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Originally Posted by Damien
Benitez is an underrated manager in this country IMO. Newcastle have done well to get him.
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He's a very unrewarded manager sometimes, He's done rubbish things in places as have most but I feel like he did a great job at salvaging what was left of Chelsea's season and got nothing but crap throughout. Liverpool and Valencia naturally speak for themselves and Real Madrid sack anyone and their dog.
I'd like to reiterate and not be as fickle as other Newcastle United fans though. Steve McClaren is a genuinely nice bloke, his tactics may have indeed been pretty awful alongside his questionable line up choices and player positions. It simply didn't work and it cost him but to solely blame this man for what has unfolded this season is wrong. It's partially his fault but once again supposed wonder scout and chief of nothing (Graham Carr and Lee Charnley) have escaped any form of wrongdoing yet again for the mess left for Benitez and his backroom to fix.
McClaren never got the opportunity Benitez had, he forever had people in the back sticking their two cents into what should have been solely his business. He got expensive signings he never asked for, only to then be sacked in the manner he was. It was absolutely despicable by Lee Charnley, say what you want about Mike Ashley but up until he flew in, they really had no idea what the left hand was doing.. and only after Mike came was McClaren dismissed.
To shorten it, Pardew and McClaren were both given the same treatment that saw Kevin Keegan famously walk out of the club years back.
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Diego Costa is looking at his first monumental ban in English football and will undoubtedly miss the rest of the season if the FA are consistent. There is no way they can punish Suarez the way they did and allow this to slip. Absolutely disgraceful, it's as clear as day he tried or did bite Gareth Barry, only Barry knows but it's right there in HD for all to see. Regardless, a bite or attempted bite, the head, the clashing with the ref. Get this bloke off the pitch.
Link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comm...card_incident/ Hit play at the top source.