JH Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Love all the logic and thought flying around this thread. Unfortunately we probably wouldn't even be in this position if we had a ownership/management that took the logical option Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Gazette reporting that the club are planning on doing everything they can to keep him if we go down. I have my doubts. The worst part about that article are words like "considering" and "impressed" like they are still fucking pondering if keeping a world class manager is a good idea and that they are impressed or surprised in the manner in which he's going about trying to keep this club up. There isn't another answer here, the solution is hire Rafa long-term, give him whatever he wants, and let him rebuild the club. He says he wants X staff or this rebuilt or that scout or etc. they go and get it fucking done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Far too good to be true that he would stay, Newcastle just doesn't work like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 To be honest, if Rafa was locked on to stay and he had the authority within the club that he wants, I would be satisfied to be relegated. It would give Rafa the time to clear the club out with the reduced pressure of lowered expectations and to ensure that when we finally return to the Premier League we would be doing so with a well run club, a winning attitude, and a squad of players who are desperate to perform well for their manager, their club, and their supporters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Same, if we knew Rafa was staying I wouldn't really care about going down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Same, if we knew Rafa was staying I wouldn't really care about going down. same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulivye Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 wonder how a "will Rafa stay post-relegation" poll would go? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 wonder how a "will Rafa stay post-relegation" poll would go? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Think if we lose tomorrow, I wouldn't mind him saying he gives up because the players are shit. Can't think of what he could possibly say positively after another pathetic excuse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 To be honest, if Rafa was locked on to stay and he had the authority within the club that he wants, I would be satisfied to be relegated. It would give Rafa the time to clear the club out with the reduced pressure of lowered expectations and to ensure that when we finally return to the Premier League we would be doing so with a well run club, a winning attitude, and a squad of players who are desperate to perform well for their manager, their club, and their supporters. Right now the one and only thing i'm actually looking forward to if we go down, is seeing Adam Armstrong playing up top for us in the Championship. If we stay up i don't think he'll play much and be loaned out again (no bad thing to be fair getting game time). It'll just be nice to see him scoring for us and hopefully becoming a top player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Same, if we knew Rafa was staying I wouldn't really care about going down. same. A season in the Championship could be the making of Mitrovic too if Rafa's at the helm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulivye Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 wonder how a "will Rafa stay post-relegation" poll would go? so, i shouldn't start one then, eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 In a "thinking too much" mode, but I thought that a lot of the quotes from "an associate of the Spaniard" in George Caulkin's article led me to think he wants to stay. The sorts of things about poor recruitment and wanting to get the club to the Champions League level don't sound like a man about to leave. He wants to reform the club, top to bottom, and I think he wants to do that whether we stay up or go down. Additionally, he made it obvious he wants a project in England - well, fixing NUFC has to be close to the biggest project in England. All we can hope for is that Ashley has had his hands burnt so badly he says "Fine Rafa, you make it work." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Happy birthday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Montezuma0 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Happy birthday, Rafa [emoji2] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Happy birthday Rafa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Take a bow, he got everything right today, absolutely everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Good to see the crowd singing his name, hopefully that might persuade him to stay or the club to keep him on if we do go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Hi, doubters. Smell my cheese, you mother! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Hi, doubters. Smell my cheese, you mother! Still not convinced re Wijnaldum but f*** I lurv a bit of Rafa.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 He got the starting 11 right and his substitutions made the difference when we looked as if we were on the ropes, the man is a genius. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 This was the plan he's been trying for a while, except we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot in the first 10 minutes this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 He got the starting 11 right and his substitutions made the difference when we looked as if we were on the ropes, the man is a genius. I wasn't sure about the Shelvey one, but Tiote was on a yellow so he was probably the only logical replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I wasn't sure about the Shelvey one, but Tiote was on a yellow so he was probably the only logical replacement. We needed fresh legs in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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