how many games in do you give rafa before the panick button gets pushed

[kingstonbob]

Ok. So it goes the way you say, who comes in to steady the ship? Guardiola, Mourinho or Curbishley, O'Leary?

We cant get rid of the dead wood because Charnley gave them ridiculously lucrative 4/5 year contracts. We will end up paying them to go. Complete mid management. Hes the one who should go.

Could Ashley be trying to force Rafa out as he's given him too much power and 99.9% of the fans want him? Ie going back on their agreement, everyone knowing the millions sitting there from tv money and sales but he won't hand it over, he is such an egotistical **** that he wont like Rafa speaking out in the press.

[toonlegend]

Ok. So it goes the way you say, who comes in to steady the ship? Guardiola, Mourinho or Curbishley, O'Leary?

probably JFK

[ghostrider]

Ok. So it goes the way you say, who comes in to steady the ship? Guardiola, Mourinho or Curbishley, O'Leary?

We cant get rid of the dead wood because Charnley gave them ridiculously lucrative 4/5 year contracts. We will end up paying them to go. Complete mid management. Hes the one who should go.

Could Ashley be trying to force Rafa out as he's given him too much power and 99.9% of the fans want him? Ie going back on their agreement, everyone knowing the millions sitting there from tv money and sales but he won't hand it over, he is such an egotistical **** that he wont like Rafa speaking out in the press.

It appears Charnley gave them 5 year contracts and basically he's an incompetent at best and a total bell end at worst, I imagine, right?
Fair enough if that's the consensus among some, but what contracts do we give players we do buy?

Forget what they end up like, because we simply do not know the outcome of that until tried and tested.
Let me make this a bit more clearer.

What would you be saying if we gave Cabaye a smaller contract and he was picked up for nothing after turning out to be the decent player he was?
We didn't really know him any more than all the others. He was a gamble.

As I mentioned before: hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[toonlegend]

you can always give a decent 3 year contract - and you will know soon enough, within the 1st year whether to up that contract or not. or even have it built in that x y z enhancements will be made dependant on performance.

[waalsendmick]

we give 5 yr contracts, because we pay less. as June says, a good 3 yr contract is just as attractive to a potential signing.

they accept lower wages, knowing they're going to leave early and get their contract paid up.

[ghostrider]

we give 5 yr contracts, because we pay less. as June says, a good 3 yr contract is just as attractive to a potential signing.

they accept lower wages, knowing they're going to leave early and get their contract paid up.

No they don't accept lower wages at all. Where did you get that from?