Shouldn't you be grieving and crying your eyes out like your fellow fans?
OMG.. Has anyone seen Rafa's Friday press conference?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Another one bites the dust...
When are these fools going to realize that if you take on the master, chances are you're going to end up getting shit canned.
When are these fools going to realize that if you take on the master, chances are you're going to end up getting shit canned.
Did it?
We had a blip around the time of that press conference and then had a fairly good run home including humping you lot 4-1 at your gaff. We were beaten to the title that season by a very good team with nigh on a points record. Hardly downhill.
This season has been a disaster of course.
I don't i just think he was a lousy PL manager
Not really, the second he started that rant I said it was the begining of the end for him. No comment on the other part of my post speaks volumes. Toddle on you've an event to attend........
They were already under pressure and he heaped a load more on which they duly buckled under. The run in was decent but the pressure was off then so it meant nothing. And yes this season has been tremendous. Sorry a disaster.
The pressure was most definitely on when we humped you at yours.
What the feck is a supposed dipper doing on a united board when his teams manager just got canned? Shouldn't you be with the other members of Les Misérables lamenting the facht that the end is nigh?
It's unreal how bad it got for him from the moment this press conference ended. Liverpool were top of the league (IIRC) when this happened. Serves the twat right though.
he he he, 6 million.
he he he.
he he he.
Just wondering why a miserable cnut like yourself is parked over on a united board when he should be with his own...
Just what kind of liverpool supporter are you? Apart from a lousy one that is...
Fair enough.
I don't contribute to RAWK though. There a far better Liverpool sites than there in my view.
I forsee this thread being classic'd
Rafa never knew how close he was to losin it,' until he did hahaha
Rafa never knew how close he was to losin it,' until he did hahaha
veiled attempt at saying they should get down there and rob his gaff whilst they still can
Class thread. Had a look back at some of the early pages.
Some genuine comedy from Murph and Dumpstar.
Which reminds me...
Whenever I see the video of him pulling that sheet out it still makes me lol.
6mil payoff though. the price of failure is staggering.
ever since pulling that little piece of paper out of his pocket, it was downhill for him. The 0 - 0 draw against stoke was one thing I anticipated, and our win against Chelsea was really a bonus for us.
ofcourse I frightened a bit when we lost to Liverpool and Fulham, (And before that people were saying the league was doe and dusted, with us being 10-12 points ahead.) but the history & experience of being in a top chart position was always going to be counted. If it was't for the CL win he'd have been out a long time ago. And being a horrible man manager cost him the belief of players.
It was fun while it lasted.
ofcourse I frightened a bit when we lost to Liverpool and Fulham, (And before that people were saying the league was doe and dusted, with us being 10-12 points ahead.) but the history & experience of being in a top chart position was always going to be counted. If it was't for the CL win he'd have been out a long time ago. And being a horrible man manager cost him the belief of players.
It was fun while it lasted.
The best thread that I've come across in my 5 years visiting this site.
Wow, the great memories. Seems like yesterday.
Excellent.
Its going to be pretty easy for his next clubs opponents to suss out his weak points and capitalise. Just wind him up a bit, and then he'll have a public nervous breakdown and take his team down with him
I think he'll be a good manager for Inter. I'm not very keen on next season as Milan are in a state of transition, and nothing but the intervention of Berlusconi can help us get ready.
Of course he's going to win things with Inter. A monkey could lead that team to Serie A titles...Mourinho did it, Mancini did it, and besides Roma, who exactly are going to compete against Inter?
Milan is at least 2-3 years away from it, and way too long in the tooth. Juve are in a similar position. So winning the Scuedetto with Inter for Rafa is a BARE MINIMUM. Add to that, he will probably also get a team that will be stronger next season (as inter splash the transfer market) and that he won't be in complete control (which will help him concentrate on coaching, which he does best).
Inter will be a force in Italy and Europe next season...
But not because of Rafa.
They could / should win Serie A even with the likes of Phil Brown managing because the team is very strong, and the rest of the competition isn't. (plus Inter has that winning mentality now)
Milan is at least 2-3 years away from it, and way too long in the tooth. Juve are in a similar position. So winning the Scuedetto with Inter for Rafa is a BARE MINIMUM. Add to that, he will probably also get a team that will be stronger next season (as inter splash the transfer market) and that he won't be in complete control (which will help him concentrate on coaching, which he does best).
Inter will be a force in Italy and Europe next season...
But not because of Rafa.
They could / should win Serie A even with the likes of Phil Brown managing because the team is very strong, and the rest of the competition isn't. (plus Inter has that winning mentality now)
Can't wait for Rafa's FACHTS in Italian.
Meester Berlusconi always doing man to man on the ladies
Meester Berlusconi always doing man to man on the ladies
Depends on what Juventus and Milan do this summer. Inter are strong, but they've won five leagues in a row, they've won the Champions League... Their run has to end soon, as Lyon have discovered a couple of years back. After last season's high and with a lesser coach than Mourinho, it could easily happen.
I can see rafa winning a CL at inter (not next year necessarily) unfortunately.
I'm sure he'll not win the CL with Inter. Might win Seria A though...
Rafa Benitez says mind games have no effect on the team.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/28/rafael-benitez-mind-games-premier-league
Sorry if this is too old of a bump, seems related to me!
He added:
Like how I didn't have a proper offer from Natalie Portman to be her sex slave?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/28/rafael-benitez-mind-games-premier-league
Sorry if this is too old of a bump, seems related to me!
Well, I don't think the Fachts stuff made a difference in 2009. United just had a little more depth and quality. But obviously when you lose then any outbursts by the manager can be blamed.
Keegan in '96 really did affect his team badly though.
Keegan in '96 really did affect his team badly though.
This thread was fun.
Did it feck, we had already usurped them at the top by then and that rant was a result of frustration at that rather than the cause.
Rafa is right in what he said, mind games are a myth in terms of being decisive in title races/relegation fights. We didn't win the title in 2009 because Rafa got het up one morning, we won it because we got 90 points and had a strong side with a stronger mentality than Liverpool, who themselves got the highest ever total to not win the league that year despite their manager alledgedly losing the plot.
I can't really agree, the way they went into free fall after the rant was hard to ignore.