Premier League - Whelan lays into Benitez

PA Sport - Mon, 02 Nov 08:55:00 2009

Former Liverpool midfielder Ronnie Whelan has accused manager Rafa Benitez of prioritising the Champions League ahead of the Reds' faltering Premier League campaign.

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Whelan, who won six league title during his Anfield career, believes Benitez's decision to substitute striker Fernando Torres after an hour of the Reds' 3-1 defeat to Fulham - when the scores were locked at 1-1 - was proof the Spaniard has his eye on Europe.

The Reds face Lyon away on Wednesday night, and Whelan told Ireland's RTE Television: "It's all gone wrong with the manager and he's shown exactly where his priorities lie. He wants to win the European Cup so he can get a job in Europe."

The defeat at Fulham slipped the Reds nine points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea, and Whelan believes Benitez may not see out the season in charge.

"For me, his days have got to be numbered at Liverpool," he added.

"He's taken players off who are the only players who are going to give you a chance of winning the game.

"And he drags them all off because he's got a game on Wednesday.

"When I saw the team I thought he's not bothered about this game. He's putting all his eggs in one basket and I can't see why he's done it."

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  1. i dont want dis stupid good 4noting in my, club am­ talking about benitex, wen we he learn dat he needs to­ face each game as dey com/ plssssssssssssssssss ­ sacccccccckkkkkkkk him

    From ayokunle, on Tue 3 Nov 4:21PM

  2. In my 49yrs of being an LFC supporter, I have never­ been so depressed & I cannot blame it on anyone but­ Benitez. We have all said so much; postulating &­ procrastinating the reasons for this total collapse­ & there is only one reason! BENITEZ. Somebody do­ something, something drastic, desperate.

    From patrick, on Tue 3 Nov 7:30AM

  3. Subplot to CONVERSATION OVERHEARD IN HMP ATAVAR.
    (­ Thanks to mattneems )

    Fernando Torres
    Robbie Keane­
    Ryan Babel
    Xabi Alonso­
    Dirk Kuyt
    Albert Riera­
    Andrea Dossena
    Peter Crouch­
    Lucas Leiva
    Jermaine­ Pennant
    Martin Skrtel
    Craig­ Bellamy
    Luis Garcia­
    Jose Reina
    Dan Agger
    Mohammed­ Sissoko
    Fernando­ Morientes
    Yossi Benayoun
    Diego­ Cavalieri
    Alvaro­ Arbeloa
    Sebastian Leto
    Jose Miguel­ Gonzalez
    Gabriel­ Paletta
    Mark Gonzalez
    David Ngog­
    Scott Carson­
    Mikel San Jose
    David Martin
    Antonio­ Barragan­
    Besian Idrizaj
    Jack Hobbs
    Alex Cooper­
    Alexander­ Kacaniklic
    Krisztian Nemeth
    Andras Simon­
    Victor­ Palsson
    Gary Mackay Steven
    Vitor Flora­
    Andriy­ Voronin
    Nikolay Mihaylov
    Emmanuel Mendy­
    Marvin­ Pourie
    Dani Pacheco
    Nikola Saric
    Lauri Dalla­ Valle­
    Gerardo Bruna
    Hakan Duyan
    Damien Plessis­
    Peter­ Gulacsi
    Charles Itandje
    Philipp Degen
    Vincent­ Lucas­
    Ryan Crowther
    Mihail Alexandrov
    Robbie Fowler­
    Ryan­ Wilkie
    Javier Mascherano
    Miki Roque
    Nabir El­ Zhar­
    Mark Smyth
    Jay Smith
    Stephen Darby
    Craig­ Lindfield­
    Adam Hammill
    Danny Guthrie
    Paul Anderson­
    Lee­ Peltier
    Fabio Aurelio
    Jan Kromkamp
    Boudewijn­ Zenden­
    Mauricio Pellegrino
    Godwin Antwi
    Robbie­ Threlfall­
    Ryan Flynn
    Calum Woods
    Paul Willis
    Danny­­ O'Donnell
    Ramon Calliste
    Steve Irwin
    Martin­­ Kelly
    Ronald Huth
    Jordy Brouwer
    Francisco Manuel­­ Duran
    Emiliano Insua
    Ray Putterill
    Martin Hansen­­
    Jay Spearing
    Dave Roberts
    David Mannix
    Antonio­­ Nunez
    ????????????????????????

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 7:17PM

  4. CONVERSATION OVERHEARD IN HMP ATAVAR.
    Stevie O Jay and­ Marlon King are settling into their new home. There’s a­ bit of friction.

    Stevie O Jay : Pheuuuufff
    Marlon King­ : Whaattt?
    Stevie O Jay : Ah nothin’
    Marlon King :­ What? You’re the one going Pheuuuufff.
    Stevie O Jay :­ Your feet Marlon, your feet, your f*cking feet?
    Marlon­ King : What’s wrong with my feet?
    Stevie O Jay : Can’t­ you smell or something?
    Marlon King : Huh?
    Stevie O Jay­ : Ere lad, your feet stink the place out. Even the­ f*cking screws don’t come in here anymore. I don’t know­ how many times I’ve told you, wash your f*cking­ feet!!
    Marlon King : Oh. Alright then.
    Stevie O Jay :­ Huh, thanks a lot.

    Marlon starts to sort through his­ washbag, gets his favourite soap out, his nice new­ facecloth and begins to give his feet a wipe.

    Marlon­ King : Have you heard the news?
    Stevie O Jay : What­ news?
    Marlon King : About Benny?
    Stevie O Jay : Benny?­ Benny who?
    Marlon King : Benny The Ball Benitez.
    Stevie­ O Jay : What about him?
    Marlon King : They say he’s not­ a real manager.
    Stevie O Jay : Not a real manager ..­ whatdya mean?
    Marlon King : He’s not Benitez.
    Stevie O­ Jay : ( Perplexed ) What!?
    Marlon King : His real­ name’s Benitio. He’s mob.
    Stevie O Jay : Eh?
    Marlon­ King : He’s not Spanish .. he’s Italian.
    Stevie O Jay :­ Whatdya mean he’s not Spanish?
    Marlon King : He’s­ mafioso.

    Marlon cleaning between his toes flicks a­ ball at Stevie.

    Stevie O Jay : F*ck off.
    Marlon King :­ ( He flicks another ball of cheese ) Something to do­ with Capello’s mob. Apparently the football club is a­ front for people trafficing.
    Stevie O Jay : Eh?
    Marlon­ King : Yes, you heard me right, I said people­ trafficing.
    Stevie O Jay : ( Totally confused )­ What?
    Marlon King : The Italian mob were trying to find­ a front for their operation. They tried Loserpool. Do­ you remember when you won the Champions League?
    Stevie­ O Jay : Yeah, great night.
    Marlon King : Well it was­ alright til half time.

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 7:16PM

  5. Marlon King : Benitio couldn’t believe his luck when­ you won the Champions League, made him look like he was­ a football manager. It was all luck. He’s knows nothing­ about football. He’s been winging it since then.
    Stevie­ O Jay : ( Taken aback. ) Knows nothing?
    Marlon King :­ Nope. The Italians weren’t too happy though. You­ weren’t supposed to win. Benitio was supposed to throw­ the game.
    Stevie O Jay : No-one told me.
    Marlon King :­ Benitio was supposed to tell you.
    Stevie O Jay : Well­ he didn’t. F*ck!!
    Stevie O Jay : F*ck!!
    Marlon King :­ The Italians weren’t happy bunnies. Anyway, Benitio was­ making so much money trafficing people in and out as­ football players, taking a cut of the fees that it­ saved his life. He paid back the mob and made Capello­ rich. Everybody was happy. But that’s when the American­ mobs wanted a piece of the action.
    Stevie O Jay : How­ do you know all this?
    Marlon King : Ah, ah …... Benitio­ thought he was doing a great job but he hadn’t a clue­ what was really going on. Do you know some people say­ that he thought he was a real football manager? Like­ Alex Ferguson or something?
    Stevie O Jay : I thought­ he was a real manager.
    Marlon King : So does Benitio,­ that’s why it was so sweet.
    Stevie O Jay : So that’s­ why the Americans mob bought the club. It didn’t make­ sense. They didn’t seem to get on ….
    Marlon King :­ ….let’s call it a family disagreement.
    Stevie O Jay :­ They weren’t putting money in, … they were taking money­ out.
    Marlon King : That’s it, who’s a clever boy? Well­ things have gone t*ts up and the Americans want to­ bring in their own man in and I’m afraid that it’s­ ‘Goodbye Mr Benitio’.
    Stevie O Jay : And I thought it­ was the b*autiful game.
    Marlon King : That’s right. (­ Marlon flicking another ball of toe cheese at Stevie ) ­ On yer head.
    Stevie O Jay : Listen, do that one more­ time and I’ll set my ‘patsy ‘ mates on you.
    Marlon King­ : Ha, ha, ha, ha, not in here you won’t. .. ha, ha, ha­ , ha.
    Stevie O Jay : Ha, ha, ha,

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 7:16PM

  6. Subplot to CONVERSATION OVERHEARD IN HMP ATAVAR.
    (­ Thanks to mattneems )

    Fernando Torres
    Robbie Keane­
    Ryan Babel
    Xabi Alonso­
    Dirk Kuyt
    Albert Riera­
    Andrea Dossena
    Peter Crouch­
    Lucas Leiva
    Jermaine­ Pennant
    Martin Skrtel
    Craig­ Bellamy
    Luis Garcia­
    Jose Reina
    Dan Agger
    Mohammed­ Sissoko
    Fernando­ Morientes
    Yossi Benayoun
    Diego­ Cavalieri
    Alvaro­ Arbeloa
    Sebastian Leto
    Jose Miguel­ Gonzalez
    Gabriel­ Paletta
    Mark Gonzalez
    David Ngog­
    Scott Carson­
    Mikel San Jose
    David Martin
    Antonio­ Barragan­
    Besian Idrizaj
    Jack Hobbs
    Alex Cooper­
    Alexander­ Kacaniklic
    Krisztian Nemeth
    Andras Simon­
    Victor­ Palsson
    Gary Mackay Steven
    Vitor Flora­
    Andriy­ Voronin
    Nikolay Mihaylov
    Emmanuel Mendy­
    Marvin­ Pourie
    Dani Pacheco
    Nikola Saric
    Lauri Dalla­ Valle­
    Gerardo Bruna
    Hakan Duyan
    Damien Plessis­
    Peter­ Gulacsi
    Charles Itandje
    Philipp Degen
    Vincent­ Lucas­
    Ryan Crowther
    Mihail Alexandrov
    Robbie Fowler­
    Ryan­ Wilkie
    Javier Mascherano
    Miki Roque
    Nabir El­ Zhar­
    Mark Smyth
    Jay Smith
    Stephen Darby
    Craig­ Lindfield­
    Adam Hammill
    Danny Guthrie
    Paul Anderson­
    Lee­ Peltier
    Fabio Aurelio
    Jan Kromkamp
    Boudewijn­ Zenden­
    Mauricio Pellegrino
    Godwin Antwi
    Robbie­ Threlfall­
    Ryan Flynn
    Calum Woods
    Paul Willis
    Danny­­ O'Donnell
    Ramon Calliste
    Steve Irwin
    Martin­­ Kelly
    Ronald Huth
    Jordy Brouwer
    Francisco Manuel­­ Duran
    Emiliano Insua
    Ray Putterill
    Martin Hansen­­
    Jay Spearing
    Dave Roberts
    David Mannix
    Antonio­­ Nunez
    ????????????????????????

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 6:42PM

  7. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO ADMIT I THINK RAFA HAS LOST THE­ PLOT. HIS AMBITIONS AND THOSE OF THE PLAYERS ARE­ TOTALLY DIFFERENT. BYE-BYE

    From teresadonaldson274, on Mon 2 Nov 5:59PM

  8. AND????????????????????????????????????????????????????­ ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????­ ???????????

    From teresadonaldson274, on Mon 2 Nov 5:57PM

  9. dont blame injuries for being @#$%, nobody has had more­ injuries than man u and look where we are, also Chelski­ will lose five players to the ANC in January for five­ weeks and I bet you their results dont suffer that­ much, you have to have a squad capable of winning games­ when your best players are injured and Liverpool­ clearly dont, Torres will be away soon and Stevie G and­ can you blame them, they want to win things, wake up­ loserfools, you have to sack him and start again, he­ will never win the EPL.

    From zoey, on Mon 2 Nov 4:08PM

  10. times up for benitez and i hope the arabs but the club­ of hick and gillet cause they might actually give us­ money to spend, an extra quality striker and winger and­ a new centre half is what we need ! (david silva and­ villa will be perfect!) and i wouldn't mind having­ roberto mancini as the new manager!

    From ray, on Mon 2 Nov 4:00PM

  11. imstarving your always singing?? Liar ha ha

    From Phil, on Mon 2 Nov 2:36PM

  12. #118..Benny the ball and people trafficing scam or­ something..that is hilarious..LOL

    From wani s, on Mon 2 Nov 1:55PM
  13. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    I love football comedy. I’ve found this hilarious new­ website. It’s all about a hapless football team and­ their idiot manager Benny The Ball. Try it for yourself­ . loserpoolfc – t –v – c-o-m
    where
    you can follow­
    all their antics as they
    attempt to win the Champions­ League
    without winning a game.
    Try it for yourself­
    and tell your friends.
    Ha,ha, ha, ha, ha.

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 1:44PM

  14. royjohn4 # 81- "81.Fact is, the Premiership is NOT­ the priority for­ Benitez, never was and never will be.­ "
    You have to learn to crawl before you can walk­ and learn to walk before you can run.
    Try winning a few­ games first.

    INWA

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 1:32PM

  15. I know a fat old Scotsman
    He's always on our­ street
    A fat and jolly red-faced man
    He really is a­ treat

    He's too kind for a Scotsman
    He's­ never known to frown
    And everybody says
    He is the­ happiest man in town!

    Oh, ha, ha ,ha, ha, ha, ha, ha­ ha, ha, ha, haaaa,
    Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha, ha,­ ha, ha, haaaa
    Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,­ ha, haaaa
    Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,­ haaaa

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 1:16PM

  16. Benny The Ball
    Don’t take a fall

    Benny The Ball
    Don’t­ take a fall

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 1:15PM

  17. Jimmy B the cost of paying Benitez and his backroom­ staff off is about £25m...

    the cost of finishing­ outside the top 4 and missing the CL next season, is­ around £100m in TV and sponsorship deals... you do the­ maths and tell me if it makes sense to sack­ him?

    i've heard rumours going around, that he sold­ Alonso to build RM's squad as he'll be their­ next manager... and the only reason he signed a new­ contract was to try convince Gerrard to tag along.

    From William, on Mon 2 Nov 1:14PM

  18. shitterfools will soon be in the runners up cup the­ europa league leaving the champions league to the­ champions

    From myhorsefarts, on Mon 2 Nov 1:12PM

  19. lets not just say that Rafa should leave since his most­ creative players are injered.Am an Ase fun but we have­ to be sincire.This man has done avery good job at ANFIE­ so liver pool needs to be petient.To me this man is­ among those best managers in the world

    From murungi, on Mon 2 Nov 1:11PM

  20. I reckon Benny The Ball's up to something. Some­ sort of people traffficing scam or something but­ he's definitely up to something.

    From Stevie O Jay, on Mon 2 Nov 1:11PM
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