Rafa Watch

[Glenn Hysen]

Sir, you may have a point.

Maybe I'm just thinking too much about his last season here...

[Arn]

Sir, you may have a point.

Maybe I'm just thinking too much about his last season here...

Last season wasn't exactly great but it wasn't as **** as some people say. We didn't lose two games in a row in the league the last seven months.

We didn't play great but we still picked up points. Many draws and boring games but you couldn't just go out and pick up three points against us.

We had a very good defensive system to fall back on when the attacking play didn't worked.

[Craig_H]

You really really love Rafael Benitez. Great guy but not a great manager.

How are you defining 'great manager' ?

He's one of the world's top 10, without a shadow of a doubt.

[Joey Jones]

How are you defining 'great manager' ?

He's one of the world's top 10, without a shadow of a doubt.

Just out of curiosity, and in your opinion of course, was he in your 'world's top 10 managers' last season?

[Craig_H]

It's quite galling and it keeps me up at night in despair mate - but - and i dont know how to break this to you.... i didnt compile a list last season.

It ****s me off, to this day.

[Joey Jones]

It's quite galling and it keeps me up at night in despair mate - but - and i dont know how to break this to you.... i didnt compile a list last season.

It ****s me off, to this day.

Thanks for the patronising answer.

[Craig_H]

Thanks for the patronising answer.

You're welcome.

You reap what you sow, and it suited your patronising question perfectly.

[Joey Jones]

You're welcome.

You reap what you sow, and it suited your patronising question perfectly.

Reap what you sow I only asked you a question which you decided to sidestep.

[Craig_H]

Reap what you sow I only asked you a question which you decided to sidestep.

It was clearly a patronising, loaded question. Did you think you'd managed to ask it in a subtle manner?

[saj]

How someone can say that he failed is laughable. If they win the two games in hand then they have every chance to win the league.

Milan is a one man team and if Ibra gets injured or start to play worse then they most probably out of the title race.

They qualified for the last 16 in the CL and is still in the Italian Cup.

He hasn't delivered as good as could expect him to do but failed, not a chance.

You are beginning to sound deluded. On the one hand, you are saying Milan have a better squad than Inter as you have said many times in this thread and as you outlined today in the quote below:

Maybe you don't know that Milan for example signed probably the best player in Serie A the last decade plus Robinho...

Yet now you are saying they are a one man team? Your love of Rafa is irrational. Like it or not, he has screwed up somewhere. You have blamed everything from referees right through to probably the weather as to the reason why Inter are doing badly.

[Craig_H]

He's got you there, Arn

[Arn]

He's got you there, Arn

No Milan is a one man team. Ibra totally dominates whatever they do in an attacking way. You just need to look at the latest game against Roma.

Ibra didn't deliver, Milan didn't win, lost 1-0.

If Ibra plays like he done in almost every game in the league then they will most probably win the league. If he gets injured or is off form then they don't have any back up plan at all.

Ibra and Eto'o. That is the two best players in the league by some distance.

Milan have built their tactics around one player, Ibra. Time will tell if that was the right thing to do.

[Fernandinho]

at craigs comment for his list

[Arn]

If Milan hadn't signed up Ibra then they wouldn't have a great chance to win the league.

As I said. They are a one man team. He decides if they have a chance to win the league or not.

[Joey Jones]

It was clearly a patronising, loaded question. Did you think you'd managed to ask it in a subtle manner?

I'll try again then (in a subtle manner):

Craig, with regards to your top 10 world managers...........just remembered, there's no point in asking is there as you didn't compile a list last season, silly me