samptime29 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Aye Everton fans are tossers. Wanna see Rafa do well but also don't because Everton fans are nesh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 It's a tough one. On the one hand I really don't want to see Everton do well, on the other, I really admire the way Rafa goes about his business, and will always be grateful that he tried to raise standards while he was here, so would like to see what he can do with a decent budget. Shame it wasn't at a more likeable club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Somewhere, miles away, Steve Bruce's ears suddenly prick up. "Finally, he's talking my language" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 He doesn't fit Rafa's system so is naturally unneeded, as the system is more important than any 1 player. He's a big name and the fans have that to cling on, but it was never going to last so long as Ancelotti wasn't manager. Replies are heavily toxic ofc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Still think this has disaster written all over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, et tu brute said: Still think this has disaster written all over it. I think he's to good to fail there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 59 minutes ago, Ben said: I think he's to good to fail there. Well we will soon see, personally I don’t think he’ll last the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Once he has them up and running the fans will be on board with Rafa. He’s too good to fail as Ben noted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, HTT II said: Once he has them up and running the fans will be on board with Rafa. He’s too good to fail as Ben noted. As I said we will soon find out, just think the fact the support already don’t like him is massive. The problems with suspended player, their best player making noises of not being happy and his signings so far. As I said though just have to wait and see. Hope he does fail as can’t stand Everton and especially their supporters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, et tu brute said: As I said we will soon find out, just think the fact the support already don’t like him is massive. The problems with suspended player, their best player making noises of not being happy and his signings so far. As I said though just have to wait and see. Hope he does fail as can’t stand Everton and especially their supporters. The thing with Rafa is he kind of feeds off the negativity of others or likes a battle of wills, hence why he stuck it out here as long as he did, again fans are fickle, win a few games, get them up the table and competing and they’ll soon forgive and forget. They already have a very very good setup with some very good players, tweak that team correctly which we all know is Rafa’s stamp and they will be a very hard team to beat and they have good attacking options so goals shouldn’t be a problem either. It will be sickening for me if they do well, because that could be us or should be us with a Rafa NUFC. Cheers Mike! I have no ill will against Everton, nor any desire to see them succeed, but I’d love Rafa to shut a few people up… Edited July 31, 2021 by HTT II Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Based on him getting a championship squad comfortable in the premiership during his time here, I wouldn’t be surprised if he got a top 7 finish with the squad available to him at Everton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1000 votes so not huge. But big player over big (arguable after Newcastle + Dalian to some) manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) James after a decent start totally faded last season, he’s not got to grips physically at all with the league, but should he stick it out and Rafa wants him in his plans, he’ll no doubt excel or should do. Edited July 31, 2021 by HTT II Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, nbthree3 said: 1000 votes so not huge. But big player over big (arguable after Newcastle + Dalian to some) manager Always ignore votes like that to be honest as you always get other club’s supporters voting. Wouldn’t be surprised if a good few of our fans voted either. Edited July 31, 2021 by et tu brute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Is he a 'good guy' though? Does he scratch his bollocks on the sidelines or does he have the door opening while he is having a shit talking to a new signing? No? Fuck him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Rafa teams start slower than they finish. It's been the case since he was at Valencia. Functional but underwhelming at times in early months but prepared so they peak around March/April. Go through pretty much every job he's ever had and you'll find that pattern. His staying power may well be his best asset. If I had to predict how it will work out for him this season, I would say that the first few months may be quite ugly - some minor improvements to the team but inconsistent results and potentially an increasingly hostile crowd. If he's allowed to ride that out, they'll come into the last few months fit and prepared for the run-in while other teams fall away. How good/bad both these parts are will determine where they finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Surprising lack of decent signings for them so far imo, thought they'd let him have a good crack at it from the off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, mrmojorisin75 said: Surprising lack of decent signings for them so far imo, thought they'd let him have a good crack at it from the off. Don't they already have a very good squad? Might be a case of they just need to fine tune it so it fits his style now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, TRon said: Don't they already have a very good squad? Might be a case of they just need to fine tune it so it fits his style now. Find it odd they've been chucking money all over the place for the last few years, get Rafa and they're only blagging free signings and whatnot. They'll probably lose Sigurdsson, need viable backup for DCL, Iwobi is fucking terrible, they've 3 CM's but nothing decent behind that afaik. Plenty of holes that could be filled, is the point I'm making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, hakka said: I also thought they had spent heavily in recent years so don't really have same spending power. I haven't looked though Thought they were loaded, unless they're rowing back on spending for some reason. Always have a good youth system maybe want Rafa to bring them through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Maybe they have seen how Rafa managed at Newcastle on zero budget, which is why they went for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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