Rafa Watch

[Arn]

they weren't that better, well they were better up until Totti went off and Vučinić came on. Totti is only playing because of his name nowadays, a shadow of a player he use to be.

They have one of the best attackers in Serie A on the bench, Vucinic

[Mike]

4-0 tonight

Eto'o hat-trick and whoever else

[Shanks]

Change the thread to Eto'o watch then eh!

How about we swap Eto'o and Sneijder for Lucas and Kuyt..

Simples.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

Watched the highlights last night,good to see eto'o back to his old self and was just thinking how when rafa comes back,he should bring them two with him.
Anyone know why he changed keepers?

[the rev leeroy brown]

15 months down the line and im still at a complete loss as to why barca let etoo go last summer?!?!?!?

utter madness.

inter fans are lucky ****s to have him play for them.

[RedReet]

15 months down the line and im still at a complete loss as to why barca let etoo go last summer?!?!?!?

utter madness.

inter fans are lucky ****s to have him play for them.

Never fear, sure once Eto’o leads this ‘mutiny’ you predicted, Rafa will have him out the door in no time and Barca can have him back. Then of course Rafa will soon follow, Christmas isn’t it?

[Zapater]

It's funny because I've read one or two reports criticising Rafa for "not being able to control Eto'o the way Mourinho did" haha, **** it, little do they know he didn't want his best striker and one of the best strikers in the world playing as essentially a right wing back half of the time and like Dirk Kuyt the other. Those voices have quietened down.

Didn't see the game, but the score is no surprise to me, Eto'o is red hot atm. What a way to bounce back from a hard defeat.

[Arn]

15 months down the line and im still at a complete loss as to why barca let etoo go last summer?!?!?!?

utter madness.

inter fans are lucky ****s to have him play for them.

Eto'o is probably the only one that can rival Mourinho as the biggest ego in the game.

No room for big egos at Barca. Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Ibra three examples of that.

Barca also had to sell him with only one year left on the contract. It was selling him to Inter or don't get anything a year later.

[The_weatherman]

Eto'o is probably the only one that can rival Mourinho as the biggest ego in the game.

No room for big egos at Barca. Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Ibra three examples of that.

Barca also had to sell him with only one year left on the contract. It was selling him to Inter or don't get anything a year later.

Well they effectively paid Inter to take him off their hands so I think the ego thing was the primary reason.

[the rev leeroy brown]

Never fear, sure once Eto’o leads this ‘mutiny’ you predicted, Rafa will have him out the door in no time and Barca can have him back. Then of course Rafa will soon follow, Christmas isn’t it?

[Shaggy]

MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan boss Rafael Benitez is better for strikers than his predecessor Jose Mourinho, according to nerazzurri forward Samuel Eto'o.

The Cameroon captain scored a hat-trick in Wednesday's 4-0 Champions League victory over Werder Bremen to take his tally to a remarkable 11 goals in nine games this season.

It was also the first game in this campaign that he was played through the middle in Benitez's attacking triumvirate and Eto'o reaped the benefits.

He played there due to an injury to Diego Milito and Eto'o is hoping to get more run-outs through the middle.

"With Mourinho we played on the counter-attack, with Benitez we press more and that's better for us forwards because we win back the ball higher up the pitch and create more chances," he told Sky Sport.

"I feel good as a central striker. For a forward it's important to play close to the goal and not far from it. It's more complicated for me when playing on the wings."

Eto'o has had a stunning start to the season, scoring five goals in five league games, four in two Champions League matches as well as bagging a brace in the Italian Supercup, although he failed to hit the net in the European Supercup.

Inter sit joint top of Serie A with Lazio and now top their Champions League group A ahead of Tottenham, whom they play next, on goal difference.

[CJ]

MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan boss Rafael Benitez is better for strikers than his predecessor Jose Mourinho, according to nerazzurri forward Samuel Eto'o.

The Cameroon captain scored a hat-trick in Wednesday's 4-0 Champions League victory over Werder Bremen to take his tally to a remarkable 11 goals in nine games this season.

It was also the first game in this campaign that he was played through the middle in Benitez's attacking triumvirate and Eto'o reaped the benefits.

He played there due to an injury to Diego Milito and Eto'o is hoping to get more run-outs through the middle.

"With Mourinho we played on the counter-attack, with Benitez we press more and that's better for us forwards because we win back the ball higher up the pitch and create more chances," he told Sky Sport.

"I feel good as a central striker. For a forward it's important to play close to the goal and not far from it. It's more complicated for me when playing on the wings."

Eto'o has had a stunning start to the season, scoring five goals in five league games, four in two Champions League matches as well as bagging a brace in the Italian Supercup, although he failed to hit the net in the European Supercup.

Inter sit joint top of Serie A with Lazio and now top their Champions League group A ahead of Tottenham, whom they play next, on goal difference.

the bit in bold is what we miss.

[Tee]

the bit in bold is what we miss.

And this bit in bold: RAFA

[Chris]

Torres is suffering from the same now. He's gonna get nowhere near the goals to games ratio he got under Rafa.

[Mattshark]

And this bit in bold: RAFA