Ronaldo

I'd probably do the same. On the other hand if Rafa's here for the long term there's not much point in retaining him.

Homosexuality = bad. Blokes with masks on kicking some cunt's head off the pavement = fine. Lovely country.

Quality attempt by Borini, almost hit the corner flag.

Agree with that.

What, because I think he's a good, not great, defender that would improve us instantly without costing the earth? We've been buying central defenders completely unsuited to English football for over a decade now and he's the attainable antithesis to that.

Beast.

Yep.

We probably wouldn't have gone down twice in that time with him in the team, either.

Exactly. You know whoever it is will probably play the best football of their career under Rafa anyway. You just need someone with the basic solid materials and right approach/attitude. Shawcross would obviously be perfect.

Onion gravy with beef and a cut of fat from a nice ham. Gorgeous.

Don't call me a mincer, fucking tosspot.

Mint sauce in the gravy? It's the atrocious little mincer's mother so I don't wanna be disrespectful but fucking hell that's an odd one.

That's why we rarely looked troubled, to be fair. The ball was always in front of us.

Yeah, that'll happen.

Ashley Williams is fair enough but the other two are mid table to relegation cloggers. Will never understand the fascination for Shawcross on here, he's a bang average journeyman who has never left Stoke for a reason. We'll never progress beyond 10th ( that's if we get lucky) and more likely spend the entire time between 13th and 17th signing players like that. Luckily Rafa knows better. You let yourself down with utterly mongish posts like this, like.

Blackadder worthy.

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. Probably compounded by the fact Mbemba was fucking useless all round that day, to be fair. And the fact he's simply not Rafa's type of CB.

We already have that in Lascelles/Hanley/Clark? Eh?

I wondered that. They won Division One, in 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26. I'm assuming that's what they represent. Yup. Apparently Huddersfield were the side to beat, back then. For the record, I think Wagner has done a terrific job. I don't wish any ill will on them. They play good football and it would be cool to see them get promoted too. Would it fuck.

I didn't. He's a detestable Klopp wannabe.

Are people so thick they can't comprehend that notion of allowing the other team to have the ball, like?

Ritchie's about as Scottish as I am, to be fair.

Diame the main one for me. He couldn't run after 70 minutes. Him and Anita should be benched for this.

That's a bit strong, like.