NG32 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/newcastle-united-next-manager-mike-ashley-jets-in-to-decide-steve-mcclaren-s-fate-a6924161.html Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, will fly into England today to hold talks with Lee Charnley in which the club’s managing director is expected to present his case for Rafa Benitez to become manager. Benitez’s representatives are prepared for their man to sign a three-year contract to replace Steve McClaren, the current head coach. However, there is the possibility that the former Liverpool manager will not want to take control at St James’ Park until after Newcastle’s trip to title-chasing Leicester City on Monday. That's the end of that then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 If this doesn't come off, torches and pitchforks outside Ashley's pad. I'll bring beer and lighter fluid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Rafa Benitez hoping to be appointed Newcastle manager on Friday ahead of Monday's trip to league leaders Leicester Rafa Benitez is set to replace Steve McClaren as Newcastle manager Spaniard's proposed £4m-per-year deal is nearing completion Former Real Madrid boss is eager to get to work with his players He had expected McClaren to be sacked by the club yesterday Rafa Benitez wants to be installed as Newcastle manager by the end of Friday and begin work with the players ahead of Monday’s trip to Leicester. Talks between the Spaniard’s representatives and managing director Lee Charnley are at an advanced stage and a £4million-per-year three-year deal – with a break clause should the Magpies be relegated – has been agreed in principle. Benitez, however, had expected Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren to be sacked yesterday, freeing the way for his move to St James’ Park to be finalised. That did not happen – even though McClaren is expecting the axe – and it has delayed Benitez’s arrival by at least 24 hours. The former Real Madrid boss is ready to leave his home in the Wirral and travel to the North-East to take up the role, once final details such as backroom staff have been agreed. Newcastle are desperate to land the 55-year-old and they have been encouraged by a positive reaction to the news among supporters, who are growing increasingly exasperated at the club’s failure to fire dead-man walking McClaren. Jonjo Shelvey, who had been appointed captain in recent weeks, believes the players have let down their outgoing boss. ‘He (McClaren) is at the forefront of it, which he doesn’t deserve,’ he said. ‘I think the players have let the club down. I don’t feel as though the manager has. I feel it’s the players. ‘I feel like I’ve let the club down because I’ve had the captain’s armband twice and we’ve lost. It’s lovely to be made captain. ‘The manager has shown a lot of faith in me to do that. I obviously adore him for that. It’s just a shame I have not been able to pick up the wins.’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/newcastle-united-next-manager-mike-ashley-jets-in-to-decide-steve-mcclaren-s-fate-a6924161.html Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, will fly into England today to hold talks with Lee Charnley in which the club’s managing director is expected to present his case for Rafa Benitez to become manager. Benitez’s representatives are prepared for their man to sign a three-year contract to replace Steve McClaren, the current head coach. However, there is the possibility that the former Liverpool manager will not want to take control at St James’ Park until after Newcastle’s trip to title-chasing Leicester City on Monday. It happens a lot these days. An incoming manager wants to look at the team unofficially as it's being set up by the current coaching staff who will presumably have been directed by the outgoing head coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 4m a year? Ok this can't be real. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Rafa Benitez hoping to be appointed Newcastle manager on Friday ahead of Monday's trip to league leaders Leicester Rafa Benitez is set to replace Steve McClaren as Newcastle manager Spaniard's proposed £4m-per-year deal is nearing completion Former Real Madrid boss is eager to get to work with his players He had expected McClaren to be sacked by the club yesterday Rafa Benitez wants to be installed as Newcastle manager by the end of Friday and begin work with the players ahead of Monday’s trip to Leicester. Talks between the Spaniard’s representatives and managing director Lee Charnley are at an advanced stage and a £4million-per-year three-year deal – with a break clause should the Magpies be relegated – has been agreed in principle. Benitez, however, had expected Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren to be sacked yesterday, freeing the way for his move to St James’ Park to be finalised. That did not happen – even though McClaren is expecting the axe – and it has delayed Benitez’s arrival by at least 24 hours. The former Real Madrid boss is ready to leave his home in the Wirral and travel to the North-East to take up the role, once final details such as backroom staff have been agreed. Newcastle are desperate to land the 55-year-old and they have been encouraged by a positive reaction to the news among supporters, who are growing increasingly exasperated at the club’s failure to fire dead-man walking McClaren. Jonjo Shelvey, who had been appointed captain in recent weeks, believes the players have let down their outgoing boss. ‘He (McClaren) is at the forefront of it, which he doesn’t deserve,’ he said. ‘I think the players have let the club down. I don’t feel as though the manager has. I feel it’s the players. ‘I feel like I’ve let the club down because I’ve had the captain’s armband twice and we’ve lost. It’s lovely to be made captain. ‘The manager has shown a lot of faith in me to do that. I obviously adore him for that. It’s just a shame I have not been able to pick up the wins.’ What the fuck is that jumble supposed to mean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Really can't imagine Shelvey saying 'lovely'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Really can't imagine Shelvey saying 'lovely'. Probably mumbled through the whole thing and said lovely by mistake, then sat for 5 minutes sulking about said mistake before carrying on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 'lovely smack' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Rafa Benitez hoping to be appointed Newcastle manager on Friday ahead of Monday's trip to league leaders Leicester Rafa Benitez is set to replace Steve McClaren as Newcastle manager Spaniard's proposed £4m-per-year deal is nearing completion Former Real Madrid boss is eager to get to work with his players He had expected McClaren to be sacked by the club yesterday Rafa Benitez wants to be installed as Newcastle manager by the end of Friday and begin work with the players ahead of Monday’s trip to Leicester. Talks between the Spaniard’s representatives and managing director Lee Charnley are at an advanced stage and a £4million-per-year three-year deal – with a break clause should the Magpies be relegated – has been agreed in principle. Benitez, however, had expected Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren to be sacked yesterday, freeing the way for his move to St James’ Park to be finalised. That did not happen – even though McClaren is expecting the axe – and it has delayed Benitez’s arrival by at least 24 hours. The former Real Madrid boss is ready to leave his home in the Wirral and travel to the North-East to take up the role, once final details such as backroom staff have been agreed. Newcastle are desperate to land the 55-year-old and they have been encouraged by a positive reaction to the news among supporters, who are growing increasingly exasperated at the club’s failure to fire dead-man walking McClaren. Jonjo Shelvey, who had been appointed captain in recent weeks, believes the players have let down their outgoing boss. ‘He (McClaren) is at the forefront of it, which he doesn’t deserve,’ he said. ‘I think the players have let the club down. I don’t feel as though the manager has. I feel it’s the players. ‘I feel like I’ve let the club down because I’ve had the captain’s armband twice and we’ve lost. It’s lovely to be made captain. ‘The manager has shown a lot of faith in me to do that. I obviously adore him for that. It’s just a shame I have not been able to pick up the wins.’ What the fuck is that jumble supposed to mean? The quality of the Daily Mail articles isn't the best like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Interesting words from Shelvey. I quite like that he doesn't just trot out the usual guff you usually hear from players and put his hands up and took responsibility Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Really like shelvey, I know some people make fun of his pointing but at least he's trying to encourage the others to actually do their jobs a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Shelvey is fulfilling his early signs of becoming our new Joey Barton. Thankfully and more importantly hopefully he won't be as reckless on and off the pitch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/newcastle-united-next-manager-mike-ashley-jets-in-to-decide-steve-mcclaren-s-fate-a6924161.html Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, will fly into England today to hold talks with Lee Charnley in which the club’s managing director is expected to present his case for Rafa Benitez to become manager. Benitez’s representatives are prepared for their man to sign a three-year contract to replace Steve McClaren, the current head coach. However, there is the possibility that the former Liverpool manager will not want to take control at St James’ Park until after Newcastle’s trip to title-chasing Leicester City on Monday. Story is already bs as Ashley is out drinking in Soho tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Imagine if Ashley came in and said, "nah, we'll stick with McClaren." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Imagine if Ashley came in and said, "nah, we'll stick with McClaren." Man ... that would actually be a lot less stressful. You could just watch everything crash and burn and laugh at the dufus. This Rafa possibility has filled me with hope and would have me on tenterhooks the rest of the way, praying everyday that we stay up so he can stay on. Mad situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Sam is a proven manager in a relegation fight. I've not looked over his records but I assume Benitez has never been in this kind of situation, so it's not completely a stupid statement by the mackem. I agree with this - IF Benitez signs, he will be faced by an incredibly difficult situation. Not only have the dumbclucks in charge left it too late(he should have been in after the Chelsea game) to give him a fighting chance but he will be dealing with a bunch of players who are probably the most spineless he has had to manage in his whole career. Not only are they spineless, but some are already making plans for themselves at what they consider to be better clubs than NUFC and have zero reason or motivation to rouse themselves for the fight ahead. Also, as this mackem says, Allardyce has had much experience of facing possible relegation and the players he has at Sunderland may not be as talented as some of ours but they DO seem to have more stomach for the fight - we shall see how much Newcastle players want to stay up when we watch the Derby very soon and we CANNOT afford to lose that. Given 2 sets of similar players in a mid-table situation, you would choose Benitez over Allardyce every day of the week, but these clubs are not in that position. IF NUFC stay up, Benitez would do a great job given time and finance to get the players he needs, but he faces a really tough gig if he becomes manager. Nobody could condemn him if we still go down because he has very little time to sort things out and that is not his fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Still waiting on a curveball.. it's not like those daft transfer rumours that the sun makes up and then never happens, pretty much every respected news outlet has reported that he's agreed a 3 year deal. The only thing that could be holding this up is the minor details. Regardless of whether he takes over for the Leicester game or not, I think the mood will lift enough to at least give them a decent game of it. I'll have mixed feelings if we did manage to get a result, i'd love to see them win the league.. it would be so good for football in general, i'd hate to think losing to our shower of cunts would derail that. Unless we also took points off spuds on the last day.. that would balance it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Sam is a proven manager in a relegation fight. I've not looked over his records but I assume Benitez has never been in this kind of situation, so it's not completely a stupid statement by the mackem. I agree with this - IF Benitez signs, he will be faced by an incredibly difficult situation. Not only have the dumbclucks in charge left it too late(he should have been in after the Chelsea game) to give him a fighting chance but he will be dealing with a bunch of players who are probably the most spineless he has had to manage in his whole career. Not only are they spineless, but some are already making plans for themselves at what they consider to be better clubs than NUFC and have zero reason or motivation to rouse themselves for the fight ahead. Also, as this mackem says, Allardyce has had much experience of facing possible relegation and the players he has at Sunderland may not be as talented as some of ours but they DO seem to have more stomach for the fight - we shall see how much Newcastle players want to stay up when we watch the Derby very soon and we CANNOT afford to lose that. Given 2 sets of similar players in a mid-table situation, you would choose Benitez over Allardyce every day of the week, but these clubs are not in that position. IF NUFC stay up, Benitez would do a great job given time and finance to get the players he needs, but he faces a really tough gig if he becomes manager. Nobody could condemn him if we still go down because he has very little time to sort things out and that is not his fault. I would never chose fat Sam over Benitez under any circumstances. If we do get him, and I think we will, our unmotivated players will all get a bounce and I can see the players improving enough to get us out of trouble. I think the derby atmosphere will be very similar to the first derby after we were promoted and that will also boost our performance . This might sound daft but a fit and motivated Cisse could keep us up on his own, we just need somebody to find that player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Fat Sam over Benitez man. Your water been tampered with or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Still waiting on a curveball.. it's not like those daft transfer rumours that the sun makes up and then never happens, pretty much every respected news outlet has reported that he's agreed a 3 year deal. The only thing that could be holding this up is the minor details. Regardless of whether he takes over for the Leicester game or not, I think the mood will lift enough to at least give them a decent game of it. I'll have mixed feelings if we did manage to get a result, i'd love to see them win the league.. it would be so good for football in general, i'd hate to think losing to our shower of c***s would derail that. Unless we also took points off spuds on the last day.. that would balance it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I honestly prefer to see Leicester to win the league more than we stay up. Thats something that would never happen again in my life. I wanna witness a miracle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 What will you do if they do win it and we go down,will you be out celebrating the miracle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Paul merson keeps saying that Leicester dosing what they are doing will never happen again in a million years, but I can't see why not every club in the premiership has the ability to outspend most of Europe and create a great team and they no longer have to sell their top players, just look at Stones at Everton, it's all about coaching and management now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Paul merson keeps saying that Leicester dosing what they are doing will never happen again in a million years, but I can't see why not every club in the premiership has the ability to outspend most of Europe and create a great team and they no longer have to sell their top players, just look at Stones at Everton, it's all about coaching and management now. It happened 15 and 20 years ago with us. I wouldn't really take anything Merson says seriously, he doesn't even know what day it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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