Altamullan Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I think we just need some transfer activity to talk about to stop all the over interpretation of a nothing story. A signing similar in stature to a twice ballon d'or winning 31 year old would be perfect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Don't see anything concerning in Rafas comments tbh. There's nothing there at all, this whole fuss is because a tabloid ran a story based on basically f*** all. Plus the track record of Mike Ashley. Exactly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Ashley : There's no cure for being a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Don't see anything concerning in Rafas comments tbh. There's nothing there at all, this whole fuss is because a tabloid ran a story based on basically f*** all. Plus the track record of Mike Ashley. We went through all this before Rafa signed with most people unwilling to believe that Ashley would sanction making him our manager. It's always going to be likely that there is going to be a bust up down the road, but do we really need to bite every time a tabloid journalist throws us a line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 It's the nature of the beast unfortunately. The majority of us are just waiting for him to f*** us up again for the umpteenth time. Because he will manage to do it, he can't help himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Could genuinely see him approach Pardew to make him a DoF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Don't see anything concerning in Rafas comments tbh. There's nothing there at all, this whole fuss is because a tabloid ran a story based on basically f*** all. Plus the track record of Mike Ashley. We went through all this before Rafa signed with most people unwilling to believe that Ashley would sanction making him our manager. It's always going to be likely that there is going to be a bust up down the road, but do we really need to bite every time a tabloid journalist throws us a line? Not our fault really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Don't see anything concerning in Rafas comments tbh. There's nothing there at all, this whole fuss is because a tabloid ran a story based on basically f*** all. Plus the track record of Mike Ashley. We went through all this before Rafa signed with most people unwilling to believe that Ashley would sanction making him our manager. It's always going to be likely that there is going to be a bust up down the road, but do we really need to bite every time a tabloid journalist throws us a line? Erm, we're not losing our minds over just one article. The same news made it to Rafa's press conference and he had to address it. And his responses, going just by the transcript (I haven't seen the video so I have no idea about body language or telepathy, both popular forms of communication on this forum) were slightly concerning for those of us who err on the side of paranoia when it comes to Ashley. Saying we're being paranoid about Ashley is telling a lass who's finally escaped her abusive husband that she's paranoid when she keeps getting missed calls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 There's a difference between losing your mind over some random piece of completely unsubstantiated tabloid scuttlebutt and being concerned by "Club's official media partner suggests proven idiot owner is imposing exactly the same idiotic rules he has with other managers". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 We're not really getting anywhere in this topic are we, so why not just wait and see what happens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 No quotes, no substance, rumour and conjecture if you ask me. Not worth getting wound up about until/if Rafa puts his foot down and leaves, then we can all lose our shit. Until that point I say we treat the Mirror with the contempt it deserves and usually gets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 It's Mike Ashley man. When are you suckers going to learn? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Yep. They're acting as if before every single moment of self-destruction, the Keegan blow-up, the Hughton sacking, the Shearer ghosting, the Kinnear hiring (twice!), etc., we were all given ample quotes and long-form think-pieces in the Guardian with Ashley and his crew of bandits waxing lyrical about their vision of the football club. We had as little information then as we do now. So forgive us for bricking it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Rafa's still here man. Why burst a blood vessel. He's calm about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I will donate 100 pounds to the Sir Bobby Robson foundation if he is still here come the first match of the new season next season, regardless of league we will be in. I'm not a gambling man. But I'm going to stick the same figure on the same outcome. This won't end well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I will donate 100 pounds to the Sir Bobby Robson foundation if he is still here come the first match of the new season next season, regardless of league we will be in. I'm not a gambling man. But I'm going to stick the same figure on the same outcome. This won't end well. Quoted. For Sir Bob's case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Yep. They're acting as if before every single moment of self-destruction, the Keegan blow-up, the Hughton sacking, the Shearer ghosting, the Kinnear hiring (twice!), etc., we were all given ample quotes and long-form think-pieces in the Guardian with Ashley and his crew of bandits waxing lyrical about their vision of the football club. We had as little information then as we do now. So forgive us for bricking it. I'd almost wiped that particular episode from my memory. On 16 June 2013 in a series of telephone interviews Kinnear claimed he had been appointed as Director of Football for Newcastle United. In a Talksport interview over the telephone on 17 June 2013, Kinnear claimed to have replaced someone called "Derek Lambesi" (sic) as the club's director of football, signed Dean Holdsworth at Wimbledon for £50,000 (actually £650,000), sold Robbie Earle (retired a year after Kinnear left), signed goalkeeper Tim Krul when he was previously manager (actually signed by Graeme Souness three years prior) and has been awarded the LMA Manager of the Year award three times despite only winning the award once, he also said he'd never been sacked in his life. Kinnear claimed to have signed John Hartson on a free when he in fact paid £7.5 million for the striker. He also mispronounced the names of Yohan Cabaye, Hatem Ben Arfa, Shola Ameobi, and others in the Talksport interview. The appointment, a three-year contract, was confirmed by Newcastle United on 18 June. The confusion around Kinnear's appointment to the role was criticised by former club chairman Freddy Shepherd in an interview with BBC Sport. Kinnear drew criticism when the 2013 summer transfer window closed with Kinnear failing to make a single permanent signing, lone recruit Loic Remy having been signed on loan from QPR. This criticism intensified at the end of the 2014 winter transfer window with Kinnear failing again to make a permanent signing, this after the £20 million sale of midfielder Yohan Cabaye, with Luuk de Jong having been brought in on loan from Monchengladbach. On 3 February 2014, Kinnear resigned from his position of Director of Football at Newcastle United Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I will donate 100 pounds to the Sir Bobby Robson foundation if he is still here come the first match of the new season next season, regardless of league we will be in. I'm not a gambling man. But I'm going to stick the same figure on the same outcome. This won't end well. HTT man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I will donate 100 pounds to the Sir Bobby Robson foundation if he is still here come the first match of the new season next season, regardless of league we will be in. I'm not a gambling man. But I'm going to stick the same figure on the same outcome. This won't end well. Good on ye HTT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 "Strongly placed to win promotion from the Championship, Newcastle have ample cash reserves but Mike Ashley, their owner, has provided Benítez with a rather less generous budget this month than had originally been envisaged" https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/20/newcastle-andros-townsend-crystal-palace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 "Strongly placed to win promotion from the Championship, Newcastle have ample cash reserves but Mike Ashley, their owner, has provided Benítez with a rather less generous budget this month than had originally been envisaged" https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/20/newcastle-andros-townsend-crystal-palace And people are wondering why we're worried. We sold so many fucking players in the summer, made a massive profit, and Ashley is still being a tight-fisted, miserly cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Benitez may not be willing to walk till he's got us up but if we starve him from cash going up he'll surely walk. He's no fool and will have no intention of being in a club that doesn't back him. He's walked for less before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Benitez may not be willing to walk till he's got us up but if we starve him from cash going up he'll surely walk. He's no fool and will have no intention of being in a club that doesn't back him. He's walked for less before. He'll walk if he's been given promises about money and that's denied. For all we know he may have told when he came last summer what the budget's would be until we stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Benitez may not be willing to walk till he's got us up but if we starve him from cash going up he'll surely walk. He's no fool and will have no intention of being in a club that doesn't back him. He's walked for less before. I think you're right. He's too honourable to walk away now. Ashley will never change. All he cares about is just being in the premier league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 King of brinksmanship this prick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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