Poll Would you have Rafa back
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Jesus how could anyone say they'd take him back?
Thank you for some great memories, sadly the best of those are 4 years old.
No thanks.
Thank you for some great memories, sadly the best of those are 4 years old.
No thanks.
Dreamy, you thought Budgie was a good idea, and were optimistic about this season.
Thus proving, beyond any reasonable doubt, that you're a clown, who is wrong about everything, always.
Give yourself an early Christmas present, and shut the fuck up
Thus proving, beyond any reasonable doubt, that you're a clown, who is wrong about everything, always.
Give yourself an early Christmas present, and shut the fuck up
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The blue thing on the right margin looks like part of the Inter crest though.
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Yeah but Inter's kit etc is supplied by Nike, not Adidas.
*Taps nose*
Watch this space.
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The blue thing on the right margin looks like part of the Inter crest though.
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Yeah but Inter's kit etc is supplied by Nike, not Adidas.
*Taps nose*
Watch this space.
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Or the fact it can actually snow in Milan?
What?
He's in Merseyside. The Inter badge is a graphic down the side (probably a Rafa profile).
Is it really that difficult?
He's in Merseyside. The Inter badge is a graphic down the side (probably a Rafa profile).
Is it really that difficult?
Nah.
Not unless the only other option was Roy for the full term
Not unless the only other option was Roy for the full term
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation. I would be happy to have him back generally however so I am as biased as those who wanted him gone were blind.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
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Looks a bit thinner in that photo.
Wish he'd shave off that goatee though; I think it helped make him a bit shit.
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Yeah thats it...the goatee made him shit!! 😛olice: 😛olice: 😛olice:
Looks a bit thinner in that photo.
Wish he'd shave off that goatee though; I think it helped make him a bit shit.
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Yeah thats it...the goatee made him shit!! 😛olice: 😛olice: 😛olice:
[quote author=Molbystwin link=topic=43232.msg1236477#msg1236477 date=1292974414]
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation.
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That would be a dreadful decision to have to make.
I want something exciting to look forward to, not a rehash of the last few years.
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation.
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That would be a dreadful decision to have to make.
I want something exciting to look forward to, not a rehash of the last few years.
Benitez heart was still firmly in Liverpool when he got sacked. He shouldn't have taken the inter job so soon. If it were a competition about who cared most about our club then rafa wins hands down over uncle woy.
I don't get the intensity of hostility to rafa here. Fair enough last season was not good enough. But he is and was the best thing managerially to happen to our club in the last twenty years. He deserved to go but he doesn't deserve some of the flak he gets here.
Its pretty apparent that the lack of backing and board pressure changed rafas personality and stance here in his last years. If he had his time again with a patient and sound backing with decent advisers on transfers i would take him every day over Roy. Rafa is one of the best coaches tactically and we know that to be true. He isn't infallible though.
I don't get the intensity of hostility to rafa here. Fair enough last season was not good enough. But he is and was the best thing managerially to happen to our club in the last twenty years. He deserved to go but he doesn't deserve some of the flak he gets here.
Its pretty apparent that the lack of backing and board pressure changed rafas personality and stance here in his last years. If he had his time again with a patient and sound backing with decent advisers on transfers i would take him every day over Roy. Rafa is one of the best coaches tactically and we know that to be true. He isn't infallible though.
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Benitez heart was still firmly in Liverpool when he got sacked. He shouldn't have taken the inter job so soon. If it were a competition about who cared most about our club then rafa wins hands down over uncle Roy.
I don't get the intensity of hostility to rafa here. Fair enough last season was not good enough. But he is and was the best thing managerially to happen to our club in the last twenty years. He deserved to go but he doesn't deserve some of the flak he gets here.
Its pretty apparent that the lack of backing and board pressure changed rafas personality and stance here in his last years. If he had his time again with a patient and sound backing with decent advisers on transfers i would take him every day over Roy. Rafa is one of the best coaches tactically and we know that to be true. He isn't infallible though.
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The problem is that Rafa seems think he is.
Benitez heart was still firmly in Liverpool when he got sacked. He shouldn't have taken the inter job so soon. If it were a competition about who cared most about our club then rafa wins hands down over uncle Roy.
I don't get the intensity of hostility to rafa here. Fair enough last season was not good enough. But he is and was the best thing managerially to happen to our club in the last twenty years. He deserved to go but he doesn't deserve some of the flak he gets here.
Its pretty apparent that the lack of backing and board pressure changed rafas personality and stance here in his last years. If he had his time again with a patient and sound backing with decent advisers on transfers i would take him every day over Roy. Rafa is one of the best coaches tactically and we know that to be true. He isn't infallible though.
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The problem is that Rafa seems think he is.
[quote author=Bernowatson link=topic=43232.msg1236553#msg1236553 date=1293006751]
Benitez heart was still firmly in Liverpool when he got sacked. He shouldn't have taken the inter job so soon. If it were a competition about who cared most about our club then rafa wins hands down over uncle Roy.
I don't get the intensity of hostility to rafa here. Fair enough last season was not good enough. But he is and was the best thing managerially to happen to our club in the last twenty years. He deserved to go but he doesn't deserve some of the flak he gets here.
Its pretty apparent that the lack of backing and board pressure changed rafas personality and stance here in his last years. If he had his time again with a patient and sound backing with decent advisers on transfers i would take him every day over Roy. Rafa is one of the best coaches tactically and we know that to be true. He isn't infallible though.
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I agree with that last part 100%. He was well and truly backed with adequate funds here and it didn't work for him. Rafa's problem occurs when he takes too much notice of his own counsel on transfers. Were he leave that to someone else (Paco) as he did at Valencia then he'd be great since, as you say, tactically he's excellent.
Benitez heart was still firmly in Liverpool when he got sacked. He shouldn't have taken the inter job so soon. If it were a competition about who cared most about our club then rafa wins hands down over uncle Roy.
I don't get the intensity of hostility to rafa here. Fair enough last season was not good enough. But he is and was the best thing managerially to happen to our club in the last twenty years. He deserved to go but he doesn't deserve some of the flak he gets here.
Its pretty apparent that the lack of backing and board pressure changed rafas personality and stance here in his last years. If he had his time again with a patient and sound backing with decent advisers on transfers i would take him every day over Roy. Rafa is one of the best coaches tactically and we know that to be true. He isn't infallible though.
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I agree with that last part 100%. He was well and truly backed with adequate funds here and it didn't work for him. Rafa's problem occurs when he takes too much notice of his own counsel on transfers. Were he leave that to someone else (Paco) as he did at Valencia then he'd be great since, as you say, tactically he's excellent.
Tactically he's excellent - yes, as long as you're facing Real Madrid or Barca in the Champions League. Very often, against patently inferior PL teams, our tactics were ludicrously negative and overcomplicated, and we paid the price - even in our best Rafa-led season - with a morass of boring draws.
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If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation. I would be happy to have him back generally however so I am as biased as those who wanted him gone were blind.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
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Not true. Regardless of the prizewinning lash-up that Roy's making of the job, the time had definitely come for Rafa to move on. Ask Carra if you don't believe me.
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation. I would be happy to have him back generally however so I am as biased as those who wanted him gone were blind.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
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Not true. Regardless of the prizewinning lash-up that Roy's making of the job, the time had definitely come for Rafa to move on. Ask Carra if you don't believe me.
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[quote author=Molbystwin link=topic=43232.msg1236477#msg1236477 date=1292974414]
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation. I would be happy to have him back generally however so I am as biased as those who wanted him gone were blind.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
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Not true. Regardless of the prizewinning lash-up that Roy's making of the job, the time had definitely come for Rafa to move on. Ask Carra if you don't believe me.
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well, if carra says something then it must be true.
[quote author=Molbystwin link=topic=43232.msg1236477#msg1236477 date=1292974414]
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation. I would be happy to have him back generally however so I am as biased as those who wanted him gone were blind.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
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Not true. Regardless of the prizewinning lash-up that Roy's making of the job, the time had definitely come for Rafa to move on. Ask Carra if you don't believe me.
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well, if carra says something then it must be true.
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Tactically he's excellent - yes, as long as you're facing Real Madrid or Barca in the Champions League. Very often, against patently inferior PL teams, our tactics were ludicrously negative and overcomplicated, and we paid the price - even in our best Rafa-led season - with a morass of boring draws.
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Yet now we play seemingly without a 'game plan' against these shitty teams as Hodgeson 'doesn't rate' scout reports so and we still get spanked..
Tactically he's excellent - yes, as long as you're facing Real Madrid or Barca in the Champions League. Very often, against patently inferior PL teams, our tactics were ludicrously negative and overcomplicated, and we paid the price - even in our best Rafa-led season - with a morass of boring draws.
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Yet now we play seemingly without a 'game plan' against these shitty teams as Hodgeson 'doesn't rate' scout reports so and we still get spanked..
Probably a bit like playing Meireles on the right wing
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Probably a bit like playing Meireles on the right wing
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No one said Roy was a tactical genius. Ever
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Indeed. Saying 'Benitez is a tactical genius' takes a very different meaning when you add the words 'compared to Hodgson' on the end.
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Probably a bit like playing Meireles on the right wing
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No one said Roy was a tactical genius. Ever
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Indeed. Saying 'Benitez is a tactical genius' takes a very different meaning when you add the words 'compared to Hodgson' on the end.
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[quote author=Molbystwin link=topic=43232.msg1236477#msg1236477 date=1292974414]
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation. I would be happy to have him back generally however so I am as biased as those who wanted him gone were blind.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
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Not true. Regardless of the prizewinning lash-up that Roy's making of the job, the time had definitely come for Rafa to move on. Ask Carra if you don't believe me.
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well, if carra says something then it must be true.
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Well, if neil says something it must be an exaggeration.
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=43232.msg1236605#msg1236605 date=1293016387]
[quote author=Molbystwin link=topic=43232.msg1236477#msg1236477 date=1292974414]
If it was a choice between sticking with hodgson or replacing him with Rafa you would have to be a lunatic to say no, but that isn't the situation. I would be happy to have him back generally however so I am as biased as those who wanted him gone were blind.
We will limp on to finish in the top 8 or so and Roy will be replaced by somebody new.
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Not true. Regardless of the prizewinning lash-up that Roy's making of the job, the time had definitely come for Rafa to move on. Ask Carra if you don't believe me.
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well, if carra says something then it must be true.
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Well, if neil says something it must be an exaggeration.
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