Sydney_Iron
8:54 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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Coffee might be a while, he has to spell check and punctuation and grammar check that lot first.
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Sven Roeder
8:53 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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I heard he was awful but I like him.
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Coffee
8:51 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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Syd, don't let Ron see that...
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goose
8:51 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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beppe 8:36 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
Really hope the odds reflect the truth, but then Rafa was v low odds only a day or two ago.
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Sydney_Iron
8:51 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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FFS, third attempt for the rest..........
That is Emery's great strength: making the best of what he has at his disposal. With Sevilla he has to contend with a restricted budget and the loss of key players in the summer of 2013 after just six months in charge. Jesus Navas, Negredo, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Gary Medel were all sold to balance the books, fetching just shy of 70 million euros, and in came Bacca, Kevin Gameiro, Vicente Iborra and Vitolo for 20 million. The end of season result was a top-five finish and a Europa League title. Vitolo was signed from Las Palmas and recently received a Spain call-up.
Ahead of the current campaign, Sevilla sold captain and talisman Ivan Rakitic and left-back Alberto Moreno for 30 million and brought in Grzegorz Kyrchowiak and Benoit Tremoulinas for seven million. The end of season result is another guaranteed top-five finish, and potentially Champions League qualification via two routes - their finishing place in the league, as well as defending Europa League champions.
If Sevilla miss out on Europe's top table in La Liga, it will be to Valencia, a club that Emery also dragged back to prominence on a shoestring. Los Che finished behind Almeria in 2007-08 but Emery gained Europa League qualification the following season, his first at Mestalla, and followed that up with three consecutive third-place finishes. Valencia didn't get anywhere near Real Madrid and Barcelona during that spell, but Emery again had to contend with financial restrictions and achieved those direct Champions League qualifications despite losing David Villa, David Silva and Juan Mata over the course of his final two seasons.
Emery's methods are legend: Miniscule detail is his byword and his players are given dossiers on their opposite numbers ahead of every game. The Sevilla coach is a trend-setter and his formula is one already stamped with success. His exploits at the Sanchez Pizjuan have extended Sevilla's season beyond Real Madrid's and it would be verging on negligence if Perez and his board have not taken notice. Rotations, or lack thereof, have undermined Real in 2015 but Emery's are paying dividends when it matters.
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Sydney_Iron
8:48 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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Whoops, only got half
Must be half pasted today..................
Emery repeated the trick at Almeria in 2006-07, taking the low-budget coastal sluggers into Primera Division at the first attempt. The following season he guided Almeria to eighth in the top division -- the second-highest finish for a newly-promoted side in La Liga history -- and he did so on the back of a gamble in the transfer market: bringing an unknown Real Madrid Castilla forward by the name of Alvaro Negredo to the club on loan. Things turned a little sour when the two were reunited at Sevilla, but there is no doubt that Emery launched the career of a forward who would go on to command more than 40 million euros in transfer fees and play for his country.
Current Sevilla striker Carlos Bacca lauded his coach in a recent press conference: "Emery is a very demanding coach who never lets you relax. He is always trying to get the best out of you and that's been reflected in my performances," said the Colombian, who has scored 46 goals in 104 appearances since joining from Club Brugge in July 2013.
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Sydney_Iron
8:46 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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Unai Emery, you say!!!!!
Like Mourinho he had a modest playing career and like Pellegrini he has massively overachieved in Spain. Emery was handed the reins at Lorca in January 2005 while still on the books as a midfielder when a serious knee injury ended his playing career, and what a prescient move it turned out to be. The untested 33-year-old took the modest outfit into the Segunda Division that same season and narrowly missed out on promotion to the top-flight in 2005-06. To put the achievement into a typically Spanish context, Lorca Deportiva was founded in 2002, ceased to exist in 2012 and played home games at the 8,000-seater Estadio Francisco Artes Carrasco.
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Coffee
8:43 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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Is he related to Dick?
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beppe
8:36 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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Have you sen the price for Unai Emery to be our next boss.
2/1 on skybet.
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crapnotshit
8:25 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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ATH, all we can do is hoping
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ray winstone
8:24 Thu May 21
Re: Rafael Benitez
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Real Madrid, apparently........
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ATHammer
11:55 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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I wonder if he came, or for that matter any other new manager, whether the deal for Song would change? After all he is a great player; world class at the start of the season when the team wasn't shaped for Nolan and Carroll. So if a new manager comes in would we keep him in a team based on ability as opposed to function?
Personally if the price was right I would like him here.
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AKA ERNIE
4:42 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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buster bizzare aint it
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Buster
4:41 Wed May 20
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AKA ERNIE 4:36 Wed May 20
Doesn't count because it's not been achieved within the top five leagues of Europe apparently.
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AKA ERNIE
4:36 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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RODENT so a 57% win ratio throughout his time in management is shit then ?
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Eggbert Nobacon
4:15 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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yeah I'm not blaming them penners
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penners28
4:15 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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or a manager's career could be a short one, so if someone is offering you a multi million pound contract, that is about 5 or 6 times what you are currently earning, you think about the future in a different way?
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Eggbert Nobacon
4:08 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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penners
Which I guess just goes to show that if someone chucks enough cash at them even a loyal manager will be off
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Glenn Rodent
4:07 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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whufcroe 4:03 Wed May 20
Sorry, I know he played in Germany, but I meant Russia.
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Buster
4:06 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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How does he feel being second choice behind MARTINEZ?
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Trevor B
4:05 Wed May 20
Re: Rafael Benitez
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croe
to be fair mate if you were having a barney with someone and they got something mixed up like that, you would have been all over them ;-)
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