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Miles Starforth ‏@milesstarforth 43s44 seconds ago

Rafa Benitez said a few players who had been in the treatment room the day before he arrived were fit enough to train yesterday. #nufc

 

 

:lol: I fucking bet they were.

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He sounds fantastic on that press conference link. How these f***ing awful managers keep getting jobs in the Premier League is beyond me.

 

Because a lot of clubs seem to think they don't matter and buying a load of players will sort everything out. Not a coincidence to me that a lot of the mid table teams who have figured it out have magically gotten significantly better.

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He sounds fantastic on that press conference link. How these f***ing awful managers keep getting jobs in the Premier League is beyond me.

 

Because a lot of clubs seem to think they don't matter and buying a load of players will sort everything out. Not a coincidence to me that a lot of the mid table teams who have figured it out have magically gotten significantly better.

 

Also, the guys who were famous ex-footballers tend to get a free pass based on their popularity without necessarily having the slightest idea how to set up a football team.

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Miles Starforth ‏@milesstarforth 43s44 seconds ago

Rafa Benitez said a few players who had been in the treatment room the day before he arrived were fit enough to train yesterday. #nufc

 

 

:lol: I fucking bet they were.

 

Tbh if they were hiding in the treatment room I'd have told them to do one.

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Its nice to read the thoughts of some LFC fans on here, I may even soften my dislike for that lot. Hopefully Rafa will be a lot better than the other former Liverpool managers who have managed us!

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Every f***er on here's turned into HTT.

 

WTF you on about?  ???

Well to put it bluntly, I woke up one day and everyone had turned into an ultra emotional headcase [emoji38]

 

Let you off, I guess :lol:

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Love the fact is has spotted "a couple of things" that need changing straight away,then goes on to say we'll do more changes with time.

 

Obviously we know how bad we are at just about everything but it sounds as though he has spotted some things that will make a huge difference.

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Reality is kicking in now.

Worried he'll be the biggest missed opportunity in the club's history if we go down.

 

Yep.

 

Especially when I think about how the difference between us and Liverpool since 2004 when we were at the same level was they got Benitez and we didn't.

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Every f***er on here's turned into HTT.

 

WTF you on about?  ???

Well to put it bluntly, I woke up one day and everyone had turned into an ultra emotional headcase [emoji38]

Every f***er on here's turned into HTT.

 

WTF you on about?  ???

Well to put it bluntly, I woke up one day and everyone had turned into an ultra emotional headcase [emoji38]

:lol: creased at this
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I've been listening and reading up on his interviews and he comes across as someone who is very calm and confident that he can not only keep us up, but also take us to another level.

 

There was no false bravado or even a wait and see, it will be tough etc. type spiel which you could forgive him for trotting out. The fact he kept saying as "I expect" to questions about staying up, signing good players and getting to the top says to me that he wont be messing about and that with him he means business.

 

Hi body language as well, forward facing, head high, lots of smiles... he is a man with supreme self confidence and authority.

 

You just know he badly wants to win the Premier League title as well and do you know what, if backed financially and given full control, there is no reason why he cannot aim for it, he's good enough. Of course we won't win the title or even challenge for it because it will all backfire in typical Toon fashion. Imean we will probably be relegated!

 

But Benitez is capable of winning the PL as a manager.

 

He almost did it at Liverpool despite Fergie and Chelsea's billions. The landscape has changed recently in a way that rewards teams who don't necessarily have the anointed managers or mega money.

 

Spurs and Leicester are showing the way and the PL is awash with even sides these days. I mean, in terms of managers, there are not many poor ones in the division and as far as teams are concerned, anyone can beat anyone more than ever before.

 

I do hope Leicester or Spurs in that order wins the league, I really do.

 

I remember when ourselves and Liverpool were competing for that 4th spot and they just pipped us. They got rid of Houllier and brought in Rafa. We got rid of Sir Bobby and brought in Souness.

 

And its been downhill from there for us all the way. It all stems from that very appointment or rather the fact we didn't appoint the right man.

 

Liverpool did and so it proved with the CL, domestic cups and a title challenge.

 

Now we seemingly have appointed the right man. Its just a shame we have done so while we are in the bottom 3 and looking a good bet to go down and its an even bigger shame its at Mike Ashley's NUFC.

 

The last 48 hours has been emotional(headcase) for me in regards to NUFC I have to admit. I miss the club so much it f***ing hurts. I'm now a father to two boys and should be taking them to the match and getting them immersed in all things Newcastle United, but the last 8 years has been a real kick in the stones. Its the last thing I'd want to inflict on my kids never mind myself.

 

But...

 

Rafa Benitez man, I've never been a huge admirer of his football style and he has his faults but he is a f***ing winner, a great bloke and just the kind of manager who I can get right behind, win lose or draw. We've not had that since Sir Bobby. 15 f***ing years man.

 

I'm a fan again, a fan of NUFC. I won't be supporting though in terms of attending matches, buying s*** etc. I'm a principled, stubborn b****** like that. KK taught me well.

 

Howay the lads I suppose...

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'I could see in the two training sessions and after talking with the players face to face that they want to do well, they want to impress the new manager, they want to do things the right way for the fans, for the club. But they need a little bit of confidence. So some of them, that was my impression, you need to tell them 'listen, that is the direction' and they will follow you in this direction.'

 

Ambition, ladies and gentlemen. The players aren't the best in the world by any stretch but they're better than this, and it comes down to believing the club is going somewhere. We now have that.

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Organisation, confidence and motivation are so important in football, it's hard to overstate it. Look at how every player we sign declines, look at how the team is always less than the sum of it parts, the amount of injuries we get, etc. I don't blame anyone except Mike Ashley really, but a manager like Benitez has a real chance of turning things around.

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