Guest neesy111 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 So his contract ends in June not may as that website setup states. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Can someone sum up what that daft wanker Owen said? I'm in too good of a mood atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vedder Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Did I hear right as well that he wasn't bothered about not being in control of transfers?? I heard that. He said it wasn't a problem, i.e. he's happy with his current level of control over transfers. It's the budgets and other issues he is concerned with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Did I hear right as well that he wasn't bothered about not being in control of transfers?? I seen it as more he doesn't take issue with the current level of control he has. Lejeune, Schar, Almiron etc all strike me as his own signings, don't think there's been much going on without his blessing. It's more a case of having the ambition to go out and make more signings of those quality throughout the team, and without having to do it all on a shoestring budget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 He was emphasising how important the signing of Dubravka was last season despite him being late 20s. Same with Rondon and Fernandez this season, despite their ages. He wants a balance of old and young players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 "We are not competing, and we have to compete." Someone needs to tell him we’ve won the most points outside the Big 6 clubs in the last 27 Premier League games More than big spenders West Ham, Everton and Wolves. Being best of the rest in the last 27 Premier League games suggests he could build onto it to be best of the rest over 38 games next season with not even that much investment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 How many of these total bargains can he possibly find though? Also there’s going to be clubs sniffing around a few of our players this summer. Schär will have suitors, as will Ayoze. Lejeune might not come back the force he is/was.. there’s a shit load of work to do this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Can someone sum up what that daft wanker Owen said? I'm in too good of a mood atm. Blah blah Ashley blah blah money blah blah no right to be near the top blah potato blah blah Ted's blah blah wife blah blah is blah blah dead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 heard a couple of times about hargreaves showing owen up. what did he say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Did I hear right as well that he wasn't bothered about not being in control of transfers?? I heard that. He said it wasn't a problem, i.e. he's happy with his current level of control over transfers. It's the budgets and other issues he is concerned with. I'm surprised by that I thought he was more concerned with control over transfers rather than the amount of money he has to work with. It makes more likely he will leave if that's the case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Gave a 12 minute interview on TalkSport after the match https://talksport.com/football/530777/rafael-benitez-contract-newcastle-talksport/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Such an inspiring interview of what we could be. Shame it's another club who are going to benefit from his vision Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I just want him to stay, and for the fat cunt to suffer a long, slow painful death go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 https://twitter.com/bigchrisholt/status/1119848106806468608?s=21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 https://twitter.com/bigchrisholt/status/1119848106806468608?s=21 Its funny what happens when we have all our players settled. Rafa wants players signed early as possible, this is a perfect example of what can happen when we do settle instead of playing catch-up in fitness, tactics and settling in the area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I think that will be key to Rafa staying. In his interview on TS he acknowledges that we can't compete for the most expensive players, and states that is why we need to be getting our signings in early. I assume Rafa knows who he wants, and we've got until Jun 30th to sign them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 It's so fucking frustrating, we have this experienced top top quality manager and man who's more than willing to stay for many years and build something special. He's already laid some good foundations and built up a great team spirit and mentality within the squad. With his quality and and experience we aren't even that far away from being able to compete for "the best of the rest". Given even just decent backing and letting him do things his way I'm pretty certain that it wouldn't take very long until we're up there. He's not asking for the world yet "we" aren't willing to agree on his demands, or probably not even prepared to meet him halfway I imagine, So little needs to be done to keep him, and we can fucking afford it easily but won't. Other clubs in a similar situation would move heaven and earth to secure him, but instead we're shooting ourselves in the foot yet again and the club will implode very fast. With that being said, why the hell am I wasting my time posting similar stuff that me and others already have posted gazillion times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I assume Rafa knows who he wants, and we've got until Jun 30th to sign them. hm hadn't actually thought of it in those terms before but if it's the case ashley will call his bluff 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I can't predict with any certainty what's going to happen at this stage. It seems totally unrealistic that they're every going to meet his footballing demands, but there have been other occasions where it seems nailed-on that he'd leave - yet he stayed. Obviously you would have expected him to perhaps move-on if we got relegated in 2016, but you felt there could be a real chance after that Spurs game. It wasn't a major surprise when he decided to stay. Later, he'd have been forgiven for walking away after both summer windows but I don't think I ever felt huge concern, in either case, that he'd actually resign. I think the most worried I've felt was after his first January transfer window in the Championship season, where he first experienced their stubbornness to go against his better judgement. It was the first time we saw him absolutely seething (I remember the interview after we drew 2-2 at home to QPR), and you really thought he might say 'thanks but no thanks.' That was when we truly learnt the extent of his desire to stay here and build something. Really don't know what's going to happen now but we're definitely at DEFCON-2. He wants to stay but the board don't appreciate (or care about) what they have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 With a tiny bit more player investment we could turn some of those close defeats into draws and wins. Possibly protjecting us into 8th or 7th and have good cup runs. For Ashley it's not about that. It's about lurking in the prem league and using the club as a advertising space. Like a leach hang onto it's host. Ashley needs to keep our aspirations in check. As all that costs money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 With a tiny bit more player investment we could turn some of those close defeats into draws and wins. Possibly protjecting us into 8th or 7th and have good cup runs. For Ashley it's not about that. It's about lurking in the prem league and using the club as a advertising space. Like a leach hang onto it's host. Ashley needs to keep our aspirations in check. As all that costs money. i do think ashley must be conscious of what happens in the wider sphere if rafa walks with the club swimming in PL money personally, if the media were ever going to backlash against him it'll be over this because rafa has done everything right and succeeded against the odds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Linked with PSG: - https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rafa-benitez-understood-psgs-radar-16158535.amp I'd imagine he'd go to PSG if it was offered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 More spending power with Walrus and Thumb here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Guaranteed trophies and loadsamoney to spend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 PSG would win a CL inside 5 years with Rafa at the wheel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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