Figures 1-0 Football Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Wish people would drop the transfer window as a reason/excuse for not making signings. It's a load of bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Jesus, not this again. Cue mass hysteria from a lot of naive people. http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/05/lemmings.gif Sorry, are you not the poster who said Rafa wouldn't be disappointed with the window at the end of January? You were dead on the money there, like. No need to apologise. Whats your point. Cant be 100% but I think i went on about Townsend not making any difference if we went up automatically with him signed or not. Guess what. We won the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Fair point. Makes no difference if players that Rafa's identified and been promised get signed or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Surprised it has taken this long. May be a tactic to speed things up by Rafa but wouldn't put it past the owner to have fucked things up again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 There was a load of wet flying about in January and we won the league. Give it until July before hoying the toys out of the pram. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Six days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 There was a load of wet flying about in January and we won the league. Give it until July before hoying the toys out of the pram. Aye, because winning the league because of Rafa mitigates Rafa being misled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Nobody outside the top 7 has done any business yet. It was the same melts whinging in January. Let people finish their holidays. Silly season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 https://www.premierleague.com/news/397434 Every signing above. We have done more activity and as much activity as most clubs with 1 signing. Atsu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Rafa's clearly the one doing the whinging (again). You're the melt if you don't think that's cause for concern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Not really the point about who has and who hasn't done business. Rafa wants US to do business and that's what counts. Think I read something about Rafa wanting all if not most of the new players in before start of pre season. This rings true, as Rafa would definitely want as long as possible to drill them in to his methods. The sheer fact the club are pissing about would be enough for Rafa to call this a day, the man works damned hard, to ensure everything is done to the highest possible standard and it's not right having it all thrown in his face everytime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 The Daily Mail scrambling for stories in June doesn't concern me, no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Our preferred media partners are saying the same thing. Benitez is obviously the source. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Not really the point about who has and who hasn't done business. Rafa wants US to do business and that's what counts. Think I read something about Rafa wanting all if not most of the new players in before start of pre season. This rings true, as Rafa would definitely want as long as possible to drill them in to his methods. The sheer fact the club are pissing about would be enough for Rafa to call this a day, the man works damned hard, to ensure everything is done to the highest possible standard and it's not right having it all thrown in his face everytime. I get what you are saying. But doing deals while some are still away on holiday.Agents away on holiday.Players playing in tournaments etc. Its not all done in a week. I think being patient sometimes doesn't go a miss. Those papers want something to sell on a Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 So you're saying Rafa Benitez needs to be more patient having been let down already in 2017? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Our preferred media partners are saying the same thing. Benitez is obviously the source. Using the media to get what he wants, as he has done throughout his career, if so. It's chill man. 25th June. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Not much good being patient if we're missing out on first choice targets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Our preferred media partners are saying the same thing. Benitez is obviously the source. Using the media to get what he wants, as he has done throughout his career, if so. It's chill man. 25th June. He shouldn't need to, though. There should be absolutely no scope for any of this. The owner and that dickhead bag carrier shouldn't need to be leveraged into action. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 If you choose to beleive he is busy leaking his disappointment to the press thats up to you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Toon Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Not much good being patient if we're missing out on first choice targets. It was just 5 minutes ago that the press were hoaring around stories of Rafa having back up targets about 8 deep for every position. Now we're expected to believe his toys are out because he's missed 1 or 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Very concerning. Carr leaving worried me tbh. Think he was stuck in the middle and had enough. Ashley clearly wants to keep taking a punt on cheaper low wage French players, and Rafa does not. Caballero, Delph and Mangala would command larger wages and have no resale value. Meanwhile the likes of Lejeune, Gonalons, Aboubakar are typical Carr signings that are right up Ashley's street. Have a very bad feeling about this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 If you choose to beleive he is busy leaking his disappointment to the press thats up to you. Only the sane would, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Carr leaving worried me tbh. Him staying would be far more worrying, like. We've got no need for a DoF with an understated title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 If you choose to beleive he is busy leaking his disappointment to the press thats up to you. Only the sane would, thanks. What a fucking lemming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 It's actually 4 or 5 according to some of them articles ? Not quite the point, it's whether we are pursuing these targets with an intent Rafa is happy with, he''ll accept if targets choose elsewhere aslong as we did everything we reasonably could have. Take lejuene, we've clearly been in talks for a while now, and almost everything seems to have been agreed why hasn't he arrived ? It really does seem as though we're taking the piss a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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