Rafa has one thing going for him that none of the rest did.
Rafa has the cap doffing of many fans who feel privileged to have him as manager and are terrified to criticise him in case he walks.

I think his football is boring and some of it borders on depressing.
I think his buys have been a mixture of decent to bizarre.
I also think his refusal to play a lot of his buys borders on the silly.

He took a chance on Kenedy and Dubravka and Slimani to get us out of the mire.
Luckily Kenedy and Dubravka aided in turning the screw that allowed players some freedom to express because Rafa had to allow Kenedy to do so.

A massive get out of jail free card in one sense but in another, Rafa already had one up his sleeve in a portion of fans and media and pundits who were ready and waiting to use the championship quality card if it all went wrong.

Now they use the genius card and even some hint at him being manager of the year. What an absolute joke.

I just hope, if he stays he buys better and actually uses his buys to play football how it should be played....but secretly I'm hoping he walks.