Guest Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 3 wins from 3 games in November, must have a shot of being Manager of the Month? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Also loved his sly dig at Chelsea in his interview Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Also loved his sly dig at Chelsea in his interview What was this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Apparently our team last night cost less combined than Felipe Anderson cost West Ham. Imagine what he could do with proper backing man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Also loved his sly dig at Chelsea in his interview What was this? He said he's managed 3 times in England and the Liverpool fans have been amazing and the Newcastle United fans have been amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Also loved his sly dig at Chelsea in his interview What was this? He said he's managed 3 times in England and the Liverpool fans have been amazing and the Newcastle Uniited fans have been amazing. That's brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Honestly give this guy £60m in the winter and £60m in the summer and he could do very very well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Imagine being as good at your job as Rafa is at his. What a man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Honestly, this dude just brings me a bit of joy back in football that's been missing for awhile. In this age of agents and inflated fees, he is truly a white buffalo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Rafa has trained the football out of one of the cheapest put together teams in the Premier league, if Ashley hasn't done enough to keep him by Feb 1st then he deserves everything he gets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 It's the football equivalent of the Bad News Bears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I don't like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Anyone see the Crouch interview on bbc? He got Rafa for secret Santa one year and bought him the Mourinho book “The art of winning” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Sometimes you need to remind yourself that Rafa Benitez is our manager. It's a sign of where we are that that's such a huge deal, but at the same time we shouldn't take it for granted because if he goes before Ashley does, whoever we get will be on nowhere near the same level of ability as him. In fact by comparison it'll be embarrassing in comparison. It's almost taken for granted now that defensively we're unbelievably reliable. That's at Newcastle, a team so historically poor defensively that even the least superstitious amibgst us probably thought at one time or another that we're cursed. Rafa waltzed in, sorted it immediately, and made it something consistent, even when we have nothing going forward. How many top level managers really truly test themselves like Rafa has? I have so much respect for what Rafa's attempted, even if what he saw in Newcastle ended up being impossible under Ashley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Sometimes you need to remind yourself that Rafa Benitez is our manager. It's a sign of where we are that that's such a huge deal, but at the same time we shouldn't take it for granted because if he goes before Ashley does, whoever we get will be on nowhere near the same level of ability as him. In fact by comparison it'll be embarrassing in comparison. It's almost taken for granted now that defensively we're unbelievably reliable. That's at Newcastle, a team so historically poor defensively that even the least superstitious amibgst us probably thought at one time or another that we're cursed. Rafa waltzed in, sorted it immediately, and made it something consistent, even when we have nothing going forward. How many top level managers really truly test themselves like Rafa has? I have so much respect for what Rafa's attempted, even if what he saw in Newcastle ended up being impossible under Ashley. Sadly I’ve gone past the pinch yourself stage to the ‘oh shit he’s on the way out’ stage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 How anyone could doubt him is beyond me - the bloke is magnificent! It's going to be a hammer blow when he leaves in the summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 If Pardew, Souness, et al, had had the sort of start to the season we had under Rafa, they'd have panicked, chopped and changed the team every week, utilized completely different styles of play from one week to the other, tried things we don't have the players for for 45 minutes before doing the opposite, thrown some players (the easy targets) under the bus to deflect attention, blamed someone/something/everything when losing, etc etc. By contrast Rafa remains calm, composed, doesn't let the building pressure or negative voices in the media get to him, sticks by his guns, protects his players, doesn't confuse things by introducing different play-styles willy nilly, and sees his plans through. Essentially the difference between a genuinely good football manager with natural competencies in the role, and those who've merely grabbed the opportunity to be a PL manager despite having few of the skills or traits required by the role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 There's also less pressure for him to do so here. We've given him the respect to do things his way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Without giving him a penny to do it. He's exceptional and his achievements only go to prove that. This man has won major honours with outsiders on multiple occasions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 If Pardew, Souness, et al, had had the sort of start to the season we had under Rafa, they'd have panicked, chopped and changed the team every week, utilized completely different styles of play from one week to the other, tried things we don't have the players for for 45 minutes before doing the opposite, thrown some players (the easy targets) under the bus to deflect attention, blamed someone/something/everything when losing, etc etc. By contrast Rafa remains calm, composed, doesn't let the building pressure or negative voices in the media get to him, sticks by his guns, protects his players, doesn't confuse things by introducing different play-styles willy nilly, and sees his plans through. Essentially the difference between a genuinely good football manager with natural competencies in the role, and those who've merely grabbed the opportunity to be a PL manager despite having few of the skills or traits required by the role. Great post. Rafa has what all great managers have, absolute faith in their methods. Plus some actual football intelligence of course, otherwise Sam Allardyce would be a great manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Weird how we haven't heard from Keys and Gray in a while. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 His presser is usually on .co.uk by now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Spot on this by Louise Taylor; 9) Newcastle suffer from failure to add cover “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of the shoe, the horse was lost; for want of the horse, the rider was lost; for want of the rider, the battle was lost.” The nail represents the specialist left-back Newcastle’s Rafa Benítez was not permitted to sign as cover for Paul Dummett. With Dummett hamstrung – again – his inadequate replacement, Javier Manquillo, operated out of position on Saturday and came up against Robert Snodgrass. It proved an unequal duel. Significantly, the game’s best player was Felipe Anderson. During last summer’s transfer window when Newcastle made £20m and Manuel Pellegrini invested £100m, the Brazilian cost £36m from Lazio. Criticising Benítez for scrapping a back five or not playing Ciaran Clark at left-back misses the bigger picture; sometimes you really do get what you pay for. Louise Taylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Rafa had no idea about takeover it's utter shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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