Minhosa

Pretty sure he'll have specified it has to exist. Maybe. Why bother though? Good craic innit. Well he's a renowned manager and football expert, why wouldn't he have a website? He has his own stuff to say that doesn't need to be through any particular club. Just because our last two managers didn't know what the internet was. Genuine question, do other top managers have them? And, if so, do they still use them when they're employed by a club? Of all of things with this club and THIS is the thing you have an issue with? Wow. What are you talking about 'issue'? I don't get it particularly. I'm hardly standing outside the stadium with a 'Rafa Out' banner. Also find it weird that Ashleys regime has been notoriously jittery with regard to press and the messages coming out from the club being joined up, Mirror relationship etc, that they're seemingly so cool with this. It was one of the first things that I thought would go if I'm honest. I think I said that at the time of his appointment too. It doesn't really chime with the previous views. I'm not that arsed what he does on his website frankly, just find it a bit peculiar. It's obviously Rafa the Brand - what's so strange about that, Minhosa? It's normal business in contemporary football world. I'm not saying it isn't. What I was asking was whether most top managers have them and whether they tended to use them whilst employed at clubs? It was a genuine question, it's not something I've ever paid any attention to. I was also making the point that it's the only time during the Ashley reign that we've had messages coming out from two sources about the club as he's been notoriously nervy around PR and he's always had that reputation in business of being mistrusting of the media. I think from a fans perspective, it's got to be a big positive overall as we're at least getting some noise from a respected member of the club. It's not a criticism at all, it's just an observation that it's a marked change of approach in an area that's clearly close to Ashleys heart.

Pretty sure he'll have specified it has to exist. Maybe. Why bother though? Good craic innit. Well he's a renowned manager and football expert, why wouldn't he have a website? He has his own stuff to say that doesn't need to be through any particular club. Just because our last two managers didn't know what the internet was. Genuine question, do other top managers have them? And, if so, do they still use them when they're employed by a club? Of all of things with this club and THIS is the thing you have an issue with? Wow. What are you talking about 'issue'? I don't get it particularly. I'm hardly standing outside the stadium with a 'Rafa Out' banner. Also find it weird that Ashleys regime has been notoriously jittery with regard to press and the messages coming out from the club being joined up, Mirror relationship etc, that they're seemingly so cool with this. It was one of the first things that I thought would go if I'm honest. I think I said that at the time of his appointment too. It doesn't really chime with the previous views. I'm not that arsed what he does on his website frankly, just find it a bit peculiar.

Best three kits we've had in a long time IMHO. I really like all of them.

Pretty sure he'll have specified it has to exist. Maybe. Why bother though? Good craic innit. Well he's a renowned manager and football expert, why wouldn't he have a website? He has his own stuff to say that doesn't need to be through any particular club. Just because our last two managers didn't know what the internet was. Genuine question, do other top managers have them? And, if so, do they still use them when they're employed by a club?

This oaf will struggle like fuck when the media turn on him btw.

Totally agree.

Pretty sure he'll have specified it has to exist. Maybe. Why bother though?

I'd be amazed if Mike Ashley lets him retain his own indepedent website. Don't really see why he needs to either tbh.

I'm not saying he doesn't rate him but I think for sure he'll be totally ok with him going. I think he's playing a game regarding the fee tbqh. He's very replaceable and I'd trust Rafa to sort that out very quickly. Shame we couldn't have kept Townsend and kicked this bloke into touch instead. Considering his utilisation of Sissoko, I reckon he's one of the last Rafa would like to leave. Considering the amount by which the buyer will be overpaying, I think he'll somehow manage. I think he probably will manage, but that's beside the point. Given a choice he'd probably far rather keep him here, and everything he's said supports this. Now that might not chime with your opinion or others on here, but if you go by Rafa's words and actions that's the only conclusion you can come to. Whether you think he's an overrated wantaway cunt is neither here nor there, but ironic you compared him with Townsend who fucked off after 6 months to a club run by the biggest fraud in football history. The only conclusion I'll come to is the one resultant of all I witnessed him deliver these past few years and I'll be over the moon when he packs his bags and fucks off. Townsend showed more in those few months than this shitstick has in a few years. Very very very easy to replace a goal every 11 games from a midfielder and a handful of assists per season. Running so quickly with his head down and knocking people out of the way, I grant you may take a bit of replacing but I'm fairly certain we'll be ok. You can drool over Townsend alongside Pardew next season mate, personally if he gets his leg broken in the first match of the season I wouldn't give a toss. Why would I drool over a player at another club? I'd rather drool over the £20m too much we'll be getting for this hopeless cunt. He looks like a "hopeless cunt" some of the time because he firstly isn't a right winger, and secondly gets double marked because despite looking hopeless and not being a great attacker he is our biggest threat going forward. He played on the right wing for France obviously but his role was basically to win the ball, run with it and then pass it to the better players. We've never played him in this way since he joined. He's almost always been the one the rest of our team gives the ball to and hopes something happens Which is fine but it rarely does. That's kind of the point. By the way, this France superstar that you're raving on about, played in 5 games at the Euros. Zero goals and Zero assists. Are you deliberately missing the point like? for France he isn't a creative player, he gets it, runs and passes it the better players. This has literally been my entire argument in the last few posts You don't think RW is an attacking position? Of course it was a part of his job to create chances and contribute with goals . If not, why not stick the bloke at RB if all you want him to do is run FFS.

I'm not saying he doesn't rate him but I think for sure he'll be totally ok with him going. I think he's playing a game regarding the fee tbqh. He's very replaceable and I'd trust Rafa to sort that out very quickly. Shame we couldn't have kept Townsend and kicked this bloke into touch instead. Considering his utilisation of Sissoko, I reckon he's one of the last Rafa would like to leave. Considering the amount by which the buyer will be overpaying, I think he'll somehow manage. I think he probably will manage, but that's beside the point. Given a choice he'd probably far rather keep him here, and everything he's said supports this. Now that might not chime with your opinion or others on here, but if you go by Rafa's words and actions that's the only conclusion you can come to. Whether you think he's an overrated wantaway cunt is neither here nor there, but ironic you compared him with Townsend who fucked off after 6 months to a club run by the biggest fraud in football history. The only conclusion I'll come to is the one resultant of all I witnessed him deliver these past few years and I'll be over the moon when he packs his bags and fucks off. Townsend showed more in those few months than this shitstick has in a few years. Very very very easy to replace a goal every 11 games from a midfielder and a handful of assists per season. Running so quickly with his head down and knocking people out of the way, I grant you may take a bit of replacing but I'm fairly certain we'll be ok. You can drool over Townsend alongside Pardew next season mate, personally if he gets his leg broken in the first match of the season I wouldn't give a toss. Why would I drool over a player at another club? I'd rather drool over the £20m too much we'll be getting for this hopeless cunt. He looks like a "hopeless cunt" some of the time because he firstly isn't a right winger, and secondly gets double marked because despite looking hopeless and not being a great attacker he is our biggest threat going forward. He played on the right wing for France obviously but his role was basically to win the ball, run with it and then pass it to the better players. We've never played him in this way since he joined. He's almost always been the one the rest of our team gives the ball to and hopes something happens Which is fine but it rarely does. That's kind of the point. By the way, this France superstar that you're raving on about, played in 5 games at the Euros. Zero goals and Zero assists.

What else does he say in the NUFC video?

I'm not saying he doesn't rate him but I think for sure he'll be totally ok with him going. I think he's playing a game regarding the fee tbqh. He's very replaceable and I'd trust Rafa to sort that out very quickly. Shame we couldn't have kept Townsend and kicked this bloke into touch instead. Considering his utilisation of Sissoko, I reckon he's one of the last Rafa would like to leave. Considering the amount by which the buyer will be overpaying, I think he'll somehow manage. I think he probably will manage, but that's beside the point. Given a choice he'd probably far rather keep him here, and everything he's said supports this. Now that might not chime with your opinion or others on here, but if you go by Rafa's words and actions that's the only conclusion you can come to. Whether you think he's an overrated wantaway cunt is neither here nor there, but ironic you compared him with Townsend who fucked off after 6 months to a club run by the biggest fraud in football history. The only conclusion I'll come to is the one resultant of all I witnessed him deliver these past few years and I'll be over the moon when he packs his bags and fucks off. Townsend showed more in those few months than this shitstick has in a few years. Very very very easy to replace a goal every 11 games from a midfielder and a handful of assists per season. Running so quickly with his head down and knocking people out of the way, I grant you may take a bit of replacing but I'm fairly certain we'll be ok. You can drool over Townsend alongside Pardew next season mate, personally if he gets his leg broken in the first match of the season I wouldn't give a toss. Why would I drool over a player at another club? I'd rather drool over the £20m too much we'll be getting for this hopeless cunt.

I'm not saying he doesn't rate him but I think for sure he'll be totally ok with him going. I think he's playing a game regarding the fee tbqh. He's very replaceable and I'd trust Rafa to sort that out very quickly. Shame we couldn't have kept Townsend and kicked this bloke into touch instead. Considering his utilisation of Sissoko, I reckon he's one of the last Rafa would like to leave. Considering the amount by which the buyer will be overpaying, I think he'll somehow manage. I think he probably will manage, but that's beside the point. Given a choice he'd probably far rather keep him here, and everything he's said supports this. Now that might not chime with your opinion or others on here, but if you go by Rafa's words and actions that's the only conclusion you can come to. Whether you think he's an overrated wantaway cunt is neither here nor there, but ironic you compared him with Townsend who fucked off after 6 months to a club run by the biggest fraud in football history. The only conclusion I'll come to is the one resultant of all I witnessed him deliver these past few years and I'll be over the moon when he packs his bags and fucks off. Townsend showed more in those few months than this shitstick has in a few years. Very very very easy to replace a goal every 11 games from a midfielder and a handful of assists per season. Running so quickly with his head down and knocking people out of the way, I grant you may take a bit of replacing but I'm fairly certain we'll be ok.

Looks a bit like Deidre Barlow in those specs.

I'm not saying he doesn't rate him but I think for sure he'll be totally ok with him going. I think he's playing a game regarding the fee tbqh. He's very replaceable and I'd trust Rafa to sort that out very quickly. Shame we couldn't have kept Townsend and kicked this bloke into touch instead. Considering his utilisation of Sissoko, I reckon he's one of the last Rafa would like to leave. Considering the amount by which the buyer will be overpaying, I think he'll somehow manage.

I'm not saying he doesn't rate him but I think for sure he'll be totally ok with him going. I think he's playing a game regarding the fee tbqh. He's very replaceable and I'd trust Rafa to sort that out very quickly. Shame we couldn't have kept Townsend and kicked this bloke into touch instead.

On the other hand, he created plenty of chances that weren't converted. This criticism that he has no football intelligence is also a strange one. He's quite often involved in clever one-twos or the flick round the defender which led to the shot on goal on Sunday. I just don't see it. He does go at defenses at full speed and sometimes lose the ball, but that's more to get beyond them rather than fuck about doing step-overs which allows the defence to get behind the ball. I've never said he was a world beater, but I've always maintained he's far better than he's given credit for. Ultimately the transfer market will prove me right. You'd be mad not to recognise he's been a fundamental problem since day one because his contribution is so minimal. I'd hardly say the transfer market is the best mechanism to demonstrate a players ability either. I prefer to judge based on what I've seen in the flesh and what the stats demonstrate his contribution to have been rather than seeing some TV money chucked at last minute in panic. Good for you, no reason for you not to be happy with your own opinion, I'm just pleased we have Rafa here to actually make the call. It will add at least £15m to our coffers. Incidentally, the real criticism that could be levelled at Sissoko is that he doesn't score enough goals. That's a valid point (even if I'm making it myself on the critics behalf), but he still carries enough threat on the counter to be a valuable outlet. Such a threat he's scores every 30 odd games and sets up a goal every 5.5 games. He's been here three years or so and you can probably count on one hand any really memorable through balls or great crosses. In 118 games. Rafa will play the game in terms of his value but privately I should imagine he'd be very confident in replacing him with a MUCH better option. It really wouldn't take much. We signed Andros for £12m FFS and he showed more in 12 games than this gimp did all season. I like how you're now making it out as if Rafa is agreeing with your assessment all along. He's going to craftily lure other clubs into overpaying for the big daft lump like fishing them on a line. You think a goal a season and a handful of assists is difficult to replace? . Rafa knows it. Everyone knows it. We'll not miss him one little bit. Yeah Rafa's going to hypnotise all those other clubs into bidding daft money for a big clumsy twat. Looks like we've got the only clued up manager in the world, everyone else is being advised by John Carver. I look forward to seeing him end up in Russia, Qatar, China or wherever when his next club recognises they've overpaid and he's a dope. How do you explain his poor contribution when compared to Norwich players, Villa players etc? We'll get a good fee because many others may see a 26 year old international who can knock people over and think there's a good player there. As it is, only WBA have shown a formal interest. Says a lot.

On the other hand, he created plenty of chances that weren't converted. This criticism that he has no football intelligence is also a strange one. He's quite often involved in clever one-twos or the flick round the defender which led to the shot on goal on Sunday. I just don't see it. He does go at defenses at full speed and sometimes lose the ball, but that's more to get beyond them rather than fuck about doing step-overs which allows the defence to get behind the ball. I've never said he was a world beater, but I've always maintained he's far better than he's given credit for. Ultimately the transfer market will prove me right. You'd be mad not to recognise he's been a fundamental problem since day one because his contribution is so minimal. I'd hardly say the transfer market is the best mechanism to demonstrate a players ability either. I prefer to judge based on what I've seen in the flesh and what the stats demonstrate his contribution to have been rather than seeing some TV money chucked at last minute in panic. Good for you, no reason for you not to be happy with your own opinion, I'm just pleased we have Rafa here to actually make the call. It will add at least £15m to our coffers. Incidentally, the real criticism that could be levelled at Sissoko is that he doesn't score enough goals. That's a valid point (even if I'm making it myself on the critics behalf), but he still carries enough threat on the counter to be a valuable outlet. Such a threat he's scores every 30 odd games and sets up a goal every 5.5 games. He's been here three years or so and you can probably count on one hand any really memorable through balls or great crosses. In 118 games. Rafa will play the game in terms of his value but privately I should imagine he'd be very confident in replacing him with a MUCH better option. It really wouldn't take much. We signed Andros for £12m FFS and he showed more in 12 games than this gimp did all season. I like how you're now making it out as if Rafa is agreeing with your assessment all along. He's going to craftily lure other clubs into overpaying for the big daft lump like fishing them on a line. You think a goal a season and a handful of assists is difficult to replace? . Rafa knows it. Everyone knows it. We'll not miss him one little bit.

On the other hand, he created plenty of chances that weren't converted. This criticism that he has no football intelligence is also a strange one. He's quite often involved in clever one-twos or the flick round the defender which led to the shot on goal on Sunday. I just don't see it. He does go at defenses at full speed and sometimes lose the ball, but that's more to get beyond them rather than fuck about doing step-overs which allows the defence to get behind the ball. I've never said he was a world beater, but I've always maintained he's far better than he's given credit for. Ultimately the transfer market will prove me right. You'd be mad not to recognise he's been a fundamental problem since day one because his contribution is so minimal. I'd hardly say the transfer market is the best mechanism to demonstrate a players ability either. I prefer to judge based on what I've seen in the flesh and what the stats demonstrate his contribution to have been rather than seeing some TV money chucked at last minute in panic. Good for you, no reason for you not to be happy with your own opinion, I'm just pleased we have Rafa here to actually make the call. It will add at least £15m to our coffers. Incidentally, the real criticism that could be levelled at Sissoko is that he doesn't score enough goals. That's a valid point (even if I'm making it myself on the critics behalf), but he still carries enough threat on the counter to be a valuable outlet. Such a threat he's scores every 30 odd games and sets up a goal every 5.5 games. He's been here three years or so and you can probably count on one hand any really memorable through balls or great crosses. In 118 games. Rafa will play the game in terms of his value but privately I should imagine he'd be very confident in replacing him with a MUCH better option. It really wouldn't take much. We signed Andros for £12m FFS and he showed more in 12 games than this gimp did all season.

Redmond and Howson also scored more goals than him though. Ayew from Villa had more of each too and both were in worse teams than us. Can't imagine Lallana etc played as many games as Sissoko and would imagine almost all in the bottom line of your post scored more than him too.

This is bollocks. Even statistically, he was our most creative player last season in terms of chances created. I'm very comfortable assessing his stats against other players in his position in shite-mid table teams last season to make the comparison. He's basically, the complete opposite of Nobby Solano, in that he's huge, strong and garbage with his final ball. Solano was a proper midfielder imho. He played the game with his head first, everything else followed. This big dopy cunt just barges through people and fucks up his final ball/pass/shot/cross. Last Season, Sissoko (1 goal and 7 assists) across an entire season. 1 goal and 7 assists is 18% of the goals we scored last season. Not too shabby contribution if you ask me. 1 goal in 38 games . 1 assist every 5.5 games. Considering he was given plenty of freedom and opportunity those figures are pretty shameful. Previous seasons are no better either.

On the other hand, he created plenty of chances that weren't converted. This criticism that he has no football intelligence is also a strange one. He's quite often involved in clever one-twos or the flick round the defender which led to the shot on goal on Sunday. I just don't see it. He does go at defenses at full speed and sometimes lose the ball, but that's more to get beyond them rather than fuck about doing step-overs which allows the defence to get behind the ball. I've never said he was a world beater, but I've always maintained he's far better than he's given credit for. Ultimately the transfer market will prove me right. You'd be mad not to recognise he's been a fundamental problem since day one because his contribution is so minimal. I'd hardly say the transfer market is the best mechanism to demonstrate a players ability either. I prefer to judge based on what I've seen in the flesh and what the stats demonstrate his contribution to have been rather than seeing some TV money chucked at last minute in panic.

What's his stats on that compared to other wide players though? Didn't we attack mostly down the right because we either had the invisible man at LM, that shit French lad or Perez at LM? Moussa Sissoko's performances were one of the least reasons we were relegated. I stand by him being one of our better performers. Uselessness down the spine of the side (beyond managerial and board room decisions) was the primary cause of relegation. Colo, Saylor, Mbemba, Shelvey, Colback, Anita, Perez, Cisse & Mitro all far more culpable for our relegation than Sissoko. Why don't you google it instead of fucking asking every other cunt to do it for you?

He's a fundamental reason we went down.