4 stars out of 5

Clear as day what the intention has been all along surely that's obvious!? This is the thing that will have Rafa signing a new deal as well then it will be the same bargain bucket shopping in summer. Can read them like a book. Unfortunately the sheeple are thick as fuck and if it happens this changes the whole game in Ashley's favour. He could sign messi and Ronaldo tonight for 700m and It wouldn't change a thing for me. Everything is irrelavent until the parasite is gone

It does. It changes everything! If it somehow happened it would kill any discontent and protests stone dead and also if Rafa gets Almiron that will be enough for him to sign on and Raconteur[/member] sending me £50 I reckon this has been the plan all along, do the bare minimum for ages and then at the very last moment pull something like this out to calm the fans and trick Rafa to stay Who are you?? All makes sense dosen't it. It will trick the majority as well.

It does. It changes everything! If it somehow happened it would kill any discontent and protests stone dead and also if Rafa gets Almiron that will be enough for him to sign on and Raconteur[/member] sending me £50 I reckon this has been the plan all along, do the bare minimum for ages and then at the very last moment pull something like this out to calm the fans and trick Rafa to stay

It must be impossible not too surely? That must end the love in if he did? The fact he's even talking about staying on is ridiculous. Ashley must have him brainwashed, he's done a right number on the poor f***er. I went back in 2016 for the first time in years thinking the same as most " it must mean things are all above board as Rafa Benitez wouldn't be here otherwise" I feel pretty stupid now The only reason Rafa will stay til the end of the season is to collect whatever bonus he's due for keeping us up. Horrible immigrant bleeding the system dry FORRIN VERMIN!!

If he's due a 2m bonus in May for keeping us up he isn't going to leave now and lose it is he? Obviously there is some reason we don't know about keeping him here because none of us know why he is still here putting up with this joke of a club

It must be impossible not too surely? That must end the love in if he did? The fact he's even talking about staying on is ridiculous. Ashley must have him brainwashed, he's done a right number on the poor f***er. I went back in 2016 for the first time in years thinking the same as most " it must mean things are all above board as Rafa Benitez wouldn't be here otherwise" I feel pretty stupid now The only reason Rafa will stay til the end of the season is to collect whatever bonus he's due for keeping us up. And that is the top and bottom of it. Literally no other reason. I don't blame him he deserves a bonus

so this limbo shit of a season hasn't been the worst in recent memory? He should have just said his intentions last summer and this could have all been done one way or the other, not leave everyone in limbo

It must be impossible not too surely? That must end the love in if he did? The fact he's even talking about staying on is ridiculous. Ashley must have him brainwashed, he's done a right number on the poor fucker. I went back in 2016 for the first time in years thinking the same as most " it must mean things are all above board as Rafa Benitez wouldn't be here otherwise" I feel pretty stupid now

Like reefatoon[/member] says I reckon he will sign a one year extension which is the worst outcome going as it will be more of this limbo bollocks. It would be too easy and too good to be true for him to walk away and the whole thing to burn. There will be a lot more suffering first before the club and fans are put out there misery. I predict 16th place a one year extension and the exact same next season as this shit season

It is just a rotten dictatorship. God I now actually hate with a passion a club I was mad for and my life revolved around. Like genuinely despise it

..Well there you have it. He`s always on the money mind so I suggest Raconteur gets logging into that Paypal thing sharpish FFS!

What on earth are you rambling on about, man? I'm saying how we just threw away a good chance to make Wembley and nobody bats an eyelid. What a shell this club and its support is Because there wasn't 'a good chance' in the slightest. Man City, Man United, and Chelsea are all still in it for a start. We would be favourites v QPR or Portsmouth Then the last 8 would only have manure/Chelsea or city in. That's a 5 in 7 chance of a winnable QF. If we put a full team out Saturday and took it seriously we could have made Wembley. What's the point in it all if we won't even give it a go? Just to lose 0-3 tonight instead of 0-5? Going for the FA Cup worked out well for Wigan didnt it? I would agree if we were mid-table but as we are likely to be very good candidates to be relegated I would rather keep the focus on staying in the league. Losing 0-5 vs 0-3 still affects goal difference and you never know when a league position will be decided on it. Staying in the league for what? To keep the gravy flowing down uncle mikes neck What difference is two more games in the FA Cup going to make the season. Exactly. Nothing. The last 16 and QF is played a week apart from pl games! People have ben brainwashed into thinking its either the pl or fa cup and you cant do both! Clubs safe i nmid able making 11 changes sums up what a state modern football is

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What on earth are you rambling on about, man? I'm saying how we just threw away a good chance to make Wembley and nobody bats an eyelid. What a shell this club and its support is Because there wasn't 'a good chance' in the slightest. Man City, Man United, and Chelsea are all still in it for a start. We would be favourites v QPR or Portsmouth Then the last 8 would only have manure/Chelsea or city in. That's a 5 in 7 chance of a winnable QF. If we put a full team out Saturday and took it seriously we could have made Wembley. What's the point in it all if we won't even give it a go? Just to lose 0-3 tonight instead of 0-5? Going for the FA Cup worked out well for Wigan didnt it? I would agree if we were mid-table but as we are likely to be very good candidates to be relegated I would rather keep the focus on staying in the league. Losing 0-5 vs 0-3 still affects goal difference and you never know when a league position will be decided on it. Staying in the league for what? To keep the gravy flowing down uncle mikes neck

What on earth are you rambling on about, man? I'm saying how we just threw away a good chance to make Wembley and nobody bats an eyelid. What a shell this club and its support is Because there wasn't 'a good chance' in the slightest. Man City, Man United, and Chelsea are all still in it for a start. We would be favourites v QPR or Portsmouth Then the last 8 would only have manure/Chelsea or city in. That's a 5 in 7 chance of a winnable QF. If we put a full team out Saturday and took it seriously we could have made Wembley. What's the point in it all if we won't even give it a go? Just to lose 0-3 tonight instead of 0-5?

Well it certainly looks like he has been in regard to the cups. The final straw for me that disgrace on Saturday, I was done with the club last summer but Saturday was my finish with Rafael Well this is the problem with judging things on what they look like and being a choosy beggar. For one, Watford had a fully changed XI as well. We currently have 6 players out, 4 of which are in the starting XI. We're 17th. We have a s*** squad. Rafa played full strength teams or mixed strength teams up in each FA Cup match until the match on Saturday. Why, with all of that in mind, Saturday was the final straw for you with Rafa, I don't know, but you're off your tits. I won't disagree with the last part like

What on earth are you rambling on about, man? I'm saying how we just threw away a good chance to make Wembley and nobody bats an eyelid. What a shell this club and its support is You're incessant with your belief that Rafa is complicit with the club's desire to exit the cups. The vast majority of this forum are well aware that the club is a husk of it's former self. I don't get why it's treated as such a ludicrous idea though? The evidence suggests I am right

Hardly relentless, I'm just responding to posts, it's what a forum is used for. I made valid points but as they go against " lets all worship Rafa regardless " they don't go down well

Because they have been feeding Ashley and most won't say a cross word to him. Also they are spineless as we will see tonight and most have been brainwashed

What on earth are you rambling on about, man? I'm saying how we just threw away a good chance to make Wembley and nobody bats an eyelid. What a shell this club and its support is

I feel sorry for you accepting that on Saturday. We should be lining up on a path for a Wembley semi final. Still the 50,000 sheep don't deserve nothing good so it's a good thing come to think of it

Well it certainly looks like he has been in regard to the cups. The final straw for me that disgrace on Saturday, I was done with the club last summer but Saturday was my finish with Rafael

What does it even matter? Its irrelevant who the manager is. Although I'm sure plenty of other managers would have us in the last 16 of the FA cup and not knocked out by cups by Forest, Oxford and Watford reserves Like Super Al, McClaren and Joe? They were under the same orders Rafa was complicit with. " get out this cup and keep me on the gravy train" "yes mike now wheres my bonus" Remember when Rafa came and people thought as long as he is here then it means things are getting done properly :lol: :lol:

At best, there is zero appetite for protests. I don't know why people haven't grasped that yet. Even if there was one shitty win would blow it all over again