The Associated PressPublished Friday, January. 28, 2013 4:05PM EST LONDON -- Rafa Benitez's tirade against Chelsea's table and supporters did actually go unpunished Thursday, with the European champions saying it absolutely was "business as usual" at the club and suggesting he'll still be in control this weekend. The Spanish instructor released 3 months ' worth of pent-up frustration after Chelsea's FA Cup gain at Middlesbrough on Wednesday, criticizing a section of the supporters because of their continuous stream of abuse and describing the club's decision to create his job title 'temporary' boss as "a enormous mistake." Benitez declared during his extraordinary episode that he would keep the team by the end of the summer season -- when his short-term option was due to end -- even though event sparked speculation that he would not last that long, given the reputation of ruthless Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. However, Benitez held a training period with the team at the club's training foundation southwest of London and players seemed happy as they signed autographs and smiled for images in their cars. When asked in a interview with the BBC on Thursday whether he'd be sacked after his post-match remarks, Benitez said: "No. They (the membership) know how we work and what we're attempting to do. "If we remain together and support the participants, we will have the ability to gain games," Benitez added. "Then, at the end of the growing season, I will leave and they (the fans) can criticize." Copying the club's sole official announcement that it had been "business as usual," Chelsea established Benitez will be holding his program news conference on Friday to preview Saturday's match against West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. Whether his departure is merely being detained while Abramovich decides his next move remains to be viewed. But Benitez's place still remains precarious, having been successfully undermined since he agreed to dominate while the replacement of the most popular Roberto di Matteo on Nov. 21. Formally named because the team's interim first-team coach, his power was quickly blunted, with players knowing these were playing for a boss impossible to be around from the beginning of next time. Benitez in addition has been rejected normal use of Abramovich, instead needing to undergo complex director Michael Emenalo -- a intermediary between the hierarchy and the training staff. And then there is the standard hounding by a group of Chelsea supporters, who refuse to accept him after his clashes with the club throughout his spell as Liverpool boss between 2004-10 and because of their ongoing support of Di Matteo. The jeers started at Benitez's first match responsible, against Manchester City at home. Many continue steadily to perform the name of Di Matteo, who brought Chelsea to its first Champions League subject last season. Others have been more unpleasant and personal. "Every sport, they keep on singing and planning banners, they're wasting their time," Benitez said Wednesday, introducing that fans had an "agenda" against him. "What they've to do is support the team." After this kind of public criticism of the fans, they're unlikely to stop now. Benitez isn't any stranger to a news conference observation. In 2009, he notoriously pulled out a hand-written list of alleged "facts" from his pocket, burning his declare that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was not punished enough for verbally abusing referees and match officials. This episode was more calm and reasoned. He revealed the same complaint in interviews with a tv station, BBC radio and then at the post-match news conference after the 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough. That effect ended up being a mere part notice, though it set up an Cup quarterfinal match against United. He did actually need little prompting by journalists, so it has been a pre-planned assault on the supporters who he promised he'd conquer on the day the job was started by him. That's not occurred and probably never will. Chelsea fans spent a lot of the Middlesbrough match singing: "We don't care about Rafa, he does not care about us. All we worry about is Chelsea FC." Since Benitez joined, Chelsea has been removed from the Champions League, League Cup and lost in the last of the Club World Cup. The team was next in the Premier League, four points behind head Man City, on his arrival but has become final and 19 points adrift of Manchester United, the brand new leaders. In his three months, Chelsea has won 14 of 27 fits in most competitions. Chelsea can drop out of the top four, and therefore jeopardize the team's likelihood of qualifying for the Champions League next period, if it doesn't defeat West Brom at Stamford Bridge. "This band of fans, who're performing and making banners, need to pay attention to helping the team," Benitez mentioned in the BBC interview. "The rest of the fans -- the most of fans -- know the way to help the staff is by supporting the participants. "I am considering my team and my staff - I do want to gain every game."
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