General Twitter Thread

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[saj]

A few clubs could have had a chance if they had signed Masch. He could have taken out a player like Messi or Xavi. Now Barca don't need to risk that.

I can't see any other player out there that could do that.

Barcelona don't have a weakness. They had that before they signed Masch.

Pep will leave sooner or later so who could replace him and could that be a problem? I doubt that it will be a problem. They will get in someone that play the same type of football. Klopp or Villas Boas. Rafa could be another option.

We played the same type of football. Not as good of course but still the same type of football.

[Craig_H]

Oh Arn

[the rev leeroy brown]

FFS i thought i talked drivel a lot of the time but reading that has made me feel much better bout myself

[Kenneth]

It's the authority with which he delivers his pearls of idiocy that cracks me up.

[Glenn Hysen]

FFS i thought i talked drivel a lot of the time but reading that has made me feel much better bout myself

[lucas]

bazzshady
@themichaelowen happy to sit on the bench (if you're lucky) for another year. Have you no respect for yourself? You're now just a joke!

[kev776]

It's the authority with which he delivers his pearls of idiocy that cracks me up.

agreed

[Arn]

It seems like a lot of you don't remember the way Valencia played with Rafa in charge.

They played the same pass and move football as Barcelona do now. Not as good as them but very close to it. They played the same defensive tactic as Barcelona do now.

The difference being that they didn't had a Messi, Xavi or Iniesta.

You also don't remember that he wanted Inter to play in the same way. He wanted them to play pass and move football and press the opponent all over the pitch.

He also wanted us to play the same way. He changed the Academy to play that way. He also wanted the first team to play that way but didn't had the players to do it.

Valencia with Rafa in charge was the best pass and move team this century until Barcelona started to dominate and play even better than they did.

[Craig_H]

Arn, when every single person tells you it's pissing down with rain outside, and when you stick your head out of the window and your face gets wet - do you still inexplicably leave you brolly indoors when you go out?

[Chrono]

In summary...

Mascherano is the only player capable of stopping Barcelona.

Barcelona are now unbeatable.

We used to play like the current Barcelona team. So did Valencia.

Inter wanted to play like Barcelona.

[Kenneth]

actually, when you put it like that, I'm convinced.

[Arn]

Arn, when every single person tells you it's pissing down with rain outside, and when you stick your head out of the window and your face gets wet - do you still inexplicably leave you brolly indoors when you go out?

[Muddled]

I can kinda see where Arn is coming from, it's just not as black and white as the statements he has emphatically made. We pressed high up the pitch but lacked the personnel to play possession football. You could see that was the way Rafa wanted us to play, but we lacked the investment and the quality to do it.

[Arn]

I can kinda see where Arn is coming from, it's just not as black and white as the statements he has emphatically made. We pressed high up the pitch but lacked the personnel to play possession football. You could see that was the way Rafa wanted us to play, but we lacked the investment and the quality to do it.

and it isn't a joke that his Valencia team played fantastic pass and move football. I still remember when they totally outplayed us playing that way.

He had the same problem back then. He didn't had the money to make the team even better. He had to sell to buy and he didn't decide who they signed.

I don't know why some people seems to think that Rafa isn't a pass and move type of manager. That is the way he want his team to play.

Give him the money and he would build the squad that way without any doubt at all.

He said himself that he wanted to build Inter that way. He wanted Inter to play high possession football.

I don't know why Rafa is painted out like a defensive type of manager. He made us the team that scored most goals in the Country. He made Inter play better attacking football. His Valencia team played excellent attacking football.

So, the evidence that Rafa isn't a pass and move high possession type of manager? I still wait on that.

Rafa want his team to dominate. That is the way he build his systems.