sack Rafa

[Fabio]

[quote author=Sheik Yerbouti link=topic=38437.msg1034180#msg1034180 date=1263496638]
There was an interview with Rafa on Radio City's news section this morning. He was saying that he picked his strongest team and that it's not always the manager's fault. I totally agree with him. The players have to show some pride and guts. Unfortunately, they are his players and he is responsible for motivating them. If he can't then it's a lost cause and a change is needed. He sounded like a defeated man looking to deflect the blame and attention elsewhere.
[/quote]

Ultimately the blame lays at his feet imo

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Mabe he'll come to some compromise re his payout if he loves us like he says.

Or maybe not.

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

He looked like a beaten man last night in his interview after the match. Like a little boy lost.

 

[KopKing]

[quote author=Loch Ness Monster link=topic=38437.msg1034205#msg1034205 date=1263497869]
He looked like a beaten man last night in his interview after the match. Like a little boy lost.
[/quote]

Would you have preferred him to be ecstatic?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

[quote author=KopKing link=topic=38437.msg1034207#msg1034207 date=1263498111]
[quote author=Loch Ness Monster link=topic=38437.msg1034205#msg1034205 date=1263497869]
He looked like a beaten man last night in his interview after the match. Like a little boy lost.
[/quote]

Would you have preferred him to be ecstatic?
[/quote]

That wasn't what he was trying to say.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Forget will he/won't he/should he/shouldn't he for a moment...

if he did go then would Kenny really take it temporarily? I'd be very surprised, though I guess stranger things have happened.

 

[Fabio]

[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=38437.msg1034209#msg1034209 date=1263498573]
Forget will he/won't he/should he/shouldn't he for a moment...

if he did go then would Kenny really take it temporarily? I'd be very surprised, though I guess stranger things have happened.
[/quote]

i don't think he will tbh

 

[ibromurph]

Looking at Kenny yesterday in the stands, he didn't look in the best of health? Maybe he was suffering from a cold or flu, but he's been away from management for a while now and I'm not so sure he could handle the pressures of management again.

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

[quote author=KopKing link=topic=38437.msg1034207#msg1034207 date=1263498111]
[quote author=Loch Ness Monster link=topic=38437.msg1034205#msg1034205 date=1263497869]
He looked like a beaten man last night in his interview after the match. Like a little boy lost.
[/quote]


Would you have preferred him to be ecstatic?
[/quote]

I would expect a show of defiance, some passion and maybe a public stoning of his weak and spineless team. Not a big fat bottom lip or a woodlouse on its' back.

 

[manwithnoname]

That wasn't what he was trying to say.

Kopking does make rather a lot of disingenuous, pedantic, annoyingly smug posts.

 

[Fabio]

"I'm sowwy, it won't happen again. Pwomise. We still have pothibilitays"

 

[Jürgen4PM]

[quote author=Loch Ness Monster link=topic=38437.msg1034160#msg1034160 date=1263495503]
Well I have just heard a whisper from a good source that he has resigned. Don't shoot the messenger.
[/quote]

*Starts to prepare wake*

 

[Judge Jules]

[quote author=Fabio Alrighty-o link=topic=38437.msg1034211#msg1034211 date=1263499048]
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=38437.msg1034209#msg1034209 date=1263498573]
Forget will he/won't he/should he/shouldn't he for a moment...

if he did go then would Kenny really take it temporarily? I'd be very surprised, though I guess stranger things have happened.
[/quote]

i don't think he will tbh
[/quote]

I'm not so sure. On a caretaker basis only (and I can't see it even being considered on any other basis) I think he might do it if asked.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Wouldn't Sammy Lee be more likely?

 

[Judge Jules]

Not if they remember (or are reminded about) the traincrash that was his time in charge of Bolton.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Quite so, but Kenny just seems a really bad idea to me.

Or maybe Dantes was right all along and Xabi will come back as player manager?

 

[Stulikesdrums]

I wouldn't believe the rumours for a moment.
No way any human, in any line of work, is going to walk away from that amount of cash.
He'll stay and force the boards hand.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

I see in one post on that thread Rage has pissed off half the board

 

[SummerOnions]

[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=38437.msg1034220#msg1034220 date=1263499947]
[quote author=Loch Ness Monster link=topic=38437.msg1034160#msg1034160 date=1263495503]
Well I have just heard a whisper from a good source that he has resigned. Don't shoot the messenger.
[/quote]

*Starts to prepare wake*
[/quote]

Are you gonna change your username if he goes?

 

[Judge Jules]

Saint - appointing the King permanently would be a terrible idea, but I don't believe for one minute than anybody (the man himself included) would contemplate it anyway. Appointing him to tide us over until the right permanent appointment can be made, though, I would be quite happy with. He wouldn't be under the kind of pressure that sapped his spirit back in the day, the players would pick up on that, and I reckon everybody in and around the club would get a big lift.

Stu - one would think so, but Rafa's a very, very proud guy and may not want to wait until he's pushed out if he thinks that's going to happen. I wouldn't bet on him walking, but I don't think it's totally out of the question.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=38437.msg1034177#msg1034177 date=1263496285]
I've also noticed that TLW have been infected with 'rage'. Haha, poor things.
[/quote]

Yeah but we've got Rebel. Same difference. Repetitive troll who pisses everyone off. That's enough to warrant a permanent banning.



































Only messin' Rebel.

 

[TheBunnyman]

I would respect Rafa a lot more if he did resign now. Can't believe it will happen though, unless he and the board come to some compromise re the payout.

Personally, I don't think the season is a write-off - we desperately need to get 4th, and if we can just start playing to our potential, we still can. A new manager could give us the spark to do that. I fear if Rafa stays, we are going to end up about 7th, and it'll be a total rebuilding job for whoever comes in.

What's the deal with Hiddink at the moment? Did he take a job at Chelsea? I can't remember. Whether it's actually him or someone else, what we need is someone to come in and do the job for us that he did for Chelsea last season - stabilise the club, motivate the players and get the necessary results.

 

[Irish_Red]

Hopefully Maria as a big supporter of the club has told Rafa that he's making a bollix of the job and he has to quit and return to Spain.

Her and the kids will follow when the kids finish their education and master the scouse accent.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Who's Maria?

 

[Irish_Red]

The wife.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Your wife?

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Maria de Montserrat

 

[SaintGeorge67]

(my cat's named after her)

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

What a shit name for a cat. You should have called her Montse.

 

[Judge Jules]

Haha. Miaow.