mrmojorisin75 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Rats deserting a sinking ship. 9-1. FTM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Newcastle United are pleased to confirm the appointment of Mikel Antia to Rafa Benitez's coaching team. The 43-year-old Spaniard joins United from the Aspire Academy in Qatar where he has been part of the coaching team tasked with developing young Qatari players. He replaces Fabio Pecchia, who this week joined Serie B side Verona as the Italian side's new manager. Mikel, who hails from San Sebastian in Spain, had spells as a player at the Real Madrid Academy where he played under Rafa Benítez for four seasons, before moving to Real Valladolid in La Liga, also with Benítez. Mikel later moved on to play for Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad. The rest of Rafa Benitez's coaching staff, consisting of Francisco de Míguel Moreno, Antonio Gómez Pérez, Ian Cathro and Simon Smith, will remain at St. James' Park. Rafa Benitez said: "I am delighted that Mikel is joining my staff. He is a very talented coach and I know he will add great expertise to my team. "At the same time I am sad to see Fabio depart as he has been an excellent professional from the first day until the last in the years we have worked together. "He leaves to face these new and exciting challenges, both personally and professionally. I wish him all the best and say thank you." http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20160602/united-appoint-mikel-antia_2281670_5618015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Loving the swift action and the logical thought process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Good stuff. Shows Rafa isn't pissing about, he obviously wanted Pecchia to stay, but has acted swiftly in selecting a replacement. Hope this is a sign of things to come Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Tremendous how quickly this was done. Shows that he always plans for every scenario. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Professional outfit now. Feels very strange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fret Astaire Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Amazing how efficient things run with a competent manager at the helm, eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Amazing how efficient things run with a competent manager at the helm, eh? In seasons gone by this would have dragged on until the season started after being linked with a couple of proper football men, then we would announce that we would be continuing with what we already had for the rest of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Incredible to think that we only had Stone, Carver and Woodman before. Absolute fucking insanity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Professional outfit now. Feels very strange. Professional seems to be the most used word by Rafa and his actions backs that up every time. We really have appointed the best manager that we could have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I read that as Mikel Arteta for a minute there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Ridiculous how fast we have done this. I am now expecting all of our transfer dealings to be completed by the end of this afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Fabio Pecchia showed real heroism here and has paid the ultimate price by being hired by Verona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I read that as Mikel Arteta for a minute there This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Fabio Pecchia showed real heroism here and has paid the ultimate price by being hired by Verona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Fabio Pecchia showed real heroism here and has paid the ultimate price by being hired by Verona. Wonder if we got much/any compensation for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 http://www.realunionclub.com/imagenes/noticias/antiaa634836.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Always had a soft spot for Antía as a player, one of those working class globetrotter defenders that played for like 20000 La Liga clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Always had a soft spot for Antía as a player, one of those working class globetrotter defenders that played for like 20000 La Liga clubs. decent reputation as a coach? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Don't know who this guy is, but amazed and happy it's been sorted so quickly and Rafa has someone he wants. Strange times indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Always had a soft spot for Antía as a player, one of those working class globetrotter defenders that played for like 20000 La Liga clubs. decent reputation as a coach? Not really to be frank. He only coached in some minor Spanish clubs before going to work in Qatar. I guess Benítez is interested in the methods he may have learnt/applied there. It's supposed to be state-of-the-art stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 http://www.realunionclub.com/imagenes/noticias/antiaa634836.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 From google image search, he seems a miserable bloke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Interesting how he is white and his son, Vurnon, is black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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