Tool65, you have completely missed the point I was making. If Harry, or any of the Spurs managers had the enormous sums of money that Benitez had and blew, they would have won at least the kinds of trophies that he won. One of the reasons why us neutrals look upon Benitez as an utter clown is because that, even having blown over £300 million on players, he only won what he ended up winning, which did not include the league title. Sorry, but you have no argument. In your dreams, Mouser.
Interesting, though, that you purposely left out the "...which did not include the league title..." bit from my quote.
Let little old me help you here. Compared to my club hes won diddly squat, **** all, jack ****. However you want to put it. Hes won as many Trophies as guys Roman sacks over breakfast. Hes won as many Premier League titles as Harry Redknapp, Mark Hughes and Paul Ince. He won in 6 years 2/3rds of what Fergie won in one season.
And?? Doesn't make him a bad manager. You've just listed arguably the 3 best managers in the modern era. Plenty don't stack up to them.
Nope they dont, but they dont pretend they do like Rafa. On a famous Liverpool comedy website known only as RAWK they consider Rafa above Pep. To quote their genius... Dont be fooled though, RAWK is the extreme but Rafa is in many ways like these RAWKITES. Infact there are rumours he has an account on there. Andy@Allerton
I love how his 2 La Liga titles are brushed under the carpet like they never happened. Football is played outside the premiership you know. What is interesting is 'neutral' HIAG believes that Liverpool should have won the league during Rafa's reign.
99% of RAWK are idiots, but people tell us anyone could do a job with Chelsea, so from a non-sentimental point of view why would it matter whether it's Rafael Benitez or Pep Guardiola as manager? Jose Mourinho is said that he would be nothing without money. Well what about when you inherit probably the best ever team to exist, which includes probably the best ever player to play the game? Chances are you're going to be successful one way or another. In three years Guardiola took his world beaters to two Champions League finals and was lucky enough to twice play the same bottlers in the final. In three years Benitez took a nothing team to two Champions League finals and their opponents only bottled it once.
Allerton Andy is hilarious, here's my own personal favourite from todays RAWK (& there's been plenty of beauties, but this one is something else)
Correct, however people here are not judging English football are they? They are judging the competence of a football manager. Calling someone a clown who has won 2 La Liga Titles, the Champions League, EUFA Cup and the FA Cup at teams that I am sure many would agree where weaker than the opposition is foolish in the extreme.
La Liga when he won it was like Serie A is now. A bit of a mess and most of the big sides were a mess. The first title he won, he won with a points total that would of just scraped top 4. Scored 51 goals and really wasnt all that special. Not taking anything away from winning the title but it wasnt like he went out and conquered great Real and Barcelona sides. Barcelona were a joke for one thing. Second one I dont know much about. His best days were at Valencia. He did it in the league and europe, something hes not managed since.
