Inter Sack Benitez - Would You Rather Him Than Sparky?

[White Noise]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11860_6606655,00.html


Benitez axed by Inter

Former Liverpool boss shown the door by European champions


Last updated: 21st December 2010 
 

Sky Sports News understands Rafa Benitez has been sacked from his post as Inter Milan manager after just six months in charge.

The former Liverpool boss was only appointed by the Serie A giants in the summer but has failed to impress during his time in Italy.

Benitez was handed the unenviable task of following in the footsteps of Jose Mourinho after the former Chelsea chief secured an unprecedented treble of the UEFA Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia titles.

The 50-year-old has seen his side struggle in league action this season and they are currently seventh in the Serie A standings, 13 points adrift of leaders AC Milan, although they do have two games in hand.

Outburst
Inter's defence of their European crown has also stuttered as they finished second in Group A behind Tottenham and suffering a miserable 3-0 defeat at the hands of Werder Bremen in their final group fixture.

A meeting with Bayern Munich, who Mourinho's Inter defeated in the Champions League final last summer, was on the cards in the last 16, but there will be a new man at the helm for that fixture in February.

Benitez was understood to be on borrowed time after his outburst in the wake of the Club World Cup success when he called on club president Massimo Moratti to back him in the transfer market if they wanted him to stay as coach.

Moratti has pointedly refused to stand by the Spaniard following his explosive comments and it now appears his patience has run out.

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[RidgeRider]

No

[sipwell]

Benitez: one word. No. If he can't do it with a multi-billion team, he won't be able to do it with a multi-million team.

[Staffs White]

NO NO NO NO NO NO

[cebu]

I'd rather have Hughes.

P.S. Is the next Inter manager going to be Hodgson?

[Mr Fulham]

Rafa is still in charge - he hasn't been sacked!

http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=50763&L=it

[Jimpav]

No. I'm not sparky's biggest fan but he deserves time. Benitez had gerrard - that was the difference.

[Fernhurst]

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


NO

[SmithyFFC]

To be fair Rafas consistent, hes taken the two biggest teams in England and Italy and made them mid table teams.

[CincyFulham1]

No Thank You

[Hazey]

Sh*te I hit yes by mistake for Rafa/.....aaarrrrgbgggghhhh

[epsomraver]

Perhaps he will go back to Liverpool! will they being singing his name on Boxing Day?

[richie17]

This is really weird.   Benitez is one of the world's elite managers, won La Liga with Valencia (twice - when will that ever happen again) and got Liverpool one Champions League final and one runner's up position.    Mark Hughes is a decent premier league manager.    It's like being asked if you'd prefer a ferrari or a mazda.   And everyone's going for the mazda....

[The Equalizer]

This is really weird.   Benitez is one of the world's elite managers, won La Liga with Valencia (twice - when will that ever happen again) and got Liverpool one Champions League final and one runner's up position.    Mark Hughes is a decent premier league manager.    It's like being asked if you'd prefer a ferrari or a mazda.   And everyone's going for the mazda....

Same with Sven Goran Erikssen - he's won just about everything there is, yet none of us want him!

BRING BACK TIGANA!!

[Brede Butter Pudding]

Benitez is one of the most overrated managers in my opinion, he brought in something ridiculous like 64 players into Liverpool during his time there and they STILL rely on two players to achieve, and without those two players they crumble. He's only been in the job six months and they've already seen that he's highly overrated.

[richie17]

Benitez is one of the most overrated managers in my opinion, he brought in something ridiculous like 64 players into Liverpool during his time there and they STILL rely on two players to achieve, and without those two players they crumble. He's only been in the job six months and they've already seen that he's highly overrated.

doesn't quite square with his track record though does it?  (eg. won 55% of games at Liverpool, including implosions - Hughes won 45% at City, which is the difference of 10 points a season - then you've got the trophies, which Benitez is miles ahead on, the success with a (relatively) small club in Spain when this is more or less impossible.   The media portrayed him a certain way but he's bloody good and miles out of Mark Hughes' league.

[BalDrick]

Good manager, to an extent, but will never swoop to our level.

[TonyGilroy]

It's like being asked if you'd prefer a ferrari or a mazda.   And everyone's going for the mazda....

Maybe it depends on how clapped out the ferrari is.

[AlFayedsChequebook]

This is really weird.   Benitez is one of the world's elite managers, won La Liga with Valencia (twice - when will that ever happen again) and got Liverpool one Champions League final and one runner's up position.    Mark Hughes is a decent premier league manager.    It's like being asked if you'd prefer a ferrari or a mazda.   And everyone's going for the mazda....

I never know what to make of Benitez. On the one hand he has been successful and won lots at Valencia and a Champions League at Liverpool.

On the other hand he continuously alienates players/owners of the clubs he works for - when the money dries up, so does his winning ability.

At Valencia he took aver a team that managed to get to two successive Champions League finals under Hector Cuper (meaning that they were seriously good anyway) to win two successive La Liga titles. He then floundered when the money dried up and famously said "I asked for a table and they bought me a lampshade" alienating his owners before being fired.

At Liverpool he took over what had been a mildly successful Liverpool team and, lets face it, fluked a Champions league. He never did any better than Houllier in the league and again finished terribly once the money had dried up agan.

At Inter Benitez took over from Mourinho and floundered. Yes he had injuries but Avram Grant managed to do the same thing AND guide them to a Champions league final. He then criticised the owner for lack of investment and was fired ( or was he?)

Basically, he is a better manager than Hughes but I doubt he would do much at Fulham without the financial backing he had elsewhere and with a relatively bellicose owner who does not like being criticised.

[Burt]

In a word - "NON"