http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/11/rafa-benitez-yossi-benayoun-liverpool
Tactician or not, have to say Rafa is Master at Man Management. Maybe Rafa leaving is blessing in disguise.
Rafa Benítez made my life a misery at Liverpool, says Yossi Benayoun
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Tactician or not, have to say Rafa is Master at Man Management. Maybe Rafa leaving is blessing in disguise.
Ok, story's from Bascombe in the NOTW. That in itself is a big red flag. Yossi running to Bascombe? Bascombe's reviled for a number of reasons - many of them rightly - which are nowt to do with who he currently works for but date back to his time on the Echo when he printed whatever **** he was told to print.
Now Yossi when he was bought was told that he was a squad player. No illusions, no lies, pure truth from the manager when he was bought - you're a squad player, but if you play well then you'll be first team. Couple of weeks after he's signed, his agent is out and about screaming blue murder about how Yossi is too good to be a squad player. Eh? Prove it then lad, don't whine about getting paid a fortune a week on a contract which you've signed under no illusions about where you'll be on the pecking order.
He's a cracking little player when he's on form and when he doesn't go missing. But he does go missing at times (usually games against teams who'll put their foot in). He's also inconsistent as ****. World beater when he's in the zone, but misses open goals when he's not.
As for the 'break Riera' - that's the Riera who was a jobbing pro who got into the Spanish team on the back of a lot of hard work which saw him cement a first team place? The Riera who then decided to stop working and got sent to train in the reserves for not training properly? The Riera who was then disciplined by the club for slapping about a team-mate? That's breaking a player? Kinell - some of these players need to get a grip and start to realise that natural talent is absolutely nothing without hard work. And if you're not working hard enough, then no manager worth his salt will let it ride.
Benitez' man-management may not be everyone's cup of tea but we've tried the 'mates turning up for training' thing at Anfield and we hated the results. Hugs and cuggles are all well and good but some of these players need to start treating things as professional athletes.
Now Yossi when he was bought was told that he was a squad player. No illusions, no lies, pure truth from the manager when he was bought - you're a squad player, but if you play well then you'll be first team. Couple of weeks after he's signed, his agent is out and about screaming blue murder about how Yossi is too good to be a squad player. Eh? Prove it then lad, don't whine about getting paid a fortune a week on a contract which you've signed under no illusions about where you'll be on the pecking order.
He's a cracking little player when he's on form and when he doesn't go missing. But he does go missing at times (usually games against teams who'll put their foot in). He's also inconsistent as ****. World beater when he's in the zone, but misses open goals when he's not.
As for the 'break Riera' - that's the Riera who was a jobbing pro who got into the Spanish team on the back of a lot of hard work which saw him cement a first team place? The Riera who then decided to stop working and got sent to train in the reserves for not training properly? The Riera who was then disciplined by the club for slapping about a team-mate? That's breaking a player? Kinell - some of these players need to get a grip and start to realise that natural talent is absolutely nothing without hard work. And if you're not working hard enough, then no manager worth his salt will let it ride.
Benitez' man-management may not be everyone's cup of tea but we've tried the 'mates turning up for training' thing at Anfield and we hated the results. Hugs and cuggles are all well and good but some of these players need to start treating things as professional athletes.
Lol at this story. I think I can speak for most Liverpool fans when I say I would take Rafa over Yossi any day of the week..
Shame we've lost both though. Have fun at Chelsea, personally I think he should have kept his/his agents moaning to himself because nobody cares..
Shame we've lost both though. Have fun at Chelsea, personally I think he should have kept his/his agents moaning to himself because nobody cares..
I actually saw something similar to this in Gerrard's autobiograpghy. He said all about how Rafa kept you on your toes about whether you'd be in the team or not, he'd make you didn't just relax because you had a good game. I imagine there is some truth in there, but Benayoun is just a ***** who can't take a bit of criticism and not someone who will just keep working harder to impress the manager, like Gerrard.
I don't see what he's moaning about. Rafa was making each and every one of them earn their spots through hard-work and consistency (I guess that's why he's quite fond of Kuyt). That's the norm, nobody can take their place for granted. If you don't impress, you're out. If you're not consistent enough, get ready to find a new club. What's he expecting at Chelsea? A guaranteed First Eleven spot from the get go?
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Not making himself popular at Anfield for when he returns, jesus suck it up, he done it to everyone, you're suck a light-weight *****. At least Chelsea have to deal with this confidence player from here on
Gump, how can you support Man City and Chelsea? They're from opposite ends of the country and are both competing for the top spots in the same division...
I was wondering the exact same thing,looks like a glory supporter to me although how much more glory does he need if he supports Chelsea
@Topic:Lets Hope Yossi does well for Chelsea,maybe Ancelloti knows something about him that we dont
at the end ov the day you are going to get players slating managers and others loving them its just the way it goes. yossi i feel as an outsider was treated pretty badly at pool and was used as a bit part player and even though his performances were excellent most times he seemed to get over looked alot, so i cant blame him for sticking the knife in. although im sure some players i.e torres, gerrard etc wouldnt say a bad word about rafa.
yer thats all he will be a squad rotation player but in a team that just won the double thats all you can expect. for me the torres deal wont go ahead now he is proven to injury prone and wouldnt be worth the fee thats being talked about, i would much rather we sign sergio aguero.
It doesnt matter to me where they do locate. I used to be a fan of Chelsea, but when Man City came with their ambition and the ''not-so-good'' Squad they had, I left Chelsea as a ''Secondary'' if u can say so. It has been more thrilling to see Man City rising and thats why I fan City.
But now its more like just that Im happy if Chelsea wins something, but If Man City - Chelsea would decide the Premier League winner or some other competition's winner, Then it would be absolutely Man City who I Support.
Cant explain it better.
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And what comes for Yossi's playin, I think he will make it to the First team, since Joe Cole left and it has left a ''hole''.
And tbh, For my opinion Torres will sign for Chelsea this summer. Too bad for City.
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