astraguy Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Go on Rafa take them and let them have a successful enjoyable career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 3 hours ago, nufcjb said: Who do we reckon he might come back and get from us? Schar? Dubs? Or Ayoze from Leicester? Jones. Don't think Max is a Rafa player. Almiron is but there isn't anyone else we have Everton need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 I'd imagine just about every player who was here under Rafa will be texting him saying "please get me away from Bruce" Except of course, Shelvey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 1 hour ago, mrmojorisin75 said: Watch him take Max from us He couldn't handle him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 20 hours ago, mrmojorisin75 said: Watch him take Max from us Or Joelinton. I know, I know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Like an arrow through the heart seeing this! Corrupt Premier League twats! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Paully said: Like an arrow through the heart seeing this! Corrupt Premier League twats! Yes is true Rafa.... I stormed in to to see Gullit, took the door of it's hinges and nutted the bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 First Everton press conference today. Should be interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 https://theathletic.com/2703992/2021/07/14/christian-atsu-disagreeing-with-bruce-being-shoved-by-benitez-howes-tough-training-and-nearly-joining-liverpool/ Initially, he hoped to return to Spain but, as well as interest from France, recently-relegated Newcastle called in August 2016. “With this fanbase, the stadium and Benitez, I knew Newcastle wouldn’t be in the Championship long,” Atsu says. “I wanted to play in the Premier League and I knew I needed to make it work at Newcastle. After Everton and Bournemouth, this was my last chance in England.” After completing his medical at Benton, Atsu met Benitez for the first time. “I was talking to him and, all of a sudden, he pushed me!” Atsu says. “I realised straightaway he was testing me. He thought I was small and wanted to see my physicality, how I’d react to being pushed, because of how physical the Championship is. Immediately, I learned how Benitez thinks, how he’s always looking to improve.” For Atsu, Benitez is “the best manager I’ve worked with, my number one”. Not only did he love training — “where everything is with the ball; he believes the more you play, the more you improve and get fit, rather than only running” — but the winger shared the infectious desire to get better. “When we’re playing, he knows what everyone is doing at every moment,” Atsu says. “If you are not doing something right, what he has told you, he knows straightaway. It’s about small details. Every time I looked at him on the touchline, every time I chatted to him, it was small details.” With Atsu, one of the “small details” was shooting. “Over and over again he’d tell me: ‘Christian, when you are one on one, always go along the ground. It’s difficult for a goalkeeper, so on the ground, on the ground, on the ground’.” To Atsu, Benitez was more than just a coach; he became a “father figure”. “I’ve been with a lot of managers, but Benitez is different,” the winger says. “Some managers, when you’re not in the match-day squad, they don’t even look at your face. They don’t count you as part of the team or care about you. Benitez is different. He interacts with everyone and always makes you feel part of the team. He treats us all like we’re his children.” It is partly why, after a nomadic Chelsea existence, he was keen to join Newcastle permanently. “The Championship season was special for me,” says Atsu, who made 32 league appearances, scoring five goals, but was never an automatic starter. “I wanted to repay the faith Benitez had shown in me. We had a goal to achieve promotion and we achieved it by working together, the club in harmony. It felt like we were building something special for the future. Just as the fans felt we had real momentum, the players felt it, too. We were a ‘family’ and I wanted to stay and fight.” The feeling of optimism generated by the Championship campaign soon dissipated as Benitez grew exasperated and Newcastle battled to survive. A 10th-placed finish in 2017-18 was an excellent achievement, but masked underlying issues. “We had a siege mentality,” Atsu says. “When we lost games, pundits said, ‘They’re Championship players, they’re not good enough’. But we were a strong group, mentally. We were behind Benitez. I saw what he wanted to give. He loved the fans, the city, and he wanted to build a long-term project at Newcastle and have them fighting to be in Europe.” When Benitez confirmed he was leaving in June 2019, Atsu was “heartbroken”. The Spaniard told him in person, as he cleared his desk at the training ground. “I’d done some gym work, speaking to him normally, I didn’t know anything was up,” Atsu says. “Then, all of a sudden, he said he was going to be leaving. It was like a shot to our hearts as players.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Felt a lump in my throat reading that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Rafa’s a shit manager with crappy little glasses… And his breath smells of shit… And he doesn't know how to tie his own shoelaces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 He’s dead to me… not really… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, nbthree3 said: I understand Mike more than Steve Bruce tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Ah man, I miss him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Cant we just let it drop off page 1 it breaks my heart even seeing the thread title Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collingwood Street Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Don’t understand this obsession with him. Some of his “big money” signings are garbage, and some of the football played under him was dreadful. Average possession probably less than 30% a game. Nice bloke he is, but there’s no way I’d want him back here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Just now, Collingwood Street said: Don’t understand this obsession with him. Some of his “big money” signings are garbage, and some of the football played under him was dreadful. Average possession probably less than 30% a game. Nice bloke he is, but there’s no way I’d want him back here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scoot Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, Collingwood Street said: Don’t understand this obsession with him. Some of his “big money” signings are garbage, and some of the football played under him was dreadful. Average possession probably less than 30% a game. Nice bloke he is, but there’s no way I’d want him back here. sTeVE bRUcE Is BETTER tHAn rafa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Collingwood Street said: Don’t understand this obsession with him. Some of his “big money” signings are garbage, and some of the football played under him was dreadful. Average possession probably less than 30% a game. Nice bloke he is, but there’s no way I’d want him back here. Fuck me it didn't take you long to get yourself rumbled Edited July 14, 2021 by Bimpy474 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 29 minutes ago, Collingwood Street said: Don’t understand this obsession with him. Some of his “big money” signings are garbage, and some of the football played under him was dreadful. Average possession probably less than 30% a game. Nice bloke he is, but there’s no way I’d want him back here. Obvious Wum is obvious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collingwood Street Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bimpy474 said: Fuck me it didn't take you long to get yourself rumbled Aye, some folks think I’m tubes or something. Never heard of him tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collingwood Street Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Just now, Robster said: Obvious Wum is obvious Not a wum, just not one of those who blows smoke up Rafas arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Collingwood Street said: Aye, some folks think I’m tubes or something. Never heard of him tbh. Yeah Ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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