TRon Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Fair play to Rafa by the way, for believing in us as a club because although he doesn't exactly have his pick, he could do far better than us to be truthful. He was after all Real Madrid's manager most recently and with Guardiola leaving for City you might wonder whether Bayern would have looked at him... or Juventus if their manager leaves for Chelsea! All ifs and buts of course, but he is a massive coup. Knowing what we already know about him and his work and speaking to a few LFC fans I keep in touch with who know their stuff, its all about the project with him, building something that leads to success. He's not in it for the money or to satisfy his ego, he wants to build a successful club, not just a team, but a club. He is very detailed and a workaholic. His preperation is second to none and tactically I regard hims as the best in world football. If he has full control and is backed sufficiently in the transfer market I believe he can deliver a top 6 side and a trophy... providing we stay up of course. He lost his way in his final year at Liverpool and the Inter job was strange, I think he wanted to get back to work straight away, always wanted to work in Italy and went for it. Poor judgement on his behalf as Mourinho had spent that particular force so to speak. He won't deliver the Entertainers 3 and he will split the fans on some issues, but we will be much better off as a team. I alway thought individually his LFC team was average outside of Xabi, Gerrard and Torress for example but they went close to winning the league and of course won cups, the CL being the most notable. Oh and he's a good bloke too, he donated £96K of his own money to the Hillsborough family! I never really liked Liverpool under Benitez, but I had to give them grudging respect. No they didn't play flamboyant football, but they were hard to beat, and won a lot of head to heads with other top teams around them. If anything, their caution sometimes meant they didn't win enough games against the weaker teams. He will get us organised next season if we can stay up. I'm worried that he won't be able to do much in the short term with our hopeless defenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Still can't believe this. Such a shame it's so late in the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Just watched that entire thing, what a guy guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 It's fucking mad seeing him in for us. I proper love it I'm still in shock, I'd never believed he would join us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Dawg UK Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 That interview was something else ...he is clearly up for the job and I hope really hope the players are 100 per cent behind him .good interview Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 The whole thing just looks brighter. You look at our fixture list and it suddenly looks much more winnable than it did before. We're also only 1 point off safety with most of our rivals still to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag_in_NZ Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Just watched.....Rafa porn......brutally honest...so refreshing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 This time last year we had John Carver as manager and managed to survive, it would be such a Newcastle thing if we go down with Rafa as manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I'd fucking love it if he dragged this club up from its knees as it is now, I don't just mean on the pitch. He can be that person. McClaren might have been a reasonable idea in principle but he came in as the coach, he accepted that and the club still thought they knew their way was the best. He hasn't been good enough, and the system has failed yet again. If the threat of losing the big TV money has forced Ashley and the board into going back to a more normal style of running a club then great. Can't get over this. It's fucking amazing. We'd better stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Staying up would be huge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 That interview was something else ...he is clearly up for the job and I hope really hope the players are 100 per cent behind him .good interview I think the players hated being here under SMC but will want to be here now, and be out to impress Rafa- hes a a proper Top drawer manager the players will be fired up for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toon25 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Good on him for cancelling the players' day off too. Brilliant stuff. Absolute fucking joke they were allowed one beforehand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Fucking hell, it's like opposites day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I feel compelled to give every player a clean slate too. I think it's contagious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Interview is up: http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20160311/nufctv-benitez-the-first-interview_2281670_5412606 Anyone else not seeing it? Working fine for me. Issue on mobiles I think. Makes me feel awesome watching that. I am so fucking happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 That interview was something else ...he is clearly up for the job and I hope really hope the players are 100 per cent behind him .good interview I think the players hated being here under SMC but will want to be here now, and be out to impress Rafa- hes a a proper Top drawer manager the players will be fired up for sure. I might be reading too much into it...but there's a video clip within that interview where they're all standing around looking completely transfixed. Shelvey looks like he's chuffed to bits. I spotted that too- totally inspired and focused- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I feel compelled to give every player a clean slate too. I think it's contagious. Not Colback and Gouffran. If they start Monday Rafa OUT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 That's so poorly shot and lit. Rafa has such great psychological head-space and knows some of the players will watch that hence the repetition of positive chat about the players and fans. He comes across as no-nonsense and workmanlike totally unlike the psychobabble of Ginge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Did anyone else Notice Krul in that video as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 That interview was something else ...he is clearly up for the job and I hope really hope the players are 100 per cent behind him .good interview I think the players hated being here under SMC but will want to be here now, and be out to impress Rafa- hes a a proper Top drawer manager the players will be fired up for sure. I might be reading too much into it...but there's a video clip within that interview where they're all standing around looking completely transfixed. Shelvey looks like he's chuffed to bits Colback on the other hand... It kills me that we are in the position we are when appointing him, but fuuuuuuuck, am I delighted he's here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Pool fan here. I come in peace. I am a bit of a Rafa fan and thought would share my views on positives and negatives of Rafa. Style of Play: Functional. Hates loosing more than loves winning. Players will be drilled, day in day out. You will have the best defense seen at the club for ages. It can grate fans who like the attacking style of football but I can guarantee one thing - Newcastle United will never let the fans down in terms of effort. He will demand every player to cover every blade of grass 10 times over in each game. Once his tactics take shape, expect Newcastle to suffocate the opposition. One of the reasons he is unpopular in the media is that he never bows down to others. His attitude towards Mourinho "F*** you", towards Ferguson " F*** you", towards Allardyc " F*** F*** F*** you". You will go to Nou Camp, Madrid, San Siro and play with the "F** you we are Geordies, this is how we play attitude". His Valencia and Liverpool teams never bowed to anyone. Ayala used to say about how Rafa wanted him to kick players in the shower and create fights in the dressing room when someone was giving less than 100%. Expect the same at Newcastle. Player management: He is not the best at managing egos. He views each player as a chess piece. If he believes the team performance improves after drinking tea which Alan Shearer makes, he will ask Alan Shearer to make tea. He is all about drills. Players come in repeat the drills over and over again till it becomes second nature. He is from the Sacchi school than Cryuff. Attention to details: Obsessive. He will spend hours analyzing every bit of detail about the opposition. Stop him on the street and ask about next weeks game, he will be able to recite the height and weight of all opposition players from memory. He will give you 400%. When he got fired from Inter he started coaching the U 10 or U 8 football team his daughters played for, and apparently parents got bewildered when he stood at the sidelines and started shouting at 8 year old girls for not following his instruction. Relationship with owners: Not the best at maintaining relationship with owners. Frequently gets into fights. Relationship with fans: Dont listen to the media who portray him as a cold person. You will love him. He embraces the city, the culture and when you loose you can see the hurt in his eyes. He will give you his everything. Him and his wife Montse Benitez are wonderful human beings who will do a lot for charity. When he left he gave the HJC a check for $96000. I know he makes millions but having the presence of mind to pick that number shows everything about him. Other incidents: Google for Montse Benitez charities. She and Rafa have done a lot. Tranfers: A bit of a mixed bag. His transfers initially were brilliant. He loves choir boys than mavericks. But when he gets it right, he really gets it right - Alonso, Torres, Mascherano, Reina. The right type of players love him. "Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano has expressed his gratitude to Rafa Benitez and feels the Real Madrid coach saved his career. Mascherano has not forgotten about his former mentor and has stressed he will always be grateful to Benitez. He's a great man, and a diligent and excellent coach," Mascherano told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "Former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has thanked Rafa Benitez for helping him to a reach a level he never expected to hit." Bellamy: "I have gone on record recently and I will say it again now that I have learnt more from Rafael Benitez than any other coach I have worked with. I am a much better player for the time I've spent working with him and if I do go on to manage at some point in the future he's the model I'll use in my career. I can't make my respect for him any clearer than that." Football infrastructure: He builds the long term football infrastructure along with the first team. His coaching staff are serious technical people - not people who get jobs because of their playing career. He revamped the youth setup at LFC and Sterling, Ibe, Flanagan - not exactly class of 92 but still the best youth setup LFC had in ages. Expect some personnel from Sevilla, Barcelona, Madrid youth setup to join yu guys in the future. Will Newcastle win the Premier League if Rafa is the boss for the next 10 years? Not sure. But you will definitely win cups and most likely nice shiny European ones. If my life depended on the outcome of a two legged European tie, there is no one on the planet I would pick to manage my club other than Rafa Benitez. Loose to Reading on Saturday and then go to Nou Camp and defeat reining European champion Barcelona on their home turf. Expect a lot of weeks like that. Good luck. Wonderful manager, great person. You will love him I think I'm in love. What a guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedX02 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 That's so poorly shot and lit. Rafa has such great psychological head-space and knows some of the players will watch that hence the repetition of positive chat about the players and fans. And mentioning a couple different times about the first objective being a win on Monday. None of this Pardew "maybe we can scrape one against Morecambe" nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 That interview was something else ...he is clearly up for the job and I hope really hope the players are 100 per cent behind him .good interview I think the players hated being here under SMC but will want to be here now, and be out to impress Rafa- hes a a proper Top drawer manager the players will be fired up for sure. I might be reading too much into it...but there's a video clip within that interview where they're all standing around looking completely transfixed. Shelvey looks like he's chuffed to bits Colback on the other hand... It kills me that we are in the position we are when appointing him, but fuuuuuuuck, am I delighted he's here. tell you what- there will be no more fucking Cack Jogback with Rafa around thats for sure. If hes around he will be transformed into an effective role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZI2p285FI That's a good watch if anybody has missed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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