rafa no leadership no ambition no idea

[toonviking]

Rafa is the best manager we've had under Ashley.

[ghostrider]

Rafa is the best manager we've had under Ashley.

That remains to be seen on the pitch in the premier league over a season or two.
It's the best professional set up we've had under Ashley, most likely.

[pboromag]

It does seem odd to me that a manager who has always been feted for his tactical nous sticks so rigidly to one formation. I mean, if it worked like old versions of Championship Manager where you could find a killer formation that dominated everyone else that'd be one thing... but in the real world most top managers adapt their formation to suit the situation the team finds itself in. I still think sticking with Rafa is by far the best option available to us though - I dread to see who we end up with if he leaves.

a positive manager

i seriously dont see this rafa love in .what has he done exceptionally that anyone else wouldnt or couldnt have done

he took a job to keep us up and failed ,and he took a huge wage doing it

he then took us up very un impressivly compared to when chrs brought us up ,boring footy ,negative tacticks but we got the job done
as any one and evryone expected but not as as impressive as we did the time before .certainy not the entertainers

and here we are in the prem 3 games in and out the cup .no points and in disarray

playing boring footy
didnt have the nouce to out play an average fizzy team
didnt have the tactics to play more than one up front

the huddesrfield manager has achieved way more in the way of progression management and learning than rafa has

[toonlegend]

by the way, why shouldn't we lose to a championship side ... everybody keeps saying we only have a championship level team.

[Geordie_Exile_De]

If we had won last night PBoro still would have found a negative angle.

It's quite obvious that he doesn't like Rafa.

[Jammy89]

If we had won last night PBoro still would have found a negative angle.

It's quite obvious that he doesn't like Rafa.

It would of been we didn't score enough goals.

Nothing Rafa could do, will or would be good enough.

[Cannylad]

Still think Rafa should change his attacking options now and again, other teams know his game plan and set up their teams accordingly. Having said that, I certainly wouldn't want him gone, who would you replace him with ?
Still have faith we will come good under him.

[pboromag]

It would of been we didn't score enough goals.

Nothing Rafa could do, will or would be good enough.

i predicted a win
i expected a win

i have said i dont mind loosing
what i do mind is his negative footy

he makes me negative

if we had gone down 6-2 and shased the game with 2 forwards i would have been happier

but we didnt

we went out on a wimper

we slated pardew for his negativity and showing no love for the cup as everyone said ash didnt want a cup run so he dint have to buy players etc etc
and concentrate on the league

despite what bullsh1t3 he spouts about the owner
he is no different to pardew

negative footy
no plan B
no improvement from players

[ghostrider]

by the way, why shouldn't we lose to a championship side ... everybody keeps saying we only have a championship level team.

You are correct, we have no divine right to win any game.
However, we do have a right to expect Rafa to set the team out to have a real go at these teams that are near on par with us, rather than sit back and afford them the spoils of the chances at the target.

[ghostrider]

Still think Rafa should change his attacking options now and again, other teams know his game plan and set up their teams accordingly. Having said that, I certainly wouldn't want him gone, who would you replace him with ?
Still have faith we will come good under him.

I agree about his changing up of tactics and I don't exactly want him gone, but we all soon will if he doesn't stop the negative tactics.
I'm not asking for gung ho football but I am asking for entertainment from our team rather than the opposition fans gaining that enjoyment.
A nice balance would be good.