TBG Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbA1R0DoGP/?igshid=8lnfz8f1ag3s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Christ this guy is a miss. This last couple of weeks has shown just how much he held the club together. Fucking tragic this. Devastating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Benitez was the cream in the oreo that held the biscuit together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 He was the laces that kept the shoes tied that stopped the tramp falling over into its own piss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbA1R0DoGP/?igshid=8lnfz8f1ag3s This wins the internet for the day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Christ this guy is a miss. This last couple of weeks has shown just how much he held the club together. Fucking tragic this. Devastating. Yep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Fucking China, man. Well..... when he was here, they were still mostly miserable times. That's why I'm getting over this quite quickly. We're just a 14th-17th placed team these days, so it's not like any of this is fun. Some great games and days of course but mostly its been depressing because we all knew it was never going anywhere good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Bet Rafa knew 44% goals contributed Rondon wouldn’t be kept and they were going to sell our top scorer. No wonder Rafa ran to China Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I hope you meet Rafa and he calls you a bellend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I hope you meet Rafa and he calls you a bellend. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Bet Rafa knew 44% goals contributed Rondon wouldn’t be kept and they were going to sell our top scorer. No wonder Rafa ran to China Why are you so weird ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 It's clear China are on the way to being a football superpower in the next 20-30 years. This sounds an ideal project for Rafa to help with that. There’s a reason they’re throwing so much wonga at football generally, and Rafa specifically. I was a bit dark about him going but feel better after reading what I assume is part two of Caulkin’s story - if ever there was a guy someone owning a football club could say “Tell us how to do it right”, then who better than Rafa. He’ll be meal planning the under-6 girls and interviewing stadium tour guides, in between setting winning records and running seminars for Chinese managers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Bet Rafa knew 44% goals contributed Rondon wouldn’t be kept and they were going to sell our top scorer. No wonder Rafa ran to China Why are you so weird ? All the anime, innit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just got my neice a Rafa is a Geordie scarf, she's wearing it in July. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Ah man, he's really gone. God damn it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellious Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just stupidly watched the Football Joe little video - "You'll always be a Geordie."Newcastle United fans react to Rafa Benitez's move to China and reflect on his time on Tyneside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just stupidly watched the Football Joe little video - "You'll always be a Geordie."Newcastle United fans react to Rafa Benitez's move to China and reflect on his time on Tyneside. The lass was alright but couldn't watch it for the ginger bloke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just stupidly watched the Football Joe little video - "You'll always be a Geordie."Newcastle United fans react to Rafa Benitez's move to China and reflect on his time on Tyneside. The lass was alright but couldn't watch it for the ginger bloke. Agreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellious Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just stupidly watched the Football Joe little video - "You'll always be a Geordie."Newcastle United fans react to Rafa Benitez's move to China and reflect on his time on Tyneside. The lass was alright but couldn't watch it for the ginger bloke. Agreed. Yeah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Okay, hope I can contribute something for you guys, as someone who lives near China First of all, I genuinely don’t blame Rafa to go China because he didn’t have much options left, and that’s due to us. There were a huge lot of interests back in April, like Roma, but Rafa turned them all down till the end of June, because he wanted to stay with us. And secondly, China is a very complicated market in relation to football. There are a lot of hidden terms and rules that are not disclosed to the public. For example, a lot of managers contract has a release clause that, if the manager has lost three games in a row, the club can sack him immediately without any compensation paid. In addition to that, there are a lot of requests from owners and even the govern bodies, and there’s basically no such thing as control of transfer. One recent example is most of the national team players are forced to transfer to Evergrande for a pre-determined fees set by the government, in order for “better preparation for World Cup 2022”. This ridiculous order had forced the reigning league champion to sell their MVP Wu Lei to Espanyol last January in order to prevent financial loss. I think Rafa has been badly advised for this move. I ain’t disappointed, I just feel sorry to this legend that he had to make this move because he wanted to stay with us, the real fans who really care for the club. He won’t last in China for long. Worst fit imo. He would be back to Europe within one year. Rafa is a top manager but a terrible picker when it comes to jobs and must have the worst agent in football (would have had to pay Newcastle to resign last season for example). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Gregs put on some weight like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gonzo Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Two bits of info, read into it as you may. Rafa agreed that deal with the Chinese team nearly two months ago. He was never staying once he had the meeting with Ashley. Charnley is not flavour of the month with those above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 The Rafa thing is viable seeing as though he was on the plane as soon as his NUFC contract expired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gonzo Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 It doesn’t change my opinion of him and I still love the man to bits. But there was fuck all chance of us keeping him. He doesn’t go back on agreements. The clubs chance to keep him was end of the season. They fucked about and he made a decision and then let it drag on until his contract ran out. It’s a little disingenuous to let us think something was going to change in those last two weeks. Well he never came out and said it but we assumed he was open to it and he’s happy to let us think that. He knows he’s on a par with Keegan up here. Untouchable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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