Decky Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 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 Just seen this after reading the Ace Posts thread. Thanks for taking the time to post this. I don't think I've wanted anything more in my time supporting this club than for us to survive relegation this season. We're literally fighting for the future of the club. Years of Rafa Benitez and a serious shot at success, or relegation to the Championship and the cycle of employing yesteryear's dross as manager starts again, more years of pain and no hope. I hope this fight is drilled into the players before Norwich because we need it bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Spot on Decky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Yeah, precisely how I feel. Three weeks ago I was moderately apathetic at the prospect of relegation, as I was last season. Now, having had such hope reignited, it would be the cruellest suckerpunch of all to get relegated now. It would feel like oblivion - knowing that we really did have a tangible chance of achieving something again. Hell, just feeling like I'm part of the club again has been fantastic. Being reminded that my grip on true supporterdom isn't quite as threadbare as I thought, after all the defeatism and apathy of the past two or three years, has been a huge relief to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Ra, Ra, Ra, Rafa Beniteggz! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160322/288c19df61b2db3a603eca69b9426f83.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 :lol: :lol: Fucking mint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Why. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Paully that's fucking eggxcellent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Class, that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Haha that's class, but why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Saw it on Facebook as well, kid's Easter competition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I hope he's done that just for the "crack" and not for a kid's competition, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Can I share that on social media, or would it make me an easter nonce? Edit - just seen Ian's post, carry on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Man I love Benitez so much, the guy oozes class! So sad that it looks like he'll only be here until the end of the season. It's like when you get a temp at work and she's perfect, I mean really nice looking and funny.. but you know she'll be gone soon and that fat tramp will be back from maternity leave. You try not to get too close but when she's there you have fun, you start to like work again!! Then before you know it she's gone, you keep thinking about her but you are left with the nasty little tramp with the annoying cough who you hate so fucking much!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 http://www.rafabenitez.com/web/in/news/rafa-benitez-visiting-the-academy/3535 http://i.imgur.com/dsDmh9C.jpg Rafa Benitez visited the Newcastle United Academy this afternoon to see at first hand the training facilities, meet the staff, including Academy Manager. Joe Joyce, and to see the scholars working out on a typical afternoon at Little Benton. Rafa and his back room team had a full tour of the Academy, viewing all the internal areas including the class rooms, where the all important education takes place, the fitness and treatment rooms and then the analysis and sports science department where player performance is closely monitored. It was then outside to the pitches where Academy Coaches Neil Winskill and Liam Bramley were taking a training session with the Under 15s who were on day release programme from school. Rafa met all the admin staff and also other coaching staff plus the recruitment and education/welfare officers who play such a key role behind the scenes at the Academy. Joe Joyce commented that all his staff were delighted to meet Rafa and how appreciative they all were that he and his staff had taken the time to come and visit them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 This man just makes me absolutely beg that we survive this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 This man just makes me absolutely beg that we survive this. I'm about frantic. Will be utterly devastated if we go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Is there any chance at all he'd commit to the club and stay to get us up and go from there or is that just wishful thinking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 http://www.rafabenitez.com/web/in/news/rafa-benitez-visiting-the-academy/3535 http://i.imgur.com/dsDmh9C.jpg Rafa Benitez visited the Newcastle United Academy this afternoon to see at first hand the training facilities, meet the staff, including Academy Manager. Joe Joyce, and to see the scholars working out on a typical afternoon at Little Benton. Rafa and his back room team had a full tour of the Academy, viewing all the internal areas including the class rooms, where the all important education takes place, the fitness and treatment rooms and then the analysis and sports science department where player performance is closely monitored. It was then outside to the pitches where Academy Coaches Neil Winskill and Liam Bramley were taking a training session with the Under 15s who were on day release programme from school. Rafa met all the admin staff and also other coaching staff plus the recruitment and education/welfare officers who play such a key role behind the scenes at the Academy. Joe Joyce commented that all his staff were delighted to meet Rafa and how appreciative they all were that he and his staff had taken the time to come and visit them. Rafa never looks relaxed, he always looks as if he's trying to work something out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Is there any chance at all he'd commit to the club and stay to get us up and go from there or is that just wishful thinking? Unlikely. And I think it's more that the club wont want to pay his wages than anything else, so if we go down then he'll go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I think the fact that he is going around to the youth squads and facilities gives us a bit of hope that he might stick around. Either that or he's confident we'll stay up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Is there any chance at all he'd commit to the club and stay to get us up and go from there or is that just wishful thinking? By May, I'll have convinced myself that he's fallen in love with the club, feels guilty and pledges to bring us straight back. Especially if no other job comes up. But realistically he'll go. Valencia will probably be looking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Can't think of anything I've wanted more as an nufc fan than for us to survive so he stays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Is there any chance at all he'd commit to the club and stay to get us up and go from there or is that just wishful thinking? By May, I'll have convinced myself that he's fallen in love with the club, feels guilty and pledges to bring us straight back. Especially if no other job comes up. But realistically he'll go. Valencia will probably be looking. As if we'd pay him the wages anyway. We'd be the ones invoking the clause, before he can even think about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Hoser Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 This man just makes me absolutely beg that we survive this. I'm getting sick just imagining the future that will be lost if we go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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