Bimpy474

What fucking intent would that be ? Loaning a player so we don't have to buy one. What a fucking joke, not Sturridge obviously but the way this club works under Ashley.

Sahko of West Ham to Rennes for £8m, only £4m up front. Would have done us instead of Mitro.

It's his Championship team. Still properly classing that as his team, now that we're in the Premier League is daft. Also getting sick of this "Rafa doesn't play good football" narrative. If we had the players he wanted for this season, we wouldn't have to be going on the defensive and trying nick games 1-0. That is true in the league but in this game, Rafa setting up to try to win 0-0 is daft imo. Give it a go and let the players play with a bit of freedom, i mean we lost 3-0 playing defensive anyhoo. In the league more often than not he's getting right, we'd be bottom if he hadn't. I dont understand that comment. We played a completely different way compared to the Man City games for example. We pressed them high first half and didnt sit deep. The thing is that we do a shit job taking care of the ball and lose it constantly in dangerous areas. And our defense is horrible when it gets even a little bit caught out on the break. Keep it compact and we can somewhat hide the fact our individuals are crap at their job. Put our defense running towards their own net with Chelsea or Man City forwards and we're fucked every time. I thought today was Rafa trying something different because it wasn't a league game. It went pretty much as feared. I know we played differently to Man City but it was still a safety first approach imo first half, i sort of get that but this game was a free hit so to speak. The second half was embarrassing, we should have changed system and had a go, the subs were too late, we didn't raise our game at all. It's like, OK 2-0 down at h-t were out. Sorry but that is unacceptable from the lot of them.

It's his Championship team. Still properly classing that as his team, now that we're in the Premier League is daft. Also getting sick of this "Rafa doesn't play good football" narrative. If we had the players he wanted for this season, we wouldn't have to be going on the defensive and trying nick games 1-0. That is true in the league but in this game, Rafa setting up to try to win 0-0 is daft imo. Give it a go and let the players play with a bit of freedom, i mean we lost 3-0 playing defensive anyhoo. In the league more often than not he's getting it right, we'd be bottom if he hadn't.

It's his Championship team. Classing that as his team, now that we're in the Premier League is daft. I know but i knew that would get a reply from yourself Rafa has been let down so badly it's untrue, it's a miracle we're not bottom with this team and have a chance to stay up.

Crap, dreadful and a total waste of two bob.

He is crap, not utter crap but crap.

Fwiw 9 of the players who started or went on Rafa bought, most of them are dreadful at this level, they did the job of getting us out of the Championship, and why Rafa should have been backed to bring in better players last summer and in this window, but it's still mainly his team like, shitty as it is.

Libellous. I started at the bottom unlike him. Fair point

Is Merino injured ? If he isn't i would have thought, him and Diame are likely to start having missed the cup game.

I have a worry that Rafa will resort to his defensive set up, it'll let them get into the game if they have the ball. While i don't want us to go all out, i would like us to dictate the game if possible, not be dictated to.

He did, while the rest of us called him lovelyhands

Whoever wins 1-0, it's going to be a boring pile of mishit passes and limited skill. 1-0 to us hopefully.

Do you actually believe that ? I don't. We don't want to buy anyone over a certain price and that's it. Yeah I do, of course I don't expect us to offer anymore than we have but I wouldn't be surprised if this is being used to get Feyenoord to accept a lower offer or get nothing. I suspect they are not that stupid and nothing will happen but still. Well Feyenoord are not going to just roll over and accept they have to sell to us, a club who just spent a week wasting their time because we might have turned to a player in Brazil. Come on Mole that's pure fantasy land, in fact thinking like you do there gives them credit for having some resemblance of a plan. They don't have a plan, it's January the feckin 28th ffs. This window has been the most blatant yet in screwing the manager and fans over, i mean we've had 5 months to see where we need players and done nothing for 28 days, except Kenedy.

Do you actually believe that ? I don't. We don't want to buy anyone over a certain price and that's it.

Well that was boring as feck, Another cup year down the drain.

You know we'll get a defensive performance trying to nick a 1-0, which is exactly what we need to be fair. Would be over the moon with that as well ? Aye, me too.

You know we'll get a defensive performance trying to nick a 1-0, which is exactly what we need to be fair.

It's the whole overall attitude, and as someone just noted. From the top comes a lack of drive, effort and ambition. Rafa and the players have been poor today, he and some of them have done wonders to not have us bottom of the league imo, but until we change the top of this club, this is how it's always going to be.

Basically this. The formation and way were set up is just asking to get beat. Look at Newport, Wigan and Notts County yesterday they had a go and Wigan best west ham and Notts co and Newport got a draw I don't mean go kamikaze just give it a go. Rafa with the set up and mentality and the players with their effort deserve stick, utterly dreadful stuff. I talking about this game, not all the games and it doesn't mean i don't still love Rafa like.

Wish Rafa would set up to have a go, i know we're limited but this is just embarrassing surrender. It's a cup, what does it matter if we lose trying to get back in it, to keep the score down as your plan in a knockout competition, dreadful from Rafa, the players and Mike Ashley can go jump in airplane engine the cunt.

Sorry but this is shit, no movement, can't pass the fucking ball, can't defend, can't attack. Honestly what a load of fucking crap this is.

Yeah fuck you Vars, you cunt.

Do our players realise we're behind ffs, this is a stroll in the park for Chelsea.

That's very true but it's us, we've all this before, bid a bit less and don't buy, it's pathetic and will cost us the one decent thing that has happened to us for years.