Are we good enough for this type of management?

[ghostrider]

I get a bit fed up of this "well drilled" nonsense aimed at Rafa when defending.
When your sole tactic is in drilling your squad for that main action then it's pretty simple to understand that the unit will do a decent shut out job to generally keep a scorline down.

Where's the drill for the rest of the game from that point on?
10 minutes of potential and 80 plus minutes of dire depressing embarrassment.

So Rafa can only deal with the hand he is given, eh?
That would be the case no matter what he bought in.

It's made to look like our squad is so sub-standard that Rafa can only dare to park the bus.
Telling all and sundry how badly done to, he is.
The players must feel on top of the world with him, right?

I have no option but to endure what he sets out because I'm a fan for life, with or without him and with or without Ashley.

But do you know what?
If Rafa sends out a team to play football like that again this season, I expect and dearly hope he is sacked before he has the chance to destroy the minds of the players.

That football was nonsense and I'm absolutely certain the players won't put up with that for much longer, even if they turn on Rafa themselves.

By all means people keep to your opinions. This one is mine.

[HughieG]

By all means people keep to your opinions. This one is mine.

We know. No need to keep repeating that.

Anyhow, I agree the system is a bit too rigid, but against some of the best players in the world? No problem for me.

Like I said, I'm more worried about the Cardiff game!

[ghostrider]

We know. No need to keep repeating that.

Anyhow, I agree the system is a bit too rigid, but against some of the best players in the world? No problem for me.

Like I said, I'm more worried about the Cardiff game!

Brighton played some of the best players in the world.
Many teams do and get results by having a go.

Too many excuses are being made for Rafa when his football (although defensively well drilled) is literally dire in the main.
There's no need for it, at all.

If he had a team full of league one players then I'd have a bit more sympathy.
All he's doing is setting out with a mindset of not getting beat with the potential of nicking something by hook or by crook on the back of hope (at the back) and glory (with a set piece or lucky strike) kind of thing.

I'd literally rather be in the non- league trying rather than having a team set out to allow the bigger teams to just come and batter us at will and embarrass us whilst we pay players 30,40,50,60,70 grand a week.

Look...no matter what, this team costs millions and millions. You wouldn't expect a surgeon to only half heartedly have a go at an operation because he's only on 1 million a year whilst another one is on 10 times that amount does a decent job.

You're paid to do the job and Rafa is no exception to that rule. The job is to have a go with the emphasis on trying to beat the opposition...regardless..