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Benitez Future In Doubt Over Failure to Secure Key Signings

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Full quotes for a bit of context:

Rafa Benitez:

“It’s important to have more additions, we need to improve the squad.

“We are not signing top class players in the Premier League.

“We are signing the players we can and the players who can do a job for us.


“I am really pleased with Jacob Murphy, he has shown character and personality.

“He has pace as well…but it is also his desire to play for Newcastle.

“Sometimes, when you are looking for a player, you are thinking whether they are technically good enough, or if they have pace or can score goals or are good tactically.

“In this case, the main thing is that while we have a player who has pace and can score goals, but also wants to play for Newcastle United.

“We were here in Ireland last year and we were talking about his brother (Josh – who is also with Norwich).

“We liked his brother and we spoke about him – I was following both of them, but I think we have signed the right one, the one that I wanted.

“I have received a lot of information about both, and it was positive about both of them, but in this case, we wanted the type of player (Jacob Murphy is) and were happy with that.

“We will see if he can reproduce his Championship performances the Premier League – he has the potential to do that.”
 
What A Waster said:
Full quotes for a bit of context:

Rafa Benitez:

“It’s important to have more additions, we need to improve the squad.

“We are not signing top class players in the Premier League.

“We are signing the players we can and the players who can do a job for us.


“I am really pleased with Jacob Murphy, he has shown character and personality.

“He has pace as well…but it is also his desire to play for Newcastle.

“Sometimes, when you are looking for a player, you are thinking whether they are technically good enough, or if they have pace or can score goals or are good tactically.

“In this case, the main thing is that while we have a player who has pace and can score goals, but also wants to play for Newcastle United.

“We were here in Ireland last year and we were talking about his brother (Josh – who is also with Norwich).

“We liked his brother and we spoke about him – I was following both of them, but I think we have signed the right one, the one that I wanted.

“I have received a lot of information about both, and it was positive about both of them, but in this case, we wanted the type of player (Jacob Murphy is) and were happy with that.

“We will see if he can reproduce his Championship performances the Premier League – he has the potential to do that.”
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Still reads the same a frustrated manager who is struggling to bring players in. Paid more than he wanted to for an average player in Murphy.
 
What A Waster said:
Full quotes for a bit of context:

Rafa Benitez:

“It’s important to have more additions, we need to improve the squad.

“We are not signing top class players in the Premier League.

“We are signing the players we can and the players who can do a job for us.


“I am really pleased with Jacob Murphy, he has shown character and personality.

“He has pace as well…but it is also his desire to play for Newcastle.

“Sometimes, when you are looking for a player, you are thinking whether they are technically good enough, or if they have pace or can score goals or are good tactically.

“In this case, the main thing is that while we have a player who has pace and can score goals, but also wants to play for Newcastle United.

“We were here in Ireland last year and we were talking about his brother (Josh – who is also with Norwich).

“We liked his brother and we spoke about him – I was following both of them, but I think we have signed the right one, the one that I wanted.

“I have received a lot of information about both, and it was positive about both of them, but in this case, we wanted the type of player (Jacob Murphy is) and were happy with that.

“We will see if he can reproduce his Championship performances the Premier League – he has the potential to do that.”
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And?
 
Daniels said:
Still reads the same a frustrated manager who is struggling to bring players in. Paid more than he wanted to for an average player in Murphy.
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Think its probably the going rate when Asombalongah goes for 15.

hank williams said:
Excatly & the mutants can pay £15 million for an average striker

Yet fail the scum for Abraham from. Chelsea

Who scored 23 goals last season
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What?

Arcane Jesh said:
And?
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I said it as succinctly as possible.
 
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DJM said:
Moyes was correct about the state of our squad.
Unfortunately, by him telling the truth, the players realised he didn't believe in them; they subsequently played worse than they should and so a really bad situation became really, really bad.
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And Grayson has done likewise before the season even starts.
 
can we put these rafa threads on the main rafa one,lets get it over 200 pages,it looks better when i share the link to fellow 'mags' about your obsession :lol::oops:
 
Sounds to me like he's managing expectations.

When the type of players we would need to get us to where he thinks we can get are having £50m valuations slapped on them, it makes sense to buy players who're better than what we have, but who maybe aren't the world beaters a portion of every support wants.

Safety is vital, everything else is a cherry on the top.
 
DJM said:
Setting aside the NDong and Djilibodji deals that were in the pipeline before he came, the money he used to buy players was shockingly sparse; admittedly he didn't manage to polish that particular turd and the 11 were largely useless. Big Vic earned his (meagre) crust.
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We signed Ndong on the 31st of August! How was that in the pipe line?
 
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