Rafa Benítez (now unemployed)

[TRon]

But perhaps the clearest glimpse into the mind of Benítez came in October 2006, when he had gone a full 99 games without naming an unchanged side – a run that had whipped sections of the media into a frenzy. Of course, it was the much-anticipated 100th match when he found it within himself to curb his instinct for tinkering. The papers were denied their headline. If pettiness is all about the little victories, then Benítez was a man for whom no triumph was too small.

 

 

[wormy]

Torres recalls shyly informing his boss that he and his wife was expecting their first child, only for conversation to be impatiently redirected towards how the striker could tweak his near-post runs; one of Benítez’s first conversations on the Istanbul pitch in the wake of the penalty shootout was to lecture Djibril Cissé on his misreading of Milan’s offside trap.

 

Things like this just make me love him more.

[Paully]

Brilliant Carragher article - nailed it!

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/09/21/rafael-benitez-wasted-newcastle-has-leave-failing-institution/

[Rich]

Good read, that He's been consistently on the pulse with us for a while now. Shame he spits at people.

 

Fucking hell, Ashley's such a cunt.

[George Bailey]

Excellent summary by old hockle heed himself.

 

Everyone knows what an absolute plight we are in. Save for some of our fans it would seem.

[Tubestationatmidnight]

Brilliant Carragher article - nailed it!

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/09/21/rafael-benitez-wasted-newcastle-has-leave-failing-institution/

 

He's only 2 months behind what I said then 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

It's not exactly news that the club is going nowhere and Rafa is going to leave. Like.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Brilliant Carragher article - nailed it!

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/09/21/rafael-benitez-wasted-newcastle-has-leave-failing-institution/

 

He's only 2 months behind what I said then 

 

When he submits the exact same fucking article incessantly over a two month period, then we'll start comparing him to you.

[Tubestationatmidnight]

 

But everyone was saying i was daft for saying he needs to go and that I was wrong

[Vinny Green Balls]

 

But everyone was saying i was daft for saying he needs to go and that I was wrong

 

Every time you post, I have the urge to throw a pocketful of change on the floor just to distract you.

[HawK]

HTT any chance you could summarise the article toontenacity posted?

[Tubestationatmidnight]

 

But everyone was saying i was daft for saying he needs to go and that I was wrong

 

Every time you post, I have the urge to throw a pocketful of change on the floor just to distract you.

 

Just jealous I'm right and I know what's what. It's ok

[Vinny Green Balls]

 

But everyone was saying i was daft for saying he needs to go and that I was wrong

 

Every time you post, I have the urge to throw a pocketful of change on the floor just to distract you.

 

Just jealous I'm right and I know what's what. It's ok

 

If I were jealous of you for being right, doesn't that imply that I am right as well?

[Tubestationatmidnight]

No

[Vinny Green Balls]

Um, if I was at odds with your beliefs as you seem to think, then it would be a bit absurd if I was jealous of said beliefs.

[Bimpy474]

 

But everyone was saying i was daft for saying he needs to go and that I was wrong

 

Every time you post, I have the urge to throw a pocketful of change on the floor just to distract you.

 

Just jealous I'm right and I know what's what. It's ok

 

No one disagrees with the sentiment of what you said, it's just you've said it a millions times. Can you not see how thrush inducing that shite is, just repeating the same thing over and over.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

HTT any chance you could summarise the article toontenacity posted?

 

I haven’t read it, I read much slower than I write and I’m fucked if I’m going to read that. I probably don’t have to though, I assume it’s about how great Rafa is which I don’t need to read to understand.

 

It’s about our Rafa though so I won’t be able to help myself no doubt

[Conjo]

Torres recalls shyly informing his boss that he and his wife was expecting their first child, only for conversation to be impatiently redirected towards how the striker could tweak his near-post runs; one of Benítez’s first conversations on the Istanbul pitch in the wake of the penalty shootout was to lecture Djibril Cissé on his misreading of Milan’s offside trap.

 

Things like this just make me love him more.

 

Yup

 

Do we have any stories like this from his time here so far, except for the "man on" with Lascelles trying to get home after training?

[Twinport53]

Torres recalls shyly informing his boss that he and his wife was expecting their first child, only for conversation to be impatiently redirected towards how the striker could tweak his near-post runs; one of Benítez’s first conversations on the Istanbul pitch in the wake of the penalty shootout was to lecture Djibril Cissé on his misreading of Milan’s offside trap.

 

Things like this just make me love him more.

 

Yup

 

Do we have any stories like this from his time here so far, except for the "man on" with Lascelles trying to get home after training?

 

Hayden hiding in the car when they stayed at the same hotel/flats?

 

Might be mistaken like.

[HawK]

HTT any chance you could summarise the article toontenacity posted?

 

I haven’t read it, I read much slower than I write and I’m fucked if I’m going to read that. I probably don’t have to though, I assume it’s about how great Rafa is which I don’t need to read to understand.

 

It’s about our Rafa though so I won’t be able to help myself no doubt

 

Sorry just a cheap dig

[wormy]

Torres recalls shyly informing his boss that he and his wife was expecting their first child, only for conversation to be impatiently redirected towards how the striker could tweak his near-post runs; one of Benítez’s first conversations on the Istanbul pitch in the wake of the penalty shootout was to lecture Djibril Cissé on his misreading of Milan’s offside trap.

 

Things like this just make me love him more.

 

Yup

 

Do we have any stories like this from his time here so far, except for the "man on" with Lascelles trying to get home after training?

 

Hayden hiding in the car when they stayed at the same hotel/flats?

 

Might be mistaken like.

 

This is the only other specific story I can remember reading about before.

[toontenacity]

HTT any chance you could summarise the article toontenacity posted?

 

[Dave]

 

But everyone was saying i was daft for saying he needs to go and that I was wrong

 

Every time you post, I have the urge to throw a pocketful of change on the floor just to distract you.

 

:lol:

[Dave]

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/rafa-benitez-s-telling-response-to-jamie-carragher-s-scathing-comments-on-newcastle-and-mike-ashley-1-9361768

Rafa Benitez sidestepped questions on his Newcastle United future – after Jamie Carragher said an end-of-season exit was “inevitable”.

 

Benitez is out of contract at the end of the campaign.

 

United’s manager was involved in a stand-off with the club’s hierarchy in the summer.

 

Benitez refused to discuss a new deal before agreeing a funding plan going forward.

 

Newcastle, however, wanted Benitez to commit his future to the club before discussing how much he would be given to spend.

 

In the end, Benitez had to sell to buy and the club made a profit of more than £20million in the summer transfer window at a time when rivals were investing heavily in their squads.

 

Winless United are second-bottom of the Premier League ahead of this afternoon’s game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

 

In a scathing newspaper column, Carragher questioned what owner Mike Ashley’s plan was for the club, which has suffered two relegations in the past decade.

 

The former Liverpool defender wrote: “Other than the continued employment of Benitez, everything at St James’s Park smacks of zero ambition.”

 

Asked about Carragher’s comments, Benitez said: “I didn’t read that.

 

“When we talk about my contract, my future ... it’s not the time for me to talk about that.

 

“This week I have been focused trying to analyse our performances in the last few games, trying to see what we can do at Crystal Palace to exploit their weaknesses, and to be sure to use our strengths.

 

“I have to focus on these things, it’s what we have to do.”

 

Asked when his future would be an issue, Benitez added: “Hopefully at the end of the season.”

 

Benitez will wait and see if he is able to strengthen his squad in January’s transfer window before he “reviews” his position.

 

“I don’t want this (my future) as an issue for the press conference,” said the 58-year-old.

 

“We have to go to January, see what we do.

 

“How can we do things? And after that, it will be easier to know where we are.

 

“My view was very clear at the beginning when I decided to stay – potential, project, to compete in the top 10. That’s not the case now. So then we have to review things.”

 

Benitez – who last month said he had “sympathy” with fans protesting against Ashley – wants the club to be run in a “another way”.

 

“It’s obvious for everyone that we have to do things in another way,” said Benitez.

 

“But, at the same time, it’s very clear for me that we have to concentrate to get results and to stay in the Premier League.

 

“Ask any fan in the street in Newcastle and they will know what the situation is.

 

“If we can improve something in terms of what we want to do in the future, then fine. But we have to improve on the pitch, that’s it.”

 

Benitez also reiterated his affection for the club, its fans and the city.

 

“I’m really pleased here,” said the Spaniard. “I like the city. I like the atmosphere and the fans and everything that I said before. The potential of the club is massive.”

 

[Mike]

If George R.R. Martin was as prolific a writer as HTT, he would have finished the series in the 2nd quarter of 2001.