Guest taps01 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Why he is bothering with an Ashley owned NUFC is beyond me. Amazed he has stuck around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Put the ball totally in Ashley's court in that post match interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Why he is bothering with an Ashley owned NUFC is beyond me. Amazed he has stuck around. Just a matter of time now my friend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallowgate_pete Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 It would be one of the most incredible things in club history ever if Rafa Benitez is still at the club at the end of the 16 months left on his contract. Sadly I just can't see it. I suppose therefore I should enjoy having a competent manager while it lasts. Hopefully Rafa will keep a squad chock full of Championship players up this season. He's blatantly not going to get any investment. Mike Ashley is done with the club altogether now, much like Randy Lerner was at Villa and like Ellis Short down the road at the mackems. Thankfully there are a lot of poor sides in the lower reaches of the PL again this season, and our GD remains reasonably OK. We've shown enough glimpses to suggest we'll scrape by but screwed up a few home games. It'll be touch-and-go, and I don't think we have the quality to make it to 40 points. Maybe high-30s and a decent GD will be good enough. Even if we stay up and Rafa still leaves, though, we will again have missed a huge chance to move on and improve as a club. Our first chance, it feels, in quite a few years. It's all a bit depressing really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Give this guy some money ffs, I'm certain if we signed 2 ok premier league players then we will stay up this season. The shape and tactics are there especially away from home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 In The Times today they reckon Ashley is going to offer him a contract extension. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 In The Times today they reckon Ashley is going to offer him a contract extension. Who wrote that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 In The Times today they reckon Ashley is going to offer him a contract extension. Of course he will. When Rafa rightly refuses, Ashley will paint him as the bad guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 In The Times today they reckon Ashley is going to offer him a contract extension. Who wrote that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 In The Times today they reckon Ashley is going to offer him a contract extension. Who wrote that? Mike: Rafa walked away from a huge offer Our fans: Rafa is dead to us, Judas, get Pardew back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/benitez-talks-to-start-t95m3mb9d Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/benitez-talks-to-start-t95m3mb9d So he has the green light to sign his first choice striker? Any guesses? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 In The Times today they reckon Ashley is going to offer him a contract extension. Who wrote that? Mike: Rafa walked away from a huge offer Our fans: Rafa is dead to us, Judas, get Pardew back Think it’s an indication that he’s willing to sell to PCP, or at the very least wanting to give that impression. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/benitez-talks-to-start-t95m3mb9d So he has the green light to sign his first choice striker? Any guesses? Going by our budget its got to be Ian Ormondroyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/benitez-talks-to-start-t95m3mb9d So he has the green light to sign his first choice striker? Any guesses? Chris Zebroski from Eastleigh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I'm lost here. So Rafa is valued so highly by the motley crew that run us that they want to extend his stay..Yet they have failed to show any signs of backing him in consecutive transfer windows, and relationships have seemed strained between them for months. The proposed new owners planning a takeover have openly said he is the man for them and him staying is an integral part of any potential deal... The goons who run us currently are either Machiavellian geniuses or inept fuckwits: I'm getting baffled by the whole bloody lot of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I'm lost here. So Rafa is valued so highly by the motley crew that run us that they want to extend his stay..Yet they have failed to show any signs of backing him in consecutive transfer windows, and relationships have seemed strained between them for months. The proposed new owners planning a takeover have openly said he is the man for them and him staying is an integral part of any potential deal... The goons who run us currently are either Machiavellian geniuses or inept fuckwits: I'm getting baffled by the whole bloody lot of it. It’s all bullshit and they know it. They’re all just laughing at us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Can't see why he'd sign any new deal anyway, so the whole prospect is moot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Can't see why he'd sign any new deal anyway, so the whole prospect is moot. I could see him signing one without the reported resignation penalty. It would give him a bit more leverage not having that clause in play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 How do we get past this like (I know he's the owner, can do what he likes etc.) but at the very least why are people so prepared just to turn up and get laughed at. I know people go to the games for all sorts of reasons and of course I respect people for paying their hard earned to go but the guy just takes the piss month after month. There ought to be a reckoning, however impotent it may be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Can't see why he'd sign any new deal anyway, so the whole prospect is moot. I could see him signing one without the reported resignation penalty. It would give him a bit more leverage not having that clause in play. Yeah I was discounting the possibility of the club offering that out of hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 When did Martin Hardy start writing for The Times? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Can't see why he'd sign any new deal anyway, so the whole prospect is moot. I could see him signing one without the reported resignation penalty. It would give him a bit more leverage not having that clause in play. Yeah I was discounting the possibility of the club offering that out of hand. Much smaller print increasing it to £12m is more likely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Can't see why he'd sign any new deal anyway, so the whole prospect is moot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 How do we get past this like (I know he's the owner, can do what he likes etc.) but at the very least why are people so prepared just to turn up and get laughed at. I know people go to the games for all sorts of reasons and of course I respect people for paying their hard earned to go but the guy just takes the p*ss month after month. There ought to be a reckoning, however impotent it may be. Rafael Benítez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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