Why now?

[ghostrider]

In answer to why now? I have a theory too. Ashley has been trying to screw over any potential buyers by upping the price. I think he has worked out that they wont pay an increased amount So he has removed Rafa and any opposition to cashing in on Longstaff and Almiron. He can now trouser about £60m and still have the sale of the club go through
OR
He is just a fat vindictive piece of shyte

You see, you have a theory and not a fact and you can argue from any stance by using other theories that appear to back it up and people can simply agree with your theory, en masse and yet, until facts show up, it remains just that. A theory.

This is what we're all arguing on here, generally.

Here's a theory that could be close or so far away.
Ashley is about to leave and the Sheikh will come in and give us one or two seasons of hit and run football and we'll end up with a team full of mercenaries.

Here's another one in the same vein.

Ashley sells up and in comes the Sheikh who ploughs so much cash into the club that all players see us as their want in club and we end up challenging the big clubs and also the champions league becomes almost an expectation each seasonal start, then it becomes a race for the top with Sheikh V Sheikh whilst all others falter.

Last one.
Ashley stays and appoints a top manager who changes the way we play football and we start to actually enjoy it much more and manage to finish inside the top 10 or 10th,


Ok just one more theory.

Ashley stays and we bring in Phil Brown who treats the players like kids and alienates himself against them in short order, knowing he has a 10 year contract because Ashley wants to destroy the club and really pee the fans off.


I could go on and on but you know what?
Let's see what the real outcome is and in time let's see what we find out about why Rafa's contract wasn't renewed...and we can start a new theory on that one.
This is what it's all about. Theories and opinions based on liking or disliking or being on the fence. Yet facts are few and far between.