Rafa Watch

[Buzzo]

Losing 3-1 at Seville.

[RedReet]

God damn it!!! Bloody Madrid/Barca game is on at the same time we play City. They KO at 17:15, we KO at 17:30. WTF are Sky playing at?

[peekay]

Rafa Benitez has shot down new Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce, who has claimed in his autobiography that Liverpool’s Champions League win in 2005 had nothing to do with the Spaniard.

Speaking to Spanish television show Primer Toque (cited in Daily Mail), Benitez responded to Big Sam’s jibes in typically understated fashion – but his feelings were clear.

“Do you know who Sam Allardyce is? Do you know how many trophies he has won…? Well that’s my answer. It is what happens when someone has a book to sell. His opinion does not have a lot of value,” the undefeated Real Madrid manager said in a lengthy interview.

Considering Benitez has won La Liga, the Champions League, Europa League and various domestic cups all over Europe, while his ‘rival’ has only secured the Irish first division with Limerick, we can’t really tell why Allardyce is picking a fight with a managerial heavyweight.

I wish Rafa had not even dignified Allardyce with a response.

[Shaggy]

Sherwood too.

Lennon ....didn't he sack all the stats and data guys at Bolton cos it's "all a load of bollocks" or something?

[Mattshark]

Allardyce is the last of the dinosaur managers eh, oh and the Bodge. Sooner they **** off the better

There are others young dinosaurs still (Lennon for a start).

[Gray]

Allardyce is the last of the dinosaur managers eh, oh and the Bodge. Sooner they **** off the better

[Phoenix07]

Rafa Benitez is 5 years younger than Allardyce, and just look at their CV's.

He doesn't need to do anything else.

[Yozza]

Rafa should just repeat the "game over" hand signals from 09.

This one?

[fah-q]

Rafa should just repeat the "game over" hand signals from 09.

[Cormack74]

Rafa Benitez has shot down new Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce, who has claimed in his autobiography that Liverpool’s Champions League win in 2005 had nothing to do with the Spaniard.

Speaking to Spanish television show Primer Toque (cited in Daily Mail), Benitez responded to Big Sam’s jibes in typically understated fashion – but his feelings were clear.

“Do you know who Sam Allardyce is? Do you know how many trophies he has won…? Well that’s my answer. It is what happens when someone has a book to sell. His opinion does not have a lot of value,” the undefeated Real Madrid manager said in a lengthy interview.

Considering Benitez has won La Liga, the Champions League, Europa League and various domestic cups all over Europe, while his ‘rival’ has only secured the Irish first division with Limerick, we can’t really tell why Allardyce is picking a fight with a managerial heavyweight.

I bet there's loads of Fergie rimming in there.

[RedReet]

Especially as he thought he could do it....

"I'm not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Inter or Real Madrid," Allardyce said. "It wouldn't be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double or the league every time. Give me Manchester United or Chelsea and I would do the same, it wouldn't be a problem. It's not where I'm suited to, it's just where I've been for most of the time.

"It's not a problem to take me into the higher reaches of the Champions League or Premier League and [it] would make my job a lot easier in winning it."

Haha, I did think about that quote after I posted.

Rafa is ****ing excellent at putting people down in such a way. You have to be pretty confident to try and out-wit him or have a pop at the man.

I'd love if Chelsea were still struggling in December for Rafa to question how Mourinho could ‘destroy the best team in England’. He should then raise the same questions that the English media pissed off Mourinho with, questioning his record when he stays at a club for 3 years.

He obviously won’t , but maybe aul’ Montse will step up to the plate.

[Lee]

I bet he kicked his cat up and down the house when Rafa got the Madrid job.

Rafa is ****ing excellent at putting people down in such a way. You have to be pretty confident to try and out-wit him or have a pop at the man.

[Yozza]

I bet he kicked his cat up and down the house when Rafa got the Madrid job.

Especially as he thought he could do it....

"I'm not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Inter or Real Madrid," Allardyce said. "It wouldn't be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double or the league every time. Give me Manchester United or Chelsea and I would do the same, it wouldn't be a problem. It's not where I'm suited to, it's just where I've been for most of the time.

"It's not a problem to take me into the higher reaches of the Champions League or Premier League and [it] would make my job a lot easier in winning it."

[RedReet]

I bet he kicked his cat up and down the house when Rafa got the Madrid job.

[Buzzo]

I can't see any interest in the book outside of aged Bolton fans... And even then... The fact he has to talk about a champions league win he had zero to do with in his own memoirs says it all

What a big fat dick he is.

Rafa