Ketsbaia Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Can't stop laughing at those socks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 [emoji38]me too, it was worth digging out from last time i used it in 2005. You should give it a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 How is this bloke our manager, man? Literally had no interest in us staying up until he took charge. There's still hope and for that I'm thankful towards him. What a man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 My scouse mate, who is a genuine scouser and a massive fan, not a plastic glory boy. So I actually respect his opinion. Has been spot on about Rafa, from what I have seen so far. The gist of it was: Rafa will have you scratching your head at some of his substitutions. But that they will often end up panning out - I think they nearly did at Leicester and yesterday, we were better off after the subs. That he will infuriate you, with some of his favourites, that the fans don't necessarily like - Still early days, but I guess you could argue he really likes the look of de Jong. I don't think a lot of match going fans, see it the same way. He is stubborn and he will play his way, whether the fans like it or not. There will be a lot of seemingly slow, methodical passing and possession for possession's sake - the crowd were getting restless, pretty early on, I thought. Which was a bit mental. As whenever we went direct, the ball came straight back. I thought in both of his games so far, there was a lot of sideways and backwards passing, along the back four. I don't mind that if we're trying to work an opening. But I do think we go back to Elliot, too often. This sounds like the guy was being negative, he wasn't. He absolutely loves Rafa and he wasn't pointing these things out as flaws. Just that he can split opinion. He said a lot of things. About how he'll make us much better from set pieces, more organised, more compact, better defensively etc. I like what I see so far and it looks like the scouser was right. I just hope it's not too late for any of it to matter....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 He likes De Jong because he knows what he's talking about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Wrote this on KIs Insta, might as well lob it here too, not sure if it's been mentioned. Today is Down syndrome awareness day. They encourage people to wear "funky socks" at work. Rafa and his wife donated to a DS charity near Liverpool before. Makes it even better iyam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 That La Bamba chant, that we have managed to completely fuck up. Has been stuck in my head since the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I thought it was funny when we were playing the patient passing game towards the end of the match and the crowd were getting pissy, yet we created chance after chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I think all managers have their favourites though? Sir Bob used to do my head in picking Jenas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Wrote this on KIs Insta, might as well lob it here too, not sure if it's been mentioned. Today is Down syndrome awareness day. They encourage people to wear "funky socks" at work. Rafa and his wife donated to a DS charity near Liverpool before. Makes it even better iyam. I like that he's done it without mentioning it as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 That La Bamba chant, that we have managed to completely f*** up. Has been stuck in my head since the game Aye[emoji38]actually love the chant now though[emoji38] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Wrote this on KIs Insta, might as well lob it here too, not sure if it's been mentioned. Today is Down syndrome awareness day. They encourage people to wear "funky socks" at work. Rafa and his wife donated to a DS charity near Liverpool before. Makes it even better iyam. I like that he's done it without mentioning it as well. Class that, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 From the first team only Wijnaldum, Sissoko and Aarons are going away on international duty. Janmaat has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad due to injury. It means Rafa and his team will get to work with the majority of the first team during the international break. He'll probably need to come up with a plan for when Shelvey is out as he is 1 yellow card away from a 2 game ban. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Very frustrating there is an international game right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Very frustrating there is an international game right now. Not sure about that, might be good for Rafa to have more time to work on things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Very frustrating there is an international game right now. Gives us 2 weeks to work on a game plan for Norwich so may be a positive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 From the first team only Wijnaldum, Sissoko and Aarons are going away on international duty. Janmaat has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad due to injury. It means Rafa and his team will get to work with the majority of the first team during the international break. He'll probably need to come up with a plan for when Shelvey is out as he is 1 yellow card away from a 2 game ban. So only Wijnaldum and Sissoko then as Aarons isn't going to play regardless, i'd say it's a positive that the large majority of the squad get to work under him for another week or so and hopefully it bears fruit against Norwich. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 If he likes De Jong, then thank fuck The guy is brilliant imo, just needs a long run in the team. Improved us a lot when he came on. Quality player imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Very frustrating there is an international game right now. Gives us 2 weeks to work on a game plan for Norwich so may be a positive. At least we know it will be better than the 18 day gameplan SMC came up with against Stoke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hopefully he finds a team selection that doesn't include Sissoko, and tells him to piss off when he slouches back from France duty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 By frustrating, I meant for my nerves. I cant handle a two week break right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dabe Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Wrote this on KIs Insta, might as well lob it here too, not sure if it's been mentioned. Today is Down syndrome awareness day. They encourage people to wear "funky socks" at work. Rafa and his wife donated to a DS charity near Liverpool before. Makes it even better iyam. I like that he's done it without mentioning it as well. Class that, like. Is this guy the Spanish Ace Rimmer or something...what a guy... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 If we do go down, where might Rafa go to this summer? Apart from Valencia, I'd say most top clubs are sorted. Maybe I should stop thinking he'd somehow stay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 From the first team only Wijnaldum, Sissoko and Aarons are going away on international duty. Janmaat has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad due to injury. It means Rafa and his team will get to work with the majority of the first team during the international break. He'll probably need to come up with a plan for when Shelvey is out as he is 1 yellow card away from a 2 game ban. Only has to get through the Norwich and Southampton games. Easier said than done, of course. But Colback managed to avoid getting a yellow for weeks. Only to finally get his 10th booking, against the mackems. Shelvey was launching into tackles and seemed really fired up, yesterday. But it's not like he always plays like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 How the fuck is Sissoko in the French team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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