if Rafa was a better manager.....

[waalsendmick]

..... we'd be in the top half!!!

[toptoon]

I´m well impressed with that today, like. It´s one thing to beat relegation rivals at home and quite another to go to a club that, can claim to be one of the best of the rest outside the top 6, get a win and fully deserve it.

We hassled and harried them and were full blooded in the 50/50s - just great to see again.

[Cannylad]

Great win today, really couldn't fault anyone. Thought the Toon army really played their part well. Rafa played the game perfectly for me, spot on ! MOM had to be Shelvey again although it could have gone to a few really. Right, who's next !!

[sherwoodmag]

All the ex pro footballers on Soccer Saturday said Rafa was doing a great job with a team full of mainly Championship players.

Of course we have one Rafa hater on here who knows bettter than ex players who have played at the top level.

Mind all four had Leicester down for a win,I can't knock them as I would have been delighted with a draw.

[michaelowen]

Yeah. This must be irritating the he'll out of peterrider or ghostboro or whatever the Walter mitty mackems idiot.

[Jammy89]

He's not been on for a while has he?

Well not like when we lose and every thread becomes a anti-rafa one.

[TheOtherTerryMac]

Silence is Golden aye that Rafa is a shyte manager

[AP69]

If only we had a multi billionaire owner....

Well one that puts the money back into the club and lets Rafa build something

[Curian]

He's not been on for a while has he?

Well not like when we lose and every thread becomes a anti-rafa one.

Be thankful for small mercies

[Nufcian]

Said the below earlier today on the Mitro thread, think I can just copy and paste it here...

We attacked at the start of the season when Ritchie was in form.

We had to play a tighter game when Ritchie wasn’t effective, and Lascelles was out.

Add Kenedy to balance an in form Ritchie, and a best career form for Shelvey, with Lascelles back and an improved keeper... and we are attacking, because we currently have the players that can, and have 3 wins in a row.

If Benitez had been back and his targets brought in, in the summer, we’d be safely top half.

Brighton net spend in the summer... 54M and ours was 19M... and there was nothing between the teams in the Fizzy... now we’re 3 points ahead... a great achievement by the manager.