Rafa thread - decisions & comments etc

[keniget]

Fair enough, but I don't buy it.

What changes?

We have another player on the pitch that can pass the ball in a straight line and god forbid actually create something.

Also, GOD FORBID we have more than one attacking midfielder in the team. They might get in each others way?

Did you see Utd's midfield at Villa today?

Giggs - Anderson - Scholes - Nani

How on earth did Man Utd win, what with Anderson and Scholes getting in each others way all the time?

[CJ]

Fair enough, but I don't buy it.

What changes?

We have another player on the pitch that can pass the ball in a straight line and god forbid actually create something.if he doesnt get the ball as it keeps going to gerrard then it doesnt matter if he is as good as maradona in his prime as he wont get the ball

Also, GOD FORBID we have more than one attacking midfielder in the team. They might get in each others way?

Did you see Utd's midfield at Villa today?

Giggs - Anderson - Scholes - Nani would they all have got as much of the ball if ronaldo had been playing instead of nani? probably not

How on earth did Man Utd win, what with Anderson and Scholes getting in each others way all the time?

[keniget]

You're talking as though Gerrard was having a mare. He wasn't. That's the irony of it all - as Alan Hansen said, it was looking as though there was light at the end of the tunnel for Gerrard in that game.

As for your Ronaldo comment - I'm pretty sure Nani got MOM the other week whilst Ronaldo was playing.

[Red Chilli]

Well Rafa is paid to make decisions, he made a decision, it came off, happy days

[CJ]

i am not saying he was having a mare but rafa wanted to change something specifically and he did that.

you dont agree

we are not going to agree so i think its best to leave it there or we will all get very very bored with this

[El Jefecito]

You're talking as though Gerrard was having a mare. He wasn't. That's the irony of it all - as Alan Hansen said, it was looking as though there was light at the end of the tunnel for Gerrard in that game.

As for your Ronaldo comment - I'm pretty sure Nani got MOM the other week whilst Ronaldo was playing.

Rafa sees the team vs. the individual.

[Shanks]

My point was that Rafa shouldn't have openly criticised SG in public.

What did he say..

Steven Gerrard is the worst player to ever pull on a liverpool shirt ,
playing at right mid.

"Sorry guys, I had to take the GREAT STEVIE G OFF!!

I'm sory but i'm afraid i might have to do that sometimes.

"No Rafa, please dont
But I have too, he's playig ****e.

Ohhh.. OK THEN!

[keniget]

Rafa sees the team vs. the individual.

Yes, and it is my view that the TEAM is better with Gerrard in it as opposed to Momo.

[Red Chilli]

What did he say..

Steven Gerrard is the worst player to ever pull on a liverpool shirt ,
playing at right mid.

"Sorry guys, I had to take the GREAT STEVIE G OFF!!

I'm sory but i'm afraid i might have to do that sometimes.

"No Rafa, please dont
But I have too, he's playig ****e.

Ohhh.. OK THEN!

Rafa should have just copied the chick in your avatar when he was asked the question about Stevie

[CJ]

... and if he felt he simply had to criticise him, he should have come up with something better than that. I mean, honestly...

maybe it was a poor criticism as it wasnt a criticism.

a poor analogy but here goes.

if i need to use a flat head screwdriver to screw a screw in the fact i am not using a philips screwdriver isnt saying that its **** just that in that instance i need something different

[carheex]

At the end of the day, it's all relative. Stevie is thick when you compare him to the likes of Stephen Hawkin, but I don't suppose Stevie is too bovvered about people calling him thick.
He's a footballer, he's one of the best in his field, why does he need to be highly intelligent?

Exactly - no one reads a stephen hawkin book and says, "not bad but he's **** at football!".

[El Jefecito]

Yes, and it is my view that the TEAM is better with Gerrard in it as opposed to Momo.

But you look at it from the perspective of individuals. That's your failing!

[carheex]

Well Rafa is paid to make decisions, he made a decision, it came off, happy days

Normally I'd agree with that. However, on today's evidence we won "despite" rafa's tactics, not because of them.

[keniget]

But you look at it from the perspective of individuals. That's your failing!

*sigh*

No, no I'm not.

If you think the balance of a team is better with central midfielders that can't pass or create anything, then there is no point talking to you.

[El Jefecito]

*sigh*

No, no I'm not.

If you think the balance of a team is better with central midfielders that can't pass or create anything, then there is no point talking to you.

I understand where you are coming from

I just feel that the balance needs to be across all 11 starters. They ALL need to be signing from the same hymnn sheet.