Paully Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Cracking! http://www.fourfourtwoarabia.com/premier-league-fans-middle-east-deserve-better-keys-gray/ Of course the real bete noir remains Rafa Benitez, a man whose every move seems to enrage these enemies of progress. Despite sticking with Newcastle after relegation, leading the club to promotion at the first attempt and securing a top-half finish last season, the man who won two LaLiga titles, a Champions League and two Europa Leagues can do no right in they eyes of Newcastle owner Mike Ashley’s cronies. “Rafa has done really well there, he’s won the fans over, they love him,” Gray said, “He’s very good at that.” “He did that at Liverpool. Rafa as a manager, he’s very single minded – he manages for himself. Never forget that.” The disrespect for Newcastle’s supporters is hardly disguised. One minute Keys and Gray are claiming the fans would rather lose 5-4 than win 1-0 with Benitez’s tactics, and the next, paradoxically, that those same supporters are delusional for demanding trophies at St James’ Park. These are the moral and linguistic gymnastics they are willing to perform for their pal Ashley to be right. If that means insulting a thoroughly decent man and his adoring fans at the expense of their own crumbling credibility, then that’s a price they seem more than happy to pay. So Guardiola, Klopp and Benitez are fair game; and you don’t have to look too hard to spot a pattern. Proper Football Men like Sam Allardyce, Alan Pardew and David Moyes – when in between jobs – are, on the other hand, given a welcoming platform to spout their bitter, stereotypical and borderline xenophobic drivel. It’s perfectly understandable that a show about the Premier League will be presented by pundits and guests with experience of English football. What’s not acceptable is that barely any thought is given to the needs of the audience. The millions of fans watching the Premier League across this part of the world do not care one bit about the good old days when football dinosaurs roamed across English football grounds. We deserve better, we really do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Oh sweet lord is that good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Nice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Isn't Rafa great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 He's just driving the price of the club down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Next two games are huge, really need to get back to picking up points. Crucial Rafa gets it right now. It's a problem when you get such a difficult fixture list at the start, if you don't pick up the odd win, puts us under a lot of pressure when the easier games come around. That minging performance against Cardiff pissed me off a lot more than the losses to the big teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 He's just driving the price of the club down kicking the ball back to Ashley. Spend in January, or get relegated and find a new manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Zaha is a pretty special player though, the type who wins games single-handed. They have that other fella called Townsend as well, they are a danger to anybody. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Rafa haters have come out to play on FB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard That's a problem, we have decent individuals in Lascelles and Shelvey but we lack a Zaha in forward areas to grab us something out of nothing. It's almost as if you have to spend a bit of money to buy that good player in forward areas who can make a difference. Cheers Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Zaha is a pretty special player though, the type who wins games single-handed. They have that other fella called Townsend as well, they are a danger to anybody. kenedy is having a rough patch but he's a better player than townsend, for example and will likely produce much more on the pitch if he pulls himself together Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 He's got a poor squad but he's not utilising it very effectively this season. I still feel bad for him and back him 100% but today was just very naff all round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Zaha is a pretty special player though, the type who wins games single-handed. They have that other fella called Townsend as well, they are a danger to anybody. kenedy is having a rough patch but he's a better player than townsend, for example and will likely produce much more on the pitch if he pulls himself together Last season's Kenedy was better, this season's version got dropped for Murphy. I'm going off what we are seeing currently. We might well get a result against Palace, but it's a tough game for anyone when they have a matchwinner like Zaha in the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Zaha is a pretty special player though, the type who wins games single-handed. They have that other fella called Townsend as well, they are a danger to anybody. kenedy is having a rough patch but he's a better player than townsend, for example and will likely produce much more on the pitch if he pulls himself together Last season's Kenedy was better, this season's version got dropped for Murphy. I'm going off what we are seeing currently. We might well get a result against Palace, but it's a tough game for anyone when they have a matchwinner like Zaha in the team. i'm not arguing it'll be tough, i'm arguing you said they're better than us man for man and i don't agree zaha aside there's probably very little between us but keeping him quiet will be hard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Zaha is a pretty special player though, the type who wins games single-handed. They have that other fella called Townsend as well, they are a danger to anybody. kenedy is having a rough patch but he's a better player than townsend, for example and will likely produce much more on the pitch if he pulls himself together Kenedy may be good on his day, but honestly think you'll get a lot more product from someone like Townsend over the course of a season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Zaha is a pretty special player though, the type who wins games single-handed. They have that other fella called Townsend as well, they are a danger to anybody. kenedy is having a rough patch but he's a better player than townsend, for example and will likely produce much more on the pitch if he pulls himself together Last season's Kenedy was better, this season's version got dropped for Murphy. I'm going off what we are seeing currently. We might well get a result against Palace, but it's a tough game for anyone when they have a matchwinner like Zaha in the team. i'm not arguing it'll be tough, i'm arguing you said they're better than us man for man and i don't agree zaha aside there's probably very little between us but keeping him quiet will be hard Aye you're probably right, just feels like we are a lot worse than we look on paper at the moment, those shit performances against Cardiff and Forest are probably skewing my view a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Only saw the first 40mins but thought we looked decent enough. It certainly wasn't the same tactics of being ultra-cautious. Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if we sacked him. Ultimately I don't care. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 The squad is just shite, i'm sorry that's all there is to it. I'm struggling to find teams in the Premier who I would be confident of beating, Leicester and Palace coming up and they are better than us man for man as well. palace have zaha and that's it like, lets not go overboard Zaha is a pretty special player though, the type who wins games single-handed. They have that other fella called Townsend as well, they are a danger to anybody. kenedy is having a rough patch but he's a better player than townsend, for example and will likely produce much more on the pitch if he pulls himself together Kenedy may be good on his day, but honestly think you'll get a lot more product from someone like Townsend over the course of a season. erm aye, he played half a season for us last year and probably wasn't far off townsend stats at a guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Only saw the first 40mins but thought we looked decent enough. It certainly wasn't the same tactics of being ultra-cautious. Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if we sacked him. yeah i thought the first half was quite telling, he obviously doesn't rate arsenal as highly as he does chelsea and man city so we pressed a bit higher and played with a little more freedom arsenal came out and showed their quality, getting the goals at the right time for them and worst times for us, that's about it imo...we did well to compete with that team 1st half in all honesty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Aye I reckon they'll sack him if we're in the relegation zone around Christmas time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Aye I reckon they'll sack him if we're in the relegation zone around Christmas time. Every game up until Boxing Day is winnable so we should theoretically be nowhere near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Imagine if he actually sacked him man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. I felt like it was going to happen last year tbh. Ashley's the sort that would cut off his face to spite his nose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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