Think Rafa just has a big team mentality. He’s used to being able to replace troublesome players with better players or players better suited to the system. You have to be a bit more flexible when managing a team like us especially with such a tight owner
Don’t know why he’d go to the bother of contesting the fine. I’m sure someone claimed on here before that Steven Taylor used to park illegally all the time and then get his man to pay the fines