The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[therockbox]

Schteve's gone.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/35550082

[Lineker]

I am shocked!

[Lineker]

[MDK]

Who'd be a Newcastle fan? Such a shame, they are one of my favourite teams and have had some of my favourite players down the years.

[The Lusophone]

It's a shame it didn't work out, after a sortof promising start.

[Benji]

For real, Newcastle are one of those teams I always hope for good for, because they've got a history of interesting players, and I've yet to meet a Newcastle fan who wasn't lovely. Hopefully they can pull themselves out of this mire.

[Gazz]

The 'new manager bounce' will mean Leicester only win 2-0 on Monday!

[Twist]

Does this mean it's #RAFAtime?

[Colly]

46 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

It's a shame it didn't work out, after a sortof promising start.

When was that? I'm actually gutted for him as he comes across very well (still annoyed I haven't bumped into him in the gym), but it took 9 games to get a win, then there was a brief period of 'playing alright but not really getting results', then utter shit since Christmas. It's not all McClaren's fault, but for someone who's constantly described as a good coach it certainly didn't show when players played like they've never met each other 20 games in.

We've gone about it all horribly, but if we get Benitez in I think he'll be our most decorated manager ever. Fingers crossed it's for more than 10 games...

[MDK]

28 minutes ago, Twist said:

Does this mean it's #RAFAtime?

I believe its always RAFATIME

[The Lusophone]

1 hour ago, Colly said:

When was that?

When you were playing well at the start of the season and every Newcastle fan in this topic was saying that?

[Colly]

There's a big difference between 'phew, this is better than Carver' with a bit of positivity for a new manager and 'doing well'. When I can remember each and every win we've had this season (all 6 of them) that really can't be good, and as I said there were shoots of improvement late last year but they soon disappeared.

[Nerf]

Rafa's a done deal. Bizarre and surreal.

[Gazz]

 

RAFATIME~! confirmed

[Lineker]

Fucks sake Newcastle you could have done this before the FM patch was released :@

[DavidMarrio]

Win every game!! (Apart from when you play Liverpool)

[Gazz]

42 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

When you were playing well at the start of the season and every Newcastle fan in this topic was saying that?

We did OKish at the start of the season, we should have beaten Southampton, Janmaat being an idiot stuffed us against Swansea, we played well against Man Utd and Arsenal, but then the wheels started to come off and by the time of the first derby came along, we were all over the place.

In hindsight, I think that after the utter dross of the Carver regime, even playing semi-competent football was seen as a massive step in the right direction, even if it did only last about four games.

[Colly]

We also had the false positives of draws against Man Utd and Chelsea before every other bugger beat them in the first half of the season.

[Lineker]

[Rafael]

¡LO MOMENTO DE RAFA!