Benitez is a mug price to be Chelsea manager

...value in Mourinho ...knows the set up wants out of madrid...wants back in the premiership ..wants new challenge...loss tonight at City...announcement tommorow ;)

Worth remembering that a lot of the speculation regarding Rafa is for a caretaker role

rafa hits 1.40 on betfair........its a crazy world indeed

Not sure why they would get rid of RDM, for Rafa to come in as caretaker, why they chose their long term Manager. Doesnt make any sense.

They must have been working on the long term successor and would keep RDM until they had him ready imo.

1.4x was a cracking lay

return to dawsy go and back rafa at evens,he then goes to 1.4 you are clueless,why not take the evens yourself and green out

some of the names on that list are hilarious....anyone fancy alex mcleish @ 400

Please please please can we add AVB to the list. He is now more experienced and Spurs are not really a big enough club for someone with his talent and potential. I'm sure you can succedd this time AVB. No hard feelings if you want to go

from a hopeful Spurs fan

Anyone think John Terry could be appointed as a 'interim' manager

I can't believe Benitez is in the frame for this job after the train wreck he left at Liverpool. Absolutely hopeless manager, just look at some of his signings there, just terrible. I was dreading him getting the Villa job this summer, just can't believe he touched 1.4 for a top job like Chelsea.

good money for pep

What a clueless post CJ

Not sure why it is clueless, I totally agree he is a crap manager.

Yeah the only bad thing is that people tend to forget rather easily, the illusion of change and so on. Also this market is pure gold for insiders to make a few large ones. I wouldnt bet anything beyond 50p.

Benitez the best manager LFC had in my lifetime... not much competition though and the best Valencia manager in my lifetime. And Villa fans didn't want him as their manager biggest mugs around, going down.

hi all, read the rules carefully this is the permanent manager market

so you can lay the likes of grant, redknapp

Lets hope gobby Dawsy gets this one correct, will be a first.

CJ. Thats one of the most ludicrous posts Ive ever read on betfair. Which is quite an achievement.

lol market all over the place with benitez, why would Roman want a manager like Rafa who wasn't exactly renowned for the type of football that Abrahimovic is after -FACT, it'll be Redknapp or Guardiola, I think Redknapp might get it,

Nov 21, 2012 -- 11:29AM, Biscuit1979 wrote:

well i doubt he's flying back for the wonderful weather

I spluttered my tea onto my laptop no damage done luckily

Amazing achievement!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20427966

tactically benitez was good....just dont let him decide who to buy (aquilani) and sell (xavi alonso) and he will do a good job

annoncement will be made today

Claudio Ranieri: Sep 2000 to May 2004
Jose Mourinho: Jun 2004 to Sep 2007
Avram Grant: Sep 2007 to May 2008
Luiz Felipe Scolari: Jul 2008 to Feb 2009
Guus Hiddink: Feb 2009 to May 2009
Carlo Ancelotti: Jun 2009 to May 2011
Andre Villas-Boas: Jun 2011 to Mar 2012
Roberto Di Matteo: Mar 2012 to Nov 2012


Can't see Guardiola wanting to become part of that, he'd wanna build something like at Barca,

Nov 21, 2012 -- 1:16PM, Violencia Fantastico Retardo wrote:

tactically benitez was good....just dont let him decide who to buy (aquilani) and sell (xavi alonso) and he will do a good job

Fair enough he was quite bad at buying players, bt sales like xabi Alonso's and masher were enforced, when Real and Barce come calling no Hispanic would want too stay at liverpool

Anyone who thinks that he was bad at buying players is clueless. In my opinion of course.

No Manager has a perfect record. Easy to mention a couple of duds for anybody.

He signed 76 players and maybe 3 or 4 turned out to be a good deal

I'm a Villa fan and desperately wanted Rafa but knew deep down he wouldn't come. He ha one of the best CV's in football:-

Manager
Real Madrid U-19s
Spain U-19 League (1): 1992–93
Spain U-19 Cup (2): 1990–91, 1992–93
Extremadura
Segunda División Promotion (1): 1997–98
Tenerife
Segunda División (1): 2000–01
Valencia
La Liga (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
UEFA Cup (1): 2003–04
Liverpool
FA Cup (1): 2005–06
FA Community Shield (1): 2006
UEFA Champions League (1): 2004–05
UEFA Super Cup (1): 2005
Internazionale
Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2010
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2010
Individual awards
Don Balón Award (1): 2002
UEFA Manager of the Year (2): 2003–04, 2004–05
Premier League Manager of the Month (5): November 2005, December 2005, January 2007, October 2008, March 2009

benitez signings

Fernando Torres
Robbie Keane
Ryan Babel
Xabi Alonso
Dirk Kuyt
Albert Riera
Andrea Dossena
Peter Crouch
Lucas Leiva
Jermaine Pennant
Martin Skrtel
Craig Bellamy
Luis Garcia
Jose Reina
Dan Agger
Mohammed Sissoko
Fernando Morientes
Yossi Benayoun
Diego Cavalieri
Alvaro Arbeloa
Sebastian Leto
Jose Miguel Gonzalez
Gabriel Paletta
Mark Gonzalez
David Ngog
Scott Carson
Mikel San Jose
David Martin
Antonio Barragan
Besian Idrizaj
Jack Hobbs
Alex Cooper
Alexander Kacaniklic
Krisztian Nemeth
Andras Simon
Victor Palsson
Gary Mackay Steven
Vitor Flora
Andriy Voronin
Nikolay Mihaylov
Emmanuel Mendy
Marvin Pourie
Dani Pacheco
Nikola Saric
Lauri Dalla Valle
Gerardo Bruna
Hakan Duyan
Damien Plessis
Peter Gulacsi
Charles Itandje
Philipp Degen
Vincent Lucas
Ryan Crowther
Mihail Alexandrov
Robbie Fowler
Ryan Wilkie
Javier Mascherano
Miki Roque
Nabir El Zhar
Mark Smyth
Jay Smith
Stephen Darby
Craig Lindfield
Adam Hammill
Danny Guthrie
Paul Anderson
Lee Peltier
Fabio Aurelio
Jan Kromkamp
Boudewijn Zenden
Mauricio Pellegrino
Godwin Antwi
Robbie Threlfall
Ryan Flynn
Calum Woods
Paul Willis
Danny O'Donnell
Ramon Calliste
Steve Irwin
Martin Kelly
Ronald Huth
Jordy Brouwer
Francisco Manuel Duran
Emiliano Insua
Ray Putterill
Martin Hansen
Jay Spearing
Dave Roberts
David Mannix
Antonio Nunez

one's in bold I rate

Just laid Benitez for a tenner- can't lose.

I either get to win £10 or to pi55 my pants laughing.

He also lost money on very few signings.He actually has made the club money on his signings or very close to it.

Nov 21, 2012 -- 1:22PM, Can't Catch Me wrote:

Anyone who thinks that he was bad at buying players is clueless. In my opinion of course.No Manager has a perfect record. Easy to mention a couple of duds for anybody.

a couple....?  babel,morientes,dosena,voronin,riera,keane,kronkamp....
the list is endless

garcia scored reasonably important goal tbf

sissoko was a good player too imo

Arbeloa!?!?

When he spent big he got it right more times then not.When your signing players at basement bargain prices there is going to be a lot of duds.

el zhar, nunez , kromkamp, who? bellamy, Pacheco, fowler, voronin ,leto, pennat, plessis ,insua,babel, ngog ,dossena, degen, keane , cavaliere, riera, kyrgiakos, waterboy, barragan, Pellegrino, morientes, carson, zenden , also just an opinion and I respect anyone's who wont agree with me but he had a shocker transfer wise, but tbh with chesea no way he will be signing these 2-5 million players and his track record with big money deals is not so bad

he is a good manager but he doesnt play the style of football chelsea's owner wants

It's arry grab the free money

Benitez was a clueless manager imo, he was also destroyed mentally by SAF, I doubt Benitez will ever come back to the premier league because he fears getting owned by SAF again.

No middle ground with Benitez signings.

Arbeloa deserves bold.

Reina- Arbeloa, Skrtel, Masch, Agger- Kuyt, Alonso, Lucas, Garcia- Torres, Bellamy

Bench- Cavalieri, Barragan, Kelly, Sissokho, Aurelio, Crouch, Benayoun

That's a good team.

No Sterling,Suso and Shelvey on that list??

Anyone saying Benitez was not a good manager is either fishing or clueless, he's problem was he became stale at Liverpool after becoming disheartened with the way the club was being run, at Inter Milan he was on a hiding to nothing taking over a treble winning side that mourinho had exhausted, most of the players there were older pros. He'd do a good job at a club like Madrid or Milan, but it'll be de ja vu if he gets the Chelski job which I seriously doubt he would,

every manager will sign some clowns if in charge long enough.

Fergie signed plenty too

I vote BCM2 to be next Chelsea manager :)

i think most likely rafa or someone else will get interim manager for the rest of the season. once they are in charge for 10 consecutive league games the market will pay out. check the rules, it is not necessarily the next permanent manager. I reckon next permanent manager will be at end of season

Mesmerised, that list was exactly what i was talking about. Had money and blew most of it on total rubbish.

CCM, typical Liverpool fan, you lot can't see beyond the front of your nose.

As for Benitez being the Villa manager, totally unsuitable, clearly anyone who wanted this mug has no idea of the financial contraints that he'd have to work under, and what little he would be given he'd have wasted.
Lambert will do us fine in time.

Rafa is a clown

he signed some crap players, but fergie signs the likes of djemba djemba, cleverely, bebe, anderson, obertan, gibson,

how many managers have fallen as a result of roman's failure to write off the £80m he personally blew on torres and shevchenko? 3 on torres so far anyway. he should stand back and trust someone else manage to his money for him for a change, like the new manager perhaps. a fool and his money.........

Doesn't cleverley play for England??

yes after 13 united appearances he got a game for England - and so does shawcross play for England.

Only a complete walloper would think that Cleverley, Obertan, Anderson and Bebe are terrible players. All of them are good players especially Cleverley who imo will be one of England/Uniteds best players in years to come. He is far better than that thug Jack Wilshere, if England want to become a world class team then they need to build it around Clev because he can become a VERY good player.

Nov 21, 2012 -- 2:04PM, Return_Of_Dawsy wrote:

Only a complete walloper would think that Cleverley, Obertan, Anderson and Bebe are terrible players. All of them are good players especially Cleverley who imo will be one of England/Uniteds best players in years to come. He is far better than that thug Jack Wilshere, if England want to become a world class team then they need to build it around Clev because he can become a VERY good player.

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bebe is absolute gash. dodgy goings-on in that deal with the agent methinks

Chelsea will not play 10 league games til mid january

Cleverley better then Wilshere??Oh Lord

A Rafa Benitez thread always brings alot of muglets to the dance! #FACT

Of course Clev is better than Wilshere.

Wilshere has been horrific since his return and will never be the same player he was before his injury, he'll probably be sold to some mug team like QPR in a few years time.

Return_Of_Dawsy 21 Nov 12 14:04 
Only a complete walloper would think that Cleverley, Obertan, Anderson and Bebe are terrible players. All of them are good players





Bebe is so good that he didn't even make the subs bench in United's reserve squad for the Galatasaray match

I struggle to take Manchester United fans from LEICESTER seriously

big money on rafa now at 1.6

Rafa won't go to Chelsea. He still  drives round anfield with tears in his eyes and has LFC  tattooed on his chest.
A truly great manager pool have been complete s hit since he went

Market is suggesting it is a done deal.

this market is a licence to print money. some mugs who think they know more than everybody are willing to back any price

When Redknapps price moves noticeably follow the money because in all likelihood it'll be Harry getting involved himself

now  1.35

matched at 1.2 a while ago too, back at 1.3 now

surely the fans hatred of him will have to play a part?
amazed he's gone so low so early

love that list of Rafa signings including a huge percentage of players under 18 years of age that were signed for the reserve team. Strange that no other manager i know gets judged on the players he signed for the youth teams!!

Most of the time he spent significent money on a player he got it right and when he got it wrong he usually managed to move them on with minimal loss, the core of the current team are Rafa players...

Reina, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Lucas all signed by Rafa. He also brought Sterling, Suso and Shelvey to the club,

5k at 1.30 says something though

can't believe a man as arrogant as Benitez would accept a stop gap appointment anyway
a lay for me at these prices

Done and dusted

dawsey strikes again

Named as INTERIM manager on CFC website. This market will not be settle until he has been made permanent manager!!!!!!!!

Done and dusted for me anyway

out at 1.04

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were people really backing him at 1.04????? are they ****g retarded?? the rules clearly state interim manager does not count. who in their right mind would be backing that. astonishing!

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, an individual appointed by Chelsea FC on an ‘interim’, ‘caretaker’, ‘temporary’ (including an appointment described as ‘to the end of the season’) or similar basis who remains manager in that capacity for at least 10 completed consecutive English League games (including over the course of more than a single season), will be considered to have been appointed as the next first team manager for the purpose of this market and Betfair will settle the market accordingly on that person.

its the same as the terry connor situation at wolves last season

Great stuff. Chelsea have no chance of winning a trophy this year then!

My jinx thread worked BOOOOOOOOM

this market should not be suspended

my mistake

still needs to see out 10 games though maestro

they'll probably go and win the league tbh mate. Seems to work quite well when chelsea bring in a new manager midway through each season.

You lay a manger - they appointed someone else - you win

You lay a manager - they appoint him - your jinx works - you still win

Dawsy is one of the biggest mugs on the forum.Complete tool.

I had no money on the market fwiw, I just wanted the clown to get the job

Everyone's a winner on betfair !!!

Nov 21, 2012 -- 7:53PM, Return_Of_Dawsy wrote:

I had no money on the market fwiw, I just wanted the clown to get the job

of course you didn't

biggest MUG flawsey dawsey shows again the mug he is lol

text book

Return_Of_Dawsy 21 Nov 12 12:00 
Just trying to help you, go back Rafa at evens then

Return_Of_Dawsy 21 Nov 12 12:20 
1.4x was a cracking lay




Then tries to claim it was a jinx thread

Not for the first time biscuit - he's been keeping his head down lately after similar humiliations but his timing is perfect

Dawsy you are a fcking clown and will always be remembered for this.