Mick Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Worried we don't have the right players or they aren't good enough. So much is wrong it's scary. Sunderland full value for the point. Rafa needs to get rapid improvement from this team and it's going to be so difficult. Norwich is must win. Fear we got Rafa in too late. He already has and I have no doubt we'll see more in our next game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Henry Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Any word on where he's moved to or is he commuting all the way from the Wirrel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Any word on where he's moved to or is he commuting all the way from the Wirrel? I'm sure he said that he was living in Newcastle during an interview, i would guess a bit of both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I hope we can find someone as clever and professional as him in the championship next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I hope we can find someone as clever and professional as him in the championship next season I'm just holding on to the ridiculous premise that he's going to stay anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Was impressed with his subs, not the changes everyone cried out for but we were better after them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Was this interview with bbc newcastle posted? https://audioboom.com/boos/4326834-rafa-benitez-speaks-to-bbc-newcastle-post-safc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Did Janmaat come off injured or tactical? Looked to be hobbling a bit from my seat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 https://twitter.com/BBCSporf/status/711600717572796418 That's it I adore the man. This. Fucking hell, imagine watching South Park with Rafa Benitez man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Did Janmaat come off injured or tactical? Looked to be hobbling a bit from my seat Pretty sure that was for an injury. NBC commentators mentioned him limping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 https://twitter.com/BBCSporf/status/711600717572796418 That's it I adore the man. This. Fucking hell, imagine watching South Park with Rafa Benitez man. Fitting portrait also of policeman cartman. Los respecto mi autoridad! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Janmaat was limping when he came off. We were awful first half, second to most balls, too slow in possession and gave them far too much time to get organised. Sissoko was ineffective and Gini struggled to pose any kind of threat. Kirchhoff controlled the midfield first half. Rafa's got a hell of a job on his hands, we were second best today and will not catch Sunderland unless we improve by a considerable margin. We have to beat Norwich, that means creating and scoring goals away from home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He says Janmaat was injured in the interview I posted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 https://twitter.com/BBCSporf/status/711600717572796418 We should have a poll, Do you wear South Park socks? For the record, yes I do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1tche Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Every sub so far has made me think "what the f**k??" Quickly followed by "f**k that's an attacking move, let's see how this pans out" so much better than that other guys left back for left back crap and Mcclaren's 88th minute token sub, which changes nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Open_C Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Aye, I like having a manager who appears to know more about football than I do. Refreshing change[emoji38] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Refreshing having a gentleman, in the ilk of SBR and Hughton, represent the club again. Love you, Rafa! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He should take enormous credit for that point. The best sub, imho, was De Jong who he had hover between the lines which confused Kirchoff, who was by far the best player on the pitch, especially in the first half. If the four mins added time wasn't wasted with them time wasting, cramp/mitro shite, I think we win the game. I've seen us win with that kind of momentum so many times. Such as shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 What a legend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 The only hope I have of us staying up is because we have this man in charge. If we'd still had McClaren, we'd have lost 3-0 today. His subs often confuse me, but he proves me wrong every time. He bought on three subs today (one enforced) that all had a positive effect on the result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Aye, I like having a manager who appears to know more about football than I do. Refreshing change[emoji38] Aye At this point i just trust everything he does tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Pinkman Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Taking off both full backs and putting Sissoko and Anita full backs was inspired. McClaren would have taken Mitro off for Rivere in the 85th minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Worried we don't have the right players or they aren't good enough. So much is wrong it's scary. Sunderland full value for the point. Rafa needs to get rapid improvement from this team and it's going to be so difficult. Norwich is must win. Fear we got Rafa in too late. He already has and I have no doubt we'll see more in our next game. I thought we were back to the confused stuff from the McClaren days in the first half, Sunderland looked much more organised and energetic. But we turned it round in the second half, in no small part due to Rafa making bold and decisive subs early enough to make a difference. It reminds me very much of when Keegan took over from Fat Sam. It took eight games for Kev to get us ticking again and then we were a different team. One other similarity is that Keegan wanted to get straight out onto the training ground after his press interview as well. I know we don't have the luxury of eight games to start a turn around this time, but we are still in touching distance. While that's the case I will believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 God if we stay up. The atmosphere next season. The sound, the football, the journey he'll take us on. I'm convinced it's our time but we'll have to struggle through a major fight for it. Keep fighting and working. I think he'll get us beating the "better" teams too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Thought we were awful and second best in the first half. Like Tron says reminiscent of SMC early days where we tried to play football but lacked ability, confidence and cutting edge. While giving away chances. Second half was better from us but Sunderland/Big Sam also bottled it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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