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Keeping it under 5 will be a success.

I agree with the general trend and the way football has moved to a more pressing oriented style that doesn't suit him or Mourinho, but don't think you can judge Rafa based on an absolutely woeful Everton team with no money. Also he has (unsurprisingly) never clicked with the fans which has meant there's always been tension on his back.

Not actually that unlikely as a turn of events. Good chance he gets let go at the end of the season by Everton and we might be in the market for a new manager too

It's Liverpool away so you'd expect a back five. Ritchie and Fraser back in as wing backs I imagine. Wouldn't surprise me if Willock and Shelvey remain as the midfield two though

At best we'll have one more point (Everton away potentially), the other games are all literally write offs. Liverpool could be absolutely brutal in terms of goal difference.

Wasn't it more knee jerk to think we were going to stay up just on the basis of scraping past Burnley to win a single league game (first of the season in December lol)?

Willock is unbelievably bad

Watching them now they are absolutely terrible. Their defensive line for the 2nd goal lmao

lmao

They've just sacked their DOF so looks like Rafa will be backed at least until the end of the season.

I think he'll be massively exposed about any decent team but still well worth playing him over Ritchie until we can get reinforcements.

this is farcically bad

Cheap fake grass under a suspended office ceiling Please tell me it's not finished

Amazing how there's never any doubt Salah will score a 1 v1

feel bad for rafa man

Another draw

We had 20 points and were 15th then. 7 points now, quite possibly the same total it'll be on Jan 1st.

Guarantee Jones will be advising that Ritchie returns

Well and truly over now. A nice statement from PIF reiterating that they're patient long-term investors would be reassuring

Has Delia Smith just died on camera?

Asking the worst defence in the league to hold on to a clean sheet was never gonna end well

Surprised they haven't given that as handball

ASM running against Hanely lmao

dunno if I can bear this. Get Almiron and Hayden on

unnatural position, won't be given tho lol