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Rafa Benitez

Tactics and the Modern Game: the Perils of Overstating the Case

by Richard Whittall on February 28, 2009 · 7 comments

And my particular bugbear, this week, is bullshit-artists who try to over-complicate a perfectly simple game by waffling on interminably about formations and tactics; holding midfielders, players in the hole, galloping wing-backs blah, blah, blah snooze yawn in a bid to make out they’re more clever than everyone else. There is, of course, a time [...]

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Rick Parry Is To Leave Liverpool

by Paul Bestall on February 27, 2009 · 3 comments

 
What on earth is happening at Liverpool this week? There seems to some major leaking going on behind the scenes that seem to point to two camps eager to try and score points against each other. News has begun to circulate this morning that the chief executive, Rick Parry is to leave his position at Liverpool this [...]

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Not a Happy Guus While Rafa’s Going No Where,

by Johnathan Starling on February 26, 2009 · 3 comments

I’m happy Guus is not as thrilled about Chelsea’s 1-0 win as I am.
A bit of a side bar before I get into the news tonight. Chelsea are extremely lucky they are a goal to the good heading into their Champions League second leg. For starters, I don’t believe Didier Drogba’s goal should have counted. [...]

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Bookies Suspend Betting On Benitez Leaving Liverpool

by Paul Bestall on February 25, 2009 · 2 comments

Sky Sports News seems to be having a strange day today as it winds itself up again over the information that certain bookmakers here in the U.K. have suspended betting on Rafa Benitez leaving Liverpool after tonight’s match. Now whilst I’ve been highly critical of Benitez this season, this is another ludicrous situation developing  at [...]

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The Return of Ranieri While Villa and Spurs Forget UEFA Cup

by Johnathan Starling on February 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Chelsea’s first leg clash with Juventus is all about one man, Claudio Ranieri. The manager who was first fired by Roman at Chelsea, after getting one season, knew he was a lame duck and insists the fact he didn’t give up shows the character he has. For a man who thinks he did ok, he [...]

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Is Mourinho Really The Special One?

by Paul Bestall on February 23, 2009 · 5 comments

Tomorrow night sees a meeting between two of  Europe’s best coaches in the Champions League when Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United travel to Milan to face Jose Mourinho’s Inter side. Mourinho’s magic touch is still continuing in his current spell in Italy, with one trophy already safely stashed away with the SuperCoppa and 3 more on the horizon [...]

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Benitez and Mowbray’s Words Fail to Show Up on the Pitch

by Johnathan Starling on February 23, 2009 · 0 comments

You would think Rafa Benitez would have already learned his lesson. Instead Rafa is left to choke on more words, and a title dream lost.
Before Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City, Rafa reacted to Arsene Wenger’s comments that Manchester United were untouchable. “I can only talk of my team but I don’t think they are [...]

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