Dave Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Might as well put him out of his misery tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dontooner Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Obviously Rafa was given a shoe string budget, doesnt matter who we did sign. They were definitely not the A ro B list he wanted. This team won't survive if we don't play turtle tactical football. Lacks quality all round. Ashley has to go or nothing will change. The players has already over delivered for Rafa, they are not as good as we make them out to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFlat Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I wouldn’t be against mixing it up a bit now. Maybe front 3 of Perez, Muto and Kenedy with a midfield 3 of Shelvey, Diame and Richie. Just get as many players on the pitch who can keep the ball a bit. Playing first time passes to shite target men isn’t helping anyone. Our mid got absolutely ran through today. So bad. Man I miss Merino. Someone who couldn’t wait to get away from here isn’t really going to be the answer, are they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I wouldn’t be against mixing it up a bit now. Maybe front 3 of Perez, Muto and Kenedy with a midfield 3 of Shelvey, Diame and Richie. Just get as many players on the pitch who can keep the ball a bit. Playing first time passes to shite target men isn’t helping anyone. Our mid got absolutely ran through today. So bad. Man I miss Merino. Someone who couldn’t wait to get away from here isn’t really going to be the answer, are they? Some of the players who are here are playing like they want to be somewhere else as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Dare I say should have kept the negativity to a minimum if he was going to see out his last year and tried to maybe reconsider some of his decisions in the transfer window? What decisions did Benitez make in the transfer window exactly that he should be reconsidering. Do enlighten me. Jacob Murphy, total shite, and not given the chance to prove otherwise anyway, that's his most expensive signing and hes made zero impact in a season and a bit. Spending 10 million Muto and hes barely played a games worth of minutes, has also contributed nothing. Manquillo, I'm no scout but surely there was a younger, more hungry player someone across Europe to spend 5 million pounds on? If reports are to be believed he wanted to spend a combined 40 million on Rondon and Kenedy too, what a fuck up that would have been. Atsu, 6 million quids worth of shite, that's without mentioning the likes of Gamez and Lazaar who were seemingly brought in for the crack and cast off without being given a chance. That's the chance you take with transfers, but overall we've had more misses than hits from him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 So have the club handed transfer responsibility back to the manager then? That’s good news at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Dare I say should have kept the negativity to a minimum if he was going to see out his last year and tried to maybe reconsider some of his decisions in the transfer window? What decisions did Benitez make in the transfer window exactly that he should be reconsidering. Do enlighten me. Jacob Murphy, total shite, and not given the chance to prove otherwise anyway, that's his most expensive signing and hes made zero impact in a season and a bit. Spending 10 million Muto and hes barely played a games worth of minutes, has also contributed nothing. Manquillo, I'm no scout but surely there was a younger, more hungry player someone across Europe to spend 5 million pounds on? If reports are to be believed he wanted to spend a combined 40 million on Rondon and Kenedy too, what a fuck up that would have been. Atsu, 6 million quids worth of shite, that's without mentioning the likes of Gamez and Lazaar who were seemingly brought in for the crack and cast off without being given a chance. That's the chance you take with transfers, but overall we've had more misses than hits from him. You genuinley believe these were all Rafa's targets? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Well we can’t afford to bed people in slowly, but we literally can’t afford to buy people who will have an instant impact. It’s a tricky one. Fact of the matter is we cannot attract with any inkling of ambition in the long run with this owner, we may as well focus only on players who perform well enough to use us as a stepping stone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Well we can’t afford to bed people in slowly, but we literally can’t afford to buy people who will have an instant impact. It’s a tricky one. Fact of the matter is we cannot attract with any inkling of ambition in the long run with this owner, we may as well focus only on players who perform well enough to use us as a stepping stone. And then play Joselu anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Spending 10 million Muto and hes barely played a games worth of minutes, has also contributed nothing. That's less than championship teams pay for a striker, what the fuck did you expect? You bang on about £10m like it's a lot of money, it's not. Not these days anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Dare I say should have kept the negativity to a minimum if he was going to see out his last year and tried to maybe reconsider some of his decisions in the transfer window? What decisions did Benitez make in the transfer window exactly that he should be reconsidering. Do enlighten me. Jacob Murphy, total shite, and not given the chance to prove otherwise anyway, that's his most expensive signing and hes made zero impact in a season and a bit. Spending 10 million Muto and hes barely played a games worth of minutes, has also contributed nothing. Manquillo, I'm no scout but surely there was a younger, more hungry player someone across Europe to spend 5 million pounds on? If reports are to be believed he wanted to spend a combined 40 million on Rondon and Kenedy too, what a fuck up that would have been. Atsu, 6 million quids worth of shite, that's without mentioning the likes of Gamez and Lazaar who were seemingly brought in for the crack and cast off without being given a chance. That's the chance you take with transfers, but overall we've had more misses than hits from him. £10m buys you fuck all in this league nowadays, even Championship teams spend more than that man. A championship team with a few bargain basement signings, loans and frees.....we are where we deserve to be. Benitez isn't perfect but there's no way he should be getting the flak for Ashley's underinvestment in all aspects of this club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Fact is his biggest money signings sit on the bench week after week while Joselu lumbers around trying to stand up and Perez bottles games, while sticking with a formation that simply isn't working for us. He's too stubborn for his own good, if we go down, and even if we don't he needs to take his share of the mess, we are awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 This is almost like Trading Places the movie. It's as if Ashley is giving Rafa the worst possible hand just to win a bet without someone about what a manager with a pedigree can do with a shit team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 This is almost like Trading Places the movie. It's as if Ashley is giving Rafa the worst possible hand just to win a bet without someone about what a manager with a pedigree can do with a shit team. Thought he could keep the cash rather than invest it as the team finished 10th last season. He cannot grasp the fact the other 19 teams all look to improve. Ahh hes done it since day one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Reset the poll? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Absolutely no idea what Rafa was thinking today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 When people moan about Rafa's transfers it's like complaining you've not been served a Michelin star meal when you've sent the missus out with 50p and in the shop there's only damaged tins of dog food left on the shelf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I think he has to shoulder some blame for the defeat tonight. Noticed that the anti-Ashley chants went up at 2-0 down and sometimes I feel it is a bit of a cop out at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Absolutely no idea what Rafa was thinking today. "My squad is shite" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 We looked shite, he needs to take his share of the blame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Absolutely no idea what Rafa was thinking today. he just said you can quote facts ( about worse start ever) but you have to think of what happened at the beginning. ( in other words the summer) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Needs a massive change of mindset. This is fucking garbage. Goal difference my fucking arse. Points make prizes..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Blaming Rafa right now is akin to being on the Titanic & using a blowtorch to melt the ice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NobbyOhNobby Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Give your heads a shake. We're shite cos of Ashley, not cos of Rafa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Give your heads a shake. We're shite cos of Ashley, not cos of Rafa Its a combination of both, Ashley isn't forcing him to leave his most expensive signings on the bench is he? Or to keep playing Joselu when we could be trying something else, or to set the team up in a which totally stifles any creativity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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