Rafael Benitez
A master of the tactical game and of winning pressure one-off games, Rafael Benitez has the pedigree to be a great manager. Made his name with Valencia before moving to England to manage Liverpool and has led them to 2 Champions League finals in 3 years. That’s more than Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho and SAF, so that’s saying a lot.
Valencia won La Liga under him, but Liverpool have been off the pace in the league so far as Rafa in my opinion still has to get his tactics in line with the demands of the Premiership.
Liverpool can beat Milan at their own ‘control’ game
In a rematch of epic proportions, the formation Benitez will put out from the start needs careful consideration in the build up to the final.
Liverpool need consistency of selection to challenge for the Premiership title
Forget the star players. Benitez needs to focus on choosing his best XI and sticking with it throughout the whole season, barring injuries and suspensions. In this way he’ll be taking a leaf out of the Ferguson and Mourinho handbook when it comes to giving your team the best chance of winning the title.
Wenger and Benitez criticize Euro 2008 qualification – and they’re right
Arsene Wenger and Rafael Benitez have both spoken out against the current system of qualification for Euro 2008 (I’m sure they’ll say the same when World Cup 2010 comes along), and both are completely right in their arguments.
Liverpool…oh my god, what has Benitez done!
The price to pay for perfection is very, very heavy.
Manchester United vs Liverpool – Picking a combined team
After our new author JAFL inadvertently sparked off the customary Friday controversy by telling Liverpool fans that they won’t win the Premiership this season, one of the threads talked about “who had the better players” between Manchester United and Liverpool. As a result of that discussion, here is my pick of a starting 11, a…
Liverpool Are Under Pressure To Match Expectations
Finally, Liverpool have signed Dirk Kuyt (9 mil) and after their 6th signing of the summer, the fans and the club are confident that they are the main challengers to Chelsea’s title.
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