Alex 35077 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Judgement worth trusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Apparently after signing Joselu on Friday Rafa said "the search for a striker is finished" If we havevto go through the season with Gayle & Joselu as lone strikers we're in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, trooper said: Apparently after signing Joselu on Friday Rafa said "the search for a striker is finished" If we havevto go through the season with Gayle & Joselu as lone strikers we're in trouble. We're only in trouble if Rafa continues to be negative and trying to turn the football into some kind of scientific tactic. Coach the players and let them express themselves in attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) We were never going to do brilliantly this year, but we should still stay up assuming Shelvey doesn't spend the whole season suspended. Arguably we could have got a point against Spurs, and if he'd been there, maybe we'd have beaten Huddersfield. Let's panic when we're full strength and still losing. Edited August 23, 2017 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Abandon your philosophy, Rafa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Just now, Rayvin said: We were never do brilliantly this year, but we should still stay up assuming Shelvey doesn't spend the whole seasons suspended. Arguably we could have got a point against Spurs, and if he'd been there, maybe we'd have beaten Huddersfield. Let's panic when we're full strength and still losing. Shelvey having a brain fart so early on might be more of a blessing in disguise to be fair. He's under no illusions about what his agenda has to be from this point on, with no lee-way for outlandish idiocy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Alex said: Abandon your philosophy, Rafa His philosophy is negative. He needs to lighten up a bit. The game isn't just about making sure you don't concede with all else a bonus. The game is about scoring more than the opposition whilst giving the fans value for money. Clean sheets are a bonus or conceding less goals than you score. You don't build a confident team by sending them out to go on the back foot all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Hoax outscored the entire division in his only full season here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 8 minutes ago, wolfy said: His philosophy is negative. He needs to lighten up a bit. The game isn't just about making sure you don't concede with all else a bonus. The game is about scoring more than the opposition whilst giving the fans value for money. Clean sheets are a bonus or conceding less goals than you score. You don't build a confident team by sending them out to go on the back foot all the time. This season it very likely is about that. I honestly think a defensive, counter attacking style is the best fit for us this season. If teams attack us, it'll work well. It plays to our strengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, wolfy said: outlandish idiocy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 We've no real fret up front i honestly dont think this Joselu kid is the answer. With Gayle not fully fit/interested & Mitro frozen out we need a proven quality striker. It's the old "goals win games" without them we'-re going to be in trouble. Will Rafa stay? who knows, is this the premiership squad he had in mind ? i doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Newcastle are struggling to strike deal with Sampdoria for Dennis Praet, a long-term target of Benitez. There is no chance of the Magpies’ triggering the release clause in the former Anderlecht star’s contract which allows him to leave for £22m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15524 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, trooper said: There is no chance of the Magpies’ triggering the release clause in the former Anderlecht star’s contract which allows him to leave for £22m. Definitely Rafa's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, Meenzer said: Definitely Rafa's fault. Absolutley Edited August 23, 2017 by trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35077 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Definitely Rafa's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4156 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 2 hours ago, The Fish said: Cue. Sorry. Hehe I knew I was mixing that up but couldnt bother to check! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) Expects too much Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez wants four more signings this summer Benitez wants to add a defender, goalkeeper, creative player and a striker before the end of the month. Edited August 23, 2017 by trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 25 minutes ago, Rayvin said: This season it very likely is about that. I honestly think a defensive, counter attacking style is the best fit for us this season. If teams attack us, it'll work well. It plays to our strengths. Teams attacking us does not play to our strengths at all. Teams attacking us generally get the spoils of the game in this league, because by the time we've shipped a goal or two through this clever defensive work, rafa decides to go for the jugular by unleashing his new strike for and all out attacking mentality by taking off a striker and putting on a striker, whilst still making sure we don't concede. We will get royally stuffed if we keep this nonsense up. Attack the teams that are there to be attacked, especially at home. Be more cautious when the bigger teams come to batter you and hit them on the break. By hitting on the break it means attacking the team and quickly getting into their danger area before testing their keeper. It doesn't mean getting into the danger area and then passing it back out, or dawdling on the ball, wondering what to do next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10856 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 45 minutes ago, Alex said: Abandon your philosophy, Rafa To be fair, Wolfy's career in professional football coaching eclipses that of Rafa Benitez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Just now, The Fish said: To be fair, Wolfy's career in professional football coaching eclipses that of Rafa Benitez. I don't like to brag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 24 minutes ago, trooper said: Expects too much Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez wants four more signings this summer Benitez wants to add a defender, goalkeeper, creative player and a striker before the end of the month. More likely to flap his arms and fly to the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) Plastic Rafa Edited August 23, 2017 by trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 (edited) You can hear his scouse accent come through every now and then Edited August 23, 2017 by wykikitoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Purely belter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21915 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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