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Aye, someone told him it was closer to London than Edinburgh.

Can’t see him going to West Ham, it’s further from his family, the club is in a rank spot with the stadium, and he’ll feel he has a strong bargaining position at NUFC due to the esteem the fans and players hold him in (obviously that might not count for much with Ashley). He’d basically have to build all that back up again at West Ham. Everton is obviously a non starter as it’s likely damage his relationship with Liverpool, and he’s belittled Everton in comments in the past. The only way I see him leaving is if he gets completely sick of Ashley and can’t see himself carrying on, or a far bigger club comes in for him that he feels is worth disrupting his family life for. Funny that the mackems have a 20 page thread about this btw, I thought he was fucking shite? It’s odd that they can’t wrap their heads around why we hold Rafa in such high regard yet they’re borderline obsessed with a fat, arrogant, bully who was at their club about 10 month had them 2 points off the drop and fucked them off immediately. I actually saw comments where mackems were saying Benitez’s style of football is exactly the same as Allardyces, with that complete lack of understanding of the game of football you can see why they rate Allardyce in the face of literally every shred of evidence pointing to how wank he is.

Bop bop shoo be doo wah.

The sex toy twins at West Ham might actually be worse than Ashley. We finished 3 places higher than West Ham, their squad is littered with overpaid trash, their stadium is a gigantic mistake, and their fans are best left unmentioned. If Rafa wants to go he'll do much better than Tweedledum and Tweedledildo.

Right, that’s it. I’m deleting Margot’s muff. Btw. “Friend” and “gang” Aye, right.

Noelie you think his team have been mostly shit this season

I honestly think it’s 50/50 at best to go through. He’s an insurance salesman, there’s a very distinct lack of specifics around the whole thing. It’s going to go tits up. ( even if it doesn’t, though, he’s an insurance salesman. ).

Could you imagine the fewm?

Alan Thompson definitely went to Willington high school. He was a couple of years above me there. I can understand why Rafa would be so fucked off with Ashley that he wanted away but I would be a bit disappointed if he went to West Ham. Them two are as big a pair of clowns as Ashley is. The only difference is they promise the earth and deliver fuck all. Ashley doesn't bother promising anything. I think he'd be on to a losser if he went there but it just shows how much of a cunt Ashley is that we have to be worried about it at all. Mind you, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's not just Rafa using West Ham as a bargaining tool with Ashley. Risky game if he is.

Didn’t they rate Moyes as better than Benitez when he first took over? They fucking wonder why we see them as obsessive shite talkers. I’ve no doubt Rafa will try and use this as leverage over Ashley so expect there to be a lot more coverage of this link. Rightfully so mind as Ashley is being a ridiculous cunt as usual, just be open with the bloke and set him a transfer budget that is truthful and is actually stuck too.

But he relegated us.

Can't believe some would question Rafa if he went to West Ham. Whilst I don't think he'd join that shit tip of a club, it's down to Ashley for allowing fucking West Ham United, the club whose fans fight amongst each other in their athletics stadium during 0-3 home defeats to Burnley, to sniff around and tap up our manager because he wouldn't give him what he wanted, which isn't a lot. The fact that Rafa's contract talks didn't start after the Arsenal win where safety was secured and the fact that the "talks" are still ongoing shows us Ashley is just doing what he's always done, not giving a fuck. The size of the budget I don't think is an issue, it's whether hypothetically if he wanted spend all of a, say, £80m budget on 1 or 2 players, would he be allowed to do it? Would the club dither on deals like they did on Caballero and Abraham in the summer? Trust is eroded. If a new contract is signed then Rafa has full control assured in writing; if he's fucked around again he can sue for constructive dismissal. I don't think he'll leave us for West Ham btw, but the fact it's been allowed to get to this point shows the leopard never changes it's spots. Though we knew that already, didn't we.

At least if it happens @Gene_Clarkcan start going to the games and enjoying the club again

This is well worth a read on yesterday's PMQs: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/16/corbyn-finds-the-formula-to-fire-up-the-maybot-just-ask-after-brexit

Got to love West Ham’s self inflated view of their own standing

Awaiting Trooper to tell us Rafas definitely off to West Ham.

Moyes has had about 4 jobs since leaving Everton and been a failure at all of them so he's probably on Ashley's short list

So, had decorators at the new gaf all last week, painting all rooms downstairs and the hall, stairs and upstairs landing. Me and Mrs.F agreed on the colour scheme in advance, which was this throughout. Simple, smart etc. Until the morning the decorators arrived to start. As I’m letting them in, going over the job, phone call from Dear Mrs.F. She’s changed her mind and wants a different colour in the main sitting room. “No problem” says I through gritted teeth, tell the lads, they laugh, but no worries, problem solved and everyone’s happy. Three days later, they finish, pack up and send the invoice. Mrs.F, loves the grey scheme, really loves it. Goes in to the sitting room, who’s colour she changed at the last minute. You know what’s coming. Mrs. F… Me… Un… fucking… real.