Optimistic Nut Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 This is why he gets the team to dig in and stay in matches. Apart from the Liverpool away game we’ve not been out of the game in any fixture against the top 6 clubs. Tonight’s an example that sometimes over the 90 Minutes things can fall your way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 best part about that is it's basically the same approach he's been absolutely slated for the last couple of years vs. top 6 teams, difference is tonight our players were able to impose themselves a bit more than usual at the right times and citeh weren't up to their usual standard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Not sure if we are good enough to capitalize this favor you guys did, but Rafa's stature among LFC fans just took one more leap. https://twitter.com/the_kop_king_/status/1090372314984779776 Happy for you, mate. You just need to take care of your end now...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Got to go down as the best tactical performance from a manager in the clubs history? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Got to go down as the best tactical performance from a manager in the clubs history? Steady on man I’m sure Carver would have something to say about that like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 carver would had us beat 9-0 and blamed Longstaff for not following instructions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 My goodness can you even begin to imagine how much a Carver or Pardew would have broken Longstaff by now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Would another manager in our history have got this set of players to beat the set of players Man City had out tonight? Anyone can beat a team once like. I think what’s more impressive is that we’ve played them four times the last two seasons and they’ve found it tough each time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 My goodness can you even begin to imagine how much a Carver or Pardew would have broken Longstaff by now? Would have been broken like a mackem trainee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 If Rafa played chess he'd be world champion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Would another manager in our history have got this set of players to beat the set of players Man City had out tonight? Anyone can beat a team once like. I think what’s more impressive is that we’ve played them four times the last two seasons and they’ve found it tough each time Generally speaking we give the better teams a tougher ride under Rafa, our 4-0 defeat to Liverpool this season and our 4-1 defeat to Man Utd last season being the outliers. For all the talk of this being unexpected, when you look at how compact and organised we can be against such teams it shouldn’t have been unexpected, in all honesty this season we were due a good result against one of the better teams, it’s just a shock that it came against arguably the best team in such circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Would another manager in our history have got this set of players to beat the set of players Man City had out tonight? Anyone can beat a team once like. I think what’s more impressive is that we’ve played them four times the last two seasons and they’ve found it tough each time We played well and caught Man City on an off day. Another day we get beat. Didn't think it was much different to how we've played recently. Think the early goal helped us as it put city into 1st gear for the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I don't think it was surprising to do well against them at all, but it was very surprising to actually win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Would another manager in our history have got this set of players to beat the set of players Man City had out tonight? Anyone can beat a team once like. I think what’s more impressive is that we’ve played them four times the last two seasons and they’ve found it tough each time We played well and caught Man City on an off day. Another day we get beat. Didn't think it was much different to how we've played recently. Think the early goal helped us as it put city into 1st gear for the match. I think we are actually better suited playing teams like them than most of the others in terms of how we set up and our tactics, especially at home. We simply lack the creativity in midfield and real pace out wide to go at any team and although we could vary our tactics so we have more possession and get forward more against the lesser teams, it’s not going to be any more effective in terms of the end result really, not until we have the right players. I think Rafa is correct to set us up in this way whether it’s at home to Man City or Cardiff given the players he has to work with. You would hope with more quality players though, setting up like we do will only be reserved for when we face a team like Man City where even with better players, playing any other way we would still get torn apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Sadly, this will make Ashley sit back and think "no need to buy new players then" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 In the car on way home last night (before the match). Totalsport was on ,and there was doom and gloom after Rafa's comments about no guarantees he'd see the season out. I said to the wife, if/when he leaves, it'll probably be the biggest "What If" ever, and we'll probably never know what we could have achieved, had he had a reasonable level of support and backing from the owner. Whether Almiron comes in, along with any more loans this window, and whether Rafa decides he will stay on and extend his stay, I still don't see much/anything changing from the last 3 years, as long as 'the saviour of the high street' remains as owner of the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh74 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 If Almirón signs I think Rafa will stay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 We need dancing Rafa as a GIF/emoji on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 In the car on way home last night (before the match). Totalsport was on ,and there was doom and gloom after Rafa's comments about no guarantees he'd see the season out. I said to the wife, if/when he leaves, it'll probably be the biggest "What If" ever, and we'll probably never know what we could have achieved, had he had a reasonable level of support and backing from the owner. Whether Almiron comes in, along with any more loans this window, and whether Rafa decides he will stay on and extend his stay, I still don't see much/anything changing from the last 3 years, as long as 'the saviour of the high street' remains as owner of the club. Would be 2nd to "what if Mike sold us to the Sheikh instead of being an insufferable moron" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgk_lfc Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Would another manager in our history have got this set of players to beat the set of players Man City had out tonight? Anyone can beat City once. But I haven't seen a manager who can consistently pull rabbits out of the hat over two decades now. He did for Valencia, he did it for us, and not he is going the same for you. The longevity is impressive. I think a big part of it is how he views football. He grew up playing subbuteo and chess. And apparently kids used to hate playing him. Because he always won. In the rare event he lost he used to torment the other kid by analyzing all of his moves and continuously playing against him until he won many times. That is how he views football. He is an all time great in identifying weaknesses in oppositions and creating systems through drills which nullify oppositions strengths and exploit their weaknesses. That is the reason he is good at European football. I think in the 11 or 12 times he participated in Europe, he has reached the semifinal 8 times which is a phenomenal record as in most cases he managed less fancy squads. With a little bit of quality, you are safe backing his team in a one on one fight. In a way, I think that is why he is not that suited for teams like Madrid. He will start complicating things there. He is like that kid in high school who can understand fermats theorem's but will still get only 70s in the final as solving quadratic equations is too boring. In a way, I am surprised some of the international teams haven't taken a chance on him. He offers a more than decent chance for teams like Japan, Korea, and Senegal for world cup glory. To win a world cup you need to win 7 games right. I cannot see anyone better at devising systems to neutralize those teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I’ve thought the same thing, however Rafa would likely become bored of international football. It’s something he might take up towards the back end of his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marki Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Offline RedForeverTT Believer ***** Posts: 1,279 Vitamin D surplus gives crows feet - Kylie Jenner Re: Chasing the Title, The Pack Chasing Us « Reply #3435 on: Yesterday at 10:23:19 PM » Always said Newcastle would proved to be the title decider, not some unheard of team like Everton. Rafa setting the team up like a European competition and schooled Pep. No different to how he set us up against Ronaldinho's Barca in the Champions League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Come on Leicester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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