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as much as i love rafa, part of me wishes he would just quit now.

sick of this pantomime.

quit, leave ashley in the shit, and remove any lingering thoughts that the fans may have of ambition in the club.

whilst rafa is here we will all hang on to the slenderest of hopes that something better is about to happen. it isn't.

Rafa is still here because Staveley is still in talks to buy the club.

 

With all due respect, give us something real and specific or shut the fuck up.

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Another update free update from the Chronicle.

 

Anyone have any idea why they let McClaran spend all that money? It was the only real break from Ashley’s standard procedure.

 

Strikes me as the main experiment of the spending money on younger prospects who potentially have a high sell on value. Look at the players signed:

 

Wijnaldum

Mitrović

Mbemba

Toney

Thauvin

 

All of those in theory were young enough and enough of a prospect that you'd expect them with good performances to be sold on for significant profit. Given the experiment has largely failed he's been a tight bastard pretty much since. Wijnaldum made £12m and was first choice, the rest have either been fleeting with their appearances in the first team or sold at a loss.

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Another update free update from the Chronicle.

 

Anyone have any idea why they let McClaran spend all that money? It was the only real break from Ashley’s standard procedure.

Rattled from the Ashleyout stuff.

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Think it was Carr given the money rather than McClaren, right? Seem to remember the Shelvey and Townsend deals being "his", but those came later when desperation had set in.

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Ahhh that seems about right, 1 season shot at the Porto model with the worse manager possible.

 

Fucking hell, looking at it in the cold sober light really shows how completely hopeless we are at boardroom level. I know we all know it but when you piece everything together it’s startling.

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Another update free update from the Chronicle.

 

Anyone have any idea why they let McClaran spend all that money? It was the only real break from Ashley’s standard procedure.

 

Pretty sure we had just started turning profits for the first time a year or two before - they were spending what was in the pot. They just give it to the wrong bloke/blokes.

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