A Take From A Fellow Taty...
In a world of uncertainty and fear, football is truly at its
most insignificant state it’s been in certainly in my life time. So
before we start with my first contribution to the RoaM I hope that you and all
your family are safe!
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Rafael Benitez - a political manager who divided my football
club after uniting United. Here's my view through non-Black-and-White tinted glasses:
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Let’s start at the beginning. Rafael Benitez deserves
his place at the top table of European managers and I’m not going to delve into
the night in Istanbul and other career highlights at Valencia etc. The very best managers in all walks of life create an "us and
them" mentality - I do it myself every week to enable my team to achieve its goals. Sir
Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola to name but a few, all create unity
within the team (and the club) which inspires them to win.
Rafa done this at Newcastle but created the mentality with
his team and the fans UNITED against the club. A recipe for disaster. I’m going to say it as well - the football was awful.
Did I love him? Yes.
Did I want him to stay?
Yes.
Did I support his stance against the regime? No.
He was the first spark of anything positive at the club
since Pardew took us to Europe. It was Rafael Benitez.
We’ll never truly know what he was promised and what he
wasn’t, and he was working for clowns. He took this job knowing that, and
in truth the rest of Europe wasn’t clambering for his signature before or after
were they?
Now I’ll let the big dog RoaM about the takeover (Leaping Like Salman's) but Rafael Benitez is not the man to bring back
to the club. It will be as disastrous as KK coming back under
Ashley. The landscape of Newcastle United is about to change and Rafa
isn’t the man for the job.
With wealth comes expectation, and with expectation comes pressure. Do
we really want to hear after a 1-1 draw with Wolves that "it’s going to take
time, fans need to be patient" after he’s spent £100-£150 million on players?
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When I say "Rafael Benitez" ask yourself now "where was he
successful?". The answer is pretty much everywhere. Italian cups with
Inter and Napoli, league titles and cups with Valencia, the UEFA cup at Chelsea and of course all
the success at Liverpool. Let’s not forget the Sky Bet Championship in 2016/2017.
He was loved at Valencia, Napoli, Liverpool and Newcastle, but not well-liked at Chelsea, Inter & Real Madrid. Why? Because at
those three clubs expectations are so high. The fans won’t accept
negative football.
Like it or not, if this takeover goes through, we - the
Newcastle United fan base are going to become that fan. We are going to
expect European football the season after next. We are going to expect top
players, playing attractive football. We don’t want a team that tries
anymore like we begged for during the Ashley era. Now is our time to
WIN. Win well.
Enter Mauricio Pochettino. A point to prove. A
fans man. Let’s get Michael Carrick in as his number 2. That’s what
I want. Let us know who you think is the right man to lead the club in
this new era.
Now I’m going to wash the car for the 4th time this
week. Why don’t you do the same and when applying that turtle wax, ask
yourself "do I really want Rafa back? Or do I dare to dream? Do I dare to
think of names that excite me?"
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Stay safe. Remember we will come out of this stronger.
DW
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