xLiaaamx Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 McClaren pretty much never used him at all. Benitez clearly didn't plan to either, he tried Anita on the wing first Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Scored a class goal against Derby Ah man I miss football so much Colback ruining the video at the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Atsu was effective enough on the break because of his pace and had some useful displays first season back, as rubbish as he is. Gouffran was no use at the top level. Got to question Rafa a bit if he genuinely wanted to keep him around.h/] It makes sense if Rafa had no faith in being given funds for a replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 McClaren pretty much never used him at all. Benitez clearly didn't plan to either, he tried Anita on the wing first Yeah I don't think he was involved until the Reading game. Aarons was ahead of him too. But we seemed to win more games with Gouffran in the side than when Atsu and Ritchie both played from what I remember Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Underappreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Scored a class goal against Derby Ah man I miss football so much Was that Sels in goal? Forgot how shit he was That shot straight at him and he punches it into the middle of the box, man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Man, those first few months of that Championship season were fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Man, those first few months of that Championship season were fun. After the first week! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Man, those first few months of that Championship season were fun. After the first week! Ha ha aye! Big wake up call that week! I still can't believe that Norwich match! One of the most mental ever goal celebrations at SJP! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Koulibaly speaks at length about Rafa. Worth a view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 ‘’As a manager, if you have ambition, you always want to build something better and reach the next level. It isn’t enough to simply get along with the players and give them some days off to keep them happy’’ Love this little dig at Bruce in Rafa’s latest blog About time he had a little chip back. It’s also a very interesting read. http://www.rafabenitez.com/web/in/whats-on/finding-balance/257/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 ‘’As a manager, if you have ambition, you always want to build something better and reach the next level. It isn’t enough to simply get along with the players and give them some days off to keep them happy’’ Love this little dig at Bruce in Rafa’s latest blog About time he had a little chip back. http://www.rafabenitez.com/web/in/whats-on/finding-balance/257/ :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 ‘’As a manager, if you have ambition, you always want to build something better and reach the next level. It isn’t enough to simply get along with the players and give them some days off to keep them happy’’ Love this little dig at Bruce in Rafa’s latest blog About time he had a little chip back. http://www.rafabenitez.com/web/in/whats-on/finding-balance/257/ :lol: Get in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Love that from Rafa ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Love the man to bits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Finish him Rafa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Finish him Rafa This. and then the glasses in to the pocket of his jacket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Finish him Rafa This. and then the glasses in to the pocket of his jacket. The perfect fatality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Pundit Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Rafa has more class in his little finger than the entirety of Mike Ashley's staff of cronies and arse-lickers, he needs to come home to us and finish what he started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Rafa has more class in his little finger than the entirety of Mike Ashley's staff of cronies and arse-lickers, he needs to come home to us and finish what he started. Assuming the takeover is signed off next week, this is everything Rafa wants in terms of a project to get hold of. If Staveley contacts him for a return I think it’d be hard to say no. I always got the impression he was just doing everything he could to keep us in the league knowing that the takeover was possible. Unfortunately for whatever reason they couldn’t get it done while I was here before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I like this bit: ‘People often confuse having game plan, being organised and having a certain balance with taking a defensive approach, but actually it’s just the opposite. These concepts, along with having belief and maintaining intensity, are the way of leading you to success and to winning titles in football’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I like this bit: ‘People often confuse having game plan, being organised and having a certain balance with taking a defensive approach, but actually it’s just the opposite. These concepts, along with having belief and maintaining intensity, are the way of leading you to success and to winning titles in football’ Quality. I think people who understand football know that Rafa's way takes time unless he's walking into a job with top quality players already there. We were just starting to see the fruits of his labour when he left imo, that's partially why it hurt so much, cause even when things weren't great under him you could see what he was building to. Going to Steve Bacon from that was hard to take for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I could listen to him all day talking about football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Bring him home! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I like this bit: ‘People often confuse having game plan, being organised and having a certain balance with taking a defensive approach, but actually it’s just the opposite. These concepts, along with having belief and maintaining intensity, are the way of leading you to success and to winning titles in football’ Quality. I think people who understand football know that Rafa's way takes time unless he's walking into a job with top quality players already there. We were just starting to see the fruits of his labour when he left imo, that's partially why it hurt so much, cause even when things weren't great under him you could see what he was building to. Going to Steve Bacon from that was hard to take for me. Exactly. It drove me mad hearing people say but... but... Rafa’s defensive and plays boring football. He could only make do with the meagre money he was given. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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