{"id":72931,"date":"2018-12-25T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/12\/25\/has-rafael-benitez-really-reached-end-of-his-tether-at-newcastle-this-time\/"},"modified":"2018-12-25T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T13:00:24","slug":"has-rafael-benitez-really-reached-end-of-his-tether-at-newcastle-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=72931","title":{"rendered":"Has Rafael Ben\u00edtez really reached end of his tether at Newcastle this time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manager\u2019s talk of \u2018miracles\u2019 and refusal to commit future indicate frustration with Mike Ashley has hit new levelRafael Ben\u00edtez\u2019s media addresses are often filled with pointed subtexts directed at club owners but even by his standards his latest comments were striking. When Newcastle\u2019s manager said it would be \u201ca miracle\u201d if they stayed up and refused to commit to seeing out the season at St James\u2019 Park, it seemed maybe, just maybe, he really has reached the end of his tether.After Saturday\u2019s dismal 0-0 home draw against Fulham, Ben\u00edtez looked as disillusioned as he has ever been since taking charge at St James\u2019 Park almost three years ago. He returns to Anfield on Boxing Day effectively at war with Mike Ashley. \u201cMy focus now is trying to find the right team to play Liverpool,\u201d was all he would say when asked whether he intended sticking around for the remainder of the season. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2018\/dec\/25\/rafael-benitez-newcastle-miracle-future-mike-ashley-frustration\" target=\"_blank\">Has Rafael Ben\u00edtez really reached end of his tether at Newcastle this time?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manager\u2019s talk of \u2018miracles\u2019 and refusal to commit future indicate frustration with Mike Ashley has hit new levelRafael Ben\u00edtez\u2019s media addresses are often filled with pointed subtexts directed at club owners but even by his standards his latest comments were striking. When Newcastle\u2019s manager said it would be \u201ca miracle\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}