Rafa Watch

[Chazza]

Rafa at the Soccer Ex today

Richard Buxton @Richard_Buxton_
Former #LFC manager Rafael Benitez giving talk at Soccerex on the art of management http://lockerz.com/s/196448394

Richard Buxton @Richard_Buxton_
Benitez covering various aspects in art of winning from boardroom to the pitch. Considers successful season as challenging for titles #LFC

ian herbert @ianherbs
Benitez at #soccerex on how to succeed. "The successful manager is eternally dissatisfied. Victory must be normal, not exceptional" #lfc

Rob Harris @RobHarris
Prof Benitez lecture: lots of arrows & scattered words on screen. now working room with iPad asking "students" about coaching ideas

[Phoenix07]

ian herbert @ianherbs
Benitez at #soccerex on how to succeed. "The successful manager is eternally dissatisfied. Victory must be normal, not exceptional" #lfc

Some of our eternal optimists will be disappointed at this.

[Lecter]

Some of our eternal optimists will be disappointed at this.

and this

Richard Buxton@Richard_Buxton_Reply
Acceptable season in Benitez's eyes: middle of a table, maybe challenge for a trophy, maybe nice football. Sound familiar? #LFC

[Shaggy]

Richard Buxton

[Dhav]

That would be 1 assist for Downing mate.

Thanks for clarifying mate. So even worse than I thought. What a horrific transfer the acquisition of Downing has proven to be.

[Tee]

According to Kenny, he is better than we expected. Work that one out if you can.

[Dhav]

According to Kenny, he is better than we expected. Work that one out if you can.

Kenny's fooling no one, some of his comments recently have been desperate to say the least. I think he needs to step down as much for himself and as for the club, I think the pressure is getting to him.

[McDermotX]

ian herbert @ianherbs
Benitez at #soccerex on how to succeed. "The successful manager is eternally dissatisfied. Victory must be normal, not exceptional" #lfc

As opposed to what '****face' Hodgson considers to be a utopian goal.

There hasn't been a bigger ****up in football history replacing Rafa with that fool.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Personally I used to love his response to winning 4-0.. "We could have had more".. Always strived for better.. People used to get on his back and enjoy it. Why? He was a perfectionist, the type of attitude I want our manager to have, celebrate when we win a cup.

[Yozza]

http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc/1215671-rafael-benitez-happy-to-wait-10-years-for-liverpool-fc-return.html

Rafael Benitez has declared that he would be happy to wait a decade for his return to Liverpool.

The Spaniard was recently linked with a management comeback with Chelsea, following Andre Villas-Boas' sacking and has previously stated his desire to ply his trade in Premier League again.

Benitez, whose last role was in charge of Inter Milan in 2010, also harbours ambitions of returning to the Anfield dugout but insists he is in no rush, with Kenny Dalglish currently Liverpool manager.

"Every time that I talk about Liverpool, I try to be respectful because of my relationship with the fans and the city," he said at Soccerex's European Forum in Manchester this afternoon.

"I'm a professional and I'm looking for a new job. At this time Kenny is the manager and I have a lot of respect for him.

"No rush. If Kenny retires in 10 years and I'm available, I would be pleased. I want to manage in the Premier League because I know, with my team, we can win trophies."

Quality

[Daniel 7]

As opposed to what '****face' Hodgson considers to be a utopian goal.

There hasn't been a bigger ****up in football history replacing Rafa with that fool.

How about Mascherano with Poulsen?

Its the onfield equivalent.

[Chazza]

Benitez pitches Premier League clubs for new job
By ROB HARRIS, AP Sports Writer 17 minutes ago

MANCHESTER, England (AP)—Lecturing football executives on the art of management, Rafa Benitez made a public pitch on Wednesday to be given the chance to work in the Premier League again.

Despite being out of work for 15 months, however, the former Liverpool manager made it clear he will only accept an offer from an English club that has enough money available to potentially become title winners.

Benitez had been a contender to replace Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea last month, but no formal offer was made. Roberto Di Matteo was promoted to manage the team until the end of the season.

“At this moment my priority is to stay in the Premier League, and I know that I can win. With my people and with my team, we can win trophies,” Benitez said at the SoccerEx convention. “When you have been at the top winning trophies, you have a lot of people working with you and you have a methodology— you think you can be successful again.”

Benitez has been out of work since being fired by Inter Milan in December 2010, only six months after the end of a six-year reign at Liverpool in which he won the Champions League and FA Cup.

“I am not desperate because I have had a lot of offers,” Benitez said. “But I am looking for a new job.”

Liverpool has struggled since Benitez left after the 2009-10 season, with current manager Kenny Dalglish under pressure despite winning the League Cup last month as his team is seventh in the Premier League.

Benitez still lives in the Liverpool area, adding to suggestions he could return to Anfield one day.

“There is no rush and if Kenny retires in 10 years’ time and I am available, I will be really pleased,” Benitez said. “Not now because they have a manager with the support of the owners.”

For now, Benitez is promoting his coaching aid application for smart phones and computers. His SoccerEx presentation veered from being a sales pitch to reminding executives in the audience about his managerial credentials.

Responding to a question from the audience, he downplayed the significance of engaging in a war of words with rival managers in public.

“I don’t think it’s important or makes a big difference,” Benitez said. “You can win all the mind games but if you don’t have a good team, you can’t play mind games … when you have a lot of foreign players, they don’t usually read the papers. So the mind games for them are nothing.

“After all this work behind the scenes. you don’t need to be worried about the mind games. You need to be worried about your job and the game.”

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?...benitez-future

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Rafa Rafael Rafa Rafael...

[Gibbo]

Just watched the 2005 final highlights.

[Kenneth]

Champions League?