Quote Originally Posted by Geordie_Exile_De View Post
Exactly.

PBoro, I don't need to lie. I remembered your slating of the team towards the the end of our championship winning season. Three hops and I was on the page with posts from that time. 5 minutes was a slight exageration to be honest, as it only took two or three.

There are numerous posts from you at the time that prove that you to be either a hypocrite or a WUM.
no i slated the way we were playing
boring footy and at no point do I think we looked anything like the team we should have

yes we were fizzy players as that was the league we were in and we brought players to get us out
however ash apent a fortune on them
we played proabaly 2 good games

the last being the best
my gripe last year was we won but at no point do I think we looked the stand out team like we did when chris was in charge or like wolves have this year

I have made several points this year that the players by winning deserve to be called prem players

we have started to play in a completely different way in the last 5 games than we have since rafa took over

anyone can see it
and if you cant then you shouldn't be watching footy just looking at a screen drooling as you don't understand what you are watching

and because rafa is playing this way the players are playing to their abilities and strengths

hence why I said often on here
we didn't need players just a new manager

yes one player he brought in is making a significant part in this but I do think we have players that could do the same if played

we used to just drop of as soon as we lost the ball
the last 5 games we have pressed the ball from the front ,and diame is doing it as well
we are getting bodies forward
we weren't 5 games ago
we used to hoy it up to joselwho (remember the one rafa wouldn't drop) and then meander up to him

we defended on our 18 yard line
we now defend much further up

shelve isn't being asked to defend but to close down

the two wide men did just drop back as soon as we lost the ball
now depending on which side the ball is we press the ball and the other side tuck in