What did we expect...

[kingstonbob]

Pboro. This is the same M O that has followed Ashley's on many a transfer window. He said that players needed to be shown the door and the wage bill reduced. That's what has happened and hey ho he has gone back on his word. He has continually tied Rafas hands by putting out that he was looking at selling up/then part of the club for investment to waste a month or so - then nothing (what a surprise), didnt instruct his monkey Charnley to do everything to get Hanley et al out first if the wages etc was his gripe. Rafa clearly said from the start who he wanted Mangala, Reina, Perez, Fernandino but they didn't get any of them so we've ended up getting 3/4th level targets. We now have no natural left back cover for Dummett who is injured! Dress it up how you want but Ashley and Charnley have seriously had us over again with a pitiful £11 million net spend. Do you not think that is pathetic, embarrassing and typical of the fkn weasels?

[toonlegend]

Pboro. This is the same M O that has followed Ashley's on many a transfer window. He said that players needed to be shown the door and the wage bill reduced. That's what has happened and hey ho he has gone back on his word. He has continually tied Rafas hands by putting out that he was looking at selling up/then part of the club for investment to waste a month or so - then nothing (what a surprise), didnt instruct his monkey Charnley to do everything to get Hanley et al out first if the wages etc was his gripe. Rafa clearly said from the start who he wanted Mangala, Reina, Perez, Fernandino but they didn't get any of them so we've ended up getting 3/4th level targets. We now have no natural left back cover for Dummett who is injured! Dress it up how you want but Ashley and Charnley have seriously had us over again with a pitiful £11 million net spend. Do you not think that is pathetic, embarrassing and typical of the fkn weasels?

he wasn't on a ****ing jolly so stop being an arsehole.

charnley does the negotiating signing of the papers so everything boils down to charnley failing again.... now whether that was because of ashleys effin lawyer sticking his oar in and making it impossible for charnley to do rafas bidding remains to be seen yet,

[Zippity]

The fact that Rafa was invited to be part of a forum comprised of some of the top coaches in the world tells you all you need to know. Give him the tools and he will do the job.

Ashley is too stupid to realise what he's got....and if he's not careful it'll be too late.

Rafa won't put up with another window like this one. First sign in January that we're going to repeat the shenanigans of this one and he'll be off.

[Nephy]

Whilst I think Rafa was right to take up the honour of attending, I do think the timing of that elite manager conference in Switzerland really sucked. Couldn't they have left it til after the window closed??

[Stanleymag]

Personally, I'm surprised and pleased we didn't look to cash in on Matt Ritchie.

[Ragatino]

Well if rafa was serious about getting players in he wouldnt have been on a jolly yesterday

he would have been with charnley persuading players to come here

he confuses everyone does rafa
tells plsyers they can go and then plays them

tells players they have no future and puts them on the bench
tells goalies they must stay and force their way into the first team whilst publicly looking for a goalie

trys and sells gayle and then expects him to get the goals we need to stay up

i didnt expect anyone in when i saw he was of on a jo;;y

commited to us
i dont think so

Funny thing is that 'jolly' was actually a meeting of Elite managers. Which means that our recently promoted club is rubbing shoulders the Juve, Real, Bayern, PSG, Man U etc etc.

Rafa opens doors other managers do not. The negotiations were on-going and in the hands of the club's MD not the manager at that point.

Regardless of your opinion of the fat waiter, his attendance at the managers meeting is excellent for the club. As it gives NUFC a little bump in status.

Real fans of the club appreciate the benefit of being involved in that event. Plastic fans will make negative comments about the club being involved in this kind of event.


None of our previous managers since the late great SBR was involved in such meetings. None of the recent previous managers ever will.

Be grateful we have such a high profile manager & that he is obviously committed to building a squad and has massive ambition our famous old club.

Small minded people can't comprehend the bigger picture.

Good luck to the small minded, once the preserve of the local pub. Propping up the bar as the local knob head now sadly polluting the wider social conversation with their blinkered, poorly considered mutterings.

I don't hate or get angry by these people, I pity them.

[Jammy89]

he wasn't on a ****ing jolly so stop being an arsehole.

charnley does the negotiating signing of the papers so everything boils down to charnley failing again.... now whether that was because of ashleys effin lawyer sticking his oar in and making it impossible for charnley to do rafas bidding remains to be seen yet,

Well said.

On this occasion i think Charnley may have been ****ed by the lawyer. Who seems to have nothing to do with the club except report back to Ashley who then makes judgements on what he says.

Maybe he's not happy Charnley and Rafa banded together to get rid of Carr so is now putting a in a watch dog on Charnley?