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Rafa Benitez is a "tactical genius" who will lead Newcastle back into the Premier League, according to former Liverpool defender John Arne Riise.

 

Riise won the Champions League, Super Cup and the FA Cup under Benitez at Liverpool during four of his seven years on Merseyside under the current Newcastle manager.

 

Newcastle are set to face Huddersfield on Saturday afternoon in their second Sky Bet Championship match of the season and Benitez's will be looking for a response from his side after the surprise 1-0 loss to Fulham at Craven Cottage.

 

However, the flame-haired Norwegian says the former Real Madrid and Inter Milan boss is the best manager he has ever played under and will be able to cope with the challenges of the Championship.

 

"I'm sure he will get them back up even though they lost against Fulham which I wasn't unhappy about because I used to play for the club," Riise told Sky Sports.

 

"It's a very competitive league and I think it's different to what Benitez has experienced before in terms of the way games are played.

 

"Benitez will need to adapt a little bit but he is brilliant and he will do that. Benitez is so hard-working, he's a tactical genius.

 

"I still keep in touch with Rafa and I really wish him well. He's the best manager I've had and somebody I shared so much with together."

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I look around at all the top managers and I think there isn't a manager I would want more. The only guy who gets it like him would be Klopp, and I'm a fan of Jose but still I just don't think there is a manager out there right now who I would want over Rafa. He really is a dream appointment for us.

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Speaking of that, who is his assistant now? Is it the bloke who came in afterwards, that Mikel Antia? I always thought he was just a coach.

Is not that other Spanish one who came at the same time as Rafa? I want to say Moreno?

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Rafa Benitez

Manager

 

Antonio Gomez

First Team Coach

 

Ian Cathro

Assistant Coach

 

Francisco de Míguel Moreno

Fitness Coach

 

Simon Smith

Goalkeeping Coach

 

Peter Beardsley

Football Development Manager

 

Ben Dawson

Professional Development Phase Coach

 

Joe Joyce

Academy Manager

 

Dave Watson

Under-18s Coach

 

Chris Terpcou

Academy Goalkeeping Coach

 

 

 

 

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This is about as big a wake up call for him and the players as you could have

Not exactly like we have a bunch of players capable of responding to a wake up call.

 

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I don't see what good a 'wake up call' is for the players. It's not their fault some of them aren't good enough and it's not them picking 2 defensive midfielders and 1 striker at home to fucking Huddersfield Town.

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