gdm Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 That update he was on about few weeks back was about rafa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Getting slated by some our fans for going to China, morons. I reckon the reason he's not waiting around for new owners is because he knows the takeover is bullshit, which it will prove to be imo, dreadfully bad this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just been on Talkshite defending Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just been on Talkshite defending Rafa. What did you say? Did you get any pushback from the usual morons on there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 China's a bizarre decision if there's truth in it, goes against almost everything I thought I knew about Benitez. He cares a lot about football and nobody out there gives the slightest stuff. I think he'll regret it within weeks and be back in Europe within months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Thanks for posting that JH[/member] Brilliantly written and utterly soul destroying. We almost had everything in place to be a proper club again and now it’s all crumbled. Sad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Oh FFS no! Just no!! IF this happens Rafa's gone down a milli-step in my estimations. Thought he'd be better than taking the Yuan. Means if takeover does happen (I know, I know!) then he'll not be coming back to us. Is this the sort of 'project' he wants? Or just after the past 3yrs of shite he just wants a job where he'll have a degree of autonomy not afforded to him here. He can’t just sit around waiting for a takeover to happen and the new owners might not appoint him as manager Rafa’s gone Oh, understand that... not the point I was making.... was hoping (dreaming) that he was waiting in the wings to come back to us. If he does sign for this Chinese crew he's the type of gentleman that would honour his contract which means he wouldn't ditch them IF we got new owners and IF they wanted him. Either he's sounded out new owners and been told he wasn't going to be wanted or the takeover is still long way off/pie in the sky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Looks like I’ve got a favourite Chinese team now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Anyone else just seen the training ground plans Bournemouth have just posted on Twitter Sickening we can only dream of that. No wonder Rafa left can’t even compete with Bournemouth off the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just been on Talkshite defending Rafa. What did you say? Did you get any pushback from the usual morons on there? I said that Darren Gough was talking bollocks in suggest we were a mid table side, and frankly Ashley had been a very easy ride by the media and had any sort of attention been raised to his mismanagement of the club, then its highly likely the cunt would have fucked off. I was cut off when I spoke about a boycott of his businesses as well as the club. I said he needed to be hit in the pocket to get him to fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Oh FFS no! Just no!! IF this happens Rafa's gone down a milli-step in my estimations. Thought he'd be better than taking the Yuan. Means if takeover does happen (I know, I know!) then he'll not be coming back to us. Is this the sort of 'project' he wants? Or just after the past 3yrs of shite he just wants a job where he'll have a degree of autonomy not afforded to him here. He can’t just sit around waiting for a takeover to happen and the new owners might not appoint him as manager Rafa’s gone Oh, understand that... not the point I was making.... was hoping (dreaming) that he was waiting in the wings to come back to us. If he does sign for this Chinese crew he's the type of gentleman that would honour his contract which means he wouldn't ditch them IF we got new owners and IF they wanted him. Either he's sounded out new owners and been told he wasn't going to be wanted or the takeover is still long way off/pie in the sky. Aye I see what you mean. It’s all just grim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 China's a bizarre decision if there's truth in it, goes against almost everything I thought I knew about Benitez. He cares a lot about football and nobody out there gives the slightest stuff. I think he'll regret it within weeks and be back in Europe within months. 3x the money to further set his family up for life whilst getting a break from a draining PL run with MA and his cronies giving him the run around. Maybe sitting out a 1-2 years whilst dust settles in the PL so he can return? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rompe Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Why wouldn't he go to China? Has he had any other offers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Oh FFS no! Just no!! IF this happens Rafa's gone down a milli-step in my estimations. Thought he'd be better than taking the Yuan. Means if takeover does happen (I know, I know!) then he'll not be coming back to us. Is this the sort of 'project' he wants? Or just after the past 3yrs of shite he just wants a job where he'll have a degree of autonomy not afforded to him here. He can’t just sit around waiting for a takeover to happen and the new owners might not appoint him as manager Rafa’s gone Oh, understand that... not the point I was making.... was hoping (dreaming) that he was waiting in the wings to come back to us. If he does sign for this Chinese crew he's the type of gentleman that would honour his contract which means he wouldn't ditch them IF we got new owners and IF they wanted him. Either he's sounded out new owners and been told he wasn't going to be wanted or the takeover is still long way off/pie in the sky. Aye I see what you mean. It’s all just grim. Agree! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just been on Talkshite defending Rafa. What did you say? Did you get any pushback from the usual morons on there? I said that Darren Gough was talking bollocks in suggest we were a mid table side, and frankly Ashley had been a very easy ride by the media and had any sort of attention been raised to his mismanagement of the club, then its highly likely the cunt would have fucked off. I was cut off when I spoke about a boycott of his businesses as well as the club. I said he needed to be hit in the pocket to get him to fuck off. Yeah they love a cut off if it doesn’t fit their agenda. Gough and Durham are cretins. Well done for trying to get the message across. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 China's a bizarre decision if there's truth in it, goes against almost everything I thought I knew about Benitez. He cares a lot about football and nobody out there gives the slightest stuff. I think he'll regret it within weeks and be back in Europe within months. 3x the money to further set his family up for life whilst getting a break from a draining PL run with MA and his cronies giving him the run around. Maybe sitting out a 1-2 years whilst dust settles in the PL so he can return? Aye, after us & Real Madrid this will be like a holiday for him. It’s something new for him and obviously obscenely well payed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzgerald Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Getting slated by some our fans for going to China, morons. I reckon the reason he's not waiting around for new owners is because he knows the takeover is bullshit, which it will prove to be imo, dreadfully bad this. I'm a bit dissapointed in him tbf. I adored the man but he was building something good here. I wanted to see Almiron and Longstaff under him for a full season and I think top 10 was still a realistic goal for next season. Just seems a shame to chuck all what we had here away to go to some bad Chinese team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just been on Talkshite defending Rafa. What did you say? Did you get any pushback from the usual morons on there? I said that Darren Gough was talking bollocks in suggest we were a mid table side, and frankly Ashley had been a very easy ride by the media and had any sort of attention been raised to his mismanagement of the club, then its highly likely the cunt would have fucked off. I was cut off when I spoke about a boycott of his businesses as well as the club. I said he needed to be hit in the pocket to get him to fuck off. Yeah they love a cut off if it doesn’t fit their agenda. Gough and Durham are cretins. Well done for trying to get the message across. Cheers. Absolute fucking joke trying to dig Rafa out for going to China, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I don't give two shits where he's gone, that's his choice. What happened with us has nothing to do with it. He's been treated pathetically by Ashley, he doesn't deserve any stick or doubts wherever he has chosen to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 He's got ten years of his career left. If he doesn't have any major clubs knocking on his door, he might as well go to China for a couple of years, make a massive amount of money, then pick one of the real jobs when they come up. He wanted to stay here, ffs. He's hardly some mercenary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 He won't even be in China for long. He's just going there until a better job becomes available. Pellegrini did the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Getting slated by some our fans for going to China, morons. I reckon the reason he's not waiting around for new owners is because he knows the takeover is bullshit, which it will prove to be imo, dreadfully bad this. I'm a bit dissapointed in him tbf. I adored the man but he was building something good here. I wanted to see Almiron and Longstaff under him for a full season and I think top 10 was still a realistic goal for next season. Just seems a shame to chuck all what we had here away to go to some bad Chinese team. Aye but he had nothing here, basically he was being told, we won't tell you your budget, we won't tell you if we will buy anyone, and the training ground is going to stay a dump. China, Japan, Spain or Mongolia it doesn't matter where he's gone that has nothing to do with what went on here. It's 100% Ashley fault Rafa is not here anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Getting slated by some our fans for going to China, morons. I reckon the reason he's not waiting around for new owners is because he knows the takeover is bullshit, which it will prove to be imo, dreadfully bad this. I'm a bit dissapointed in him tbf. I adored the man but he was building something good here. I wanted to see Almiron and Longstaff under him for a full season and I think top 10 was still a realistic goal for next season. Just seems a shame to chuck all what we had here away to go to some bad Chinese team. He hasn’t left us to go to China. He....in fact I can’t be arsed trying to explain it but you are so wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Why wouldn't he go to China? Has he had any other offers? I was told by someone who worked under Rafa (not inner circle but on the football side) that he’d turned Juve down. Caulkin is suggesting that Rafa knew he would be leaving for a while. I have to admit that on the face of things it’s all very strange. I can understand some of the players and fans may feel let down, Mackems will be loving it. I guess Rafa has simply had enough, good luck to him, can’t say I’m too happy that he’s going to China though. Dress it up like you want but money seems to have talked in that decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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