Sean

Whats he saying?

This is where I'm at at the minute, got a horrible sinking feeling in my stomach about the whole thing though if I'm honest.

It's more than a week, we get to enjoy seeing them calling for his head as they suffer a whole years worth of terrible football and results before the sacking...except here where Mike thought he was doing a great job of course Oh yes watching the wheels fall off the Pardew wanker wagon is fun, it's the week after he goes where my inner smug mode goes into overdrive Well yeah there is that.. theres a few West Brom fans at work so I'm gonna enjoy this even more

It's more than a week, we get to enjoy seeing them calling for his head as they suffer a whole years worth of terrible football and results before the sacking...except here where Mike thought he was doing a great job of course

Definitely, it's pretty obvious when you think of the reasoning behind some of his decisions...fucking us over is the only common thread that make any sense. Really hope he just fucking sells us too, honestly can't take any more of this.

Lets be honest with ourselves, Ashley's gonna fuck this up isn't he?

Aye, quite incredible......10 years and the penny still hasn't dropped for some it seems. Plus some turning on Rafa...we really do have some idiots amongst our support like.

The transfer market isn’t static, the goalposts move every minute due to player and agent power. Neither the club nor him were fully prepared at how vicious this one was going to be and both parties could have done much more in it. I meant what kind of funds that were promised to him early on! Later on he had much less compared to what was agreed on beforehand. I don’t think anything was agreed, not a figure anyhow. Ashley slime balled his way out of it lawyer style hiding behind carefully chosen words. Bit like well reinvest all of the Carroll money and us thinking it would mean £35m of transfer fees. I'm not gonna fucking bother! Wise move I feel!

Joselu will be on £40k and Murphy on half that imo. £60k would get you somewhere close to a decent striker, especially if we sold Gayle or Mitro on the back of it. Rafa didn't get to choose which of his targets to get, it's really not that hard to grasp that he didn't have that choice. So he doesn’t have control over transfers? He literally said time and and time again, all summer long that they had targets and the club was tasked with delivering them. He then said Ashley didnt keep his word over what they had agreed. How could he have made it any clearer? Exactly, how many times does it have to be said.

Joselu will be on £40k and Murphy on half that imo. £60k would get you somewhere close to a decent striker, especially if we sold Gayle or Mitro on the back of it. Rafa didn't get to choose which of his targets to get, it's really not that hard to grasp that he didn't have that choice.

Can't believe how often this has to be fucking repeated to some people.

He won't be shamed into selling us though as he has no shame unfortunately. Well, yeah, there is that too but you know what I mean. Shamed probably want the right word, pressured is probably better. Rafa knows he's got the fans behind him and is just upping the ante. Haha yeah I know what you mean, let's hope so.

He won't be shamed into selling us though as he has no shame unfortunately. Ashley has a very thin skin so it'll have some affect on him. Yeah, like make him say 'fuck you' - thats the way he normally reacts to this club and it's fans unfortunately.

Yeah this is reminding me of the summer unfortunately.

I'm fully behind Rafa pointing the obvious out...we've got so much fans blaming him for things that are out of his hands it's a joke.

He won't be shamed into selling us though as he has no shame unfortunately.

Lukaku not facing any action at all over his kicking out incident the other day. Unbelievable man.

Yep. The comedown alone will send the club into a tailspin. Let alone the ramifications re: Rafa.

Wages? Signing on fee? Pretty clear we could hardly afford anyone in the summer. Also, Ashley would have authorised the Murphy transfer as he's young and english with resale value. Not as if Rafa actually decided which of his targets we got.

Yep. I don't really care about starting elevens anymore. Sure, I have opinions but at the end of the day, I trust Rafa. Same.

I'm just back to the default position of everything's bad forever...makes it easier

He's made a few pointed references to our fans losing their shit on social media - abusing players, this "442 will solve everything" mentality also. The man should be listened to.

We need to hope there's been another bid put in already really. The press didn't know anything about the last one for days and days until it was leaked, but by who? By now there surely will have either been a revised bid or PCP will have walked away. Is Ashley just ignoring the bids and not even dignifying them with a response? Is that why news of the bid was leaked with no proper answer as to whether it had been accepted or rejected? Seems like the type of thing he'd do tbh, hopefully not.

It was this time last week we heard about the first bid, hoping something else comes out later today.