Dave Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/rafael-benitez-appointed-newcastle-united-manager-i-know-it-s-a-risk-but-i-m-not-scared-a6928256.html McClaren tried to pull things around but he was hamstrung by the recruitment policy and by a culture that saw him and his assistant, Paul Simpson, receive a fierce rebuke in November after Simpson gave an interview to local radio. While some said McClaren’s press conferences were scripted, they were in fact restricted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Such fucking weird arseholes. It'll be very interesting to see if they can resist the urge to act the complete wankers with Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Suck fuckng weird arseholes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Weird arseholes suck fucking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Fuck off, it's late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Late, N w Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/rafael-benitez-appointed-newcastle-united-manager-i-know-it-s-a-risk-but-i-m-not-scared-a6928256.html McClaren tried to pull things around but he was hamstrung by the recruitment policy and by a culture that saw him and his assistant, Paul Simpson, receive a fierce rebuke in November after Simpson gave an interview to local radio. While some said McClaren’s press conferences were scripted, they were in fact restricted. Aye, he tried to turn things around but the recruitment policy made him consistently pick Jack Colback and forced him to inexplicably drop Mitrovic for Riviere in a must win game. Oh wait, did it fuck! Proper cockends obviously if they were limiting what he could say and recruitment should have been better, but McClaren was ultimately.to blame for results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Some of his team selections and particularly his substitutions bordered on suicidal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 1. Nice chap 2. Arsehole employers 3. Grossly incompetent nonetheless (and predictably so) 4. Move on. He doesn't deserve blame for the rotting cancer the club has become - he's a symptom, not a cause - but within those constraints he was totally found out and showed up for what he is - yesterday's man, unable to inspire modern footballers and tactically limited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I don't blame him, I blame the dickheads that appointed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Having a lot of shit players and a shit coach doesn't help. The recruitment has had an impact as it may well still with Rafa. To say he was hamstrung is ludicrous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 He couldn't change a game. Once we started poorly we often wouldn't be able to turn things around. The fact he always left it so late to make subs didn't help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieT Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Has any of this been reported before? I see the Independent are also mentioning this radio interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Must be this one: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mike-ashley-invest-newcastle-united-10440945 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 A written warning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 No wonder they couldn't motivate anybody, they couldn't have been motivated themselves as I can't see anything wrong with the Simpson interview that could get him into trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Hardy wrote in another article that the player shouting at Goodison was a defender. Probably Janmaat, possibly Dummett? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Janmaat suits the story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Just been reading about the 'acquisitions panel' he worked under at Forest. A big reason why he was appointed here in the first place, no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Can anyone remember, after a (rare) victory, mcclaren was calling a player to come back and clap the fans and was clearly ignored by him? I'm sure it was a gif? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I didn't want him and didn't rate him but thought the treatment at the end was unprofessional from NUFC to say the least. I've nowhere near the levels of hatred for him that I have for Pardew, Allardyce, Dagliesh, Carver etc. Good luck to him in wherever he goes next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I didn't want him and didn't rate him but thought the treatment at the end was unprofessional from NUFC to say the least. I've nowhere near the levels of hatred for him that I have for Pardew, Allardyce, Dagliesh, Carver etc. Good luck to him in wherever he goes next. This. I actually thought he'd be decent for us, that didn't exactly work out but good luck to the fella. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Few rumours of him going back to Boro. Would no doubt kybosh their promotion attempt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Few rumours of him going back to Boro. Would no doubt kybosh their promotion attempt. Imagine if he took them up after all this and we went down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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