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It is Rafa's doing what he can with what he's got. The fact he's not got enough is Ashley's fault.

Better to scream at Ashley rather than Rafa

I just dont get it Andrew i think it's time to give Ashley the verbal assault he deserves.

Most of these players were bought by Rafa because time & money was tight.Everyone knew including Ashley Rafa would need 2 teams. One to secure promotion from the Championship the other to secure a place in the Premiership then build on that.I cant understand why some fans are starting to turn on Rafa when he's all but publicly said Ashley lied to him regarding funds for players "He knows what he told me" I think Ashley's getting away with this when any vitriol & anger or critiscism should be directed at Ashley its his fault & not Rafa's

We're in big trouble & Rafa's expecting to get the surplus of what wasnt spent in the summer good luck with that one Rafa.

With West Hams win against Chelsea earlier on & Huddersfield have taken an early lead against Brighton making todays game a must win

Added pressure on our game today now

West Ham beating Chelsea 1-0 at Half Time

The Mail: ‘Understand that no agreement was reached during their dinner at a curry house in Hampstead and the offer from Staveley and PCP Capital Partners remains at £250million. Mike Ashley is holding out for £300m and has claimed that a rival bidder is prepared to pay £320m, although no details are known of the second party. Another complicating factor is Newcastle’s performance on the pitch and the threat of relegation from the Premier League. Benitez is desperate to reinforce a squad he believes was left short after the summer transfer window and has called on Ashley to invest, reminding him that a club heading for the Championship will not be as valuable to prospective buyers.’

Lesta to spoil the anniversary celebrations i think we'll score early just like Man Utd & Chelsea. Then we'll let them in & it'll finish 1-4 sorry lads

Christmas comes early to SJP the place would be jumping

Well this looks more promising

Barefoot in St James Park

If thats the case unless theres news next week you can pretty much write the January window off as we all know Ashley's stance

If Rafa knew 100% that Staveley was deffo taking over he could have all his potential new signings ready to just sign their contracts. Medicals etc could be done in the knowledge the money was there.

Apparently they have to do another bit just what someone on N.O.s saying im not sure if its right

My thinking is they'd have to get the league appproval before handing anything over

I'm reading it could take a further 40 days once the deals accepted before PCP would be new owners. The reasons being further due diligence & approval by the football league. This must be why the 2 week deadline was mentioned at the begining of the week. if a deal was sorted today we'd be looking around the middle of January for the new owners taking over. Giving Rafa very little time for reinforcements 2 weeks later & the window closes, Rafa would have very little to buy reinforcements probably having to sell to buy. The clock is ticking.

Of course it would we've been down this road a few times with him look... http://ashleyout.com/myths/ashley-wants-out-no-buyers/

I dont think he wants to sell really it's another one of his games thats whybhe's priced the club so high

Tbh if we lose another couple of games i think the £250 million bid will look like a very generous offer

He wants her to increase the offer by 20% its a big ask. Thats a decent premiership striker

The free tv advertising over a decade must be worth a fortune.

is it the average value per player ?

Whats the final column mate the £4.57 m ?