Sean Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 When Rafa left my love for the club left with him and after 70+ years I never thought that would be possible Makes for sad reading. I feel exactly the same (well not the 70 years part). Merry Christmas Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Rafa knew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 My 25 year association with the club fucked off with him. He represented everything I love about the game, and returned that feeling only Keegan and Robson could give. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Remember winning a game through having a plan to beat a team and executing it and then posting this gif :'( :'( :'( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I mean to quote rafa in that article Some people criticize the fans and say, 'Oh they want too much'. No. They just want to be at a level they deserve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I mean to quote rafa in that article Some people criticize the fans and say, 'Oh they want too much'. No. They just want to be at a level they deserve. On the other side: 'If you're a club like ours that expects to be in the bottom half of the Premier League, it's always tough,' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 It’s a brilliant but depressing read - absokute tragic that we let him walk away and paid £4 million for the current clown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Miss this man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Help us Rafa Benitez....you're our only hope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 :'( :'( :'( :'( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Only ever played defensive, negative football, with five at the back and one up front... ** How the hell do you embed tweets? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Help us Rafa Benitez....you're our only hope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Only ever played defensive, negative football, with five at the back and one up front... ** How the hell do you embed tweets? Great goal that. Good times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Bloody brilliant goal and some quality limbs in the away end too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Only ever played defensive, negative football, with five at the back and one up front... ** How the hell do you embed tweets? Great goal that. Good times Feels like an eternity ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Manquillo is our best rb- seems Bruce has finally decided Kraft is utter turd now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Pundit Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The thing is several of our players looks so much better under Rafa, mainly because he had them drilled and playing tactics suited to their abilities. You could put a root vegetable in the dugout that'd be as effective as Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Man ... we were so close to building the club up to something worthwhile again. So close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Man ... we were so close to building the club up to something worthwhile again. So close. It’s a travesty! Coming back on the train after Fulham, everyone and everything seemed so positive - all the talk was Rafa was going to re-sign, Rondon permanent and go from there! I think Perez would have stayed and Rafa could have spent the other £50m which this clown spent on what he wanted. But of course, Ashley, the stupid twat, knows best To think we let him walk away and paid £3m to hire this useless bastard It’s absolutely absurd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Worst thing is it was all because Ashley wanted to spunk £40m on Joelinton for no reason at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Man ... we were so close to building the club up to something worthwhile again. So close. It’s a travesty! Coming back on the train after Fulham, everyone and everything seemed so positive - all the talk was Rafa was going to re-sign, Rondon permanent and go from there! I think Perez would have stayed and Rafa could have spent the other £50m which this clown spent on what he wanted. But of course, Ashley, the stupid twat, knows best To think we let him walk away and paid £3m to hire this useless bastard It’s absolutely absurd I was thinking about this myself last night. During Ashley's time here he's adopted this policy of looking to sign unknown foreign players on the cheap, with minimal English signings (with PL experience) sprinkled in. Meanwhile we never look to the continent for hidden gems in terms of managerial appointments, and worse, we'll actually pay a compensation fee for an English manager that the game passed by in the 00's. Ashley's entire philosophy has been arse backwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Man ... we were so close to building the club up to something worthwhile again. So close. We really weren't. The sort of infrastructure Rafa was talking about building requires investment, and Ashley was never interested in infrastructure as there's no obvious quick gains to be made. Rafa knew by the end that he was never going to be on the same wavelength as the owner and that was never going to change. In hindsight even fighting to sign Rondon was a ridiculous state of affairs for a manager of his pedigree. He wouldn't even be looking at those players if he was at Liverpool or Tottenham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Imagine letting all those league goals just walk out the door and trying to replace them with a £40m Brazilian - it’s hard to comprehend this nonsense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 What’s Rafa doing these days management wise? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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