Re: Official: Rafa Benítez to newcastle

by Kaladin Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:23 pm

He's a great coach, he's English, worked with SAF and won the league title in Holland. Shame the management set him up to fail, unjustful sack.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:25 pm

ES wrote:He's a great coach, he's English, worked with SAF and won the league title in Holland. Shame the management set him up to fail, unjustful sack.

2 more wins than John Carver in 8 more games.

by Kaladin Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:28 pm

Ashley.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:30 pm

Yeah it's Ashley's fault that he has been able to get 6 wins in 28 games with nearly a -30 goal difference. Laughing

Go away.

by Kaladin Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:35 pm

You go away

by Hapless_Hans Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:38 pm

So very happy for you Mole.

What a great development.

Feel bad for McClaren whom I admire greatly, but the results were just too poor, beyond anything tolerable.

Benitez is a proven top coach, hope he can engender a great future for the Thieving Magpies Molenation

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:48 pm

It's funny how RG's ridiculous thread title would actually be apt now.

So surreal Laughing

Before yesterday i didn't think this could happen and even then i still had doubts.

Best appointment since September 1999, now hopefully Ashley actually does the right thing and backs him appropriately.

by free_cat Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:13 pm

I see the PL 2016/2017 dangerously prepared for Newcastle, the new Leicester.

by Hapless_Hans Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:18 pm

free_cat wrote:I see the PL 2016/2017 dangerously prepared for Newcastle, the new Leicester.

Newcastle won't participate in the PL 2016/17 though hmm

by free_cat Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:21 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:
free_cat wrote:I see the PL 2016/2017 dangerously prepared for Newcastle, the new Leicester.

Newcastle won't participate in the PL 2016/17 though

We'll see about that. The fat waiter got this IMO.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:37 pm

Newcastle United FC ‏@NUFC
BREAKING: Rafa Benítez confirmed as Newcastle United manager

Official: Rafa Benítez to newcastle - Page 4 CdRjJEFW8AIqHsk

Official: Rafa Benítez to newcastle - Page 4 CdRjJEFW8AIqHsk

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20160311/rafa-benitez-confirmed-as-newcastle-manager_2281670_5411873

Official: Rafa Benítez to newcastle - Page 4 HS2pv2e

Official: Rafa Benítez to newcastle - Page 4 HS2pv2e

Thread title change pls.

by Hapless_Hans Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:39 pm

Unbelievable :bow:

Who would have thought.

Welcome back among the big clubs.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:42 pm

Inb4 we go down and he leaves and we are back to shit again. Sad

by Hapless_Hans Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:47 pm

No matter what happens, you can rejoice in one thing, Mole.

At this very moment, you have a better coach than Real Madrid have :coffee:

by Kaladin Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:48 pm

Eager to see Newcastle's new shape

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:49 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:No matter what happens, you can rejoice in one thing, Mole.

At this very moment, you have a better coach than Real Madrid have

True

by Doc Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:52 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:No matter what happens, you can rejoice in one thing, Mole.

At this very moment, you have a better coach than Real Madrid have

I agree

by Lucifer Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:53 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:No matter what happens, you can rejoice in one thing, Mole.

At this very moment, you have a better coach than Real Madrid have

Strongly Disagree.

by Robespierre Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:36 pm

A dream come true for Mole Proud

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:47 pm

He has complete control over transfers and football related matters as well. Laughing

I haven't felt this good in about 15 years. Laughing

by Doc Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:10 pm

Maybe Rafa has finally found the club he has been desperately searching for. This Madridista genuinely wishes him the best of luck.

by Casciavit Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:23 pm

Congrats Mole Smile

Still though...

From Madrid to NUFC Laughing

Benitez

by Doc Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:25 pm

Just following in the esteem footsteps of Madrid legends Woodgate and Owen.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:30 pm

Doc wrote:Maybe Rafa has finally found the club he has been desperately searching for. This Madridista genuinely wishes him the best of luck.

Balague seems to think this is the case.

“Quite clearly all the top clubs are looking in different directions; once you take Liverpool, Everton, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea out of the equation, I think Newcastle in his eyes belongs in the next level.

“Potentially the club could as high as that top level – it’s something we all feel, that Newcastle could be huge, but on the field it hasn’t happened recently.

“That’s one reason, but another is that it had to be the Premier League because of the role that the managers tend to get in the Premier League that they don’t get anywhere else.

“My impression is that he is going to be a manager who can sign the players, something that wasn’t happening under McClaren and previous managers.

“That’s another thing which attracts him, but I also think he has the club in his thoughts.

“He has a coaching staff who are of the highest calibre, and they along with himself can do an awful lot of work with the team.

“With nine or 10 games you could see under Benitez that with a bit of order, and if you win three or four games, then that can just about save Newcastle.

“After the experience of Real Madrid and the other extreme of Liverpool where he had loads of control, it seems he is after another club where he can have more control and Newcastle look prepared to give him that.

“From that point of view it suits Rafa as much as it also suits Newcastle.”

I usually ignore Balague but in this instance he knows him personally so it's probably accurate.

by M99 Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:31 pm

So...

Pardew is the worst manager in the world.

But somehow TWO managers did a worse job than him.

hmm

by Art Morte Fri Mar 11, 2016 4:31 pm

My favorite jif of 2016.

Really wishing Rafa success i.e. avoiding relegation, but I have my doubts whether he's got the right qualities to save the club from the drop.

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