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#11
07-01-2021, 11:42 AM
I think its pretty hilarious that Benitez called Everton "a small club" after a game once while he was at 'Pool, then back tracked a short while ago saying he got lost in translation and meant "small club tactics".

Can't imagine this appointment has gone down very well with the diehard toffees.
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#12
07-01-2021, 11:44 AM
And I think what the OP poster meant/referring to is a wider WTF moment, rather than any direct comparison to AFI.
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07-01-2021, 11:45 AM
(06-29-2021, 10:57 PM)SW4Baggie Wrote: Everton have really delusions of grandeur… historic club who certainly should have done better in the last couple decades but they’re essentially a midtable club who are destined to hover between 6th and 16th.

Bit like Villa?
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07-01-2021, 11:45 AM
If he had been successful with Chelsea or Arsenal it would look like an inspired appointment.
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07-01-2021, 11:45 AM
(06-29-2021, 10:58 PM)Duffers Wrote: Why is this an AFI moment?

Benitez is a fantastic manager for a club of Everton’s size.

Be like Villa sacking Dean Smith and us later appointing him...

Don't rule that out, come to think of it!
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07-01-2021, 11:59 AM
Who was Blues manager when they won the cup & then went to the Villa. Never stood a chancre & Benitez will struggle for that reason too.
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#17
07-01-2021, 12:01 PM
(07-01-2021, 11:59 AM)B36baggie Wrote: Who was Blues manager when they won the cup & then went to the Villa. Never stood a chancre & Benitez will struggle for that reason too.

McLeish.

In fairness to the Villa fans, McLeish was an utterly awful manager, whereas Rafa has a good track record.
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07-01-2021, 12:02 PM
(07-01-2021, 11:59 AM)B36baggie Wrote: Who was Blues manager when they won the cup & then went to the Villa. Never stood a chancre & Benitez will struggle for that reason too.

Alex McLeish.
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07-01-2021, 12:05 PM
(07-01-2021, 11:45 AM)Johnnykayeengland Wrote:
(06-29-2021, 10:58 PM)Duffers Wrote: Why is this an AFI moment?

Benitez is a fantastic manager for a club of Everton’s size.

Be like Villa sacking Dean Smith and us later appointing him...

Don't rule that out, come to think of it!

I would be ok with that.
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#20
07-01-2021, 12:06 PM
Point of the post was surely the intentional timing to distract the fans' discontent. During an England game wasn't it? I don't think anybody is seriously comparing the 2 managers.

Benitez has won it all
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