Rafa won number five in his first season. That buys a lot of credit with fans.
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Rafa won number five in his first season. That buys a lot of credit with fans.
That's bonkers mate!
Rafa was brilliant before Hicks and Gillett bought the club. Getting to two CL finals without a proper goal scorer was genius.
But afterwards when he started sporting a goatee, he was average apart from one season, when we had Carra, Alonso, Torres and Stevie at the top of their careers. His last season here was dreadful. He was beaten, blaming the lack of money when he wasted a fortune. He's been average at every job he's had since.
Rafa's best years were almost 10 years ago. He hasn't shown anywhere he can be that manager again.
Please read my post about conveniently forgetting Rafas shortfalls.
Well our chances of being in it next year are already wafer thin. We need to beat both the scum and the arse or we're truly fucked. And that won't happen.
Paco left. We had one season where we finished 2nd then Rafa declined.
Yeah, that's all well and good. Fact is we've had three managers since Rafa and we're back to square one again.
Rafa has a record Brendan can only dream of.
Sure bring in Klopp, let's see what he can do, Martin O'Neill or whoever is flavour of the year. But I doubt that anyone we bring in will have a better record than Rafa.
Did Chelsea throw away everything when Rafa was appointed or did he guide them to the CL?
i know. klopp's just another failed five year plan waiting to happen.
we need to get rafa back.
we need to get rafa back.
So get rid of Pascoe and Marsh and bring back Paco!
No, wait... Paco won the CL and came 5th in the league and since we can't win the CL this season and fifth isn't good enough...
Quite a conundrum!
has our fantastical psychologist lost his edge?
60 million qualifying for the champions league is worth next season, double that of this season. you miss the boat you arguably fall further behind..
Lack of champions league means you attract players of less calibre and less sponsership.. we will see that in terms of transfers in January...
What work under Rodgers this season has moved us forward ?? we are going backwards... keeping him in charge under current form will continue to do the same..
There's no doubt Rafa's record is better than Brendan's but it doesn't change the fact all the good stuff in Rafa's career was almost 10 years ago: winning La Liga with Valencia and getting to two CL finals with us and winning one.
His record for the 5 past years is average including a dreadful year with us and a bad year with Inter.
If we were getting the Rafa of ten years ago, it make sense. Getting the current Rafa makes little sense.
Kenny has a record Rafa can only dream of.
It makes no sense. And FSG will never entertain the idea anyway.
Yes they have regressed.
They sold Cavani and replaced him with Higuain right?
Since Rafa arrived there they have spent the most money in the league.
I don't think you could blame Rafa for Inter's demise. The writing was on the wall when he joined.. he was managing an ageing squad, a club in financial difficulty and on the decline..
It depends, I guess.
1 CL
2 League titles
2 x Uefa cup
1 Fa cup
1 Copa Italia
vs
4 League titles
2 FA cups
1 League cup
If you're high or not.
We can't compare ourselves to Chelsea or City. They can buy their way out of every mistake they make.
Kenny won a another league title with Blackburn. So I think he has four.
Also Kenny has won the super cup and other minor cups just like Rafa. I just excluded them.
Im sick of 5 year plans... they just lead to heartbreak...
I remember Rafa selling Sturridge to us. Or being with Chelsea when Sturridge was sold. Did he buy any significant players while in charge at Chelsea?
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