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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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Unfortunately by sticking around and taking it Rafa has made a rod for his own back. He should have been long gone by now

 

We get it, you think Rafa should have walked and you used to go to games and now you don't

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Unfortunately by sticking around and taking it Rafa has made a rod for his own back. He should have been long gone by now

 

We get it, you think Rafa should have walked and you used to go to games and now you don't

 

Really ? never knew that.

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On the contrary, Rafa is probably the only thing making as many work to get Ashley out at the moment as there are, knowing that we'll be reduced to being nothing again when Rafa walks.

 

If Rafa walks full blown apathy among our supporters will set in again within days.

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Unless Ashley has GEORDIES ARE WANKERS put across the top of the stand I don’t see what else he can do to create more unrest. He’s relegated us twice, renamed our stadium, now he’s about to force out the best manager we’ve had for years.

 

When Rafa leaves there’ll be a bit of anger followed by returning to absolute normal.

 

The key is whether people like The Magpie Group can keep up pressure on Sports Direct and his other interests. And ultimately whether a buyer appears who is willing to be taken to the cleaners by Ashley.

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On the contrary, Rafa is probably the only thing making as many work to get Ashley out at the moment as there are, knowing that we'll be reduced to being nothing again when Rafa walks.

 

If Rafa walks full blown apathy among our supporters will set in again within days.

 

Fair point but I'm not even convinced he will walk. It can't be nice now coming in to training and working every day knowing there is no chance of progression or any hope of anything good. Especially if he knows he is leaving in may then it will all go tits up if he left. He would literally just be keeping us up on the cheap too keep Ashley on the gravy train again.

 

He has been shafted the last 2 summers and is still here. Maybe he just enjoys been here regardless. Maybe he would sign a new deal even the way things are now. If he was here last season and he is here all this season then what's to say he won't do another 2 or more seasons like it? That would be the worst for me it all just carrying on like this, something has to give and soon

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He has no business being here anymore. He is the only thing keeping a mass wave of hate and pressure towards Ashley at bay. Just step aside and let it unleash Rafa man you have f all to lose

 

Are you going to pay Ashley the widely-believed £6m for Rafa to walk? If you were in his shoes, would you pay it just over a point of principle and so that the fans could ramp up their protests 9 months earlier?

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He has no business being here anymore. He is the only thing keeping a mass wave of hate and pressure towards Ashley at bay. Just step aside and let it unleash Rafa man you have f all to lose

 

Are you going to pay Ashley the widely-believed £6m for Rafa to walk? If you were in his shoes, would you pay it just over a point of principle and so that the fans could ramp up their protests 9 months earlier?

 

That's a stupid clause to have to work under a known wanker like Ashley

 

I just don't go along with the widely believed view that he will walk in May. He already has said he will see about a new deal later in the season. What's there to see about unless Ashley wasn't here anymore?

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Don't understand how a Newcastle fan can view Rafa as a problem

 

Indeed, quite staggering really.

 

Especially as Rafa has done more than anyone to mobilise than fans into actually doing something about Ashley.......he'll keep ramping it up until the end of the season, and when he walks, the club will implode imho.

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He has no business being here anymore. He is the only thing keeping a mass wave of hate and pressure towards Ashley at bay. Just step aside and let it unleash Rafa man you have f all to lose

 

Are you going to pay Ashley the widely-believed £6m for Rafa to walk? If you were in his shoes, would you pay it just over a point of principle and so that the fans could ramp up their protests 9 months earlier?

 

That's a stupid clause to have to work under a known wanker like Ashley

 

I just don't go along with the widely believed view that he will walk in May. He already has said he will see about a new deal later in the season. What's there to see about unless Ashley wasn't here anymore?

 

Are you saying he shouldn't pay the £6m because you've deemed it stupid? Or that he should walk and pay it? Or what?

 

My question still stands in its entirety: "If you were in his shoes, would you pay it just over a point of principle and so that the fans could ramp up their protests 9 months earlier?". Or would you see out your contract, and get paid a year's salary instead of paying £6m to leave?

 

And as for your second bit, Rafa HAS to say he'll see about a new contract. He can't say anything else. Let's face it, there ARE things Ashley could do to make Rafa stay. It's not impossible. He could write something into Rafa's contract saying he'll have £Xm per year net spend to spend on players, that might satisfy Rafa if X was high enough and the contract watertight enough, and Ashley could do that, there's nothing stopping him.

 

But we all know he won't, because 11 years tell us it just won't happen because he's a parasite and a cunt whose only goal is to advertise SD and leach money out of the club and into his own pockets, but Rafa has to allow him to not offer a good enough contract, to give him that opportunity to fuck up, before he walks at the end of his contract with his head held high. Rafa, for me, is playing this perfectly.

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I'm saying it shouldn't have been in there in the first place

 

 

Well maybe you're right, but that's slightly irrelevant now. :lol:

 

Assuming it is there, which it is widely believed to be from reputable sources, should Rafa see out his contact or walk away now?

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I can see why there hasn’t been a massive drop in attendances this season, it’s  hard to walk away from Rafa and this group of lads.  Rafa is a man of integrity, he believes in the club , he believes in its potential, he believes in us as supporters and he believes in our city.  He always mentions the city, the community, he knows how important the club is to the area.  Next season shouldn’t be a problem in respect of the stadium emptying, all hell will break loose.  It’s good the Ashley out campaign is generating momentum now ahead of next summer. 

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It is pretty amazing if it is in fact true that Rafa signed a contract with such a severe penalty clause inserted if he decided to leave before the three year deal was up, especially knowing he was going to be working for a cunt as big as Ashley.

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It is pretty amazing if it is in fact true that Rafa signed a contract with such a severe penalty clause inserted if he decided to leave before the three year deal was up, especially knowing he was going to be working for a cunt as big as Ashley.

 

I don't think it's amazing at all.

 

If Rafa is, as is believed, a man of integrity who will never walk away from a contract then any kind of clause like this is an utter irrelevance to him. Doesn't matter if there's no clause, a £6m clause, or a £1b clause. He'll stay regardless and see out the contract.

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