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Thread: no improvement from rafa

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    Quote Originally Posted by pboromag View Post
    leaving shelvey and rondon on the bench when 2-0 down and making like for like subs just proves he hasnt a clue
    what we were doing wasnt and isnt working

    rondon needs minutes on the pitch to score he showed at forest what he can do
    but he wasnt even brought on at 2-0 down
    shelvey will need match fitness

    why didnt he get 20 minutes and try something different

    because rafa hasnt a clue

    people can say we dont have th eplayers
    in shelvey and rondon we have decent players

    yet he sdoesnt play them even when 2-0 down

    not even for 10 20 minutes

    clueless

    and the sheep will say we dont have the players

    we do but diame needs shelvey
    we need a goal scorer
    perez needs shelvey

    to me its no coincidence that kennedy is looking awful without diame and shelvey in the middle

    yet rafa doesnt bring him on

    not even for a few minutes
    Joselu is his golden boy, Rondon had just scored 2 for Venezuela so would have been buzzing so whats Rafa do ? leave him on the bench for the whole game

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    Quote Originally Posted by MidsMagpie View Post
    Joselu is his golden boy, Rondon had just scored 2 for Venezuela so would have been buzzing so whats Rafa do ? leave him on the bench for the whole game
    do you think? or could it be that rondon arrived and it was quickly apparent he wasn't fit enough to play 90 minutes.... he flew back from where? USA .... jetlagged ??

    is probably nearer the mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by MidsMagpie View Post
    Joselu is his golden boy, Rondon had just scored 2 for Venezuela so would have been buzzing so whats Rafa do ? leave him on the bench for the whole game
    It's deliberate.
    This is simple arrogance by Rafa. It's an ego trip.
    That's my speculative opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghostrider View Post
    It's deliberate.
    This is simple arrogance by Rafa. It's an ego trip.
    That's my speculative opinion.
    Rafa arrogant.Think you have him mixed up with the most arrogant man to ever put on an oversized pair of cheap jeans.The one and only hero of 2 Mike Ashley.

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    Quote Originally Posted by toonlegend View Post
    do you think? or could it be that rondon arrived and it was quickly apparent he wasn't fit enough to play 90 minutes.... he flew back from where? USA .... jetlagged ??

    is probably nearer the mark
    he didnt even play 60 seconds so your point is ? soon as we went 2 down he should have been on

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    Same with Shelvey been injured so couldnt start but to not even bring him on when we were 2 down was a joke

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    point is jet lagged and maybe still unfit = useless on the day

    now you could counterargue that loads of the other players were useless.. but that's hardly anyones fault except their own

    and you have to take into account the unexpected lascelles injury and substitution which reduced our options

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    Surely he could have been put on for the last 15 minutes otherwise what was the point in having him on the bench, i know our squad is awful with only him and joselu as striking options but thats for another thread, same with shelvey at least it would have shown some attacking intent rather then Rafa's usual negative subs

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    yeah he could have, he could have done lots of things, i would have been very happy to see both of them on the pitch. i was only giving a credible reason why he might not have used rondon.

    no one knoes except rafa and maybe his right hand men the reason why he didn't.

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    Of course, i think we all agree he couldnt have started its just seems pointless not using him for a bit specially as he is in a bit of form of late

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