Lenny Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Hopefully Benitez settles a back 4 soon. Three games, three different CB pairings. Argueably the position that profits the most from stability. Hopefully within a couple of games he has made a decision. I'm not sure he will unless we go the odd week where we don't have 2 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I forgot how quickly the games come around in this league, yikes! Genuinely think Rafa is going to keep shuffling the pack to keep players fresh, and also to ensure everyone is involved and getting games, so they stay sharp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Hopefully Benitez settles a back 4 soon. Three games, three different CB pairings. Argueably the position that profits the most from stability. Hopefully within a couple of games he has made a decision. I'm not sure he will unless we go the odd week where we don't have 2 games. Yeah I think he'll have a preferred pair, probably Lascelles and Mbemba, but he'll be using the other two extensively as well. He seems more about systems than individuals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Not sure where I saw this but I thought Rafa’s rotation was generally not in the spine of the team? He always seemed to have a core set of players through the middle, at Liverpool, but would rotate wider options a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Not sure where I saw this but I thought Rafa’s rotation was generally not in the spine of the team? He always seemed to have a core set of players through the middle, at Liverpool, but would rotate wider options a lot. I could be wrong, but I think that might change with the championship where there are quite a few midweek games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 They would have played in Europe a lot under Rafa, though. Also, TBF, it's hard to rotate wide players, when we only have two genuine wingers and I think only one of them is starting quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Article on Hart by Carragher. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3749475/Joe-Hart-12-months-prepare-Pep-Guardiola-don-t-feel-sorry-him.html Maybe Guardiola's outlook on keepers is the same as Benitez. He never liked English goalkeepers and he would ask why they dived all over the place in training, when they only have five or six saves to make each game. Benitez was always of the opinion they should work more on their feet, positional play and decision making. Does he see something different in Sels to our other keepers? Interesting snippet anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 If he wants good kicking he won't like Krul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Sels' distribution was pretty poor on Wednesday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Our keepers have all had pretty poor distribution since Mike Hooper. So yeah, over 20 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Our keepers have all had pretty poor distribution since Mike Hooper. So yeah, over 20 years. And he was all around poor. Bar the beaut of that Klinsmann penalty save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Rob Elliot is probably the keeper with the best distribution I can remember. Good throw on him. Shay was poor and Krul just inexplicably, constantly horrible. Our keeper situating is a weird one. I was convinced Krul was off but there's been nowt in the way of rumours since the tenuous Everton link. I wonder if Rafa actually rates Sels as the long term number 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Rob Elliot is probably the keeper with the best distribution I can remember. Good throw on him. Shay was poor and Krul just inexplicably, constantly horrible. Our keeper situating is a weird one. I was convinced Krul was off but there's been nowt in the way of rumours since the tenuous Everton link. I wonder if Rafa actually rates Sels as the long term number 1. Good timing Yorkie. Linked with a move to Ajax this morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I hope he enjoys his first away win as NUFC manager today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Our keepers have all had pretty poor distribution since Mike Hooper. So yeah, over 20 years. And he was all around poor. Bar the beaut of that Klinsmann penalty save. Very good kicker of the ball though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 When I worked at the Little Chef through college he had a spell where he came every week for fish & chips when it was on a promotion for £4.99. Never came back when it went back to full price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Our keepers have all had pretty poor distribution since Mike Hooper. So yeah, over 20 years. And he was all around poor. Bar the beaut of that Klinsmann penalty save. Very good kicker of the ball though. Still love the story from Beresford of some fans asking Hooper to sign their ball, one of them saying 'dont drop it!' and him booting it out of the car park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dokko Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 ...said no one ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Craig, a fat mackem freak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Proved me wrong again. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 GENIUS Nah, no issue with what he's tried to do in the last two. Knows we needs results first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Proved me wrong again. Well done. Just accept he knows more about football than you. Tough to get used to as he's the NUFC manager, I'll grant you that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Proved me wrong again. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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