That thoughtless Rafa

[trinitoon]

Shame on Rafa for trusting “Shelflife”, who gave enough for 2 x MOTM performances today. And for starting Gayle, who had a nailed-on pen that was waved away and a crucial assist.

No consideration whatsoever for setting up a defence with “10 buses”

[ghostrider]

Bringing in a keeper and wasting money...

Wasting what money. The keeper is a loan.
Or are you talking about buying Sels.
Of course this is the time to argue about if's and but's as if only a few have made feelings known about certain players and buys or loans and what not.
The topic is a dig at all if it's a dig at one or a few.

[ex_pat_magpie]

Wasting what money. The keeper is a loan.
Or are you talking about buying Sels.
Of course this is the time to argue about if's and but's as if only a few have made feelings known about certain players and buys or loans and what not.
The topic is a dig at all if it's a dig at one or a few.

The loan has still cost money but with an option to buy at £4 million. What a snip, the £4 million may already be saved if it's still tight at season end.

[Nufcian]

Wasting what money. The keeper is a loan.
Or are you talking about buying Sels.
Of course this is the time to argue about if's and but's as if only a few have made feelings known about certain players and buys or loans and what not.
The topic is a dig at all if it's a dig at one or a few.

Nah, was directed at you... and you... for all the nonsense about Rafa wasting time/effort/money at the prospect of him bringing in a new keeper.

*Loans cost money too, fee’s and wages

[trinitoon]

Easier to get behind the 1 team we have and the 1 manager we have instead of the sniping and constant f'ucking drip drip about Rafa.

At least being fickle means supporting the team when they are doing well. Being consistent means sticking to moaning in the face of a committed performance. But hey ho.

We are far from safe. And we are far from a good team. But yesterday we were good.

Rafa cannot run for the players. And keep Shelvey's red mist from descending. And prevent awful individual defending. I'm sure he doesn't coach them to go out there and do sh'it. But you can see that when our players can all bother to turn up, the addition of a couple of decent players, which is what Rafa has been crying out for and you can see the potential of both the team and the manager.

Swap Slimani for Perez in that team yesterday and it is hard not to see that we have a chance of staying up. We have a chance if we play like that home and away.

The manager and the team need people to repay the performances they put in, when they put them in. Be fair, this mob has played much harder than other relegation teams we've had here. They are just short on talent. We've had a bit added in. So give the Rafa critique a rest until Summer, eh. Which is when he can be fully expected to make the moaners' dreams come through and walk given the sh'it he had to go through last January; being made to look like Oliver begging for "more".

[waalsendmick]

I stated clearly on more than one thread that both Elliot and Darlow are very good shot stoppers. but people can be fooled in to thinking a good shot stopper is a great keeper.

the very best keepers make less saves, because their organisation and decision making reduces the chances the opponents create.

on that score, yesterday was a good start.

I can only guess, we would've been 6 or 7 points better off if we had signed Reina in the summer, and another 6 or 7 if we had got the striker Rafa wanted before we had to settle for Hosses Poo.

we have a great manager who is undermined by a business man with a penchant for free advertising.

if only..........

[ghostrider]

Nah, was directed at you... and you... for all the nonsense about Rafa wasting time/effort/money at the prospect of him bringing in a new keeper.

*Loans cost money too, fee’s and wages

I said he wasted money bringing Sels in.
The loaned keeper is not wasting any money other than wages which won't be a lot.

So what are you trying to get at?

[ghostrider]

I stated clearly on more than one thread that both Elliot and Darlow are very good shot stoppers. but people can be fooled in to thinking a good shot stopper is a great keeper.

the very best keepers make less saves, because their organisation and decision making reduces the chances the opponents create.

on that score, yesterday was a good start.

I can only guess, we would've been 6 or 7 points better off if we had signed Reina in the summer, and another 6 or 7 if we had got the striker Rafa wanted before we had to settle for Hosses Poo.

we have a great manager who is undermined by a business man with a penchant for free advertising.

if only..........

Nobody thought Elliot and Darlow were great keepers.

[toonlegend]

Wasting what money. The keeper is a loan.
Or are you talking about buying Sels.
Of course this is the time to argue about if's and but's as if only a few have made feelings known about certain players and buys or loans and what not.
The topic is a dig at all if it's a dig at one or a few.

it is and i wash people would stop it - on both sides

[toonlegend]

I said he wasted money bringing Sels in.
The loaned keeper is not wasting any money other than wages which won't be a lot.

So what are you trying to get at?

i think they are getting at the numerous posts about rafa wasting his time/lost the plot/
looking for a keeper when we really needed a striker.