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How long will Benitez last at Inter?

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[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=42822.msg1221947#msg1221947 date=1290360105]
What would giving him a rest have achieved? (serious question)
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He's on the rebound. Would have given him a chance to reflect, and do a fresh start. Like many, don't get why he took that job. Never going to win..
 
Rafa had to go. Whilst the owners weren't helping matters, he'd also turned us into a soap-opera.

I think it says something when all the Man U and Everton fans I knew were gutted when we sacked Benitez.
 
[quote author=Dee link=topic=42822.msg1221964#msg1221964 date=1290362454]
Inter now 6th after loss to Chievo
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Haha, bad times.
 
He's gonna end up getting squizzillions in golden handshakes between us, them and whoever comes next.

Poor Rafa, the multi-millionaire.

I actually think Rafa was a really good manager until he started to think he was a really good manager. I remember seeing him walking around the pitch in Istanbul at the end and thinking he looked completely bamboozled. I reckon he struggled to explain to himself why that team had won the Champions League and in the end, perhaps in part due to the influence of fans like us, concluded that it was his genius that made it happen. From that point on, it all started to go tits up and he seemed to listen to fewer and fewer people, grew increasingly stubborn and megalomaniacal.

The rest is budgietary.
 
Was watching the Italian TV and hes blaming the injuries...
Hes got 25 internationals at his disposal and cant make them win.
It went a lot quicker than I thought...
 
[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=42822.msg1221969#msg1221969 date=1290363825]
He's gonna end up getting squizzillions in golden handshakes between us, them and whoever comes next.

Poor Rafa, the multi-millionaire.

I actually think Rafa was a really good manager until he started to think he was a really good manager. I remember seeing him walking around the pitch in Istanbul at the end and thinking he looked completely bamboozled. I reckon he struggled to explain to himself why that team had won the Champions League and in the end, perhaps in part due to the influence of fans like us, concluded that it was his genius that made it happen. From that point on, it all started to go tits up and he seemed to listen to fewer and fewer people, grew increasingly stubborn and megalomaniacal.

The rest is budgietary.

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it seems harsh to blame benitez's decline on hodgson.
 
[quote author=Le Chacal link=topic=42822.msg1221970#msg1221970 date=1290364119]
Was watching the Italian TV and hes blaming the injuries...
Hes got 25 internationals at his disposal and cant make them win.
It went a lot quicker than I thought...
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He always needs to try find an excuse, thats the way he manages and tries to cover his ass
 
[quote author=My_Blood_Bleeds_Red link=topic=42822.msg1222129#msg1222129 date=1290399237]
No. They usually send a warning first.

Like waking up to a horse's head.
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You can just imagine Benitez's reaction, "I ASKED FOR A BLOODY LAMP, NO?"
 
I said it before when Rafa was still at Liverpool ... if he thought Hicks & Gillett were hard to deal with, then he won't know whats hit him if he moves across to the Serie A - where Presidents and Directors are even more power hungry, and fans will turn on a manager in an instant.

He's somehow managed to take the best team in Europe to 6th in the league.

One has to ask why he persists with playing Eto'o up front on his own, when really Milito should be partnering him, with Pandev coming off the bench.
 
Just saw this about what Mourinho said at LMA's annual Hall of Fame dinner:

United boss Ferguson, now 69, said this week he has no intention of retiring and 47-year-old Mourinho is also hoping for a long career in management.

He explained: "I hope he continues for years and I get to face him a few more times.

"When I am in my 50s or 60s, I also see myself still in football with the same ambitions and desires. So I understand why he wants to continue. It was the same with Bobby Robson. I see myself continuing for many years."

On his own career Mourinho said: "In the beginning I had the pressure because I went into management after not being a top player, so I had a lot of things to prove.

"After Porto the pressure was the question 'can he achieve abroad?" Everything then went well in England. Italy is the home of tactics, so the question then was 'is he a good leader and a good tactician, can he compete in this world of football?' Yes I could.

"Now I go to Spain and everybody says 'Real Madrid is an incredible club, a club different to any other club - can he cope with it?' So I am trying to prove that I can and step by step, stage by stage with this new challenge it motivates me more and more."

The event also focused on the FA Cup and LMA chief executive Richard Bevan added: "This event was unique, bringing together football managers past and present, celebrating their achievements in one of the game's most famous cup competitions...and Jose Mourinho added to a truly memorable evening."
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Guess I'm reading too much into things. :-[
 
[quote author=Roopy link=topic=42822.msg1222138#msg1222138 date=1290402641]
I said it before when Rafa was still at Liverpool ... if he thought Hicks & Gillett were hard to deal with, then he won't know whats hit him if he moves across to the Serie A - where Presidents and Directors are even more power hungry, and fans will turn on a manager in an instant.

He's somehow managed to take the best team in Europe to 6th in the league.

One has to ask why he persists with playing Eto'o up front on his own, when really Milito should be partnering him, with Pandev coming off the bench.
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I have a feeling he doesn't rate Milito. I think I'd heard a while ago he said some vaguely negative things about him once. Related to his pace and suitability for the Premiership. I think Milito's agent may have fanned those flames.
 
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has rubbed salt into Rafa Benitez's wounds by expressing his surprise at the latter's problems at Inter.

The treble winners have faltered since Mourinho's departure in May.

They sensationally lost 2-1 to Chievo at the weekend and currently lie sixth in Serie A, nine points adrift of League leaders Milan.

When told about Inter's latest defeat Mourinho apparently replied: “But how? Has he lost again?

“It's incredible. They are already nine points behind…â€

Pressed as to why Benitez is struggling, Mourinho said: “Sure at Inter it's all very different to England.â€

Finally, the Special One gave an insight into his own future.

“When I finish in Spain, I want to return to England. But meanwhile I hope to see out my contract.

“It was tough for my kids to leave their friends and teachers in Italy. I also have to think about their happiness.â€
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[quote author=Roopy link=topic=42822.msg1222138#msg1222138 date=1290402641]
I said it before when Rafa was still at Liverpool ... if he thought Hicks & Gillett were hard to deal with, then he won't know whats hit him if he moves across to the Serie A - where Presidents and Directors are even more power hungry, and fans will turn on a manager in an instant.

He's somehow managed to take the best team in Europe to 6th in the league.

One has to ask why he persists with playing Eto'o up front on his own, when really Milito should be partnering him, with Pandev coming off the bench.
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Milito played upfront on his own last season, with Eto'o and Pandev (when he joined Inter in January) playing on the flanks. Rafa has not changed that formation, there's been a change in personnel, yes. But that's been down to injuries (in addition to an early run of poor form in Milito's case) to two of the aforementioned trio. Eto'o has only played as the centre forward when Milito's been unavailable.

But they are playing poorly at the moment, they shouldn't be losing the kinds of games they've lost over the past 3 weeks.
 
Le Chacal's spot on. 3 match ban for Eto'o.

With Rafa, Inter thought they had found a master tactician in a country where Jose looked exposed at times. What the Spaniard has done so far is lead this team to its knees. Not for years had the Nerazzurri gone without a win in four games and never had they fallen so low in the table as they are now.

Give Benitez all the excuses possible but the reality is that this Inter side under Rafa isn’t going to win much by the look of it. All taken into account, Rafa’s spell so far has been a failure, which is why Massimo Moratti is right to consider firing the Spaniard.

Walter Zenga makes a good point when he claims that a great club like Inter shouldn’t bin a long term plan due to a poor run. On the other hand, we may also argue that once a mistake is acknowledged the longer you stick to it the more painful it will be in the end.

The truth is that Rafa’s problems are bigger than they appear from the outside. The problem of this Inter side lies in the hardcore of the team. The former Liverpool boss has failed to win over that dressing room which was so united under the Special One. Key players like Wesley Sneijder, Diego Milito and Douglas Maicon haven’t shown the will to fight for him.

I may also add that when a Coach gets told by his own players how to run a training session then it means he is on the edge of a cliff. He just needs that little push to fall over. Will Twente provide that push? Perhaps, but my belief lies elsewhere.
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[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=42822.msg1222833#msg1222833 date=1290531087]
Maicon's first name is DOUGLAS?!?!?

Ha ha ha ha ha
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i was more surprised when i heard Darren Rivaldo's full name.
 
[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=42822.msg1222845#msg1222845 date=1290532089]
Wayne Socrates was my hero as a kid.
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not a fucking patch on Kyle Plato. or did you mean the brazil player?


LOL at avvy.
 
fair dos, before my time that lot really mate. i grew up with Darren 'Rivo' Rivaldo and Lee Cafú bombing down the wing.
 
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