Happinesstan Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Rafa on taking players abroad: "Our idea is to train and keep the players happy with their families. Some people prefer to go away at this time of year. But when you are travelling away throughout the season in the Premier League and the cups and you are also training most days I don’t think players get the time to spend with their family. So if you can give them that time back it is much better for them." Aye you only take the team away if you've got Stan Collymore in the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Given the noises about Lascelles contract getting signed cos he knew Rafa was sticking around, can Dummett’s contract be seen as a good omen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Given the noises about Lascelles contract getting signed cos he knew Rafa was sticking around, can Dummett’s contract be seen as a good omen? Lets be honest, Dummett won't do better than us with or without Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 https://twitter.com/iammoallim/status/967406262139854848 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Got it wrong. We dominated for 70 minutes and went defensive and we looked weak. 2 points dropped are on him IMO. Bring on the abuse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 You're not worth the conversation tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Not Rafas finest afternoon. Completely cost us today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 He should be praised for first half and should be criticised for second half. Fair game to be honest, 1 point from an away game isn't that bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 To be fair to Rafa, he should be able to make a substitution at 2-0 without expecting the sky to fall in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Agreed. Even if we'd scored a 3rd. Rafa would have went 10-0-1. Perez would have never held the ball up to relieve pressure and the subs mean we lose 3-3. Fucking Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 He should be praised for first half and should be criticised for second half. Fair game to be honest, 1 point from an away game isn't that bad. It is when you're in a relegation dogfight 2-0 up away from home with ten minutes to go looking comfortable - then the substitutions. Madness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 You're not worth the conversation tbh. Gutted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 He should be praised for first half and should be criticised for second half. Fair game to be honest, 1 point from an away game isn't that bad. It is when you're in a relegation dogfight 2-0 up away from home with ten minutes to go looking comfortable - then the substitutions. Madness. It's about control. Most of these players don't have the intelligence to play for fouls and waste time when it counts. As a result Rafa over compensates by bringing on defensive players. I personally would have left Gayle on for his pace, and used Merino rather than Hayden if we were going to bulk the midfield out. But I can see why he's done it, the team are naive and lack confidence to see a game out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 That's a load of crap. We were getting out fine and drawing plenty of fouls before Gayle went off. Ah well, done now. Going to have to find an extra win from somewhere now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Actually, Rafas just said in-game management in his post match interview. Which sums it up. Some of our players panic and want the game over by kicking the ball anywhere rather than using their brain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 That's a load of crap. We were getting out fine and drawing plenty of fouls before Gayle went off. Aye because the mentality to defend 15 mins into a game is the same as 15 mins remaining, no. Whether you like it our not, players will drop back and lose their calm when closing out a game. Unfortunately we don't have enough players to handle the pressure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 That's a load of crap. We were getting out fine and drawing plenty of fouls before Gayle went off. Ah well, done now. Going to have to find an extra win from somewhere now. What? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 He should be praised for first half and should be criticised for second half. Fair game to be honest, 1 point from an away game isn't that bad. It is when you're in a relegation dogfight 2-0 up away from home with ten minutes to go looking comfortable - then the substitutions. Madness. It's about control. Most of these players don't have the intelligence to play for fouls and waste time when it counts. As a result Rafa over compensates by bringing on defensive players. I personally would have left Gayle on for his pace, and used Merino rather than Hayden if we were going to bulk the midfield out. But I can see why he's done it, the team are naive and lack confidence to see a game out. Excellent point this. We lack the intelligence and nerve to finish off games like this and this is compounded when our more "experienced" players like Shelvey are letting players run into the box in the final 10 minutes. These lads are good lads and work really hard but they have a terrible habit of not killin games off and switching off defensively. We've shipped far too many points in the final minutes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 We obviously don't have the quality to sit back and see games out, it seems to develop a negative mindset and increases the pressure until the inevitable happens. We need a clever outlet to take the pressure off in these situations, whether it's someone being a shitehouse, drawing fouls, frustrating the opposition, just generally buying some breathing space. Joselu could do it, probably needs to get more streetwise, but I was surprised he didn't come on for Gayle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 We need a clever outlet to take the pressure off in these situations, whether it's someone being a shitehouse, drawing fouls, frustrating the opposition, just generally buying some breathing space. Joselu could do it, probably needs to get more streetwise, but I was surprised he didn't come on for Gayle Outlet needed. Surprised not Joselu. Consequences bad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Hayden/Merino for Shelvey and Joselu for Gayle (assuming he needed/wanted to come off) and we hang on to win that game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Hayden/Merino for Shelvey and Joselu for Gayle (assuming he needed/wanted to come off) and we hang on to win that game. Possibly, but who knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 We need a clever outlet to take the pressure off in these situations, whether it's someone being a shitehouse, drawing fouls, frustrating the opposition, just generally buying some breathing space. Joselu could do it, probably needs to get more streetwise, but I was surprised he didn't come on for Gayle Outlet needed. Surprised not Joselu. Consequences bad Would love to see a peak Demba Ba under Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 We were coasting at 2-0 and I would imagine that Rafa removed Gayle in case he got injured, bearing in mind that he is the only fit goalscorer that we have. Shelvey played well for 60 minutes and did a lot of work so was knackered towards the end. I think in these cases we need to defend further up the pitch not along the 18 yard line. However, a good point and a lot of credit to Bournemouth who have been having a good run including beating Chelsea 3-0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Hayden/Merino for Shelvey and Joselu for Gayle (assuming he needed/wanted to come off) and we hang on to win that game. I'll bet Rafa is regretting not taking Shelvey off if he watched MOTD last night. But yeah, hindsight and all that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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