Greg Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Josemi Malaga £2,000,000 26 July 2004 Antonio Nunez Real Madrid £1,500,000 17 August 2004 Xabi Alonso Real Sociedad £10,700,000 20 August 2004 Luis Garcia Barcelona £6,000,000 20 August 2004 Mauricio Pellegrino Valencia Free 5 January 2005 Fernando Morientes Real Madrid £6,300,000 13 January 2005 Scott Carson Leeds £1,000,000 21 January 2005 Boudewijn Zenden Free Transfer Free 4 July 2005 Pepe Reina Villarreal £6,000,000 4 July 2005 Antonio Barragan Sevilla £240,000 4 July 2005 Momo Sissoko Valencia £5,600,000 14 July 2005 Peter Crouch Southampton £7,000,000 20 July 2005 Miki Roque Lleidav Unknown 15 August 2005 Jack Hobbs Lincoln £150,000 18 August 2005 Besian Idrizaj LASK Linz £190,000 22 August 2005 Mark Gonzalez Albacete £1,500,000 20 October 2005 Paul Anderson Hull Swap 1 January 2006 Jan Kromkamp Villarreal Swap 4 January 2006 David Martin MK Dons £250,000 12 January 2006 Daniel Agger Brondby £5,800,000 12 January 2006 Robbie Fowler Man City Free 27 January 2006 Craig Bellamy Blackburn £6,000,000 1 July 2006 Gabriel Paletta Banfield £2,000,000 4 July 2006 Fabio Aurelio Valencia Free 5 July 2006 Jermaine Pennant Birmingham £6,700,000 26 July 2006 Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord £9,000,000 18 August 2006 Nabil El Zhar St Etienne £200,000 21 August 2006 Astrit Ajdarevic Falkenberg £750,000 11 January 2007 Daniele Padelli Sampdoria Loan 12 January 2007 Jordy Brouwer Ajax Undisclosed 24 January 2007 Francisco Manuel Duran Malaga £66,000 30 January 2007 Alvaro Arbeloa Deportivo £2,500,000 31 January 2007 Javier Mascherano West Ham Loan 20 February 2007 Lucas Gremio £5,000,000 11 May 2007 Krisztian Nemeth MTK Hungaria Undisclosed 25 May 2007 Mikel San Jose Athletic Bilbao £270,000 28 June 2007 Sebastian Leto Lanús £1,800,000 1 July 2007 Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid £20,200,000 4 July 2007 Andriy Voronin Leverkusen Free 6 July 2007 Yossi Benayoun West Ham £5,000,000 12 July 2007 Ryan Babel Ajax £11,500,000 13 July 2007 Charles Itandje Lens Undisclosed 9 August 2007 Emiliano Insua Boca Juniors £1,300,000 26 August 2007 Lauri Dalla Valle JIPPO £600,000 8 November 2007 Martin Skrtel Zenit St Petersburg £6,500,000 11 January 2008 Javier Mascherano Media Sports Investment £18,600,000 29 February 2008 Philipp Degen Borussia Dortmund Free 3 July 2008 Andrea Dossena Udinese £7,000,000 4 July 2008 Diego Cavalieri Palmeiras £3,500,000 11 July 2008 David N'Gog Paris St Germain £1,500,000 24 July 2008 Robbie Keane Tottenham £19,000,000 28 July 2008 Albert Riera Espanyol £8,000,000 31 August 2008 Glen Johnson Portsmouth £17,500,000 26 June 2009 Alberto Aquilani Roma £17,100,000 7 August 2009 Sotirios Kyrgiakos AEK Athens £2,000,000 21 August 2009 Daniel Ayala Sevilla £160,000 17 September 2009 Maxi Rodriguez Atletico Madrid Free 12 January 2010 Raheem Sterling Queens Park Rangers £600,000 27 February 2010 Jonjo Shelvey Charlton £1,700,000 10 May 2010 Milan Jovanovic Standard Liege Free 8 July 2010 I suppose Hicks and Gillet forced these on him too then. Give or take 6 big plusses the rest are f***ing appaling You are a clown. Or an idiot. Or a mackem. Or quite possibly all three. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I guess the point would be look at his win % with Liverpool. Hard to understand why he's not more hated by Liverpool fans with that transfer record. The Scousers must be thick cunts, unlike the bright sparks who post here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I picked out at least 25 players that were huge successes in there, like. Was gonna say, 6 is a bit stingy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Also, you can pull up his Napoli signings too if you like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I picked out at least 25 players that were huge successes in there, like. Was thinking that myself, there's a few duds but there's lots and lots class signings in there, some of them absolutely outstanding. Nice work dean lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 6 big pluses in that lists There is probably 6 in the first 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Love Rafa me Just have a nap, and regroup, man. Need more than that, need time out. Sorry for calling you a knob man, easily one of the posters I respect most on here. Just thought we would show more today and needed to as well. Unless we can get some really top players in in Jan I fear it’s all too late even with a takeover. p*ssed off with Rafa, but it is what it is and we go again with Stoke up next. I called you.a.knob too sorry as well..I have a lot of time for you, as you are normally very sound, and a fantastic source for football knowledge. I can understand your anger. Just hate to see people see red over this shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I hated his game plan today, felt the team selection was probably the right players - did not expect to see nearly every single player in attack trip over their own feet, fail to control passes, make passes, make tackles, make runs into space, shoot when they should have passed, crossed when they should have dribbled etc. I'm just praying signings will fix this squad, we're not going to do much better with the current crop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Some of those 'big pluses' being like one of the best strikers of the PL era, arguably one of the best DMs of all time in any league, Raheem Sterling who's now scored like 15 goals so far this season from the wing, and one of the best ball playing midfielders in Premiership history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Love Rafa me Just have a nap, and regroup, man. Need more than that, need time out. Sorry for calling you a knob man, easily one of the posters I respect most on here. Just thought we would show more today and needed to as well. Unless we can get some really top players in in Jan I fear it’s all too late even with a takeover. p*ssed off with Rafa, but it is what it is and we go again with Stoke up next. I called you.a.knob too sorry as well..I have a lot of time for you, as you are normally very sound, and a fantastic source for football knowledge. I can understand your anger. Just hate to see people see red over this s***. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Didn't think we'd see the point at which people would genuinely prefer us to sign nobody at all than take desperate punts on cheap players that haven't worked out. Didn't think we'd see the point at which people would genuinely prefer us to sign nobody at all than take desperate punts on cheap players that haven't worked out. Didn't think we'd see the point at which people would genuinely prefer us to sign nobody at all than take desperate punts on cheap players that haven't worked out. If you buy shit you get shit nothing will ever change that. You don’t take chances on players that have not done anything there entire career and are currently 4th choice at another premier league club. But the most glaring thing is that shit he has just bought then proceeds to get more game time than just about any other player that I find staggering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Some of those 'big pluses' being like one of the best strikers of the PL era, arguably one of the best DMs of all time in any league, Raheem Sterling who's now scored like 15 goals so far this season from the wing, and one of the best ball playing midfielders in Premiership history. bUt HE waNtEd JOseLu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Right I’ve calmed down, just about anyway. I’m still with Rafa and know only too well what he’s working with, but he isn’t blameless in where we are at right now in the table and especially performance and form wise. Obviously Ashley is the main culprit, but Rafa need to sort this out quick because he’s making as many errors as the players are for me. This takeover obviously cannot come soon enough. I still dislike the way we play under Rafa though and his tactics, but that wouldn’t even be an issue if we were winning or performing well as a team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 If we can end up with a midfield of Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano with 2008 era Fernando Torres up front then he spend whatever the fuck he likes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Didn't think we'd see the point at which people would genuinely prefer us to sign nobody at all than take desperate punts on cheap players that haven't worked out. Didn't think we'd see the point at which people would genuinely prefer us to sign nobody at all than take desperate punts on cheap players that haven't worked out. Didn't think we'd see the point at which people would genuinely prefer us to sign nobody at all than take desperate punts on cheap players that haven't worked out. If you buy s*** you get s*** nothing will ever change that. You don’t take chances on players that have not done anything there entire career and are currently 4th choice at another premier league club. But the most glaring thing is that s*** he has just bought then proceeds to get more game time than just about any other player that I find staggering. So we shouldn't have signed anyone at all? "We have what we have because we did what we did" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Some of those 'big pluses' being like one of the best strikers of the PL era, arguably one of the best DMs of all time in any league, Raheem Sterling who's now scored like 15 goals so far this season from the wing, and one of the best ball playing midfielders in Premiership history. bUt HE waNtEd JOseLu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 The squad is what it is. Hoofing the ball up to Joselu and seeing him lose out time and time again against a big side with questionable mobility is all about set up and ambition within the match. Joselu should have been off at half time and Shelvey should have had at least 30 minutes. We needed to get in behind them and break their shape. Defensively they’ll not have had an issue easier away game all season. Joselu isn’t fit to wear the shirt and is a nailed on starter every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Question for the Rafa haters.......given our spend in the Summer, and the 'quality' of our squad, where did you expect us to finish in the league this season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I'm a fan of his and always will be but I found it surprising that, with 10 minutes to go and with us desperate for a goal to nick the game 1-0 he took off the one striker who he's showed more faith in than any of the others (and tbf he was doing ok) and replaced him with a winger who has never scored a PL goal. Aside from that what an absolutely utterly dreadful performance. Nothing at all there to be optimistic about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Right I’ve calmed down, just about anyway. I’m still with Rafa and know only too well what he’s working with, but he isn’t blameless in where we are at right now in the table and especially performance and form wise. Obviously Ashley is the main culprit, but Rafa need to sort this out quick because he’s making as many errors as the players are for me. This takeover obviously cannot come soon enough. I still dislike the way we play under Rafa though and his tactics, but that wouldn’t even be an issue if we were winning or performing well as a team. Its not about the performances if dull performances are getting results then you have stumbled upon a working system. Take George Grahams Arsenal for example. My absolute main grief with Rafa's pragmatic and negative approach which is why i'm blaming him and questioning his decisions is the fact that we aren't even trying to compete in these games. Any kind of team sport you have to at least compete to stand a chance of winning, Today and Wednesday was just unacceptable and its as if weve forfeited the chance of even competing or winning before kickoff and our main aim is to stifle our way to a damage limitation or a draw. The tactics he is employing gives us very very little chance of scoring goals. how many games at home have we actually scored in 4 or 5?? Home form is what gives a very poor team a chance of survival without it we are sunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 From Sewelly a few months back: In his first season at Napoli Rafa signed Higuain, Albiol, Mertens, Callejon, Ghoulam, Jorginho and Reina for around £65 million. The market has been inflated since 2013, and obviously they could offer CL football, but it shows what you can get for that kind of money. We need to focus on markets not just in the UK but across Europe. With buy-out clauses, expiring contracts etc, you can certainly do a lot with £70 million+ even in today's market. Not to mention some loans to pad out the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 The one thing I will never defend Rafa for is his subs he seems to have them planned before the game starts and then makes them at pre determined times no matter how the game is going Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I’m behind him 100%, and he has got it spot on recently (West Ham and Man City). However he got it massively wrong today, even 2 out of 3 of his subs today were ineffective, and the positive one was far too late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Question for the Rafa haters.......given our spend in the Summer, and the 'quality' of our squad, where did you expect us to finish in the league this season? I did expect us to be around the bottom 6 granted but its the nature of the tactics and performances that is the main gripe and dislike of the situation. Wagner and Hughton at least have a go at teams. Its as if we are shit scared of the teams in this division Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Did you see how Brighton set up today? Like fuck is Hughton "having a go" at teams this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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