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They stepped it up a bit but we held firm, we will get another early second half. Standard Rafa away game. Some good controlled football early on though and we look composed and calm despite them going physical

Fucking hell ha

How anyone can be annoyed with any team lineup is beyond me, trust the manager.

But all these players and pundits keep telling us how good he is, surely results don't matter in that case?

I mean losing to Man City 2-1 isn't bad, but it's the other results with this and the fact it will continue all season, oh and they spent a load of money in summer. I thought he was their hero, oh my it's like spitting at Bobby Robson.

Rafa will have this, we will frustrate them and nick it 5-0 no worries. A chance they will be to fired up and melt under the pressure

What a collection of complete window lickers. Rather lose in premier than win in Championship, really would you though

They really don't see the building blocks Rafa is putting in place. We will need to upgrade a little bit when promoted but not massively. With good organisation and tactics, plus the style that is developing at home I think we would need 3-4 new players when we go up.

Hoping Bristol City beat Brighton as well so that we can go 6 points clear of next team below us

Like PFM Neil tbh, but 4-0 easy

Don't you fucking dare Newcastle

I hope they don't :-)

Hahahaha class this

Mass walk out ?

And all the fans leave probably hahahahaha

:-)

Hat trick today for him or a sending off within 5 mins. Really want him to succeed, if his heads right and focuses on the game and not just battling opponents he's a handful. I think he will take his chance if he starts today

This is what our club is about once we get momentum and not one person outside of our club understands it. It's not about being the greatest club, it's about hope and the hope that we will give it a go in every match. Rafa wants to win every game even if only 1-0 and he plays the media perfectly. Yes this may be "lower league" but if he is allowed to continue controlling it and backed by the club we won't be in the Makems position of fighting for 17th. It will be hard for him to get us in the top 6 in Premier League with the teams there, but he will build us into a professional, balanced squad for the first time in a long time and hopefully put foundations in place to lift this club further. If not this season within 3 years we will get to a cup final.

He's got a decent turn of pace and love the runs he goes on occasionally. Potentially a top signing by Rafa. Cant help but think PNE will get a shock when they see Shelvey play going by their forum :-) That's the thing with this league not being televised as much, you don't really know how certain players play.

I don't know how they can be so confident, yes they have a few to come back in but we have quality and a good tempo going. We could trip ourselves up having won 6 in a row and may end up with a draw or narrow defeat but to be so confident is just weird.

Good post. I think the attraction of a Gayle/Mitro combination appeals to us all in some way but we may as well be realistic, Rafa will not do it, unless injuries give him no option or we're chasing a game late on. He just doesn't do two up front. Yip good post. We have shown plenty of creativity in this system and the balance is fantastic. I would have liked to see Gayle and Mitro together up front but this systems suites us much better at the moment and is creating patterns of play we have not been capable of for so long. Some of the short triangles yesterday were excellent. It's the same formation our previous managers tried but did not know how to execute it. Compare to how hard we found passing a ball a few yards last season and our sluggish play and it's slick, players supporting each other, retention first. Play mixed up and attacking from all angles. I don't think we need 2 strikers because we have a attacking 3 that contribute behind Gayle or Mitro and they no longer look as isolated all the time.

My fucking word, take a bow

Just relentless, recycle and try for more goals. Pardcunt would have shut up shop at 1-0. Don't think I have seen us dismantle a team like this for a long time

Now I know what rape looks like watching Atsu :-)

Shit opposition or not we look slick, organised and a proper team. Good short 1 or 2 touches then move.