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How long can Rafa last?

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Church said:
this thread will run until the end of the season because he isnt going anywhere. He has played the fans and media and none of the current malaise is his fault. On saturday they started well then sat back and tried to play counter attack, then it all went a bit wrong until they equalised. After 2-2 they were really pressing and might have gone on to win except for that bizarre OG. So, had the mags won Rafa would have been a genius, but they lost and the finger points to Ashley.

at the end of the day it was Rafas negativity that cost them, the fans were buzzing at the start and cheered them to the rafters and it was no surprise that they scored.
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This is the thing that's likely to catch up with them. Like Karanka (who was also on the same number of points after the same amount of games last season) , Benitez is a caution first manager but with the number of points they now have, he's soon going to have to come out of his comfort zone and start chasing wins. Even, if the takeover goes ahead. What quality players are actually going to risk going into a relegation fight? This is the problem with the premier league, you can soon bankrupt a club with the fees and wages of quite mediocre players as we have found for ourselves. If they're still stuck on 15 points come January, I guess we'll see how world class the fella is.
 
castoff said:
This is the thing that's catch up with them. Like Karanka (who was also on the same number of points after the same amount of games last season) , Benitez is a caution first manager but with the number of points they now have, he's soon going to have to come out of his comfort zone and start chasing wins. Even, if the takeover goes ahead. What quality players are actually going to risk going into a relegation fight? This is the problem with the premier league, you can soon bankrupt a club with the fees and wages of quite mediocre players as we have found for ourselves. If they're still stuck on 15 points come January, I guess we'll see how world class the fella is.
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He's played 442 four times already. He's tried playing more adventurously but we haven't the quality in the squad.

With the players we have, we're best playing a pragmatic 4-2-3-1.
 
Sima said:
Lying about having us on ignore :lol: :lol:

‘Big’Pete indeed...
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No I'm not - Mods could prove this, not that I give a fuck what you think anyway.

Aye that my nickname, its a thing that pals give you. You probably don't have any though hence why your always on your rivals forum. Even donating to it f***ing hell :lol:

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Crack on lads!
 
The Fish said:
He's played 442 four times already. He's tried playing more adventurously but we haven't the quality in the squad.

With the players we have, we're best playing a pragmatic 4-2-3-1.
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Yes, I agree he's targeted teams that he's thought you could beat with 4-4-2 which is fair play but my mag mates tell me its still been a fairly cautious 4-4-2 in practice. The problem he'll soon have is that you're now running out of those teams and is he going to stick or bust with 4-4-2 against the better sides? Like I say, under current form, somewhere down the line, draws aren't going to be enough. We know the predicament only too well ourselves.
 
Surely showing ignored content defeats the point of using ignore. Why bother using ignore If you are gonna show ignored content then reply to it?
BigPete telling BigPorkies
 
castoff said:
Yes, I agree he's targeted teams that he's thought you could beat with 4-4-2 which is fair play but my mag mates tell me its still been a fairly cautious 4-4-2 in practice. The problem he'll soon have is that you're now running out of those teams and is he going to stick or bust with 4-4-2 against the better sides? Like I say, under current form, somewhere down the line, draws aren't going to be enough. We know the predicament only too well ourselves.
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Played 4 4 2 at old trafford as well like.
 
BigPete said:
No I'm not - Mods could prove this, not that I give a fuck what you think anyway.

Aye that my nickname, its a thing that pals give you. You probably don't have any though hence why your always on your rivals forum. Even donating to it f***ing hell :lol:

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Crack on lads!
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:lol:

Clearly. You frothing at the gash instantly replying is a good indicator of this.
 
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