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Offline VillaZogmariner

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0% Villa - FSW sacked? Has he or hasn't he?
« on: October 20, 2010, 01:52:37 AM »
Surprisingly I've not seen this mentioned anywhere -

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Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has launched a cryptic attack on the club's ousted owners and current managing director Christian Purslow.

Benitez left to become manager of Italian giants Inter Milan last summer after six years in charge at Anfield.

But he hit out at former co-owner Tom Hicks's claim that he was to blame for the Reds' worst ever start to a season.

"We have a saying in Spanish: 'White liquid in a bottle has to be milk'," said Benitez.

Hicks criticised Benitez for wasting much of the money he was given to spend during the latter half of his tenure.

But Benitez has insisted the Americans were to blame, citing their appointment of Purslow in the summer of last year as the beginning of a downward spiral that ended in the Spaniard's exit.

Hicks and George Gillett lost Liverpool to New England Sports Ventures (NESV) on Friday after a lengthy takeover saga.

But in a bizarre outburst, Benitez compared events leading up to his departure to a bottle of milk.

"What does this mean? It means that after 86 points and finishing second in the league, what changed?" he said.

"The Americans, they chose a new managing director and everything changed.

"So, what changed?

"The managing director is involved in all the decisions: new lawyer, new chief of press, new manager, nine new players, new medical staff, new fitness coaches - they changed everything.

"At the beginning, they changed the managing director who was talking with some players, and they changed everything that we were doing in the past.

"So, if you want to ask again what was going on, it's simple: they changed something and, at the end, they changed everything.
"So, white liquid in a bottle: milk. You will know who is to blame."

Pressed further on the matter, Benitez would only say: "White liquid in a bottle. If I see John the milkman in the Wirral, where I was living, with this bottle, I'd say, 'It's milk, sure'."

He added: "The only thing I can say is that I'm sorry for the fans."

Sunday's defeat to Merseyside rivals Everton leaves Liverpool second from bottom in the table.

From the Beeb.

The bloke has fucking lost it completely!
« Last Edit: December 22, 2010, 12:01:21 AM by VillaSubmariner »

Offline KevinGage

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2010, 02:01:33 AM »
Rafa does Monty Python.

Heees facked.

Offline *shellac*

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2010, 03:26:03 AM »
Stay away from the milk, too much of those precious bodily fluids can harm you.

Offline Mazrim

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2010, 08:03:41 AM »
Did this new managing director buy all those shit players then?
What a daft bollix.

Oh yes, and he obviously hasn't gone drinking with Marc Almond.

Offline bob

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2010, 08:08:33 AM »
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"So, white liquid in a bottle: milk. You will know who is to blame."

Pressed further on the matter, Benitez would only say: "White liquid in a bottle. If I see John the milkman in the Wirral, where I was living, with this bottle, I'd say, 'It's milk, sure'."

Ha! I'm gonna use this at work.

Offline Irish villain

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2010, 09:13:37 AM »
WTF???

Mad.

Offline TimTheVillain

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2010, 09:33:34 AM »
The seagulls flew over the the milk float and one flew over the cuckoo's nest !

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2010, 09:52:45 AM »
Did this new managing director buy all those shit players then?

He probably did.

Offline Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2010, 10:18:24 AM »
When the seagulls from the Mersey follow the milkman in the Wirral, it is because they think they can steal the wheels from the milkfloat.

Offline Pete Green

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2010, 10:34:18 AM »
Perhaps it's just me but what can't people understand about this? It's basically a simple metaphor to illustrate that something is blindingly obvious, - in this case that the appointment of this chappie is the reason why the club is experiencing difficulties.

We have similar metaphors and expressions in this country don't we? I've heard people say things such as "If it looks like an animal, and sounds like an animal, then it probably is an animal" for example, to explain something that's obvious. I hear "Does exactly what it says on the tin" used to death by people with no imagination in everyday office environments to illustrate that something is plainly obvious.

In what way has he lost the plot?

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2010, 10:39:05 AM »
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Perhaps it's just me but what can't people understand about this? It's basically a simple metaphor to illustrate that something is blindingly obvious, - in this case that the appointment of this chappie is the reason why the club is experiencing difficulties.

We have similar metaphors and expressions in this country don't we? I've heard people say things such as "If it looks like an animal, and sounds like an animal, then it probably is an animal" for example, to explain something that's obvious. I hear "Does exactly what it says on the tin" used to death by people with no imagination in everyday office environments to illustrate that something is plainly obvious.

In what way has he lost the plot?

Are you Mr Logic from Viz?

Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2010, 10:41:06 AM »
I miss him

Only because Im gonna miss booing the fucker when we play them

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2010, 10:42:03 AM »
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Perhaps it's just me but what can't people understand about this? It's basically a simple metaphor to illustrate that something is blindingly obvious, - in this case that the appointment of this chappie is the reason why the club is experiencing difficulties.

We have similar metaphors and expressions in this country don't we? I've heard people say things such as "If it looks like an animal, and sounds like an animal, then it probably is an animal" for example, to explain something that's obvious. I hear "Does exactly what it says on the tin" used to death by people with no imagination in everyday office environments to illustrate that something is plainly obvious.

In what way has he lost the plot?

Are you Mr Logic from Viz?


i think therefore I am

Offline ktvillan

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2010, 10:46:06 AM »
It's not just you Pete, I also understood it as something that was obvious.  However I still think Rafa isn't the full ticket.   

Offline Crabman

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Re: 0% Villa - FSW has finally lost the plot.
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2010, 11:26:27 AM »
Could be jiz?

 


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