Benitez lost respect of the first team when he started bizarre training exercises like dribbling exercises between cans of special brew instead of bollards. That was OK but things came to a head when he introduced the "running of the jew". This involved forcing Yossi Benayoun to run up ana down carrying Christian soldiers Jamie Carragher and Stephen Garrard on his shoulders. This was generally regarded as unacceptable and a clear breach of the "Kick Racism out of Football" campaign. He also breached the "Respect" campaign when he charged naked into Mike Rileys dressing room at half time wearing only a 12 inch strap on dildo and screaming "FACT" repeatedly. But he really lost the respect of the whole club when he abducted Madeline McCann as an elaborate plot to discrtedit the Portuguese. You just can't do that at this level.

But it was unfor