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From: bofh on 26 May 2010 14:22 On 25 May, 23:32, Graf Finklestein <udo_bins...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On 25 May, 22:00, bofh <lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On 23 May, 13:17, Graf Finklestein <udo_bins...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 23 May, 08:14, bofh <lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 22 May, 11:29, "Mentalguy2k8" <Mentalguy...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > if only we'd signed Gareth Barry, we'd be in it. > > > > > we have been in it twice in the last five years mental, > > > > Of course you would. Yet another defensive midfielder was clearly the > > > final peice in the puzzle. > > > > > - that's more > > > > than Jose......the special one.....who we dumped out to get there. > > > > So because one team beats another team in a knock-out competition, > > > that automatically makes the winning team's manger better than the > > > That would depend on how often it occurs I think ? So if a manager > > knocked another manager out of the semi final of the european cup > > twice, I think it indicates he may well have the measure of his > > opponent to be honest. > > Considering Mourinho's team beat Benitez's team 5 times and drew once > in the 7 league games they faced each other, including handing > Liverpool their heaviest home defeat in 35 years, not to mention > beating Liverpool in a cup final, I think the notion Benitez "had the > measure" of Mourinho laughable. > > > Better ? Yes, at some things. Is that a problem for you ? > > I doubt anyone could think of one single area where Benitez is better > in any way to Mourinho. He was better than Mourinho in the champions league on two occasions He was better than Mourinho in the FA cup on one occasion He was better than Mourinho in the Eufa cup on one occasion He has won two more Spanish titles than Mourinho, who will be hailed as god when he wins just one
From: Graf Finklestein on 26 May 2010 14:57
On 26 May, 19:22, bofh <lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 25 May, 23:32, Graf Finklestein <udo_bins...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 25 May, 22:00, bofh <lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 23 May, 13:17, Graf Finklestein <udo_bins...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 23 May, 08:14, bofh <lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 22 May, 11:29, "Mentalguy2k8" <Mentalguy...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > if only we'd signed Gareth Barry, we'd be in it. > > > > > > we have been in it twice in the last five years mental, > > > > > Of course you would. Yet another defensive midfielder was clearly the > > > > final peice in the puzzle. > > > > > > - that's more > > > > > than Jose......the special one.....who we dumped out to get there.. > > > > > So because one team beats another team in a knock-out competition, > > > > that automatically makes the winning team's manger better than the > > > > That would depend on how often it occurs I think ? So if a manager > > > knocked another manager out of the semi final of the european cup > > > twice, I think it indicates he may well have the measure of his > > > opponent to be honest. > > > Considering Mourinho's team beat Benitez's team 5 times and drew once > > in the 7 league games they faced each other, including handing > > Liverpool their heaviest home defeat in 35 years, not to mention > > beating Liverpool in a cup final, I think the notion Benitez "had the > > measure" of Mourinho laughable. > > > > Better ? Yes, at some things. Is that a problem for you ? > > > I doubt anyone could think of one single area where Benitez is better > > in any way to Mourinho. > > He was better than Mourinho in the champions league on two occasions > He was better than Mourinho in the FA cup on one occasion > He was better than Mourinho in the Eufa cup on one occasion > He has won two more Spanish titles than Mourinho, who will be hailed > as god when he wins just one And Spurs under Redknapp have beaten Benitez's team three times in the last 2 seasons alone. So, using your logic, I take it you now concede that Redknapp is a superior manager to Benitez (based purely on that one statistic alone)? |