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Rafa Benítez (now unemployed)

Greg

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Would you have Rafa back?   

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  1. 1. Would you have Rafa back?

    • Yes, as manager, immediately
      101
    • Yes, as manager, but at some point in the future (eg if relegated)
      97
    • Yes, in an advisory or DoF role
      74
    • No, not in any meaningful capacity
      132

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ujpest doza

ujpest doza

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Hutchison is a prick - always has been. Ignore.

 

 

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Aye, he was a couple of years below me at school, was a gobby little shit then and will know nowt as he lives down south and has no contacts at the club whatsoever.
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I was expecting yesterday to be an opportunity to send a message to Ashley about the squad depth with his team selection, but playing a strong team makes me hope that a deal may be close. Although the win does keep a bit of pressure off going into Swansea, hopefully the crowd can be patient and stay behind the team for 90 mins!

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I was expecting yesterday to be an opportunity to send a message to Ashley about the squad depth with his team selection, but playing a strong team makes me hope that a deal may be close. Although the win does keep a bit of pressure off going into Swansea, hopefully the crowd can be patient and stay behind the team for 90 mins!

 

Ashley doesn't give a fuck about cups so us putting out a 2nd team and losing would be business as usual. We fielded a strong team as Rafa wants to win, and winning games builds confidence something which is extremely fragile for us.

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I was expecting yesterday to be an opportunity to send a message to Ashley about the squad depth with his team selection, but playing a strong team makes me hope that a deal may be close. Although the win does keep a bit of pressure off going into Swansea, hopefully the crowd can be patient and stay behind the team for 90 mins!

 

Rafa can send as many messages to mike as he wants but he’s not listening, don’t think he has been since he’s had an offer for the club. Before then he was, even if it was just to tell Rafa to shut it (moaning over budget in the summer for example)

 

It looks like mike is completely switched off, if the takeover doesn’t happen and we’re stuck with him I’m expecting and even worse version of him than what we’ve dealt with so far.

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Rafa has shown amazing patience with us. Has he ever walked out of a club before unhappy? Just not looking forward to 20th or end of Jan if (when :lol:) no take over or signings happen. Surely Rafa will go back on the media offensive? hope he doesn't walk but you almost feel that's what Ashley deserves even if we don't.

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I was expecting yesterday to be an opportunity to send a message to Ashley about the squad depth with his team selection, but playing a strong team makes me hope that a deal may be close. Although the win does keep a bit of pressure off going into Swansea, hopefully the crowd can be patient and stay behind the team for 90 mins!

 

Rafa can send as many messages to mike as he wants but he’s not listening, don’t think he has been since he’s had an offer for the club. Before then he was, even if it was just to tell Rafa to shut it (moaning over budget in the summer for example)

 

It looks like mike is completely switched off, if the takeover doesn’t happen and we’re stuck with him I’m expecting and even worse version of him than what we’ve dealt with so far.

 

You're right that Ashley won't take any notice of Rafa's messages, but Rafa won't shut up regardless. That's where he's different from other servants Mike has employed in the past, he's too big in the game to have to doff his cap to Ashley. He'll get on with the job with whatever he's got available, hopefully it will be enough to keep us up and he can go to work properly under a new owner if and when that happens.

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I was expecting yesterday to be an opportunity to send a message to Ashley about the squad depth with his team selection, but playing a strong team makes me hope that a deal may be close. Although the win does keep a bit of pressure off going into Swansea, hopefully the crowd can be patient and stay behind the team for 90 mins!

 

Rafa can send as many messages to mike as he wants but he’s not listening, don’t think he has been since he’s had an offer for the club. Before then he was, even if it was just to tell Rafa to shut it (moaning over budget in the summer for example)

 

It looks like mike is completely switched off, if the takeover doesn’t happen and we’re stuck with him I’m expecting and even worse version of him than what we’ve dealt with so far.

 

You're right that Ashley won't take any notice of Rafa's messages, but Rafa won't shut up regardless. That's where he's different from other servants Mike has employed in the past, he's too big in the game to have to doff his cap to Ashley. He'll get on with the job with whatever he's got available, hopefully it will be enough to keep us up and he can go to work properly under a new owner if and when that happens.

 

Oh it will. Only question is here or elsewhere. If the takeover falls through he’s off. If there wasn’t the prospect of a takeover I doubt he’d still be here now. Everything hinges on Ashley finally packing it in or not.

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Twinport53

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Rafa is being quiet because he knows there's an embargo due to this takeover.

 

He's not going to kick off because he's hoping Ashley won't be here long.

 

Asked about transfers, Benitez said -

"I don't know. We are working hard to be ready, but at the moment, I don't know"

 

Ready for the embargo to finish?  :whistle:

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Rafa Benitez has been linked with the vacant Stoke City job by local ‘paper the Sentinel.

The Potters want to have a new man in place by Monday’s trip to Manchester United and Martin O’Neill is the current bookmakers’ favourite. But their well-connected local correspondent Martin Spinks has thrown Benitez’s name into the mix in a morning update piece.

 

“Stoke’s hierarchy is also aware of continued murmurings about Rafa Benitez’s apparent unhappiness at Newcastle,” they report.

“It was believed that Benitez would not even consider leaving Newcastle until seeing how much money he was allowed to spend by the end of the January transfer window.

 

“But stories continue to seep out of Tyneside about his evident fury behind the scenes at not getting his way on spending while a club takeover drags on.”

 

It’s unsurprising that Benitez continues to be linked with job vacancies, especially when Newcastle’s hierarchy continue to drag their feet over recruitment that the Spaniard considers essential to United’s hopes of progressing this season.

 

But Newcastle’s boss is committed to the job at St James’ Park and indicated in the summer that despite frustration at the way the club is operating, he feels an obligation to both the supporters and the squad that has brought together to see the job through.

 

He feels a huge affection and debt to Newcastle fans who have stuck with him during difficult patches during his Newcastle job and has a contract until the summer of 2019. Benitez is a man of his word and has emphasised in private and in public that he will not walk away from a job. He only left Valencia after repeatedly being promised one thing and then discovering the reality was different – but he gave them every chance to keep him.

 

Crucially, Benitez is waiting to see what happens with the takeover and it would be a surprise for him to leave with Amanda Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners – who see the manager as key to their takeover bid – still negotiating with Mike Ashley.

 

Even so, an official approach and Stoke paying the £5million compensation would leave Benitez with a decision to make. There has been no contact yet and the manager is certainly not angling for a way out.

 

Hopefully talk of Stoke being interested might focus a few minds at Newcastle. Ashley returned from his winter break earlier this week and must realise what a huge asset he has in a manager who has the team in 13th place, is responsible for sell-out crowds and is keeping the club united despite serious misgivings from the Tyneside public about their owner.

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