Sho Time Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 I reckon "Craigy" gets the job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 I'm going to be absolutely gutted when Rafa goes. Thinking about what we might have achieved with him will fuck me off for a long, long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 We're decided that he's leaving then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 We're decided that he's leaving then? Sooner rather than later, yep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 He's not leaving for this season at least anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 He'd have gone already if it was that bad. Wouldn't be amazed if other clubs start sounding him out after the end of this week though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFCDoog Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Bilic being given 4 games to save his job apparently. That's promising, you'd expect West Ham to pick up a bit when they play at home so hopefully they do and he stays on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 We're decided that he's leaving then? Sooner rather than later, yep. YANITED. I'll start worrying again if we don't sign a single player before the deadline, which is looking likely by the hour unfortunately. Still clinging on to hope. Youthful naivety and all that. Bilic being given 4 games to save his job apparently. That's promising, you'd expect West Ham to pick up a bit when they play at home so hopefully they do and he stays on. Their next 4 PL games are Huddersfield (h), West Brom (a), Spurs (h) and Swansea (h). I reckon he'll be ok. He'd have gone already if it was that bad. Wouldn't be amazed if other clubs start sounding him out after the end of this week though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Good news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Wrong thread, marra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Bilic is in the last year of his contract. I can imagine they will hope they can get through till the end of the season and then try for Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Have had the feeling from Rafas "long term" quotes he is likely to say this year but unless shit changes he's out at the end of the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 i think that is always the case though. On the other side, the fat cunt must be starting to approach alternatives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 We're decided that he's leaving then? Apparently. Big bad Mike Ashley wants him out. Apparently. Everybody knows it. I must have been in the same place as you when the memo was as circulated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Day Gadgie Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 We're decided that he's leaving then? Apparently. Big bad Mike Ashley wants him out. Apparently. Everybody knows it. I must have been in the same place as you when the memo was as circulated. What makes you think that he's not on the brink of leaving then? All the stuff in the press coming from both sides along with Rafa's body language in most of his interviews points to a massive breakdown in the relationship between manager and owner to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I think Rafa gets on with Charnley, it's Ashley behind the scenes who seems to be the problem. Hopefully some good results and some much needed clear the air talks can commence, in order to turn the tide. I can't see how Rafa can trust Ashley again, which makes going into any transfer window very difficult but there's always hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Things seem to have gone to shit since the fat man put his lawyer gimp in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Its 2008 all over again. Ashley cannot deal with people. Such a raker cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I think Rafa gets on with Charnley, it's Ashley behind the scenes who seems to be the problem. Hopefully some good results and some much needed clear the air talks can commence, in order to turn the tide. I can't see how Rafa can trust Ashley again, which makes going into any transfer window very difficult but there's always hope. Rafa will know that Charnley is just Ashley's gimp though, getting on with him is meaningless when he has no power to authorise spending. It just means he might shake hands when he leaves at some point in the next 12 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 It doesn't make sense when the fat cunt said he feels sorry for dismissing Keegan but feel ok to dismiss Benitez. He doesn't have sense though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manorpark Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 The ONLY definite thing to come out of all this sad episode, is that this is Rafa's last season with us. If he even stays the full season - though I think (and hope) that he will. He will not tolerate the level of weasel-words betrayal from Ashley again . . . would you? . . would anyone? SO, let us (try to) enjoy our last season with the great Rafa Benitez as OUR manager, something to (try to) be proud of and treasure, for the short period it will last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I shudder to think which desperate wanker will be wheeled through the door after rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 The ONLY definite thing to come out of all this sad episode, is that this is Rafa's last season with us. If he even stays the full season - though I think (and hope) that he will. He will not tolerate the level of weasel-words betrayal from Ashley again . . . would you? . . would anyone? SO, let us (try to) enjoy our last season with the great Rafa Benitez as OUR manager, something to (try to) be proud of and treasure, for the short period it will last. There is a slim chance that Rafa will stay - he can use the TV money next summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 There is a slim chance that Rafa will stay - he can use the TV money next summer. That's the only hope we have. The hope that: - Ashley isn't sanctioning spending because the money hasn't come in yet. When the money does come in Rafa can use it as he sees fit. - Ashley doesn't want to sanction purchases using installment payments over X years because he views it as a risk should the signings fail. - The £80m spunked under McClaren, and other spending sprees here and there (including last summer with a fair chunk of money brought in through players sales spent on Championship players), is evidence that Ashley will release funds when it's available and needed (or if he's panicking). If he were truly trying to squeeze NUFC for all he can he could have spent alot less, like we did when we first went down in 2008. So there's some unpredictability and inconsistencies with the notion that Ashley is a nefarious owner, and is simply a badly advised idiot who lies whenever he's cornered. - Rafa's unhappiness leaked through the press / associates is just another bluff, another screw to turn the pressure on Ashley to eventually release money and accept Rafa's high ambitions for this club. If/when he gets the money to spend next season he'll be happy. This is all straw clutching at its finest though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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