Wullie Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Not sure it's as much about protecting the goal difference as not getting obliterated 3 games into the season and the week before the toughest fixture of the season. I suspect if you're a player, Man City away looks a lot more daunting if you've just been demolished at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 We may be glad of this result and Rafas tactics come the end of the season when we stay up on goal average Has there ever been a team relegated on goal difference in the history of the PL? The very thought of protecting the GD three games into a season..... Well it's no good trying to protect it three games from the end. Dickhead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Rafa is by far and away the best manager we've had in recent times, and I assume in the near future. If he feels those tactics were the best approach to the game then so be it. Was I entertained? Not really. Will I be happy if we stay up at the end of the season? Absolutely. If we'd invested £100m in the window and played like that it'd be a different story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 We may be glad of this result and Rafas tactics come the end of the season when we stay up on goal average Has there ever been a team relegated on goal difference in the history of the PL? The very thought of protecting the GD three games into a season..... Well it's no good trying to protect it three games from the end. Dickhead Rafa, so I've been reliably informed, is a 'world class' manager. He shouldn't need to worry about GD at anytime. Surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Who would you rather have as manager? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 We may be glad of this result and Rafas tactics come the end of the season when we stay up on goal average Has there ever been a team relegated on goal difference in the history of the PL? The very thought of protecting the GD three games into a season..... Well it's no good trying to protect it three games from the end. Dickhead Rafa, so I've been reliably informed, is a 'world class' manager. He shouldn't need to worry about GD at anytime. Surely? Worrying about GD seems like something a world class manager would do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 We may be glad of this result and Rafas tactics come the end of the season when we stay up on goal average Has there ever been a team relegated on goal difference in the history of the PL? The very thought of protecting the GD three games into a season..... Well it's no good trying to protect it three games from the end. Dickhead Rafa, so I've been reliably informed, is a 'world class' manager. He shouldn't need to worry about GD at anytime. Surely? What do you think of Mike Ashley and the quality of players at Rafa's disposal? Can you name a manager that could do a better job? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 In Crumpy's mind, Mike Ashley doesn't exist and the quality of players that we have is completely irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Who would you rather have as manager? Good luck getting an answer. It's been almost 2 years without an answer now I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I wish we’d lost 5 nil me. At least I’d have seen loads of goals and went away happy and smiling because we had a go because that’s the most important thing. Can’t beat a 4 or 5 goal battering to line you up to play the champions away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Crumpy thinks the bloke who was getting people on the Titanics lifeboats was to blame for the ones that died. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Had we been losing when the penalty incident came, then i could maybe understand people being unhappy with Rafa's approach, but we weren't. Assuming you would be happy with a point (i think most NUFC fans would), then Rafa's tactics were spot on, as we were on course for the point until the ref fucked it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Not sure it's as much about protecting the goal difference as not getting obliterated 3 games into the season and the week before the toughest fixture of the season. I suspect if you're a player, Man City away looks a lot more daunting if you've just been demolished at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Danny Murphy going on the good person list. Let's update the list. So we have: Me. Danny Murphy, custis, Shearer, carragher, Against Wise, shola, keys, gray, redknapp, big Sam, Bellamy, my dad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Not sure it's as much about protecting the goal difference as not getting obliterated 3 games into the season and the week before the toughest fixture of the season. I suspect if you're a player, Man City away looks a lot more daunting if you've just been demolished at home. Probably the case, aye I get the frustration though. Last season we beat Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal and drew with Liverpool at home and I think people just wanted a similar approach to some of those games. Nobody is expecting Keegan style football under Rafa or us to go toe to toe in an open game against the best sides but there’s definitely a middle ground between that and sitting with 10 men in our own third and just launching the ball back to them everytime we get it. I do think with Shelvey and Kenedy in the side Rafa will show more adventure in other games against the better sides this season though. Would have been tough however he setup yesterday with those players available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 We approached Spurs head on; we only lost by a penalty kick (dodgy maybe) and an own goal to Chelsea without our captain who was hurt, our best central midfielder who was hurt, and our on-loan creative winger ineligible to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Not sure it's as much about protecting the goal difference as not getting obliterated 3 games into the season and the week before the toughest fixture of the season. I suspect if you're a player, Man City away looks a lot more daunting if you've just been demolished at home. Exactly, Rafa is like a class chess player, he thinks 3 moves ahead and yet people like Crumpy seems to think he isn't world class despite it staring them in the face. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I'm fully with Benitez. We played to his tactics and lost by an unlucky own goal. Their team is better yet we nullified them for the majority of the game. Their goals were scrappy and their moments of quality were no where near our goal. We were missing three of our best players. Three new signings started. And yet we almost got something out of the game. It's a pity our next game is against City and then Arsenal as well as having Man Utd after that. We're gonna be starting the season with a massive boulder on our back. October and November are going to be the real tests and that's when Rafa will shine. At least we look comfortable and organized. It's not last ditch defending. The team looks like a unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I'm fully with Benitez. We played to his tactics and lost by an unlucky own goal. Their team is better yet we nullified them for the majority of the game. Their goals were scrappy and their moments of quality were no where near our goal. We were missing three of our best players. Three new signings started. And yet we almost got something out of the game. It's a pity our next game is against City and then Chelsea as well as having Man Utd after that. We're gonna be starting the season with a massive boulder on our back. October and November are going to be the real tests and that's when Rafa will shine. At least we look comfortable and organized. It's not last ditch defending, the team looks like a unit. And December. Those 3 months are our favourable fixtures. January is grim. But I trust Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Still think people are ignoring the fact that our ball retention was the worst it’s been in a long time. Players learn how to pass and we would have had a lot more of the ball. It wasn’t tactical to have so little possession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Still think people are ignoring the fact that our ball retention was the worst it’s been in a long time. Players learn how to pass and we would have had a lot more of the ball. It wasn’t tactical to have so little possession. Aye i commented during the game how Ritchie and Murphy at the time had no awareness of players around them and kept losing the ball, chuck in Ki and Mo playing sloppy balls as well. Rafa himself said after the game we had to keep the ball better, it wasn't a let them have it back as soon as we get it thing, just poor play from us in possession a fair bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 People moaning about Rafas tactics can enjoy next season with some muppet in charge playing 'front foot football' and losing 4-0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJM Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Shouldn't be immune to criticism when it's warranted. Shelvey was a big miss in midfield but to set the team up like that at home against that Chelsea team was piss poor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 About to slag us off on Sky in a couple minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Shouldn't be immune to criticism when it's warranted. Shelvey was a big miss in midfield but to set the team up like that at home against that Chelsea team was piss poor Until he's allowed to build the team he wants, he's immune as far as I'm concerned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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