Benitez .... prick

Athers · Post by **Athers** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:53 am

Not stupid is he when it came to this contract, starts negotiating it when they're top of the league, a drop in performance comes so he delays and delays until they have two great results then the club are ready to give into every demand he has.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:33 am

Now's the time to save "Benitez is a prick!" as a macro then.

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:15 pm

blurred wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:in fact I'm quite pleased too .... as he now has the green light to continue to set Liverpool back years.
I'm quite pleased that people seem to think he's setting us back. I can see that how a side that under Houllier regularly failed to qualify for the Champions League being turned into the best side in Europe in the last five years is regression. Yep. Continue to think that.

You see, that could argued either way. A far more reliable judge of ability is a league structure played over 38 games rather than one-off cup ties - for example you wouldn't claim Burnley are one of the best sides in the country after this season. Liverpool have consistently proved over 38 games every season to be the third/fourth best side in England. How that equates to best side in Europe I am unsure.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:23 pm

jimbo wrote:You see, that could argued either way. A far more reliable judge of ability is a league structure played over 38 games rather than one-off cup ties - for example you wouldn't claim Burnley are one of the best sides in the country after this season. Liverpool have consistently proved over 38 games every season to be the third/fourth best side in England. How that equates to best side in Europe I am unsure.

Because in the UEFA co-efficients we have more points than anyone else. More simply put we've reached further stages of the Champions League than anyone else on a consistent basis over the last 5 years, including 1 win, 1 final and 1 semi-final. That's what I mean by saying we're the best team in Europe. Also, we've won at the Bernebeu, the Camp Nou and the San Siro, which no other side has done. We've played and beaten the best, consistently. I'll gloss over the minor aberration of Benfica

If you were to aggregate the points in the Premiership over the last 5 years then yes, we'd probably come 3rd or 4th (I don't know the totals), which is why I wouldn't say we're the best side in England, because we're clearly not. We are, however, the best side in Europe, by which I mean in European competition.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:25 pm

Just 5 more years of losing out on the league title

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:09 pm

boltonboris wrote:Just 5 more years of losing out on the league title

And which magical figure would do a better job? Who is available?

He's still the best man for the job in my opinion (and the majority of Liverpool fans that I know).

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:20 pm

Kenny Dalglish.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:20 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:Kenny Dalglish.

Please tell me you're not serious.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:23 pm

blurred wrote:
superjohnmcginlay wrote:Kenny Dalglish.
Please tell me you're not serious.

Mind you. He did alright last time.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:29 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:
blurred wrote:
superjohnmcginlay wrote:Kenny Dalglish.
Please tell me you're not serious.

Mind you. He did alright last time.

So did Shankly and Paisley, but I'm not gonna dig them up.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:30 pm

blurred wrote:
superjohnmcginlay wrote:
blurred wrote:
superjohnmcginlay wrote:Kenny Dalglish.
Please tell me you're not serious.

Mind you. He did alright last time.
So did Shankly and Paisley, but I'm not gonna dig them up.

They were my next suggestions.

H. Pedersen · Post by **H. Pedersen** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:46 am

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has been given £30m to spend as a reward for signing his new five-year contract at Anfield. (The Sun)

Benitez will use those funds to make a fresh attempt to sign Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and to launch a bid for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. (The Sun)

Real title-winning quality there. Liverpool got conned.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:52 am

H. Pedersen wrote:
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has been given £30m to spend as a reward for signing his new five-year contract at Anfield. (The Sun)

Benitez will use those funds to make a fresh attempt to sign Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and to launch a bid for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. (The Sun)
Real title-winning quality there. Liverpool got conned.

They will both improve Liverpool IMO!

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:42 am

H. Pedersen wrote:
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has been given £30m to spend as a reward for signing his new five-year contract at Anfield. (The Sun)

Benitez will use those funds to make a fresh attempt to sign Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and to launch a bid for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. (The Sun)
Real title-winning quality there. Liverpool got conned.

Real award-winning journalism there, from every Liverpudlian's favourite paper.

If we get both of those I'll eat my hat.

You could do with being a bit more sceptical about what you read, young Pedersen.

Athers · Post by **Athers** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:30 pm

Saw Allardyce had a pop again in the week, and he's starting Samba up front in an attempt to wind Benitez up

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:05 pm

Athers wrote:Saw Allardyce had a pop again in the week, and he's starting Samba up front in an attempt to wind Benitez up

And Sam's got his favouite ref.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:06 pm

With Benny McCarthy on the bench.

I wonder what people will say about Megson if Shittu starts up front ahead of Davies today and we concede inside five minutes......

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:33 pm

... and Taggart agrees.

Ol' Red Nose may be a git too, but he knows a prick when he sees one and he believes he's seen one. He should know, he's managed Gary Neville for 15 years !!

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 84,00.html

Effectively saying that Benitez isn't just a bad loser, he's a bad winner who shows disrespect to other professionals. I'm sure that was said 800 posts ago/

InsaneApache · Post by **InsaneApache** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:29 pm

He didn't actually say he was a prick though did he? In that case I will. Benny is a prick. (and just as clever as his namesake)

FD · Post by FD » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:44 pm

bobo the clown wrote:... and Taggart agrees.

Ol' Red Nose may be a git too, but he knows a prick when he sees one and he believes he's seen one. He should know, he's managed Gary Neville for 15 years !!

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 84,00.html

Effectively saying that Benitez isn't just a bad loser, he's a bad winner who shows disrespect to other professionals. I'm sure that was said 800 posts ago/

I saw the incident live. Whilst I'm not a fan of Benitez, I'm not sure disrespectful is the word I'd use for it...though I can see how people might see it that way. I'd personally call what he did arrogant, and lets be honest, Mr Allardyce knows plenty about that himself.

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