funkyrobot Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 3 hours ago, Happy Fox said: He’s the best of the shite managers we can bring in at this level. If that’s the case then why is he out of work? Surely a Championship club would’ve already recruited Rafa AKA ‘The Best of The Shite Managers™️.’ 3
Lambert09 Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 3 hours ago, GingerrrFox said: Genuinely anyone who wants Rafa Benitez as manager needs to give their head a wobble. I’m aware it’s probably going to cause offence but he is shite. in what way is he shite? He’s genuinely done a good job everywhere he’s gone. I’d argue he was even doing well at everton at first with a horrific situation, but their fans were desperate to get on his back! Laughable that people would rather hassenhuntl because he’s more modern but anyone in football would tell you that he’s not fit to lace rafas boots 1
ramaiya2 Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 Right now, I would take Rafa, Cambiasso, Nigel P. Currently we have no one and the championship starts in 10 weeks time. The next Manager has his work cut out. Rafa is experienced and took Newcastle back up. Would I take him. Yes I would. My worry is that we either start with a New Manger 2 days before we start the new season or we start the season without a Manager. We need someone to start today. The longer we leave it the worse it gets.
Finnegan Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 28 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said: If you take off the blue glasses and take a look at the club, why wouldn’t you want to come here? Because he's probably looking at teams in Spain and Germany that are in and around their Top 6s thinking that he's a strong candidate to go manage someone in European competition chasing domestic cups. As a minimum. I agree with the general sentiment that we should be being ambitious and outward thinking, I just don't think RVN was the most realistic suggestion.
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 We'll be laughing stock by other clubs like Everton and Newcastle.......if we weren't already......going for washed up old timers
ClaphamFox Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 11 minutes ago, ramaiya2 said: Right now, I would take Rafa, Cambiasso, Nigel P. Currently we have no one and the championship starts in 10 weeks time. The next Manager has his work cut out. Rafa is experienced and took Newcastle back up. Would I take him. Yes I would. My worry is that we either start with a New Manger 2 days before we start the new season or we start the season without a Manager. We need someone to start today. The longer we leave it the worse it gets. Goodness me, this is getting a bit silly. We'll have a new manager soon, probably within the next 10 days or so. Well ahead of pre-season. I'd rather we took a week or two to get the right candidate than rush and get the wrong one just to appease anxious fans. 1
ARM1968 Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 Ohh I hope not. Would be a huge mistake. Should have binned Rodgers earlier and gone for Dyche. Still, we are where we are. 1
hackneyfox Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 4 minutes ago, ARM1968 said: Ohh I hope not. Would be a huge mistake. Should have binned Rodgers earlier and gone for Dyche. Still, we are where we are. Dyche who despite being in charge at Everton for many more games than Smith with us only managed to reach 36 points? His football is appalling to watch as well.
ramaiya2 Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 Rafa is tried and tested, so is Nigel P. This is NOT a normal pre-season. we have less then 10 weeks to sort the players contracts out, extend contracts, sell players, buy players. see what is available and if would come to LCFC. When the season starts only 4 players may start that finished in the premiership. This is a complete overhaul of players in less then 10 weeks. The board took the piss getting rid of BR. I just hope they do NOT take the piss in appointing a Manager. 1
winter-magpie Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 3 hours ago, Vindaloo FOX said: Don't think Rafa would have kept us up, felt when we sacked BR we needed more of a motivator to come in. Rafa isn't that he knows how to get a team defending and organized but he would need a full season. I think he would perfect right now. Sadly don't see him coming. I think he probably would actually providing the terms are right. Rafa just loves managing and more than anything else he wants a "project" he can get behind. His reputation has suffered since leaving Newcastle in 2019 and he's no longer seen as a massively desirable manager for PL jobs, so I think he'd happily drop down to the Championship at a club like Leicester with good infrastructure and potential for the future. Just depends on the financial elements of relegation and whatnot. 1
filbertway Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 Rafa and Nuno. Imagine wanting to watch that Newcastle performance every week regardless off the opposition. 3 1
Happy Fox Posted 30 May 2023 Author Posted 30 May 2023 1 hour ago, funkyrobot said: If that’s the case then why is he out of work? Surely a Championship club would’ve already recruited Rafa AKA ‘The Best of The Shite Managers™️.’ Probably because he wouldn’t manage someone like Cardiff or Huddersfield town no disrespect to either of those clubs. To be honest for a club of our size and status currently he’s the best option available, proven in the championship and premier league. 2
reynard Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 4 hours ago, GingerrrFox said: That’s honestly not true. I know there is a lot of doom and gloom around at the moment but we have a state of the art training ground and the squad we will have will be one of the most equipped in the Championship next season. As an example someone like Ruud Van Nistelerooy might look at what Vincent Kompany has done with Burnley and might quite fancy building his way up to a Premier League job. Managing in the Championship is a step up from the Eredivisie. I think we'll have to see what is left of it before we can say that. I don't think some of our players are at all equipped for the long grind of the Championship with two matches a week.
STUHILL Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 People overreacting a bit. He is a very good Manager and spent most his career at the top of the game. I suspect he could have done a better job than Smith, and at least made us harder to beat over those last 8 games, which may have been enough. However, I don't think he is the right Manager for us right now. Going to be a gruelling season and a huge amount of work needed in the transfer market and in training. Think we need to go with the younger, energetic type to get a team in the right mentality for what will be an absolute battle to get us back up.
ClaphamFox Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, STUHILL said: People overreacting a bit. He is a very good Manager and spent most his career at the top of the game. I suspect he could have done a better job than Smith, and at least made us harder to beat over those last 8 games, which may have been enough. However, I don't think he is the right Manager for us right now. Going to be a gruelling season and a huge amount of work needed in the transfer market and in training. Think we need to go with the younger, energetic type to get a team in the right mentality for what will be an absolute battle to get us back up. You make it sound like Rafa would be dozing in a deckchair while everybody else just sits around trying not to wake him His age isn't the problem - in fact you could argue that an experienced coach with gravitas, a strong track record and a ruthless streak is exactly what we need right now. The question is more about whether we'd accept his style of football as a price for getting back up to the PL. I suspect opinion would be divided on that. Edited 30 May 2023 by ClaphamFox
STUHILL Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 3 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said: You make it sound like Rafa would be dozing in a deckchair while everybody else just sits around trying not to wake him His age isn't the problem - in fact you could argue that an experienced coach with gravitas, a strong track record and a ruthless streak is exactly what we need right now. The question is more about whether we'd accept his style of football as a price for getting back up to the PL. I suspect opinion would be divided on that. Look at the 3 clubs just been promoted from the Championship this season. All young and energetic type Managers. Just my personal opinion, but I think there is merit in having that type of Manager in a gruellingly long Championship season, especially because it feels like all the life has been sucked out of Leicester. Not sure Rafa can inject that life back into us, like a young and hungry Manager would. 1
Happy Fox Posted 30 May 2023 Author Posted 30 May 2023 8 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said: You make it sound like Rafa would be dozing in a deckchair while everybody else just sits around trying not to wake him His age isn't the problem - in fact you could argue that an experienced coach with gravitas, a strong track record and a ruthless streak is exactly what we need right now. The question is more about whether we'd accept his style of football as a price for getting back up to the PL. I suspect opinion would be divided on that. Defensive football is not a big deal to me if we win more games, winning games is the key. If we score 85 goals across 46 games that wouldn’t be that bad.
Happy Fox Posted 30 May 2023 Author Posted 30 May 2023 Just now, Mendi said: Rafa is a gamble In what sense? proven in the championship and managed in the premier league, we aren't going to get better or the likes of Potter, hiring someone like Ruud Van Nisterooy is a gamble.
Guest Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 1 hour ago, filbertway said: Rafa and Nuno. Imagine wanting to watch that Newcastle performance every week regardless off the opposition. I'd be well up for Nuno, would really free up my weekends to do something more enjoyable than watching his utterly hateful football, like mowing the lawn with nail scissors or seeing how many pine cones I can fit in my mouth 1
Guy Posted 30 May 2023 Posted 30 May 2023 6 hours ago, Happy Fox said: He’s by far the best manager for us. Get it done Top give him want he wants. Benitez would definitely be a Top-esque appointment.....very much in the mould of Ranieri being so IMO. Also a good shout in present circumstances rather than had we hired him straight after Rodgers as a firefighter as we did with Smith (and Shakey). However I don't think he'd come and still think that Smith and Shakey will get first refusal on merit, mainly because of them being good enough to step in after the mess Rodgers left behind when nobody else seemed like they wanted to (Marsch, etc). Obviously most would point to what Rafa did under Ashley at Newcastle when he got them up and then finished 10th in the Prem. Also here he would have a better owner to answer to instead of course...
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