Guest neesy111 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I fear us with him TBH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 He's just outstanding. I have complete faith in everything he does and he's making the improbable seem possible. He's made this team unrecognisably good and you can see how much they believe in him. Absolutely love the bloke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 He's just outstanding. I have complete faith in everything he does and he's making the improbable seem possible. He's made this team unrecognisably good and you can see how much they believe in him. Absolutely love the bloke. I think thats going slightly OTT but I'd love if a manager of his calibre was prepared to drop down and build something, no matter where. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 He's an utter class act and easily the best person to be associated with us since Bobby's sacking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Seeing as youse lot have finally achieved the ultimate enlightenment in realising that Rafa is the one true god above all others, could some mod/admin see their way to going over to the "Parky vs [LFC manager here]" thread and retroactively awarding our lot the additional billion points we clearly should have had from said deity's tenure at our place? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 He's an utter class act and easily the best person to be associated with us since Bobby's sacking. Since Keegan, but I agree with the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Seeing as youse lot have finally achieved the ultimate enlightenment in realising that Rafa is the one true god above all others, could some mod/admin see their way to going over to the "Parky vs [LFC manager here]" thread and retroactively awarding our lot the additional billion points we clearly should have had from said deity's tenure at our place? That should happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I love the man. He's a genuine nice guy and a manager who I'm proud to say is manager of Newcastle United. First time I've said that since Sir Bob. He even donated 100k out of his own pocket for the Hillsborough cause, a real class act. And as someone who frequents Liverpool anyone I've spoken to has nothing but good to say about the man, despite selling Alonso and ruining the the best midfield in Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 If we survive this hellhole again, just think how we can look come autumn...actually might be a PROPER summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
last_monetarist Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Still feels a bit surreal that this guy is our manager. We were unrecognizable today, so compact and organized. Let down by having no quality up front, of course, but the signs were there of a stable base to progress long-term. Alas, time's running out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 A couple of days ago I turned SSN and on the side of the screen they had an advert with Rafa and Pellegrini, I was thinking who does Rafa manage now? It took me a few seconds to realise that it's us, surreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Best in-game manager we've had imo. Yep, Cisse kept giving it away, not holding it up at all in the 2nd half. He spotted it early and made a change. It's nice to see our manager do that and not wait like a idiot (Steve) or make baffling ones (Pardew) Said this to my mate in the pub, Citeh were all over us from kick off second half and I said we need Mitro on ASAP or we're fucked. Lo and behold he was there ready to come on, what is this sorcery? Incredible difference Benitez has made on this team man, going to break my heart when we go down and he gets the Spain job or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 He's just so good man, I wouldn't even be that arsed about relegation if he agreed to stay and rebuild us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 He's just so good man, I wouldn't even be that arsed about relegation if he agreed to stay and rebuild us. Same here. I just wish they would come out and say that club and Benitez both want him to stay on if we get relegated to save us all from having heart attacks in the final few games. I can't take this 'here's what you could have won' bullshit! The thought of going back to another also-ran snake oil merchant like Pardew after seeing what effect Benitez can have is making me feel sick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I never noticed him being so mad on the touchline, for his previous clubs? Has he always been a bit of a nutter, on the sideline?! He was shouting and organising, right until the final whistle. Absolutely love how compact we are when defending and how we appear to have some actual shape and structure to the team. Then after the game, he says all the right things. Yet again, he hasn't blamed the officials or tried to make excuses. Something we became very used to, under Pardew. It's just a shame it took us so long to appoint him. Even just the 2 games earlier and I think we'd be sitting here with 4 points more than we currently have. Fuck sake Rafa. You've now given me a bit of hope and belief, after accepting our fate weeks ago. It's now going to hurt like hell if/when we go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Going to hurt a lot when he leaves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 In the Crows Nest after the match, Rafa came on the telly, everyone did the whole "shhhhhh" and listened in revered silence. Reminded me of when we used to do that with Keegan and Bobby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 In the Crows Nest after the match, Rafa came on the telly, everyone did the whole "shhhhhh" and listened in revered silence. Reminded me of when we used to do that with Keegan and Bobby. We were at the Junction and exactly the same thing happened. The entire bar went quiet, it was surreal but very cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Love that he kicks every ball with them. You can tell he's totally engaged in the fight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 All the orchestrating shows we are still a long way from what he wants imo. Imagine if he had this rabble for 6 months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 All the orchestrating shows we are still a long way from what he wants imo. Imagine if he had this rabble for 6 months Agree, I recall his nonsensical touchline gestures when he was at Liverpool, but never anything as animated as this. He's having to guide them every step of the way but it's brilliant to see he's so into it and the players are listening/respecting him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 We all know they wont let him stay if we go down but at the moment he is on a 3 year contract so I wonder what stage our pre season preparations are at for the summer. Would be nice to have something planned to have the squad ready for the start of a season for a change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Imagine everything is on hold until we know which league we're in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 God I used to love listening to Bobby after matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The prospect of us still being in the league with Rafa in charge may mean I burst with excitement in the summer. Good things don't happpen to us though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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