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Rafa was asked why Saivet wasn’t involved after the Man City game and he said something on the lines of he wanted the best players available for that match.

Sell.

Like a new signing.

100% bummed.

Top class.

If we've got a budget in january, i'd spend the lot on a striker

:lol:

Keep it tight for 60 minutes then Giroud hatrick.

Wonder if thats what he's trying to do here. Merino as one holding midfielder and maybe he bought Hayden in as the other one with the limited money he had to spend. Whereas if he had the funds would those two holding midfield positions be big money signings.

Ben Arfa banners at next seasons match.

Has he always just used 1 or has he used 2 holding midfielders in his 4-2-3-1.

Just out of curiosity who was Rafa’s holding midfielders at his previous clubs?

Wouldn’t be arsed if he was sold. Don’t think he fits Rafa’s system in the 4-2-3-1. Rafa probably prefers 2 defensive midfielders in the 2.

Back to 4-2-3-1 then.

Cock tease.

Rather have Elliot back in goal.

Think Everton will be hard to break down and then score from a corner in the 89th minute.

Calm yourself lad, everyone’s entitled to their own opinion.

He’s had big money to spend or there were already big players at the clubs he’s managed. Put him in a situation with mediocre players and he struggles.

I know we are in the situation we are in because of Mike Ashley and i’m not one who has followed Rafa’s career very closely but I just can’t see what all the fuss is about with him. He just seems very stubborn and a bloke without a plan b when going through a bad spell. No doubt i’m going to be shot with shit.

Competing with Villa and Cardiff.

Most definitely.

not being cheeky or owt, like, but when is it ok to panic? 1 win in the last 8. 4 defeats in a row, and only one of them was to a top 4-6 team. persistance in playing players out of their depths when there are alternatives. refusing to make changes till its too late in the game (not just today). inability to get a single point from huddersfield, brightom, burnley, bournemouth and watford. Here, it’s a results driven business .

Why can't i stop staring at the Tom Baker one.

Or Mitrovic is gone and Torres is new 3rd choice striker.