Tooj Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Tactically he's probably the best in the world IMO. We all love the bloke but that's just too much man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Tactically he's probably the best in the world IMO. We all love the bloke but that's just too much man. Name someone better? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Tactically he's probably the best in the world IMO. We all love the bloke but that's just too much man. Name someone better? All the ones who didn't end up having to manage us[emoji38] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Tactically he's probably the best in the world IMO. We all love the bloke but that's just too much man. Name someone better? Simeone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 They had some great chances though - looked only a matter of time until an equaliser I'd agree that Swansea came out in the second half and looked dangerous but they had one shot on target. Can only remember one really good chance they created - they had a lot of the ball but didn't do much with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Tactically he's probably the best in the world IMO. We all love the bloke but that's just too much man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I can't think of any managers better at nullifying the opposition, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I'm not sure we've had a better tactical manager, we probably haven't and that's not me saying he's better than Keegan or Bobby. Only time will tell on that one but I do think he influences games more through interventions over the 90 minutes than the other 2 did, at least he has so far. Maybe that will happen less if we keep him and get a decent team, maybe it's just that he has to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Some, not all, Liverpool fans want them to field a weakened side against us so that we can win and stay up. http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=282654.4560 Edit. It looks like only one of them does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The Chronicle are reporting that he's said to his friends that he's falling in love with the city and the passion of the fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Tactically he's probably the best in the world IMO. We all love the bloke but that's just too much man. Name someone better? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The Chronicle are reporting that he's said to his friends that he's falling in love with the city and the passion of the fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The Chronicle are reporting that he's said to his friends that he's falling in love with the city and the passion of the fans. Not really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Love this bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Tiote was knackered. In all honesty Swansea were all over us for the first 20 mins of the 2nd half and we were teetering on imploding. We had Colback playing what looked like the apex of a diamond with Gini and Sissoko looking ineffective. Make no mistake; we weren't good and if we continue to play like that we are down. Hopefully the result will give us a bit belief but a similar performance on Tuesday will see us lose comfortably. We looked a lot worse in the 20 mis after Shelvey replaced Tiote tbh. That was the spell when Swansea had their only meaningful chances. But Tiote was knackered, maybe Rafa didn't have any other option but to replace him, even if it was with someone who looks like a ghost and has about as much physical impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 How many of us pre-match thought "WTF?!" but actually how many genuinely questioned Rafa? It was so refreshing to have 100% faith in the manager for the first time in approximately a decade despite not understanding his selection. The time for playing fan favourites or perceived fan favourites has long gone and actually, shouldn't ever be the case. Benitez found a combination that worked yesterday and I hope he conjours up an equally successful combination to get anything from Shiteh Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulivye Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 In a "thinking too much" mode, but I thought that a lot of the quotes from "an associate of the Spaniard" in George Caulkin's article led me to think he wants to stay. The sorts of things about poor recruitment and wanting to get the club to the Champions League level don't sound like a man about to leave. He wants to reform the club, top to bottom, and I think he wants to do that whether we stay up or go down. Additionally, he made it obvious he wants a project in England - well, fixing NUFC has to be close to the biggest project in England. All we can hope for is that Ashley has had his hands burnt so badly he says "Fine Rafa, you make it work." and the thing is he (MA) could transform his own reputation & STILL get richer! how can he not see it as win/win? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 He's set to get a massive response from the Liverpool fans next weekend, one expects. Hopefully, he sickens them too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Tactically he's probably the best in the world IMO. We all love the bloke but that's just too much man. Name someone better? Simeone and Guardiola. Allegri is pretty close too. I'm not saying he isn't one of the best, but I wouldn't say the very best like. If he was the very best he wouldn't be our manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 No chance of that. Not with City winning last night and Arsenal beating Palace. Too far behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 No chance of that. Not with City winning last night and Arsenal beating Palace. Too far behind. And if you looked at Liverpool's line up today, all the eggs are in the Europa basket. That was a good win with that line up to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 He does things differently. Some do come off like his starting midfield and Mitro coming off the bench yesterday. Yet there are times it doesn't work like Taylor for Lascelles at Southampton and continuing to play that useless c*** Gini. It's normal that we might feel uncomfortable with his decisions but at least his tactics before and during the game aren't predictable like Pardew and McClaren. He makes the changes during the game that can atleast change the game unlike bringing a LB on for a LB or a token SDJ substitution 10 minutes from time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Yeah they can only get 69 points I think. They'll be concentrating on trying to get in via the Europa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rafa-benitez-taken-another-step-11197286 Imagine writing an article with the source as "word is.." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 "The word is" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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