Bimpy474

Embarrassing from Rafa today, really poor.

Long ball toward Diame, Fulham have it back easily

Or maybe, as it sounds, Fulham have done a good job of nullifying you and there's no other option for Shelley but to hit long balls. I can't imagine Rafa sent them out there to hit it long every time. Fulham have a good manager. Maybe he has his tactics spot on. Over to Rafa now to see if he can react. Could be, but while i want to i'm not going to absolve Rafa of blame. Tactically we've been poor at home from the kick off a few times now. And that's something he needs to sort out, one thing is picking Colback when it's clear he's dreadful, epecially when you want to attack and take the game to teams at home. I get it away from home but not at home.

Two up top at half time ? <a href="http://reactiongifs.com/?p=8437"><img src="http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/04/old-lol.gif"></a>

Thing with this, are the players playing to Rafa's tactics (if true it's shocking and Rafa needs to change it) or are they fecking up what Rafa has told them to do. Either way a bollocking should be forthcoming at half time.

Come on Rafa your better than these tactics, get the players to get it down ffs.

Long ball aimless balls forward to a striker unsuited to it....

Run on the pitch and twat Colback will ya, ta.

Ando says we're one dimensional, predictable and just look for the ball over the top, missing out the midfield. He's not happy

To be fair we do have a central midfielder who can't tackle pass or shoot, so our possession stats might be down a bit

We do, it's the start of games where we seem to let them have it. We seem to take a while to get going.

I don't understand why we don't take control at home and put teams on the back foot. We let them have, it's as if we're saying, have a go and see what you can do.

We seem to let teams get into the games at home. Not really a good thing like.

I don't want the cunt back in football ever. He's the epitome of the useless bullshitting English manager that should be dragged from the game and burnt at the stake. Fuck off with having the ballbag back in football.

Every good story needs a villain to hate, he's the ultimate hate figure. It's like removing Cersei from Game of Thrones, you just can't do it. More like Kane Dingle from Emmerdale in my case.

Bournemouth 1-1 West Ham Everton 3-1 West Bromwich Albion Hull City 2-1 Swansea City Liverpool 2-0 Burnley Newcastle 2-1 Fulham

Another team i'm going to detest for eternity if they employ fuckface.

Should have been 1-1, Bent you tit.

Of course, everything depends on Rafa basically. If he stays a few years and his happy, it's possible the club could really have decided on a different course. Otherwise we're back to square one. I think we're at the enjoy it while it lasts stage, i dread Rafa being messed around and walking away because as you just put it very well 'we'll be back to square one'. That's the thing of being a Newcastle fan for me (especially under Ashley), you're scared to enjoy it because you just fear the next move. It will always be the same until he sells...and that is a few years away unless he gives Rafa a decent budget and we win something because he said he would sell after that.... I'm hoping he does buy Rangers, just imo as i think that'll see him sell up far faster.

He'd be good in a back three as the left sided central defender, not being required to get forward and having to get on the ball that much, obviously irrelevent as we won't play that way under Rafa mind. He's limited, as are a fair few we have. If and when we do go up it'll be interesting to see who Rafa brings in (if Ashley doesn't fuck it up). I suspect Paul will still play a fair bit as Rafa trusts him to carry out his instructions, something we musn't understate. Rafa is about the system as a whole not the players as individuals and Paul is perfect is that respect for Rafa. If Rafa spots a better player on the ball who offers the same as Paul does without it, i've no doubt Rafa will jettison Paul without a thought, Rafa's a winner after all.

Of course, everything depends on Rafa basically. If he stays a few years and his happy, it's possible the club could really have decided on a different course. Otherwise we're back to square one. I think we're at the enjoy it while it lasts stage, i dread Rafa being messed around and walking away because as you just put it very well 'we'll be back to square one'. That's the thing of being a Newcastle fan for me (especially under Ashley), you're scared to enjoy it because you just fear the next move.

My serious worry is we're an interference/fuck up from being rotten again. To be honest Rafa has changed so much but if he goes, i think the rotten core is still beating away. And always will until the fat arsehole dies/sells.

Tell him to kick Colback in the bollocks.

What a head of hair on him. Majestic. He had a Wayne Rooney though, it's a bit of a better job to be fair

No doubt most of those clubs sell outs (only sell outs in some cases) were against us.