Why Alonso is still around and more!

[Reece]

Haven't his comments been akin to:

"We know Xabi is a very good player, and it would take a big offer for us to sell him".

He has also referred to him as an excellent professional.

I really don't see what is so bad. If someone can dig out a quote where he has slagged off or criticised Xabi then I will take it back.

Anyone?

[Assassin]

Parry is an idiot

More than enough words

[gerbin11]

Does Parry get a gold medal for negotiating a bargain fee for Torres? And getting Mascherano for the same price as Hargreaves?

Oh not, that would be Rafa right?

I may be wrong but I think the Mascherano fee was negotiated at the start of his loan deal and this was prior to the inflated price was payed for Hargreaves, and you know how inflated the fees for English players are.

[Resu]

More than enough words

have to agree on the general way he performs his job.
But he might actually be good at contract negotiations.
Hopefully we`ll get someone that can do the rest as well.

[Scratch]

Anyone?

Don't be daft, you can;t use genuine quotes from the manager to combat internet rumour and slander, people believe what they want to believe, especially when it involves their beloved Alonso, the man who can do no wrong

[Reece]

Don't be daft, you can;t use genuine quotes from the manager to combat internet rumour and slander, people believe what they want to believe, especially when it involves their beloved Alonso, the man who can do no wrong

I'm not even taking Rafa or Alonso's side in the matter. Just someone said Rafa had been talking crap about Alonso yet I have seen no proof of this.

[TheElephantMan]

If Alonso is so desperate to leave, then perhaps offer him to Villa? Value Xabi and Barry at £1m, swap them and give RS 6m euros. We just need a solution to all this mess.

[Woobus]

How do we know Rafa is any better? He didn`t do the transfer dealings at Valencia.

Course we wont know till it happens, but lets be honest Parry has been the biggest problem in us getting the players in or making them want to stay. Surely its better having the person who knows football inside out doing the transfers and knowing how he wants his team to play than an accountant? Give Rafa a transfer budget and wage limit and let him go at it, we might have had Alves instead of Pennant that way.

[Rashid]

Neither Wenger nor Fergie "do the transfers" - they just recommend players like every other top club. Give it a rest, Rafa has **** all experience of buying players. We will end up making his agent rich and it isn't ethical either.

[gerbin11]

Neither Wenger nor Fergie "do the transfers" - they just recommend players like every other top club. Give it a rest, Rafa has **** all experience of buying players. We will end up making his agent rich and it isn't ethical either.

And so by your argument it is not Rafa's fault. You've changed Rashid I thought you were one of the Rafa bashers

[Assassin]

have to agree on the general way he performs his job.

Hopefully we`ll get someone that can do the rest as well.

[BrooklynRed]

Don't be daft, you can;t use genuine quotes from the manager to combat internet rumour and slander, people believe what they want to believe, especially when it involves their beloved Alonso, the man who can do no wrong

What has Alonso done? Missing the Inter match for the birth of his child (I would have done the same!)? Passing along a recommendation for a coach who had already left the team? I mean, this is petty bull****. The reality is, Rafa is a system guy and..

a) after a year of injury he wasn't sure Alonso would be back to form; HE wanted this deal done last May.

b) He thinks Barry is better for his system and saves him having to actually buy a winger (what the man has against wingers I have no clue *ha*)

c) Rafa is an obsessive control freak, a creative type who wants it his way and is looking to solve our problems in the league and in Europe. I completely want someone like that managing my side, end of.

d) Rafa is way too public with his feelings. Keep it in the boot room!

NONE of this has Xabi doing anything wrong to me...

[Dhav]

I'm not even taking Rafa or Alonso's side in the matter. Just someone said Rafa had been talking crap about Alonso yet I have seen no proof of this.

Not saying Rafa spoke crap about Alonso, I'm talking about Rafa's comments along the lines of "Xabi knows our ideas, and he knows why" etc, which seemed very much to be burning bridges. You don't make comments like that unless you know the guy is definitely out the door.

My initial post was a bit misleading so I apologise for that. I didn't mean to suggest Rafa had trash-talked Alonso, I meant that I surprised he was making such comments given that Alonso had been such a key part of the team.

[Richey]

Course we wont know till it happens, but lets be honest Parry has been the biggest problem in us getting the players in or making them want to stay. Surely its better having the person who knows football inside out doing the transfers and knowing how he wants his team to play than an accountant? Give Rafa a transfer budget and wage limit and let him go at it, we might have had Alves instead of Pennant that way.

Benitez is hardly consistently brilliant in the transfer market though is he? Regardless of negotiating the actual deals on the finance side his record at choosing the players is pretty patchy.

And its very easy to blame Parry for everything but on the whole Benitez has ended up getting a decent number of his transfer targets. And not sure what you mean about us having a problem 'making them want to stay' as from what I remember the last player who talked about leaving with Steven Gerrard and it was Parry who he said was on the phone to him all night trying to convince him to stay.

[Skillz]

Does Parry get a gold medal for negotiating a bargain fee for Torres? And getting Mascherano for the same price as Hargreaves?

Oh not, that would be Rafa right?

If you are going to take Parry's and try to defend him I think I might sit back and watch.

This should be a giggle