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https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rafa-benitez-big-interview-france-14203539

That Palace fan is canny. Defends Zaha blindly to the hilt which you'd expect obviously, but I think he has a soft spot for us.

We’ll sign Jorgensen with money that was supposedly already available and the £15m for Mitro will disappear into fresh air. Mitrovic won't play for us ever again unless Gayle and Joselu get injured at the same time. What's the point in keeping him? He won't be played, regardless of how good or s*** people think he is. I'd rather we have someone who Rafa wants and will actually play. This is a perfectly feasible scenario though...? Due to the lone role and tactical approach our strikers have, it's unlikely they'll get injured during games. Gayle's muscles might explode again, like.

We’ll sign Jorgensen with money that was supposedly already available and the £15m for Mitro will disappear into fresh air. Mitrovic won't play for us ever again unless Gayle and Joselu get injured at the same time. What's the point in keeping him? He won't be played, regardless of how good or shit people think he is. I'd rather we have someone who Rafa wants and will actually play.

Snap their hands off. Throw it and whatever other funds we have at a striker. Jørgensen or whoever Rafa wants.

Repugnant.

BTW, I don't think he's a greater manager for us than Keegan and Robson. Yet. If Ashley goes, I think he's going to be in time. That is, assuming Rafa is still our manager by the time Ashley sells up/dies.

Not just trophies; what he's already done for the club. Staying on in the Championship to bring us back up when he didn't have to. Bringing fans back from apathy to caring about the club again. Potentially being the centrepiece of a takeover, and seeing out the cancer on this football club that is Mike Ashley. Seeing the potential of this football club and wanting to realise it as a project, even under Ashley. I doubt someone who called him the "Spanish Tony Pulis" earlier this season would see it in that way though.

Didn't know whether to post this in here or SNWOAT, but this video was uploaded in February 2015, in Rafa's last season at Napoli. Looking at the clubs he's managed, Real Madrid aside, they're all working class cities that live and breathe football; 2 of them one club cities, Napoli and Newcastle. He must love the passion and infatuation the people of the cities have for football, it's all they have. Everything around the cities is built on football. Love the fact he likes that. I bloody well hope he's here for years and that he sees out Ashley. Should that happen he's going to go down as our greatest manager of all time, I'm sure. I f***ing love the man.

Fair play to the Villa media team, like.

In fairness he was allowed to sign the likes of Higuain as well so not exactly shopping in netto like he is with us. Was problems for him at Liverpool with regards to transfer funding and owners as well. No wonder there were 2 or 3 duds. I just think the "Rafa makes some shit signings" is a bit of a misconception about him alongside the "Rafa isn't great in a league season" and "Rafa doesn't play good football" ones. All of them are bollocks. Give him what he needs, and he'll make excellent signings (may be a few duds, all managers have them, Rafa has said so himself), he'll lead a team that's great in a league season and will play good football.

They didn't get much recognition at the time but his Napoli signings were all spot on. Look at their first team now, quite a lot of them signed by Rafa.

Brighton playing us at our own game.

They don't give a shit so they just go off what's been leaked to them by the club, telling Sky who'll then tell the fans that they tried their best to sign a striker but just couldn't get him over the line. The utter morons will lap it up but the gargantuan majority see straight through it.

Its been clear Sky are Ashley's mouthpiece since August.

A horse. Oh yeah.

A horse.

Came in to share that That new Leeds crest is absolutely terrible. f*** me. Hope we never, ever change ours.

https://twitter.com/PeteGravesSky/status/956159124340969473

We're 9th in the league for chances created iirc. Our problem has been putting them away.

Liverpool (a) shifted to 5:30pm Saturday. Spurs (a) shifted to Friday night.

Guesses on the most ludicrous time to shift Bournemouth away to? February games have already been announced, it stayed as a 3pm. Games at risk this time of being moved: 3rd March: Liverpool (a) 10th March: Southampton (h) 17th March: Spurs (a) 31st March: Huddersfield (h)