Next manager?

[Damo70]

I’d like Benítez. He’s paid a fortune but he’d walk this division and get him out of that fucked up situation at Newcastle where they’ve not really back him.

He is still based on Merseyside. That is a three hour, 174 mile journey to Newcastle and and only two hours and 100 miles to Birmingham. How could he resist?  He also managed Tenerife, which was my local club for a couple of years. Gerrard reckoned he was the best coach he had ever worked under at any level, including his England bosses. He is 'high maintenance' though. FACT

[Steve67]

Ahem, next Manager thread, not the 'he was a shit player for Villa thread'

[Sexual Ealing]

I’d like Benítez. He’s paid a fortune but he’d walk this division and get him out of that fucked up situation at Newcastle where they’ve not really back him.

Weren't we all agreed that we want to see a front-foot approach to our play?

Agreed. But he certainly was positive with Newcastle in the Championship. They battered the division. I think he’s become negative in the PL based on what he’s been able to bring in.

I have no doubt that he'd get us up. I can't see his 'targeted get-points' games being to popular once we were there. That said, he's so good at what he does then perhaps he deserves for us to compromise our desired outcomes.

[Damo70]

I’d like Benítez. He’s paid a fortune but he’d walk this division and get him out of that fucked up situation at Newcastle where they’ve not really back him.

Weren't we all agreed that we want to see a front-foot approach to our play?

Agreed. But he certainly was positive with Newcastle in the Championship. They battered the division. I think he’s become negative in the PL based on what he’s been able to bring in.

I have no doubt that he'd get us up. I can't see his 'targeted get-points' games being to popular once we were there. That said, he's so good at what he does then perhaps he deserves for us to compromise our desired outcomes.

I think Benitez has been pragmatic with his style of play due to his lack of financial backing at Newcastle. I am surprised he has stuck with the job as long as he has. With FFP I am not sure we could afford the compensation to Newcastle, the financial package Benitez would want paid to him and the transfer budget he would desire.

[Sexual Ealing]

I’d like Benítez. He’s paid a fortune but he’d walk this division and get him out of that fucked up situation at Newcastle where they’ve not really back him.

Weren't we all agreed that we want to see a front-foot approach to our play?

Agreed. But he certainly was positive with Newcastle in the Championship. They battered the division. I think he’s become negative in the PL based on what he’s been able to bring in.

I have no doubt that he'd get us up. I can't see his 'targeted get-points' games being to popular once we were there. That said, he's so good at what he does then perhaps he deserves for us to compromise our desired outcomes.

I think Benitez has been pragmatic with his style of play due to his lack of financial backing at Newcastle. I am surprised he has stuck with the job as long as he has. With FFP I am not sure we could afford the compensation to Newcastle, the financial package Benitez would want paid to him and the transfer budget he would desire.

Didn't he largely play the same way, but with better players, at Liverpool?

[tomd2103]

McGrath was better. That's about it.

This is some bizarre revisionism, here. Terry had a good season, but he wasn't even the best centre-half at the club.

At his best, for Chelsea, he'd be up there with McGrath.

To suggest that he played better for us, at the tail end of his career, than Southgate, Ehiogu, Laursen or Mellberg did in their prime is nonsense.

He would be below Collins and Dunne too, based on one good season each. They were an excellent partnership before turning into twats as soon as MON left.

Terry is one of the best centre halves this country has ever produced. He was past his prime, but still oozed quality.

Laursen was not as good as he couldn't read the game like Terry. Far too prone to diving in and neither him nor King Olof had his distribution.

Dunne and Collins weren't as good even while he was in the nadir of his career.

Brilliant player.

Laursen was quality and came to us from AC Milan back when they were still a real force on the European stage.  A bit like McGrath, we would have probably not got near him had he not had injury problems as he would have been operating at the very highest level.

Laursen was a different type of centre half to Terry, in that he was more of a physical ball winner, whereas a Terry was more the sort who would mop up and play the ball out.  They probably would have made a very good pairing playing together at their peak. 

[sickbeggar]

I really don't want Benitez. He's just a foreign version of MON, albeit slightly further up the food chain. When he was with Liverpool i never thought they were a particulary attractive side.

[SoccerHQ]

I’d like Benítez. He’s paid a fortune but he’d walk this division and get him out of that fucked up situation at Newcastle where they’ve not really back him.

Would get on well with our new CEO....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/25/rafael-benitez-christain-purslow-liverpool-exit

[Toronto Villa]

I’d like Benítez. He’s paid a fortune but he’d walk this division and get him out of that fucked up situation at Newcastle where they’ve not really back him.

Would get on well with our new CEO....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/25/rafael-benitez-christain-purslow-liverpool-exit

LOL well that’s that then. Fact

[villadelph]

[sickbeggar]

heh. tbf i'm amazed monaco are seriously considering him.  Us, you can sort of understand it, but if we had won the premiership a year ago, and finished 2nd last season i'd hope we would be looking at better candidates.

[cdbearsfan]

An aside, but do people from Monaco support France? Or do they not care about internationals?

[Sexual Ealing]

An aside, but do people from Monaco support France? Or do they not care about internationals?

I'm not so sure that they're 'people' in Monaco, so much as 'tax criminals'.

[sickbeggar]

aye; its like a slightly warmer, richer isle of man.

[Iamkmkm]

"I really think the most important thing for football is entertaining the people. We don’t save lives, we don’t create anything, we are not good in surgeries, we are only good in football. If we would not entertain the people, why would we play it then" Jurgen Klopp

A manager who thinks like that would do for me.