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Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa - 20/02/17 - post match from pg27


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Atsu needs a full game. He looks very bright when he plays.

Yeah when coming on as a sub, I don't think he's trusted enough to start which says its own story when the comparison is gouffran.

 

Much as we love him - in some ways Rafa is Allardyce/Pardew.

 

He likes to play the percentages, he likes hard working players he can rely on and he struggles to trust purely flair players.

 

If his name was Ralph Bennett....

 

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No doubt at all that Rafa is firmly in the pragmatist section of managers.

Much as we will him to just occasionally be a little "Keeganesque" it isn't going to happen and that may well be the best thing for the next three away games.

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Yeah, he likes to control games, not play percentages. Allardyce and Pardew don't do that at all. Can't ever imagine a Pardew/Allardyce time knocking together a 30 pass move like yesterday (not the first time we've done that this season either). Also Rafa is having to work with a poor quality squad. The foundation is being built, the flare will come.

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Atsu needs a full game. He looks very bright when he plays.

Yeah when coming on as a sub, I don't think he's trusted enough to start which says its own story when the comparison is gouffran.

 

Much as we love him - in some ways Rafa is Allardyce/Pardew.

 

He likes to play the percentages, he likes hard working players he can rely on and he struggles to trust purely flair players.

 

If his name was Ralph Bennett....

 

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Thinking back on the match, despite us being terrible for the first 35 mins Villa were so bad they couldn't even take advantage of it.

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Atsu needs a full game. He looks very bright when he plays.

Yeah when coming on as a sub, I don't think he's trusted enough to start which says its own story when the comparison is gouffran.

 

Much as we love him - in some ways Rafa is Allardyce/Pardew.

 

He likes to play the percentages, he likes hard working players he can rely on and he struggles to trust purely flair players.

 

If his name was Ralph Bennett....

 

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Should be a forward slash not a back slash. Your tags are still open. You've been controversial for hours now.

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Atsu needs a full game. He looks very bright when he plays.

Yeah when coming on as a sub, I don't think he's trusted enough to start which says its own story when the comparison is gouffran.

 

Much as we love him - in some ways Rafa is Allardyce/Pardew.

 

He likes to play the percentages, he likes hard working players he can rely on and he struggles to trust purely flair players.

 

If his name was Ralph Bennett....

 

<\controversial>

 

Should be a forward slash not a back slash. Your tags are still open. You've been controversial for hours now.

 

You're right - although for efficiency it really should have just been

 

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Atsu needs a full game. He looks very bright when he plays.

Yeah when coming on as a sub, I don't think he's trusted enough to start which says its own story when the comparison is gouffran.

 

Much as we love him - in some ways Rafa is Allardyce/Pardew.

 

He likes to play the percentages, he likes hard working players he can rely on and he struggles to trust purely flair players.

 

If his name was Ralph Bennett....

 

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If he name was Ralph Bennett and he'd won:

 

2 La Liga titles

1 FA Cup

1 Champions League

1 Europa League

2 Italian Super Cups

1 Italian Cup

1 Fifa World Club Cup

1 Community Shield

1 European Super Cup

1 UEFA Cup

 

He'd still be the best manager we could possibly get.

 

 

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