Candi_Hills Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Rafa being back on the market is going to make him even more unstable. Would love Hope or someone to ask him what he makes of the mighty Rafa being back on the job market again Definitely have to dust himself down after coming back from China. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Bit worrying to see Mark Hughes appear on Football Focus having not seen him for years. Saying that he's ready to come back as a manager and talking about the problems at Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Jones is advice from Graham Carr, apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Jones is advice from Graham Carr, apparently. Where's that come from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I’m not ITK - its FOF stuff - but apparently Carr is still trusted by Ashley for football advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Jones is advice from Graham Carr, apparently. Where's that come from? I hope that's true, it will be interesting if Lejuene turns up for training on monday morning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Would love it if yesterday's meltdown was because he has been told Benitez is coming back if takeover goes through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I’m not ITK - its FOF stuff - but apparently Carr is still trusted by Ashley for football advice. Good news IMO. Carr was really good and despite MA's transfer restrictions managed to get some real talent through the doors. Hope the idea is to fling Bruce from the premises as soon as Jones is sorted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlymouthGeordie Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Jones is advice from Graham Carr, apparently. Where's that come from? I hope that's true, it will be interesting if Lejuene turns up for training on monday morning Have a missed something on Lejeune, have we recalled him from his loan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Would love it if yesterday's meltdown was because he has been told Benitez is coming back if takeover goes through. It was weird how he started ranting about Rafa yesterday, and know Rafa is on his way back from China and talking of getting right back into management. Guess we'll find out soon enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I’d rather have Rafa back so I hope the Jones stuff is wrong, TBH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I’d rather have Rafa back so I hope the Jones stuff is wrong, TBH. Jones to take the reigns for a month until takeover goes through. Assurances of being kept on in Rafa's backroom, instructions to ignore the cabbage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I’d rather have Rafa back so I hope the Jones stuff is wrong, TBH. Jones to take the reigns for a month until takeover goes through. Assurances of being kept on in Rafa's backroom, instructions to ignore the cabbage. Yeah, would be easy to keep him on I imagine. It's still a step up from being an assistant at Bournemouth, so good for him too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 The Jones stuff could just be he wants a job closer to home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Don't think there's any connection with Bruce's comments yesterday. He's always bleating on about Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Graeme Jones, fwiw, is from another football planet. I've spoken to him. He's close with Graham Potter, they both studied Martinez after retiring and Jones then recommended Potter to Östersunds FK, the club where he made is name in Sweden, when he (Potter) was still a teacher at Leeds Met. Thinking about all this it's a bit intriguing to see what Jones will do and how he'd work with Bruce. I'm quite convinced he's not someone Bruce has asked for considering his background. Can add to the stuff I wrote here earlier that Jones is a big NUFC fan, might be one of the reasons he is joining. Listening to Graham Potter for many hours when interviewing him, and drawing conclusions from his footballing mind, I have no idea how his skills or ideas would fit into Bruce's training regime or (non)tactical setup. One of my favourite quotes from Potter was when he described his experience of coaches in the English league system and said "the coaching never happens" in too many cases, following an argument that too many managers throughout the system was given jobs because of their networks (i.e. who could they potentially sign), not their methods. And so him and Jones, who played together at Boston United, started their coaching careers with that sort of insight. They basically wanted to be the opposite of Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 It's just like a good painter and decorator driving past a tired looking building and asking the owner if he wants it tarting up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Thanks for the insight on Jones, mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Benitez was also more than happy to keep Cathro on when McClaren went, fwiw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Benitez was also more than happy to keep Cathro on when McClaren went, fwiw. Absolutely. Good point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Benitez was also more than happy to keep Cathro on when McClaren went, fwiw. Yep, only left because he got offered the Hearts job. Benitez even took us up to play his Hearts side in a friendly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Steve Bruce is a top manager, stop blaming him, his player have let him down - Paul Merson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Steve Bruce is a top manager, stop blaming him, his player have let him down - Paul Merson. Merson has more kids than brain cells. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marki Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Listening to bruce on the radio explaining what he meant by "my way" was vomit & rage inducing,basicly blaming rafa again,what a prick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Steve Bruce is a top manager, stop blaming him, his player have let him down - Paul Merson. Listen, this alcoholic here says that Steve Bruce, who’s won fuck all in his long career, is a TOP manager. We should really listen to what he has to say! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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