Benitez: The Hardest Man in Football this Weekend

Benitez opted for no jacket rather than wear
this one!*

It's one thing to brave the boos that Benitez no doubt expects, and maybe in a Blatter-esque way of thinking, thinks those boos are because he's a star. But the sizeable character walked up to the touchline in just his suit! No jacket, and not a snood in sight. As everyone around Stamford Bridge doubled in size from Christmas leftovers obscene amounts of lager the extra layers of clothes they sported, this man, this man decided to show the world his suit does now fit. Of course his bravery was made all the more obvious by standing next to man sporting a sleeping bag.

QPHa Ha Ha ... But This Time the Joke is on Chelsea

"I don't know how it happened either.
I just told them to go out and run around."

Hindsight is twenty twenty and all that, but no one needed hindsight to realise the team that the interim manager had selected was not going to be up to the task - even against bottom feeders QPR. It was remiss of said interim manager to look at QPR’s points tally only - as it wasn’t even half the picture.


The reality is Chelsea do not have the depth of squad they once possessed and do need to rotate if they are to remain competitive. Brilliant. But when you’re taking on a team that have only conceded eight goals on the road this season, it might have made some sense to consider an attacking minded lineup to get past that parked bus. Call me crazy, and I know you often do, but it seems pretty simple.

Combine that with the fact that Chelsea have a FA Cup match against a team that concedes loads of goals, and therefore could field a defensive team with some fresh faces .... And if the interim manager didn’t want to quite go that far, surely Mata or Hazard should have started while the other was rested. All thoughts and possibilities that surely would have had an outcome better than last night.