thomas

what the

Italian American

define dangerous here

That was my point - Rafa doesn't tolerate players not doing exactly what he wants them to do. There's no wiggle room with regards to "he thought the short pass was a good option there". And the fact is that Rafa blames Mbemba for the midfield giving the ball away in that game, because even though his passes went to feet, they went to players who then turned it over and, in Rafa's plan, they should never have had it in the first place. This was reported a few weeks ago, pretty sure in The Chronicle. It fits with what we know about Rafa, it fits with what we saw in that game. Rafa had a plan, Mbemba didn't follow it, we lost, Mbemba doesn't play again. There's just no way in hell a manager that successful sees the game like that. It's a game of decisions based on the model you've been taught. Based being the key word. Fair enough if you ignore the plan for large periods of the game and don't make the pass when its there but to say there's no wiggle room is crazy. Don't ex-players all say similar as well - it's a very strict and disciplined approach from rafa and he's not afraid to drop someone who takes liberties. Saying there's absolutely no wiggle room though is probably a bit far but there's no question the margins are very fine with what he'll tolerate.

That's what they said about Geremi and look h-- oh yeah.

Some people just have cold hands/fingers I think. Medical condition like. Worked with a bloke who did. Would come in in fingerless gloves and a short sleeved shirt in the summer. Sat there all day typing. Said the office A/C made his hands uncomfortable. Never liked him.

I'll never actually like colback but he's moving the needle from 'actively hate' to 'callous indifference'.

shelvey booked by his da

they sound completely gutted. Delivering that analysis with all the joy and lightness of a eulogy

Started and continued with much more energy than normal and were rewarded for it. Think Town expected a normally slow first half from us and it put them right off.

Me too. Playing the lone striker role in exemplary fashion You were wrong about Clark, too. And you said Gouffran would be the Messi of this league. I hope one day you open your library of N-O poster dossiers to the public

Colback off, Yedlin on, Anita into midfield?

What a finish

much more pressing early on from us than I'm used to seeing.

There are definitely people better suited to be lieutenants than generals. Suspect he's cut from that cloth.

Blimey, AWS down? was earlier. back up now. S3 in both us-east and us-west at least were fucking flaming garbage piles.

Get well soon, sweet prince.

Anonymous for Colback is an 8/10 like. Beats him trying to do something and fucking it up.

That ball was mishit by atsu so badly bound for the corner flag from 18 yards out :lol:

Well done, gallows son

GFTIIIIIIII

Hughton cutting a despondent figure

tbh those kind of gnarly deflected goals usually go against us, glad to see the rare one for us.