Rafael Benitez

[Toon Hoser]

Sassy.

[Kanji]

Rafa Benitez is our manager in the Championship, yet fans of clubs like Stoke City and West Brom try and tell us we aren't a big club. If not a big club then a club with huge potential. Never been so positive about NUFC tbh, if we let Rafa do what he wants and don't shoot ourselves in the foot by messing him about then we will achieve some special things.

 

Rafas family was the main reason he came here. Don't kid yourself.

 

The main reason he's here Is that his emotions supported this decision. So while you're right you're sort of discounting him. His Family, our fans, club history, and potential legendary status all factored in. He's not a lap dog to anyone. He'll do what he well pleases for his own ambitions.

 

This is your club too by the way, there's no need to downgrade its capabilities. Don't let 2009+ NUFC cloud what we're truly capable of my man.

[FinnMag]

Just imagine, not a long time a ago, Carver was NUFC head coach.  :lol:

[Optimistic Nut]

Could the evasive answers to the transfer thing have something to do with sorting out Carr's situation? I'd imagine his contract is similar in that he'd have final say, etc. So maybe he's just bring honorable?

[nufcjb]

 

If they'd only done this with KK all those years ago...

Problem with KK was that he slagged off Ashley and the club after the final game of the season at Everton didn't he? I think that pissed Ashley off first and it continued through the summer with the daft signings given to KK. Rafa has always maintained that he has a good relationship with Charnley so I guess he was always in the club's goodbook. And credit to Rafa for being so professional and calm despite the club's relegation.

[Dr.Spaceman]

thanks all. I tried Rafael too. I'm going to try trading boy naming rights for girl naming rights and roll the dice, but I'm pretty sure there's only going to be one winner in this game.

 

She comes at you with Alan, you know what to do.

 

I already got her to agree if we ever own a horse (which she wants but will almost certainly never happen) that it will be named Sir Alan Shearer.

 

We have a cat named Derek Sanderson Jeter.

 

The human names have less leeway.

 

I wasn't even allowed Catem for one of our cats

[Collage]

The bit where he says he was won things elsewhere and now wants a project.

 

This.. The importance of having a project can´t be overstated for a guy that have won almost everything

 

Project manager, hoping for good velocity.

[peder]

Just found out my wife is pregnant. What a day.

 

 

First attempt at convincing her to name a boy Rafa did not land well.

 

Congrats bud, having my firstborn in August myself, maybe it will be an little Rafa?

[John P]

Sorry if Giggs, but this is a good read:

http://www.thedugoutfootball.com/rafa-relegation-newcastle-united/

 

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[Paully]

It's been mentioned before but well done to all our fans who supported him non-stop!

 

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastles-rafa-benitez-signs-up-8051747

 

Newcastle's Rafa Benitez signs up to mastermind another epic comeback 11 years to the day after Istanbul

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• 22:30, 25 May 2016

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Spaniard whose Liverpool side rallied from 3-0 down at halftime to win THAT European Cup final in Istanbul has agreed to stay with the relegated Geordies

 

Eleven years to the day since his greatest comeback in Istanbul, Rafa Benitez signed up to three years of ¬resurrecting Newcastle.

 

May 25 is already a special day for Benitez, who bossed Liverpool to their iconic Champions League final win on that date in 2005.

Back then, his side went 3-0 down to AC Milan at half-time but then scored three times in seven second-half minutes — a comeback which saw the Reds go on to claim the trophy for a fifth time after a penalty shootout.

Wednesday heralded a more long-term climb back from oblivion, but one Benitez, ultimately, hopes will also have a silverlining.

 

The Spaniard’s £5m-a-year task is to lead Newcastle out of the Championship at the first attempt.

The aim, espoused privately by Benitez himself, is to then bounce them into the upper reaches of the Premier League, and pursue some of the fantasy and glory that has been missing in the past decade.

Benitez arrived at St James’ Park on Wednesday afternoon to sign a contract containing guarantees, spelled out in lawyerly ¬detail, about the iron grip he will have on “footballing matters” and financial backing he’ll get.

 

He had been ready to sign to stay on at the club he failed to keep up after joining in March with just 10 games to go for the past 10 days — but only when line by line certainties of his job, budget and scope for rebuilding were committed to a contract.

Owner Mike Ashley, realising his division of responsibility between a head coach, the chief scout, a managing director and the board wasn’t working, has now sanctioned an all-powerful head honcho.

Benitez has been lured by those horrible modern football words – ‘the project, the challenge’.

 

But it was the ‘warmth’ of the Geordie fans during their unsuccessful relegation battle that won him over.

Family influences also had a pull, with his kids keen on him remaining in England.

When his teenage daughters Claudia and Agata heard their dad's name being chanted during the 2-2 draw at Liverpool they told him: “You can’t leave, they love you...”

Benitez admitted an “emotional” pull in his decision to stay, but also listed systematically, and logically, what was needed.

‘Work harder than the rest’, have a ‘powerful’ squad, and be ‘professional’, was his recipe.

There was a hat-tip to former boss and club legend Sir Bobby Robson, whose statue he had just walked past.

“I would like to build something," he said. "I would like to be close to [sir Bobby and what he achieved], that would be fantastic. I will start working immediately so we can be big, if we work harder than the others.

 

“Maybe it is because I am getting older that I am more emotional now! I was in Liverpool and I said no to Real Madrid at that time because I had given my word to Liverpool, and that was emotional.”

Benitez admitted that the passion of the Toon fans was significant in his latest massive decision.

He revealed: “Here it has been quite easy, because of the reaction of the fans.

"I was at the Run For The 96 the other day in ¬Liverpool, and my relationship with the fans at Liverpool is really good – with the city, with everything – but we were doing really well there, and we were winning.

“Here, even though we were not winning, the fans were still fantastic. I want to repay them, and I want to do my best for them too.

Benitez admits he has been deeply touched by the welcome he's had at Newcastle

“We went three or four games without winning here, and still they were supporting me and supporting the team. For me, all these things together can make the difference, and that is what they did.

“I remember talking with my staff and saying, ‘We are not winning, but still they are so good’. We were impressed with that, and we said, ‘We have to win for them’.

“We have to win for us, because we are professionals, but after that, it is for them.

"You can see that you can make a project here and improve things, and for me, the club has a great future.

"But we have to do the right things right now.”

 

[Teasy]

Rafa Benitez is our manager in the Championship, yet fans of clubs like Stoke City and West Brom try and tell us we aren't a big club. If not a big club then a club with huge potential. Never been so positive about NUFC tbh, if we let Rafa do what he wants and don't shoot ourselves in the foot by messing him about then we will achieve some special things.

 

Rafas family was the main reason he came here. Don't kid yourself.

 

The main reason he's here Is that his emotions supported this decision. So while you're right you're sort of discounting him. His Family, our fans, club history, and potential legendary status all factored in. He's not a lap dog to anyone. He'll do what he well pleases for his own ambitions.

 

This is your club too by the way, there's no need to downgrade its capabilities. Don't let 2009+ NUFC cloud what we're truly capable of my man.

 

Aye, as much as wanting to stay in England has had a big impact on his choice their's no chance he'd be managing a club like West Brom or Stoke had they been in need of a manager IMO.  The size of this club, its fan base and the huge potential it has would absolutely have had a influence on his decision.

[Dave]

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/from-the-bernabeu-to-burton-in-less-than-a-year-bs8x92q9r

[High Five o]

Sorry if Giggs, but this is a good read:

http://www.thedugoutfootball.com/rafa-relegation-newcastle-united/

 

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[Doug]

I really didn't think he would stay. I have never been happier to be proved wrong. Liverpool or Manu are probably the only other clubs who could pull this appointment off after the disaster of relegation. Deep down the naysayers who bleat on about us not being a big club will know this and it will upset them massively as well as shut them up. We just need to hope continuous progress and promotion happen now and not brag about not losing a game and crap like that.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Sorry if Giggs, but this is a good read:

http://www.thedugoutfootball.com/rafa-relegation-newcastle-united/

 

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Praise the Lord.

[toon25]

It's nice to have such trust in a manager. I'm not worried about next season at all - Rafa will have the team fully prepared and ready to challenge. We'll be the team everyone wants to beat.

[Mattoon]

I really didn't think he would stay. I have never been happier to be proved wrong. Liverpool or Manu are probably the only other clubs who could pull this appointment off after the disaster of relegation. Deep down the naysayers who bleat on about us not being a big club will know this and it will upset them massively as well as shut them up. We just need to hope continuous progress and promotion happen now and not brag about not losing a game and crap like that.

 

The Mackems are clearly rattled, not a big club, Rafa can only run a club that's already had the work done for him, he'll fail in the championship because he's not done it before, he's a failure because he got us relegated, he couldn't do in 10 games what Di Canio did in 7, etc... different circumstances, different levels of incompetence, Rafa will transform this club and it doesn't matter what league we're in, a class manager is a class manager. He's got this and I've never been so excited for a new season, not for neigh on 20 years.

[steve_69]

This is a very strange feeling.

[Teasy]

I really didn't think he would stay. I have never been happier to be proved wrong. Liverpool or Manu are probably the only other clubs who could pull this appointment off after the disaster of relegation. Deep down the naysayers who bleat on about us not being a big club will know this and it will upset them massively as well as shut them up. We just need to hope continuous progress and promotion happen now and not brag about not losing a game and crap like that.

 

The Mackems are clearly rattled, not a big club, Rafa can only run a club that's already had the work done for him, he'll fail in the championship because he's not done it before, he's a failure because he got us relegated, he couldn't do in 10 games what Di Canio did in 7, etc... different circumstances, different levels of incompetence, Rafa will transform this club and it doesn't matter what league we're in, a class manager is a class manager. He's got this and I've never been so excited for a new season, not for neigh on 20 years.

 

They really are thick as mince, Di Canio got less points per game than Rafa, they stayed up because of the incompetence of those around them.

[Darth Crooks]

I really didn't think he would stay. I have never been happier to be proved wrong. Liverpool or Manu are probably the only other clubs who could pull this appointment off after the disaster of relegation. Deep down the naysayers who bleat on about us not being a big club will know this and it will upset them massively as well as shut them up. We just need to hope continuous progress and promotion happen now and not brag about not losing a game and crap like that.

 

The Mackems are clearly rattled, not a big club, Rafa can only run a club that's already had the work done for him, he'll fail in the championship because he's not done it before, he's a failure because he got us relegated, he couldn't do in 10 games what Di Canio did in 7, etc... different circumstances, different levels of incompetence, Rafa will transform this club and it doesn't matter what league we're in, a class manager is a class manager. He's got this and I've never been so excited for a new season, not for neigh on 20 years.

 

 

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[Mattoon]

I really didn't think he would stay. I have never been happier to be proved wrong. Liverpool or Manu are probably the only other clubs who could pull this appointment off after the disaster of relegation. Deep down the naysayers who bleat on about us not being a big club will know this and it will upset them massively as well as shut them up. We just need to hope continuous progress and promotion happen now and not brag about not losing a game and crap like that.

 

The Mackems are clearly rattled, not a big club, Rafa can only run a club that's already had the work done for him, he'll fail in the championship because he's not done it before, he's a failure because he got us relegated, he couldn't do in 10 games what Di Canio did in 7, etc... different circumstances, different levels of incompetence, Rafa will transform this club and it doesn't matter what league we're in, a class manager is a class manager. He's got this and I've never been so excited for a new season, not for neigh on 20 years.

 

 

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piss off!

[Guest antz1uk]

I do think if we're serious about this we could pursuade him like, but there's no chance we're serious. It's the Remi Garde situation again.

 

We'll release a statement saying Rafa hasn't got the right experience we're after during this time and stick with Steve.

 

It's just clickbait and the club will happily go along with it stringing us on until Leicester.

 

Rafa is not coming, it's just the usual smoke screen.

 

A thread on rafa man

 

f***ing thunderjinx. If Rafa comes Pinkman is immediately named Poster of the Year. If he doesn't come, Pinkman gets permanent IP ban imo.

 

I reckon this thread will be dead by page 16

 

NO CHANCE OF RAFA HERE MAN.

 

Vote of confidence, hide from the media for a few days, write off the Leicester game, get thumped and start again next week...

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Lush Vlad]

TBF, that is exactly how plenty of fans felt at the time, myself included.  I couldn't believe it when we got him.  It's even more mental that he has agreed to stay on, when we're in the Championship 

[Dr Venkman]

I do think if we're serious about this we could pursuade him like, but there's no chance we're serious. It's the Remi Garde situation again.

 

We'll release a statement saying Rafa hasn't got the right experience we're after during this time and stick with Steve.

 

It's just clickbait and the club will happily go along with it stringing us on until Leicester.

 

Rafa is not coming, it's just the usual smoke screen.

 

A thread on rafa man

 

f***ing thunderjinx. If Rafa comes Pinkman is immediately named Poster of the Year. If he doesn't come, Pinkman gets permanent IP ban imo.

 

I reckon this thread will be dead by page 16

 

NO CHANCE OF RAFA HERE MAN.

 

Vote of confidence, hide from the media for a few days, write off the Leicester game, get thumped and start again next week...

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

 

Throughout this whole process there's been a lot of people immediately shooting it down, which is understandable, but you're not thinking about it clearly.

 

He wants to get back into work and he wants to do it on the UK, list the premier league teams to yourself and decide whether he's got a chance of getting any of the top jobs, he hasn't.

 

There's also the fact that he's based in the north of england and happy there. That Chronicle article listed all the reasons he'd want to come here and they all make sense. How long have we been saying that we're a club with massive potential if the right man can unlock it? We can't just change our minds because a good manager agrees.

 

Finally, you immediate cyncis aren't playing the long game, you're too caught up in the idea that things never really work out for us that you've forgotten that positive things do happen to us sometimes, before the wheels come off in spectacular fashion. For example, another football club paid us for Alan Pardew, then we installed John Carver as manager.

 

[Fret Astaire]

Woke-up and this is still a thing. Tremendous.