Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 https://mobile.twitter.com/NUFC_Online/status/827522960399413248/video/1 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Bit of a tricky one for me, obviously I want Rafa to have all the say and make the decisions with the fat cunt and his cronies kept well out of it. At the same time, if rumours about Palace upping the asking price late on are true, and Everton wanted a good wedge as well, I cant exactly blame the club for saying "fuck off" and not getting the piss taken out of them. Firstly we need to get promoted, then give Rafa the say and budget for our aims next season, then we can judge. IF the club start interfering and Rafa walks, I'd imagine it would be the last straw for the vast majority of nufc fans, who would finally stop going as long as the fat cunt owns us. He's been lucky theres so many still attending now, given the shit he has put us through. Fundamentally disagree. Rafa's been around the block so many times and he's hardly taking our job on expecting a Real Madrid budget. He's clearly had assurances around the club's ability to do business otherwise he wouldn't be here. He's told the club what we need to gain/ensure promotion and the club have failed to deliver it. I can't imagine a situation where he's saying 'I don't give a fuck what Townsend costs, pay £26m if you have to'. He just strikes me as way more intelligent than that. The issue here is that, as usual, there is no communication to the manager. Which, in reality, means Ashley has an inner circle dealing with this shite which, I'd hazard a guess, is exactly what Rafa has tried to protect himself from during the negotiatations back last summer. Things go fine when Ashley is out of the way. As soon as he turns back up, everything goes to shit because he undermines the very people he's paying to run his business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Rafa still leaving? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Actually think he'll get backed in the summer tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 It would be this club down to an absolute tee if we didn't back Rafa in the summer and lost him but backed the incompetent McLaren in 2 windows when it was clear he should've been gone before the second one even started Rafa's press conference this afternoon has soothed my concerns a bit although I still can't help but think he'll be away in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I'm probably naive ( ), but I think he'll stay beyond the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 rafa's played a blinder really, made it known they've fucked him but that he'll stand by the club...he just needs to secure promotion now and the ball is entirely in their court as to whether they want protests, walkouts and kickoffs or a football club top man, love him to fucking bits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Pretty fucking mint from Rafa, like. Time to update that Che Guevara flag... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I'm happy again. Love Rafa even more now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 He's thrown down the gauntlet, now lets see if the cowards running the club can even try to pick it up this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Actually think he'll get backed in the summer tbh. He might well do because he's basically given Ashley no choice but to either back him or lose him. If he hadn't drawn a line in the sand Ashley would have walked all over him, now he has a choice to make. Give Rafa the funds he needs to make Newcastle the team they should be, or let him go and hire some low rent arse licker who will probably get us relegated again within two seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Good as gone tbh Yeah. Don't blame him though. Such a f***ing mess, and shameless owner. I hope this come back and bites Ashley. Tbh, i don't know what would bite Ashley that would truly hurt him. I thought relegation and missing out on the new Tv money would have stopped him fucking the club over and over. But seems it hasn't stopped him.....yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milburn Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Probably without knowing, Ashley and Charnley created a monster last year by hiring Rafa Benitez. There is no way back for them if Rafa walks in the summer. That would leave the club in another toxic turmoil and there is absolutely no chance the likes of Lee Warnock/David O'Leary/Glenn Hoddle/Roy Hodgson could prevent a relegation in front of a fed up 35-40 k crowd next season. Personally I'm 100% sure Rafa will be backed this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 rafa's played a blinder really, made it known they've f***ed him but that he'll stand by the club...he just needs to secure promotion now and the ball is entirely in their court as to whether they want protests, walkouts and kickoffs or a football club top man, love him to f***ing bits This. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 His press conference is here if anyone's interested: https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/benitezs-pre-derby-h-media-briefing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 His press conference is here if anyone's interested: https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/benitezs-pre-derby-h-media-briefing top bloke listening to that, clear minded , didnt sound bitter.........lets crack on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Class press conference, sets the right tone. Fucking love the man and that fat cunt will rip it away from us. Love how he has set the scene that he wants the title and isnt settling for 2nd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelveys Hair Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Personally I dont think the club wanted to sign any players in the January window for whatever reason, I suspect its something to do with accounting. I also think Carr might have Ashley's ear. But if it was just as simple as Palace trying to do us over and make us pay more money for Townsend than they payed, then why not communicate that to Rafa. Surely being upfront and honest would make for a better understanding of the situation. Instead it makes the club look fractured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 its no longer about not signing anyone during the window. its about lack of honesty, lack of respect, and lack of communication. if rafa had all those up front, he may have grudgingly accepted any reasons given for the lack of signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 The fact that Ashley has no communication at all with Rafa is just plain rude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 His press conference is here if anyone's interested: https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/benitezs-pre-derby-h-media-briefing Probably most involved in football Cheers A few extra things I take from that: The fact it's on the club's site makes me think all is well. He talks about a "compromise"...that suggests a summer agreement on budgets. He isn't blushing. When he's emotional he blushes. He's not and that suggests he's completely calm and relaxed. When he talks about fans needing to support he makes it clear they are. It's not a dig. He's very honest and I'm way more relaxed about this season at least. He wants the title despite 2nd being good enough It's refreshing that those questions about his position and transfers etc weren't cut from the footage, but perhaps even more important is that the questions were allowed in the first place. Under previous managers the NUFC press officer has simply declined things of that nature, summing up how obnoxiously the club was being run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 It's all a game plan. We had set limits, won't be taken for mugs and couldn't get value for money. We will posture through the press (preferred media partners) in the summer, but in the end Rafa will get what he wants in reason, nothing has changed. The crowd has been flat for a while, it will be white hot next game, it all comes good and pressure is off us and on our rivals (who incidentally choked when they had advantage) The club is a soap opera, that will never change but it has learned how to play the game, and Rafa is pulling the strings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 His press conference is here if anyone's interested: https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/benitezs-pre-derby-h-media-briefing Man I fucking love the bloke, sure I don't agree with every team selection or substitute he makes. But he's the best thing to happen to the club in a long long time. The guy oozes class and I trust him, haven't been able to say that about a Newcastle manager in a while.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Rafa man, class Love that it's just out there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Darlow could score a hatrick tomorrow and Rafa's name would still be shouted louder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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