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Would you have Rafa back?   

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  1. 1. Would you have Rafa back?

    • Yes, as manager, immediately
    • Yes, as manager, but at some point in the future (eg if relegated)
    • Yes, in an advisory or DoF role
    • No, not in any meaningful capacity

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Are you trying to tell me that even with 18m to spend there wasn't better options for 3..players than Manquillo,Joselu and Merino

 

We had Mbemba and Hanley as cb cover neither are any worse than Lejeune,,,,so there is 7m wasted

 

We had Darryl Murphy who is no worse than Joselu,,,,theres 5m wasted

 

you don't go and blow your budget on bodies just for the sake of filling a hole

 

You use commas for ellipses, think Lejeune cost 7mil and spell Daryl with a double R. Do you have a Sunderland post code?

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Mackemdean is a complete and utter mouth breathing grundle face. Incredible levels of retardation.

 

Another mature response from a guy who cant see the wood for the trees

 

Coming from the man that is doing the forum equivalent of banging his head against a brick wall. Constantly parroting utter bollocks about Ashley and the transfer budget. Spectacularly missing the point despite it getting highlighted every other post.

 

Either you’re a RTG mackem troll, a bit simple or just a bit of a creep.

 

I’m going with creep.

 

Wrong again. I have the right to question anything that I feel or perceive is wrong, im absolutely entitled to my opinion and im not blinkered by what is being played out this season

 

How old are you by the way because you come across as some absolute lovestruck kid

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Youre the tosspot for thinking Mike Ashley decides who we sign. A manager can say no you know. Do a bit of f***ing research and look at some of the absolute s**** that he signed for Liverpool too

 

Oh I suppose Hicks and Gillet forced him to sign that s**** too

 

He does decide because Rafa aint got 100mil in his back pocket to sign a prime Fernando Torres.

 

He gives a budget just like any other owner/chairman who runs a business and then the manager works with that budget. He does not decide who is recruited with that budget. Rafa chose to sign these useless f***ers he was not forced to what cant you understand about that

 

*breathe*

 

Right... Example time

 

Rafa wants a 15mil striker, a 10mil LB and a 15 mil CM. 40mil is not much in todays market.

 

Ashley counters with a budget of 18mil. Rafa then has to buy a 5mil Joselu, a 5mil Manq, and an 8mil Merino.

 

If he doesn't buy them, we have no LB to cover the injured Dummett, no CF he trusts other than Gayle, and 2 CMs in Hayden and Jonjo.

 

See the problem? Or would you rather he bought nobody and we play Mitrovic at LB?

 

Are you trying to tell me that even with 18m to spend there wasn't better options for 3..players than Manquillo,Joselu and Merino

 

We had Mbemba and Hanley as cb cover neither are any worse than Lejeune,,,,so there is 7m wasted

 

We had Darryl Murphy who is no worse than Joselu,,,,theres 5m wasted

 

you don't go and blow your budget on bodies just for the sake of filling a hole

Please stop posting on here and stay on RTG.
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Right... Example time

 

Rafa wants a 15mil striker, a 10mil LB and a 15 mil CM. 40mil is not much in todays market.

 

Ashley counters with a budget of 18mil. Rafa then has to buy a 5mil Joselu, a 5mil Manq, and an 8mil Merino.

 

If he doesn't buy them, we have no LB to cover the injured Dummett, no CF he trusts other than Gayle, and 2 CMs in Hayden and Jonjo.

 

See the problem? Or would you rather he bought nobody and we play Mitrovic at LB?

 

 

 

 

he bought lazar never game his a chance. He brought in Gamez who can also play left back and did well v Swansea. He spent 12 million on a winger who although early days looks woeful and is blocking Aarons. He spent 9 million o  Lejeuene whem Mbemba is better. He spent 5 million on Donkeylu when Mitrovic is better. 5 million on Mats Selz.

 

Fair enough not a massive budget but his signings havent beem great. 21 million on joselu, murphy and lejeune id rather it all went on a striker

 

as for lb id havw flogged dummett to some idiot like pardew. Not just for his footballi g ability but he doesnt have a great record pf staying fit

 

take a deep breath again

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Are you trying to tell me that even with 18m to spend there wasn't better options for 3..players than Manquillo,Joselu and Merino

 

We had Mbemba and Hanley as cb cover neither are any worse than Lejeune,,,,so there is 7m wasted

 

We had Darryl Murphy who is no worse than Joselu,,,,theres 5m wasted

 

you don't go and blow your budget on bodies just for the sake of filling a hole

 

You use commas for ellipses, think Lejeune cost 7mil and spell Daryl with a double R. Do you have a Sunderland post code?

 

How much did Lejeune cost then?. No I don't have a Sunderland postcode heaven forbid anyone that even challenges or questions anything that happens with our club is branded a Mackem by some kid who cant see through the black and white glasses

 

Looka the bigger picture here love Rafa all you like, praise him all you like the cold hard truth is hes taking us down and will be deemed a failure when he does so

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Are you trying to tell me that even with 18m to spend there wasn't better options for 3..players than Manquillo,Joselu and Merino

 

We had Mbemba and Hanley as cb cover neither are any worse than Lejeune,,,,so there is 7m wasted

 

We had Darryl Murphy who is no worse than Joselu,,,,theres 5m wasted

 

you don't go and blow your budget on bodies just for the sake of filling a hole

 

You use commas for ellipses, think Lejeune cost 7mil and spell Daryl with a double R. Do you have a Sunderland post code?

 

How much did Lejeune cost then?. No I don't have a Sunderland postcode heaven forbid anyone that even challenges or questions anything that happens with our club is branded a Mackem by some kid who cant see through the black and white glasses

 

Looka the bigger picture here love Rafa all you like, praise him all you like the cold hard truth is hes taking us down and will be deemed a failure when he does so

 

You telling people to look at the bigger picture?

 

Have a word with yourself you fucking clown.

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Love Rafa me  :smitten:

 

Just have a nap, and regroup, man.

 

Need more than that, need time out.

 

Sorry for calling you a knob man, easily one of the posters I respect most on here.

 

Just thought we would show more today and needed to as well.

 

Unless we can get some really top players in in Jan I fear it’s all too late even with a takeover.

 

Pissed off with Rafa, but it is what it is and we go again with Stoke up next.

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Are you trying to tell me that even with 18m to spend there wasn't better options for 3..players than Manquillo,Joselu and Merino

 

We had Mbemba and Hanley as cb cover neither are any worse than Lejeune,,,,so there is 7m wasted

 

We had Darryl Murphy who is no worse than Joselu,,,,theres 5m wasted

 

you don't go and blow your budget on bodies just for the sake of filling a hole

 

You use commas for ellipses, think Lejeune cost 7mil and spell Daryl with a double R. Do you have a Sunderland post code?

 

How much did Lejeune cost then?. No I don't have a Sunderland postcode heaven forbid anyone that even challenges or questions anything that happens with our club is branded a Mackem by some kid who cant see through the black and white glasses

 

Looka the bigger picture here love Rafa all you like, praise him all you like the cold hard truth is hes taking us down and will be deemed a failure when he does so

 

He won't be here though. The thing you fail to realise, is if a none existent budget is repeated in January by Ashley and he's left rummaging round for more Manqs and Joselus, then he's offski. He wants these shit players as much as you.

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Josemi  Malaga  £2,000,000  26 July 2004 

Antonio Nunez  Real Madrid  £1,500,000  17 August 2004 

Xabi Alonso  Real Sociedad  £10,700,000  20 August 2004 

Luis Garcia  Barcelona  £6,000,000  20 August 2004 

Mauricio Pellegrino  Valencia  Free  5 January 2005 

Fernando Morientes  Real Madrid  £6,300,000  13 January 2005 

Scott Carson  Leeds  £1,000,000  21 January 2005 

Boudewijn Zenden  Free Transfer  Free  4 July 2005 

Pepe Reina  Villarreal  £6,000,000  4 July 2005 

Antonio Barragan  Sevilla  £240,000  4 July 2005 

Momo Sissoko  Valencia  £5,600,000  14 July 2005 

Peter Crouch  Southampton  £7,000,000  20 July 2005 

Miki Roque  Lleidav  Unknown  15 August 2005 

Jack Hobbs  Lincoln  £150,000  18 August 2005 

Besian Idrizaj  LASK Linz  £190,000  22 August 2005 

Mark Gonzalez  Albacete  £1,500,000  20 October 2005 

Paul Anderson  Hull  Swap  1 January 2006 

Jan Kromkamp  Villarreal  Swap  4 January 2006 

David Martin  MK Dons  £250,000  12 January 2006 

Daniel Agger  Brondby  £5,800,000  12 January 2006 

Robbie Fowler  Man City  Free  27 January 2006 

Craig Bellamy  Blackburn  £6,000,000  1 July 2006 

Gabriel Paletta  Banfield  £2,000,000  4 July 2006 

Fabio Aurelio  Valencia  Free  5 July 2006 

Jermaine Pennant  Birmingham  £6,700,000  26 July 2006 

Dirk Kuyt  Feyenoord  £9,000,000  18 August 2006 

Nabil El Zhar  St Etienne  £200,000  21 August 2006 

Astrit Ajdarevic  Falkenberg  £750,000  11 January 2007 

Daniele Padelli  Sampdoria  Loan  12 January 2007 

Jordy Brouwer  Ajax  Undisclosed  24 January 2007 

Francisco Manuel Duran  Malaga  £66,000  30 January 2007 

Alvaro Arbeloa  Deportivo  £2,500,000  31 January 2007 

Javier Mascherano  West Ham  Loan  20 February 2007 

Lucas  Gremio  £5,000,000  11 May 2007 

Krisztian Nemeth  MTK Hungaria  Undisclosed  25 May 2007 

Mikel San Jose  Athletic Bilbao  £270,000  28 June 2007 

Sebastian Leto  Lanús  £1,800,000  1 July 2007 

Fernando Torres  Atletico Madrid  £20,200,000  4 July 2007 

Andriy Voronin  Leverkusen  Free  6 July 2007 

Yossi Benayoun  West Ham  £5,000,000  12 July 2007 

Ryan Babel  Ajax  £11,500,000  13 July 2007 

Charles Itandje  Lens  Undisclosed  9 August 2007 

Emiliano Insua  Boca Juniors  £1,300,000  26 August 2007 

Lauri Dalla Valle  JIPPO  £600,000  8 November 2007 

Martin Skrtel  Zenit St Petersburg  £6,500,000  11 January 2008 

Javier Mascherano  Media Sports Investment  £18,600,000  29 February 2008 

Philipp Degen  Borussia Dortmund  Free  3 July 2008 

Andrea Dossena  Udinese  £7,000,000  4 July 2008 

Diego Cavalieri  Palmeiras  £3,500,000  11 July 2008 

David N'Gog  Paris St Germain  £1,500,000  24 July 2008 

Robbie Keane  Tottenham  £19,000,000  28 July 2008 

Albert Riera  Espanyol  £8,000,000  31 August 2008 

Glen Johnson  Portsmouth  £17,500,000  26 June 2009 

Alberto Aquilani  Roma  £17,100,000  7 August 2009 

Sotirios Kyrgiakos  AEK Athens  £2,000,000  21 August 2009 

Daniel Ayala  Sevilla  £160,000  17 September 2009 

Maxi Rodriguez  Atletico Madrid  Free  12 January 2010 

Raheem Sterling  Queens Park Rangers  £600,000  27 February 2010 

Jonjo Shelvey  Charlton  £1,700,000  10 May 2010 

Milan Jovanovic  Standard Liege  Free  8 July 2010 

 

I suppose Hicks and Gillet forced these on him too then. Give or take 6 big plusses the rest are fucking appaling

 

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Are you trying to tell me that even with 18m to spend there wasn't better options for 3..players than Manquillo,Joselu and Merino

 

We had Mbemba and Hanley as cb cover neither are any worse than Lejeune,,,,so there is 7m wasted

 

We had Darryl Murphy who is no worse than Joselu,,,,theres 5m wasted

 

you don't go and blow your budget on bodies just for the sake of filling a hole

 

You use commas for ellipses, think Lejeune cost 7mil and spell Daryl with a double R. Do you have a Sunderland post code?

 

How much did Lejeune cost then?. No I don't have a Sunderland postcode heaven forbid anyone that even challenges or questions anything that happens with our club is branded a Mackem by some kid who cant see through the black and white glasses

 

Looka the bigger picture here love Rafa all you like, praise him all you like the cold hard truth is hes taking us down and will be deemed a failure when he does so

 

You telling people to look at the bigger picture?

 

Have a word with yourself you fucking clown.

 

:lol: Another one of those classic phrases that mean absolutely shit all in most contexts that people use them in.

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Josemi  Malaga  £2,000,000  26 July 2004 

Antonio Nunez  Real Madrid  £1,500,000  17 August 2004 

Xabi Alonso  Real Sociedad  £10,700,000  20 August 2004 

Luis Garcia  Barcelona  £6,000,000  20 August 2004 

Mauricio Pellegrino  Valencia  Free  5 January 2005 

Fernando Morientes  Real Madrid  £6,300,000  13 January 2005 

Scott Carson  Leeds  £1,000,000  21 January 2005 

Boudewijn Zenden  Free Transfer  Free  4 July 2005 

Pepe Reina  Villarreal  £6,000,000  4 July 2005 

Antonio Barragan  Sevilla  £240,000  4 July 2005 

Momo Sissoko  Valencia  £5,600,000  14 July 2005 

Peter Crouch  Southampton  £7,000,000  20 July 2005 

Miki Roque  Lleidav  Unknown  15 August 2005 

Jack Hobbs  Lincoln  £150,000  18 August 2005 

Besian Idrizaj  LASK Linz  £190,000  22 August 2005 

Mark Gonzalez  Albacete  £1,500,000  20 October 2005 

Paul Anderson  Hull  Swap  1 January 2006 

Jan Kromkamp  Villarreal  Swap  4 January 2006 

David Martin  MK Dons  £250,000  12 January 2006 

Daniel Agger  Brondby  £5,800,000  12 January 2006 

Robbie Fowler  Man City  Free  27 January 2006 

Craig Bellamy  Blackburn  £6,000,000  1 July 2006 

Gabriel Paletta  Banfield  £2,000,000  4 July 2006 

Fabio Aurelio  Valencia  Free  5 July 2006 

Jermaine Pennant  Birmingham  £6,700,000  26 July 2006 

Dirk Kuyt  Feyenoord  £9,000,000  18 August 2006 

Nabil El Zhar  St Etienne  £200,000  21 August 2006 

Astrit Ajdarevic  Falkenberg  £750,000  11 January 2007 

Daniele Padelli  Sampdoria  Loan  12 January 2007 

Jordy Brouwer  Ajax  Undisclosed  24 January 2007 

Francisco Manuel Duran  Malaga  £66,000  30 January 2007 

Alvaro Arbeloa  Deportivo  £2,500,000  31 January 2007 

Javier Mascherano  West Ham  Loan  20 February 2007 

Lucas  Gremio  £5,000,000  11 May 2007 

Krisztian Nemeth  MTK Hungaria  Undisclosed  25 May 2007 

Mikel San Jose  Athletic Bilbao  £270,000  28 June 2007 

Sebastian Leto  Lanús  £1,800,000  1 July 2007 

Fernando Torres  Atletico Madrid  £20,200,000  4 July 2007 

Andriy Voronin  Leverkusen  Free  6 July 2007 

Yossi Benayoun  West Ham  £5,000,000  12 July 2007 

Ryan Babel  Ajax  £11,500,000  13 July 2007 

Charles Itandje  Lens  Undisclosed  9 August 2007 

Emiliano Insua  Boca Juniors  £1,300,000  26 August 2007 

Lauri Dalla Valle  JIPPO  £600,000  8 November 2007 

Martin Skrtel  Zenit St Petersburg  £6,500,000  11 January 2008 

Javier Mascherano  Media Sports Investment  £18,600,000  29 February 2008 

Philipp Degen  Borussia Dortmund  Free  3 July 2008 

Andrea Dossena  Udinese  £7,000,000  4 July 2008 

Diego Cavalieri  Palmeiras  £3,500,000  11 July 2008 

David N'Gog  Paris St Germain  £1,500,000  24 July 2008 

Robbie Keane  Tottenham  £19,000,000  28 July 2008 

Albert Riera  Espanyol  £8,000,000  31 August 2008 

Glen Johnson  Portsmouth  £17,500,000  26 June 2009 

Alberto Aquilani  Roma  £17,100,000  7 August 2009 

Sotirios Kyrgiakos  AEK Athens  £2,000,000  21 August 2009 

Daniel Ayala  Sevilla  £160,000  17 September 2009 

Maxi Rodriguez  Atletico Madrid  Free  12 January 2010 

Raheem Sterling  Queens Park Rangers  £600,000  27 February 2010 

Jonjo Shelvey  Charlton  £1,700,000  10 May 2010 

Milan Jovanovic  Standard Liege  Free  8 July 2010 

 

I suppose Hicks and Gillet forced these on him too then. Give or take 6 big plusses the rest are fucking appaling

 

What's your point, there's some legitimately world class buys in there :lol:

 

Aye, not every player he signs is going to be great. If that's you point then I suppose well done?

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The only player which I think was a shambolic signing was Manquillo as the mackems i know all said he was absolute bobbins.  Understand the other signings.

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:lol:

 

You an avid watcher of Liverpool in 2004-2010, like? In which they won a CL, got to another final, another semi final, won the FA Cup, challenged for the PL title in a season in which they went 38 games with only 2 defeats?

 

His Napoli signings are the main reason why they are where they are in Serie A.

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