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Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« on: January 29, 2009, 12:25:49 am »
 
Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan 
 
Benitez saw his team frustrated by a late Wigan goal
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez blamed a "crazy" second half after his team dropped more Premier League points after a 1-1 draw at Wigan.

Mido scored a late penalty as Liverpool dropped to third in the Premier League - further denting their title hopes.

"I prefer not to say too much but I am not happy with a lot of things," said Benitez, whose team have drawn their last three league games.

"The second half was crazy and when it is crazy you cannot control things."

Benitez did not expand on what he meant by "crazy" but refused to say whether it was linked to several physical challenges on Steven Gerrard by Michael Brown.

"I am disappointed with a number of things but no, the Wigan approach I will not talk about them," he added.  606: DEBATE
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"It has happened in the last three games. They have something in common I don't like. I know why but I cannot say anything."

Prior to Wednesday's match at the JJB Stadium, Liverpool's previous two games were against rivals Everton and both finished 1-1.

After Sunday's game against the Toffees Benitez accused the opposition of negative tactics - and the Reds have now drawn their last three Premier League games.

Yossi Benayoun had given Liverpool a first-half lead against Wigan with a brilliant finish from a tight angle - and it looked as though it would be enough to move the Reds level on points with leaders Manchester United.

But Mido struck after 83 minutes - and Benitez added: "We are really disappointed.

"In the first half we played really well and controlled the game.

"We have lost two points. We were much better in the first half. We had control of the game. We didn't kill the game."

Benitez's team now face a huge game against Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday.

Chelsea and Liverpool are level on points, though the London club have a superior goal difference.

"We have an important game on Sunday," said the Reds boss. "And if we play like we did in the first half we can beat anyone.

"All the games will be important until the end of the season. It depends on the other teams too but we have to try to play well and try to win."  "I'm sure Mr. Ferguson will be delighted with the result

Wigan boss Steve Bruce

Wigan boss Steve Bruce paid tribute to his players after Mido's late goal ensured that the Latics avoided a third straight Premier League defeat.

"The resilience was there for all to see," said Bruce. "And we might have nicked it at the end.

"The squad are all playing well and bursting at the gut to get a game.

"We hope that Mido will be a really good addition. I have to say that all he has wanted to do since he got here is play football."

And with the result further undermining Liverpool's title campaign, former Manchester United defender Bruce added: "I'm sure Mr. Ferguson will be delighted."
 

What is Rafa on about, is this the problems or something?  :-\
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2009, 12:27:20 am »
I think Rafa may be making out the opposition just keep defending?

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2009, 12:28:34 am »
What is Rafa on about, is this the problems or something?

my guess he is on about our inability to kill off opposition
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2009, 12:28:40 am »
Looking on a simple level, he's saying teams against us are just defending and playing long balls which is frustrating him, and true. Deeper... who knows what's going on behind the scenes? I'm sure Rick Parry is probably involved.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2009, 12:28:41 am »
It seems to me like he is trying to blame it on Wigan being negative, which is an idiotic thing to do. I always thought Rafa conducted himself with an air of pride and civility, but for the last few weeks he has been acting, dare I say it, like Arsene Wenger, He is blaming the other teams instead of acknowledging our own shortcomings.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2009, 12:29:13 am »
Cant work out if it he means Wigan's approach has nothing to do with it or if it does but he'll get a slap on the wrist if he moans about it again.

Fucking fat head with his Mr Ferguson comment too, bet he was smiling when he said that.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2009, 12:29:59 am »
I think Rafa may be making out the opposition just keep defending?

yeh forget wha i said this is probs what he means but he cant moan about that , its no excuse at all

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2009, 12:30:20 am »
Idiot.

He has a chance to fire a rocket up his sides arse, instead comes out with poor, thinly veiled criticism of the opposition. Teams have been doing this to us since his first day here, and he hasnt once worked out how to stop it. Thats his problem.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2009, 12:30:36 am »
well for me there where a couple of things that made the 2nd half crazy and they where rafa;subs

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2009, 12:31:14 am »
"I prefer not to say too much but I am not happy with a lot of things,"

This is the line that intrigues me.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2009, 12:31:35 am »
Shut up Rafa, if you mean, they are all, trying to defend and not lose.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2009, 12:32:00 am »
not jumping on the anti-rafa bandwgon but i hated the way he refused to shake hands with bruce and his assistant after the game. fari enough he was disapointed but it just shows a lack of class.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2009, 12:32:08 am »
"I prefer not to say too much but I am not happy with a lot of things,"

This is the line that intrigues me.

interesting theory but maybe looking to much into it ........
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2009, 12:32:28 am »
"I prefer not to say too much but I am not happy with a lot of things,"

This is the line that intrigues me.

Unless Rick Parry has been sneaking in the dressing room and locking it from the inside leaving Rafa in the corridor I don't think it has much to do with that side of things.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2009, 12:32:42 am »
Get a fucking grip Rafa.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2009, 12:32:49 am »
"It has happened in the last three games. They have something in common I don't like. I know why but I cannot say anything."
He could quite easily mean that the three games have something in common, ie our own deficiencies, but that he feels he can't talk about it too much because he doesn't want the players to be thinking negatively.

Or perhaps he thinks aliens are causing us to draw, who the fuck knows...
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2009, 12:32:52 am »
not jumping on the anti-rafa bandwgon but i hated the way he refused to shake hands with bruce and his assistant after the game. fari enough he was disapointed but it just shows a lack of class.

he shook hands with bruce tho  ::)
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2009, 12:33:17 am »
Shut up Rafa, if you mean, they are all, trying to defend and not lose.

Which you cant be, as it is too simplistic, so what are you saying?
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2009, 12:33:21 am »
I blame Parry.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2009, 12:33:32 am »
Seriously what does he expect the likes of Wigan to do. We are so easy to play against its unreal.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2009, 12:34:16 am »
These small clubs will always park a bus in front of goal because it is the best chance they've got.

I always hate hearing Wenger come out with this nonsense and I hope Rafa stops moaning about it.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2009, 12:34:57 am »
Not 100% who this is aimed at. Our players or the opposition.

You can't blame the opposition. I'm sorry, but you can't argue with teams parking the bus - everybody is fighting for something or other in this league, and if teams can nick an unexpected point of off us by defending deep and tight, well who can blame them?

If I, or Rafa, or anybody for that matter was managing a side fighting relegation and playing against a big side, with class players, they'd do anything they could to get something out of the game. If that means parking the bus, then so be it. It's up to us to break them down.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2009, 12:35:06 am »
interesting theory but maybe looking to much into it ........

Are you sure?

I honestly thing things are not good (Apart from the results and G&H) at the ranch.

Something is on the horizon. I am worried.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2009, 12:35:11 am »
He seems upset that teams are maybe using physical tactics against our players...thats how I see it at least.

Personally, he needs to calm down a little bit. Now isnt the time to get wound up and he is getting wound up by these teams too easily.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2009, 12:35:16 am »
when he said that i thought 'referees - on occasions we've had the shite kicked out of us recently and got nothing'

but then i'm sure he'd say something if it was the refs he was after
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2009, 12:35:33 am »
he's probably not happy with Arbeloa being out of position and the defence leaving Lucas 1 on 1 in the box

the same happened against Everton when Yossi had to come back and make a shit tackle which gave them the free kick, Carra out of position that time

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2009, 12:36:31 am »
Are you sure?

I honestly thing things are not good (Apart from the results and G&H) at the ranch.

Something is on the horizon. I am worried.

mmmm.       
could be to do with contract negotiations i suppose ...........

who knows eh ?
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2009, 12:37:38 am »
Are you sure?

I honestly thing things are not good (Apart from the results and G&H) at the ranch.

Something is on the horizon. I am worried.

So if it's not wigan, the refs, the results and the yanks then what the hell is it?
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2009, 12:37:43 am »
It's deja vu - sounding more and more like Houllier.

What a miscalculation that Ferguson rant was. I thought fair play to Rafa at the time, but I couldn't have been more wrong.

We need the Champions League matches and soon - maybe Rafa will settle down once the business end of the season starts again.


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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2009, 12:38:31 am »
He's blaming our players you can tell, if it were the other team he would come out and say it (Everton 10 men behind the ball!)

Shouldnt of given the penalty away

but wehat frustrates me the most is he planned to take gerrard off before the penalty and still took him off after it, baffles me!

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2009, 12:38:55 am »
Christ on a bike. Press will have a field day, again.

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2009, 12:39:24 am »

 "I'm sure Mr. Ferguson will be delighted with the result


He really said that? I don't understand why even bring Ferguson into it.

Whats the source to this article?
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2009, 12:39:38 am »
It's deja vu - sounding more and more like Houllier.

What a miscalculation that Ferguson rant was. I thought fair play to Rafa at the time, but I couldn't have been more wrong.

We need the Champions League matches and soon - maybe Rafa will settle down once the business end of the season starts again.

And you mean by the business end?
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2009, 12:40:20 am »
He really said that? I don't understand why even bring Ferguson into it.

Whats the source to this article?

BBC Web. He is quoted mate.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #34 on: January 29, 2009, 12:40:37 am »
So if it's not wigan, the refs, the results and the yanks then what the hell is it?

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #36 on: January 29, 2009, 12:41:06 am »
Fucken Montse's cooking's gone to shit IMO.

He hasnt been right since the kidney stones. What the fuck kind of diet has the doc put him on?
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #37 on: January 29, 2009, 12:42:00 am »
In all respect Sarge and please don't take this personally, but couldn't this have been posted in the after match thread so I could ignore it like all the other posts that are in there?

The LFC Forum is depressing enough..

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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2009, 12:42:14 am »
Grow a pair rafa, accept yours and the teams inadequacies.


Stop blaming the opposition for not rolling over and giving in, stop blaming them for playing to their strengths. Accept when you are not good enough and look to improve.
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Re: Benitez fumes after draw at Wigan
« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2009, 12:43:26 am »
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