windymiller
Player Valuation: £60m
Since when?No it wasn't. Stupid first minute defensive blunders don't count.
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Since when?No it wasn't. Stupid first minute defensive blunders don't count.
He joined them in March and went on a five game un beaten streak.He took them there.
I don't really think people are expecting top seven, they just want a bit of hope and don't see that coming with a reviled person in charge of the club who's best years are way behind him.I hope that is the case. I just want us to be successful but I am a realist and from the nightmare of the last few years of acquiring dross it's not going to be a quick fix and it's going to take at least a couple of seasons whoever is in charge. To get Top 7 with this crop you would have to be a miracle worker.
Oh thank the lord! My 5000-1 Cup Accumulator is still on then! The milky bars are on me, lads! ?No it wasn't. Stupid first minute defensive blunders don't count.
They were 1 point off safety with a game in hand when he took over.He joined them in March and went on a five game un beaten streak.
Quoting Newcastle relegation is pointless.
If you quoted our disastrous defence this season, then that is a different matter.
You need to hold hi to account for the stuff that is his fault or you negate your own argument.
We'll see what Benitez offers when he isn't using the dogs breakfast of tat that other manager's left.I dont think we will go down.
But lets get it straight, the recent run of form is not "not great" it's garbage.
Newcastle's form table looks familiarThey were 1 point off safety with a game in hand when he took over.
Obviously he cannot totally be blamed for going down but they more than stood a chance.
No, my stance has always been the same, at the time we went for him we were in such a mess we couldnt of got a better manager, not when any potential appointment seen our squad and budget, if we could of got a better manager then, why hasnt a single anti Rafael poster has been able to explein why we didnt in the summer.?@davek is just a contrarian/wum, most on here know that. I just like getting him on something and watch him try wriggle his way out of it.
The real problem are the posters who genuinely think Benitez is doing a good job and defend him to the hilt.
@Saint Domingo @ForeverBlue92 @4737carlin sorry if I've forgotten anyone.
Only time will tell, he deserves the full season before he is truly judged. To judge him on half a season is premature.I don't really think people are expecting top seven, they just want a bit of hope and don't see that coming with a reviled person in charge of the club who's best years are way behind him.
I remember when he first arrived and there was a bunch of people who were never going to accept him and the majority were willing to wait and see, that has flipped lately and its not just because he is ex RS (it's part of it) our results and performances have been shocking, any manager would be feeling the pinch right now after this run of results and rightly so, his past and the fact he doesn't help himself at all just makes it worse.
There are some positives, he has made some decent signings (though realistically only Gray is a standout at this point as the two full backs its way too early to tell and Townsend is doing exactly what I thought he would, flashes of brilliance and a good solid pro.). Even Mike Walker made good signings though (Limpar, Parkinson, Ferguson, Amokachi to an extent) it takes more than that.
I wanted him to succeed personally, I too am a realist, and because of that I realized right from the beginning that he was never going to succeed as he was doomed from the start. A truly ridiculous appointment, it's proper mad when you step back and look at it.
@davek is just a contrarian/wum, most on here know that. I just like getting him on something and watch him try wriggle his way out of it.
The real problem are the posters who genuinely think Benitez is doing a good job and defend him to the hilt.
@Saint Domingo @ForeverBlue92 @4737carlin sorry if I've forgotten anyone.
I am perfectly patient.We'll see what Benitez offers when he isn't using the dogs breakfast of tat that other manager's left.
Be patient.
True fans get behind the team they dont go to a game to play up to the BBC and hope they get their forlorn and minorty viewpoint on screens up and down the country.
Is that where we are now?
Not for me.
And that, by the way, is why that 27 minute lot got short shrift against Arsenal.
They were about 4-strong and spoke for themselves.
Realistically he doesn't deserve to be here at all.Only time will tell, he deserves the full season before he is truly judged. To judge him on half a season is premature.
We'll see what Benitez offers when he isn't using the dogs breakfast of tat that other manager's left.
Be patient.