same for me, if rafa or dalglish were uniteds manager id expect everyone to be booing them until he left the club.
And id expect the exact same reaction from liverpool fans if ferguson suddenly went to anfield.
There are just certain people, and not just in football, that you dont want anything to do with no matter what their record is or what they may have achieved in the past. For chelsea rafa is that person. Think its shown roman greatly misunderstands the feeling of a football fan when he made the appointment.
He really didn't. As I have posted elsewhere, la liga saw 5 different winners in 10 years and two years before Valencia won it, Deportivo were the champions.
I remember only too well what Rafa was like to the club and the fans of chelsea
"For me there is only one club in England, and that’s Liverpool"
Err,....... not for me rafa, sorry.
However, i do hope that it was just a 1 off and now the fans can get behond the team (if not the manager).
no, not a massive club
:rolleyes:
He also inherited a good side (Canizares, Ayala, Baraja, Albelda, Vicente, Aimar, etc) from Hector Cuper, who took them to back-to-back European Cup finals, before Benitez arrived at the club.
I assume he is getting a good wage? So, £££.
So I fully understand and agree with the Chelsea fans stance, just because your club appoints someone to be your manager, that doesn't automatically mean that you should be happy with it.
I really didn't like Gary Neville during his playing days and I wasn't happy when Sky decided to employ him. However, it turns out that he's a really good pundit, probably one of the best around at the moment.
All the frankly idiots who hold the "Rafa Out" signs before a ball is kicked must realise that they don't control the club, it's Roman's club and he decided what he does when he wants. By all means hold "Roman Out" signs and see how far you fall without his rubles.
If some of their fans boo Mourinho will they be so quick to support them or will they 'jump the fence' ?
Personally I feel any manager should be given a chance, no matter their previous employment - as long as they do the job in the proper manner once they arrive then whatever happened in the past should stay in the past
who has praised them? Ive seen a few say they understand where they are coming from, thats all.
And mourinho even in his most combative mode still had respect
The question i asked was if a manager came in that you totally objected to would you feel within your rights to boo that manager and thus voice your objection to the appointment?
I am surprised that people are surprised that Chelsea fans booed Benitez hence asking the general question.
If they don't want Benitez at the club it has nothing to do with whether or not he goes on to be a success or not. They are objection to the appointment in the first place, not commenting on his managerial ability per se.
Rafa's not that rated outside of LFC and maybe Valencia so I don't see how he's overrated. How is he overrated? Maybe you mean you think he's overrated by Liverpool fans which is a fairer argument.
Because there are still enough good players in that team to win a trophy; and if they do win something it makes him look good and gives a public reminder to other clubs he's a winner: I think he may have half an eye on the City job becoming available.
The strangest thing is, he doesn't play the style of football RA is supposedly desperate for: so come the summer he'll be out, no matter what he wins.
OK, fair enough, i think he is overrated by Liverpool fans.