Well, dont mean to lick his balls like Fergie does, but this guy is just SENSATIONAL!!!
Maybe I have not followed football long enough to have seen enough? I certainly dont know and never heard of another coach that is as brilliant as him. Look at his record, won UEFA cup and CL in successive seasons and a few national titles in a row with Porto, won the EPL and broke the Enalish Old Firm in his first season with Chelsea (earning the most EPL points ever en route), merely lost out a place at the CL final only to a goal that should never have been...you can argue Benitez isn't any worse when it comes to Europe, but in EPL, this guy just has no clues.
Now in the new season, his team is already at the top of the table with the likes of Arsenal and Man Utd trailing by 12031274087 points?!!! You may say well everyone was talking the same about Arsenal before they ended their 50-game unbeaten run last season. But man, this Chelsea team seem to be a little bit different don't you think? I am not saying they will have as long or even longer unbeaten run than Arsenal did, but it seems to me that, even if Chelsea lost one or two games in the season, they are more capable than the invincible Arsenal of 03-04 to bounce back immediately and manage to go on another unbeaten run and end the season being Champions.
Then again, you may argue his success is backed by the millions of a Russian, but then, as the likes of Real Madrid, Milan who are financially backed by the government tell us, money doesn't always guarantee success (sorry if you feel offended Real and Milan fans!). Oh and, according to the "special one" himself, he even managed to win the CL with a team who's on a budget one tenth of a club of the size of Man Utd.
So...my question is, has football ever witnessed a coach as genius as him??? I think Capello(spell?) is the only one who comes 'close', guaranteeing you a league title at least wherever he goes, Milan, Real, Roma, Juve...but...even with a record like this, he is still a bit out-shone by the Portugese master IMO.
Maybe I have not followed football long enough to have seen enough? I certainly dont know and never heard of another coach that is as brilliant as him. Look at his record, won UEFA cup and CL in successive seasons and a few national titles in a row with Porto, won the EPL and broke the Enalish Old Firm in his first season with Chelsea (earning the most EPL points ever en route), merely lost out a place at the CL final only to a goal that should never have been...you can argue Benitez isn't any worse when it comes to Europe, but in EPL, this guy just has no clues.
Now in the new season, his team is already at the top of the table with the likes of Arsenal and Man Utd trailing by 12031274087 points?!!! You may say well everyone was talking the same about Arsenal before they ended their 50-game unbeaten run last season. But man, this Chelsea team seem to be a little bit different don't you think? I am not saying they will have as long or even longer unbeaten run than Arsenal did, but it seems to me that, even if Chelsea lost one or two games in the season, they are more capable than the invincible Arsenal of 03-04 to bounce back immediately and manage to go on another unbeaten run and end the season being Champions.
Then again, you may argue his success is backed by the millions of a Russian, but then, as the likes of Real Madrid, Milan who are financially backed by the government tell us, money doesn't always guarantee success (sorry if you feel offended Real and Milan fans!). Oh and, according to the "special one" himself, he even managed to win the CL with a team who's on a budget one tenth of a club of the size of Man Utd.
So...my question is, has football ever witnessed a coach as genius as him??? I think Capello(spell?) is the only one who comes 'close', guaranteeing you a league title at least wherever he goes, Milan, Real, Roma, Juve...but...even with a record like this, he is still a bit out-shone by the Portugese master IMO.
. Just ask James Beattie.
