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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.

Not important if you give it straight back.

That's it for me. Just say for arguments sake we get £20m for him. I would expect Rafa to go out and sign a better replacement for half that. You wouldn't even need £10m to replace him. So many players who are, in theory, worse deliver far more for their teams statiscally. If you looked at Sissoko's contribution, without knowing the players name/nationality etc, you'd never see an international footballer. I genuinely hope he leaves and feel the club will be far better off without him and his 'better than NUFC' attitude. You can tell by the players Rafa has recruited that we're no longer selling NUFC as a stepping stone club. In some respects we shouldn't expect anything more from this shithouse because him, and the likes of Cisse, Cabaye, Tiote etc were all sold the long term dream of using the club for their own gain. It's no wonder we've been left with a squad full of heartless cunts who care only for themselves. Rafa is very clearly going about introducing a new culture and I can't imagine there's much of a place for twats like Sissoko/Gini etc, whatever Benitez is saying publically. I'm personally delighted to see these career vultures leave. Cisse, Sissoko, Tiote etc are all just Demba Ba's without the same PR Machines behind them. NUFC will be a better place without them, a healthier environment where new players will appreciate the opportunity and, I would hope, view playing for NUFC as an honour. Something most of the shitehawks we will ship out clearly don't. It all sounds so plausible, but not a lot of it really stands up under scrutiny. He's lazy - he's not. He wants to play in the CL - well most would, and he's been here for a few years now. It's not like he bailed out after 13 matches to fuck off to Palace. Rafa is going to introduce a new culture - true, but he's given no indication that Sissoko is a problem player, if anything he seems very keen to keep him. If he wanted shot he'd have bombed him out for £3m and that would be that. Get it through your skulls, if he leaves it will be at our price point and for a 26 yr old who just starred in the Euro final it won't be for peanuts. How old is £100 million rated Payet btw, considering he flopped in the same tournament? Not sure which bit doesn't stand up to scrutiny? His contribution has been minimal since day one. Do any of the new signings strike you as 'stepping stoners'? They don't look it to me. The culture change will be clear after the summer but the departures board are almost all players with questionable application. I've not said he's lazy tbh but his contribution has been largely very very poor. As for the Champions League guff, he's been spouting it since the early days so it's not like it's new. Your opinion that Payet flopped is an interesting one. Check out the respective stats. One player hit three goals and 2 assists over the 7 games. The other got 0 of each in 5 games. He barged passed a few players though, so that was canny. He's all fart and no shit. Barging your way down the wing, knocking people over in your way is one thing. An intelligent player would actually contribute in a meaningful way. A HUGE proportion of his possession comes to nothing. Rafa will have seen this. So then my did Rafa make him captain and is desperately looking to keep hold of him? Probably to try to get a reaction out of him. He probably felt the need to motivate the bloke into some form of effort commitment. Let's see how hard he tries to keep him should a good offer come in.