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.
This guy is superb. Quite why he is making a name for himself as a guy in a hoodie standing in front of a box of Cornflakes and not on the TV we don’t know. He reels off some excellent impressions of Rafa Benitez, Steven “Yeerrrm”...
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Written by Rob Parker. 4 comments
Juventus are rumoured to be interested in poaching Rafael Benitez from Liverpool, even though the Spaniard has repeatedly stated his desire to stay for a long time at Anfield if the owners give him the requisite backing.
Written by Ahmed Bilal. One comment
Rafa Benitez has done an admirable job at Liverpool since taking over. He hasn’t been brilliant – that would be Jose Mourinho’s 3-year stint at Chelsea – but in his own way he has given Liverpool respect and bit by bit transformed...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 24 comments
Soccerlens is a big fan of statistics, as Scott the Red’s in-depth rundown of last season’s Premier League data showed. In fact, statistics...
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Liverpool’s 2-3 win over Manchester City yesterday was without doubt one of the finest games in Premier League history. The Reds pulled off the sort of comeback they had previously reserved for 1990s clashes with Newcastle United and Champions...
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Soccerlens reader and forum member deridder8 wrote a very interesting article in the forum today – here’s an extract:
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It infuriates me when people are judged on their appearance. Just because Rafa Benitez is a tubby mess, this does not give opposing supporters the right to abuse him.
The Aston Villa supporters went well over the top with their ‘Fat Spanish...
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Written by Gerry McDonnell. 8 comments
While going out and buying the world’s best players is a great way to get the glory you desire, there’s nothing like overseeing the development of a player from a youngster with high potential to a world-class star.
There are several...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 10 comments
If a team does poorly, or as is the case in modern-day football, fails to entertain, the blame falls on the manager. That sounds right until you consider that if those bloody millionaires running aimlessly on the pitch had followed instructions,...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 6 comments
‘Onest ‘Arry Redknapp appears to be feeling the pinch of the credit crunch. Obviously Lord Stevens’ enquiry into bung-taking in football found no evidence he was anything other than an upstanding member of the football community,...
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