True lol, to be fair to him first half he was average again but worldy pass for the goal. 2nd half first 10-20 mins he looked sensational..........out on the right wing!
Can't imagine Torres is too tired considering he's spent recent weeks moping around on the halfway line feeling sorry for himself.
Hey, i think we all agree Robbie's sacking was very harsh and propably a bit premature, but you have to consider the fact Roman really never wanted him to begin with. He got a chance but he had to dominate if he wanted to keep it. Turned out quite differently so he got the boot.
This is the problem. He was never going to win 50% of our fans over. Ever. It was never a logical choice because it was so obvious how people were going to react and what a seething cauldron of hatred it would create.
You know, i don't think anyone could have anticipated fan outrage of this magnitude.
There are cultural differences. You just don't change from Barcelona to Real Madrid.You know, i don't think anyone could have anticipated fan outrage of this magnitude. The board propably figured people should be able to understand that whatever Rafa said or did in the past, he was just a professional doing his job. Don't think i've ever seen so irrational fan behaviour in my life. People raging because player went to a rival club? Sure, but manager? For god sake, Trappatoni and Capello managed half of the top clubs in Italy , they both won the league with all of them, and i've never heard about any drama that would even resemble Rafagate.
I'd hate for some billionaire ***** to take over Wigan. Most clubs would kill for a chairman like Whelan! Most? All clubs! I feel sorry for Chelsea, as much as I dislike them haha. I hope RDM is offered the job again but puts two fingers up at RA, then takes another team to the Champions LEague final, meeting Chelsea and thumping them by the biggest European Cup final margin, ever!
There are cultural differences. You just don't change from Barcelona to Real Madrid.
Among others...Luis Figo.
Among others...
Luis Enrique, Ronaldo, Saviola, Laudrup, Eto'o, Haghi, Prosinecki, Luis Milla, Bernd Schuster...
Granted, some of them had a club in between (Haghi, Eto'o, Prosinecki...) but you get the idea. It's a rare occurrence but it's certainly not unheard of.
Luis Figo.
And there were no bitter feelings there at all...
Not to mention that this isn't just as simple as changing to another club, this is changing to a club that you have criticised, belittled and ridiculed in the past.
Errrrrr...
A lot of people predicted it. Like I said about a month ago in this thread, I think that people that don't support Chelsea realise how much we really, really don't like him, so maybe it wouldn't have been anticipated from the outside but it was obvious to us.
There are cultural differences. You just don't change from Barcelona to Real Madrid.
yeah they got over it. And we are talking about Real Madrid vs Barca there
Ridiculed? Hardly.
Rafa Benitez said:We don’t need to give away flags for our fans to wave – our supporters are always there with their hearts, and that is all we need. It’s the passion of the fans that helps to win matches – not flags.
You know, i don't think anyone could have anticipated fan outrage of this magnitude. The board propably figured people should be able to understand that whatever Rafa said or did in the past, he was just a professional doing his job. Don't think i've ever seen so irrational fan behaviour in my life. People raging because player went to a rival club? Sure, but manager? For god sake, Trappatoni and Capello managed half of the top clubs in Italy , they both won the league with all of them, and i've never heard about any drama that would even resemble Rafagate.
Barely. Most cules I know still have a lingering dislike for him. Over time, seething hatred lessened but it's not a simple case of getting over it. I think a good example for you here would be to look at how many of us would be heartbroken if Jose took over United.