NUFC Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Things we do when we are young eh... When did Neil Morrisey meet Ashley? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Bar Diame / Murphy did it ever go away? Doubtful. As long as it's not 100% only buy ill suited players from that management company I'm not too arsed tbh. This I don't think we need to be really concerned about this. Benitez was told he had power over transfers and I still believe he does/will continue too I'm sure Ashley will have recommended to buy younger players for cheap for the sell on value but I do not believe it's like the previous regime where we the club will now only sign u25s How's that not anything to be concerned about, considering everything that's happened under Ashley? If Benitez has full control, what the fuck does it have to do with Ashley at all? Honestly, it's the exact same shit we've seen over and over again. Can only hope it's completely untrue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Rafa has a history of standing up to owners and taking no shit. If this is true I can't see him hanging around. Was hoping for some incoming transfer news tonight - not this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 People on here shitting themselves too much I think. There is no evidence to suggest that this is true, ok so maybe they are the clubs media partner. However in case you forgot they have recently reported that Delph was a done deal, Cleverly was a done deal when Everton got a replacement in etc. Their sister paper (Chronicle) have even said in the last few days that the club are refusing to name their targets. They maybe the preferred media partners but they know fuck all, the same as every other paper, all they get from that deal is the news to break when something does happen and every so often an interview with Rafa or one of the players about what they had for lunch the day before. Remember when Sports Direct had that news section and they said something about us buying Rooney? The Mirror and to a more significant extent the Chronicle are not getting many sales during football's silly season because they no news to report. Making up an Ashley rumour now means they can drag this story out over a few days with follow ups about what this means for targets now, and what this means on Rafa's future, all the meanwhile you have idiots buying the paper seething over these new rumours and thinking these rumours = the truth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Hmmm ... well this is uncomfortable news. Rafa might well be fine with it though. In general he did look to sign younger players even at Liverpool right? As long as we are getting in good players that the manager likes then hopefully it should be fine. Fingers crossed. Gulp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 If this is true then it feels like he's just trying to troll us at this point. Every time we seem to be coasting along and making progress he jumps in and fucks it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Wouldn't be surprised if it is true, however didn't Benitez get written guarantees in his contract over transfer policy? Plus if Ashley was to do something like this, there is surely no way even he would be stupid enough to do it at this point in this season considering what is at stake? If he made Rafa walk away that would be him finished in terms of making anything from us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Can see Benitez resigning in short order if he interferes too much, he has walked out for more reasonable boardroom meddling before. But lets not get all doom and gloom till the transfers do become dogshit again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's not the signing of players people are worried about, it's the fact we would be signing them purely to sell on, not to look to build a team around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I was under the impression we hadn't really scraped that buying model completely. Rafa has the final say on incoming/outgoing and we would sign older players if he wanted them, unless Rafa is told he can't sign a certain older player he wants i don't see anything to worry about. As soon as Rafa is told no, then i think we're fucked as he'll be off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksandar-mitrovic-set-leave-newcastle-8577447#ICID=sharebar_twitter From the same author Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's not the signing of players people are worried about, it's the fact we would be signing them purely to sell on, not to look to build a team around. Absolutely bang on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksandar-mitrovic-set-leave-newcastle-8577447#ICID=sharebar_twitter From the same author It wouldn't surprise me if Rafa genuinely does want rid of Mitro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksandar-mitrovic-set-leave-newcastle-8577447#ICID=sharebar_twitter From the same author Same journalist also reported Bayern were going to bin Ancelotti and go for Klopp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksandar-mitrovic-set-leave-newcastle-8577447#ICID=sharebar_twitter From the same author It wouldn't surprise me if Rafa genuinely does want rid of Mitro. That was from August though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksandar-mitrovic-set-leave-newcastle-8577447#ICID=sharebar_twitter From the same author Same journalist also reported Bayern were going to bin Ancelotti and go for Klopp. Bayern do want Klopp though. Open news within Germany apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's not necessarily a bad thing, has to be said. Look at Sissoko and Gini. They were young enough to be of decent enough quality, but we were able to get very good value when they didn't really work out for us. I mean it's all a balance really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's not necessarily a bad thing, has to be said. Look at Sissoko and Gini. They were young enough to be of decent enough quality, but we were able to get very good value when they didn't really work out for us. I mean it's all a balance really. We also got relegated mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksandar-mitrovic-set-leave-newcastle-8577447#ICID=sharebar_twitter From the same author It wouldn't surprise me if Rafa genuinely does want rid of Mitro. That was from August though. Nothing to say Rafa was actively looking for buyers but failed to attract any interest. Just because these rumours didn't/aren't happen/happening doesn't mean there might be or have been some truth to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's not impossible to buy well and live on big profits, but you don't just blanket ban experienced players being bought, that's insane. In reality we're never going to be able to hold on to everyone but if literally everyone in the squad is there to be sold as soon as possible you end up with the kind of shitty team that gets relegated like we did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aleksandar-mitrovic-set-leave-newcastle-8577447#ICID=sharebar_twitter From the same author We wanted Galloway. What is worrying is he's been to the last 2 games, then this £33 million story surfaced. This article probably won't be bang on but the truth maybe somewhere in the middle. Uncertainty and doubts around our policy is the last thing we need at this time of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's not necessarily a bad thing, has to be said. Look at Sissoko and Gini. They were young enough to be of decent enough quality, but we were able to get very good value when they didn't really work out for us. I mean it's all a balance really. We also got relegated mate More to do with the joke managers really, rather than the quality of players we had on the whole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I hope for our sake that Rafa is strong enough to keep us sailing on our current course. The squad needs a spine of players who want to play for the club. Players like Gayle and Ritchie who see us as the big club they've always dreamed of playing for. You can have a hand-full of players who are ultra ambitious along side them, but that can only work with that strong spine. Otherwise you have a squad that doesn't give a fuck when you're bottom 3 and going into March... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 My main issue would be the return of Carr. I'm sure Rafa has good scouting options, better than Carr's dodgy French Connections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's not necessarily a bad thing, has to be said. Look at Sissoko and Gini. They were young enough to be of decent enough quality, but we were able to get very good value when they didn't really work out for us. I mean it's all a balance really. We also got relegated mate More to do with the joke managers really, rather than the quality of players we had on the whole. Not entirely. The entire club was toxic, that wasn't only down to the clowns in the dugout. The make-up of the squad and recruitment of players also played a big part in create the awful atmosphere within the dressing room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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