Rayvin

Is he actually having second thoughts? Surely there's no way that's true given he's getting the club for free.

On the positive... you would think that if Arsenal had any serious interest they would have made it clear now that West Ham have shown their hand.

Would they do that if they hadn't received assurances from Rafa's people? Have a bad feeling about this. West Ham are a non entity of a club but i guess we dont know what Ashley has said to Rafa behind the scenes.

Even the West Ham fans don't seem to be buying it. Which is really saying something.

I don't think the ownership at West Ham have proven to be any better than Ashley, and in some ways worse, according to what I've seen from their fans. If he goes to Arsenal then yeah, I get that. If he goes to West Ham then yeah, I'll be disappointed in his judgement. He'd be there less than two years IMO.

Some people shouldn't be allowed blogs. I guess that's a fairly common thing these days, but I'm still surprised anyone would target Rafa.

Wait I missed that, Gene thinks Rafa is a shit manager? On what possible basis?

Doesn't he have a positive relationship with them on the grounds that he was going to join them prior to Real, and when the Madrid job came up they stood aside and let him take it?

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

In fairness, if Rafa goes to West Ham then he'll have gone down in my estimation somewhat. Even with Ashley here, I would have thought that what he's achieved and the link he's forged with the city in general would be enough to see off those charlatans. Having said that, hopefully this will push Ashley to actually make some manner of commitment to the guy.

My bad Tbh though, I don't think it makes much difference. If Benitez goes, is Ashley going to appoint someone good or someone who defines the word mediocre? We all know.

I would call his stint at Man Utd, given what has followed it, about as good as could have been expected - though he was clearly out of his depth. Real Sociedad was another country and again, out of his comfort zone. Sunderland . West Ham he has managed to keep up, which was his brief, no? I'm not saying he's great, I'm saying he's inevitable.

You think Ashley wouldn't go for Moyes? Someone who has proven he can keep clubs up on small budgets (Sunderland aside but they're a demonstrable basketcase, and their successive relegation probably absolves Moyes of some blame really). I can see it.

If Benitez goes, I can see us getting Moyes.

For involvement with the fighting?

The conspiracy theory about the president might have legs actually, given he suspended 19 players last month for criticising him on social media: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/07/sporting-lisbon-president-suspends-19-players-after-social-media-spat

I didnt mean intentionally threw away, just that they missed out. And his theory is the club's president is punishing the team.

A friend of mine is a Sporting fan and he is convinced that the club president set it up. Apparently they threw away second place in the final game of the season.

Sorry to hear that man. Sure you'll send it packing again, and as CT says, best of luck with it.

If it turns out in 4 months that she cant do it, how is the electoral suicide outcome any different?

What has he been doing well at Fulham then?

Doesn't Mitro basically offer those attributes, or is he a bit too slow for that vision?

What is the downside to May, apart from resigning, of coming out and saying that the whole thing is totally impossible? What can the Tories possibly do to her?

As much as we're used to saying that the government are incompetent, you're talking about a level of incompetence that could only possibly be described as staggering. Even if May herself doesn't understand the situation, the notion that there aren't loads of underlings running around working everything out is a jump too far for me. If it is impossible, she must know that by now. That she continues to believe in a positive outcome, suggests to me that the government must have an angle.

I really don't know, but maybe this Max Fac option is actually feasible in some way. Maybe the GFA can be renegotiated? I just can't see what the Tories gain by blindly lumbering towards this. If they had no solution, surely we'd be hearing narratives coming out about the benefits of the single market, and how impossible to solve the Ireland issue is. Instead all we are seeing is confidence that it will be resolved.