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Norwich?

https://mobile.twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/811963140434841600/video/1

He was at Liverpool longest (5 seasons) not convinced there is much truth in the 'always made questionable signings' assertion which seems to have become a common idea: http://lfcstats.co.uk/rafatransfers.html If anything that list backs up what I was saying, on paper most of those were questionable, but he turned them into a great team and a winning team.

Rafa is always a bit hit and miss in the transfer market in terms of top quality, he has always made questionable signings at most clubs, however what he does better than most is gets them to play as a team and signs players to fit his tactics and formation. He could go out and get a top class player, but that would not necessarily be beneficial to the types of teams he creates.

Arguably not one of our squad is proven/good enough for the premier league. Difference for us and other promoted clubs is we have a proven world class manager, so should we get promotion, I'm confident whatever squad we had would be enough with Rafa in charge. Lets just hope we get promotion first though.

Burton fan?

Must win game, hopefully the fans don't get frustrated if/when we don't score early.

They have Hull next then Man Utd and Chelsea, still think he will be gone by New Year's Day.

Still not convinced by our performances at home, if we score early we will be fine, if Birmingham score first we will really struggle.

We'll be caught tomorrow mate. I mean from 3rd place top spot is irrelevant.

Despite the horrendous ref handing them a win, we come out of it with a few worries. We have no one to replace Shelvey, and Perez and Diame aren't good enough. The gap could be down to just 3 points after tomorrow, with the Xmas period coming up. Our home games look tricky as well, big few weeks which will go along way to deciding if we go up.

Really tight in the table now after this weekend, massive few games coming up, hope this doesn't affect players too much.

Whole weekend ruined.

Yep, although unlikely, maybe if we can keep it tight for first 20 minutes. Hope he doesn't move Clark to the left.

How does he change this for second half?

Get to half time and get Perez off, hope for a point.

Still locked.

OMT opening?

Diame doesn't deserve to start either tbh.. Agreed, by far our weakest area in terms of quality, hopefully sort it in Jan.

Ritchie and Perez don't deserve to start but we really have no other options other than a change in formation.

Away to Stoke I think with Sol Campbell, we lost 5-0.

Has it really dipped? He's basically been no better than average in every game and that's being kind. I mean, I can't be arsed to think about every match in detail, but came away from a good few of the early games in the season thinking he'd had a quality match. Hasn't happened for a while. I can't really remember any match where he stood out as a different level to everyone one the pitch in the way Shelvey has at times. I'm not necessarily having a go, but considering the money we paid, and his record at this level previously, I think he has arguably been the biggest disappointment of the season. Can't think of him doing many good things throughout the season tbh, and our overall form has carried him and made him avoid any major criticism.

Has it really dipped? He's basically been no better than average in every game and that's being kind.

Ritchie and Perez shouldn't be starting, both have been really poor and deserve dropping, however it's probably our weakest area in terms of squad depth so unless Rafa changes formation they will probably have to start.

Think we will struggle here, they score quite a few goals, plus I think last night will have a big impact. 2-0 Forest.