Yeah this pboro seem to have a complete different perspective than any other fan bit strange . His hatred for Rafa and love for Ash is another thing I can't get my head round. Constantly stating how its Rafas team and he's signed the players. He had to sign the players you fcking moron either that or sign nothing at all because 'Ashley' won't pay for better. Rafa wanted Tammy Abraham up front after an impressive u21 campaign. He's ended with a 5mil player who couldn't get in Stokes team. So when he bleats on about how it's Rafas team he needs to look at the bigger picture.
Pboro is allowed his opinion and a lot of what he says isn't actually too far from the more reasonable.
He's not licking Ashley's dish he's merely saying that Rafa is making excuses and whining, which he is.
It doesn't make him a bad manager or anything but it also doesn't endear him to some fans who would rather see him turn what HE buys into a unit that actually plays football in a way the fans can relate to.
This means that he can't just keep playing negative football all the time and must use the players he bought in the positions he bought them for, which is not all defensive.
I'm not asking him to go gung ho but I know he's bought some decent players with an ability to have a go at the other end a lot more than they dare seem to.
Pboro, like myself and a few others are controversial.
If people don't like that sort of thing then use your ignore button and stop whining about it.
Just because you follow mass opinion does not make what you say any more valid. It just makes it more acceptable to those who would rather follow that mindset than use their own minds and be controversial.
Putting up topics wanting a valued poster gone is a piss take.
Rafa Benitez is not beyond being dug at, just like Ashley and co.
Ashley's told people the score and he's also let it be known that Charnley takes the orders from Rafa in terms of the footballing side.
This means that Rafa is buying the players whether people think they're his 3rd 4th 5th or so called 6th choice of player.
I'd love to know what his first and second choices were then and for what cost and wages, considering we are premier league new boys.
There's no smoke without fire and Rafa is clever enough to get on with it and take his own risks, instead of being too careful all the time.
I've no doubt he will do a decent enough job this season with what he has and gets in but he needs to allow his players to play.
no he didn't have to sign them
if he was to sign just two quality players we would be in a far better position than we are now
he hasn't improved the squad
if he cant shift out the dead wood then keep them as back uop but add quality
why pay what he did for murphy and not play him
two 15 mill players would be a lot better to us than 4-5 no better than we have or had players
that is called squad building
he wanted Abrahams on loan and would he have played him
nope as he doesn't play two up front which is probably one of the reasons he didn't come here
so why not sellmistetrick who he obviously doesn't rate or want and buy a good forward
he persued the lad from stoke he chased him for weeks
and to be fare he looked half decent when he came on
if rafa did his job and shifted the likes of mistertrick de jong krul and the 4 others he has said go he would have a kitty of about 35-45 mill plus the wages enough to buy a further 3 quality players
but he doesn't
his fault no one elses
People have a right to argue points but you have to admit that pboro brings up some very pertinent points.
Rafa names the players he wants and the players he wants to sell,like ALL clubs it's the admin side led by Charnley that do the early negotiations.A manager may talk to a player after fees have been agreed between clubs to try and persuade a player to sign but the manager does not get involved in the financial negotiations,in our case that is Charnley.
That's what creates debates and controversial chat.
Too many people spend too much of their time moaning and hating pboro rather than addressing posts or ignoring what they don't like.
Nobody is forced to take him on and nobody is forced to agree with his stance, just as he is not obliged to agree with anyone else's stance.