It seems that every thread, no matter what it’s about is boiling down to an, I love / I hate Rafa.
We may as well have it out in one thread and leave the other threads to discuss on topic.
IMO Rafa has done some great things, and he has done some not so good things. If you like him or not he is here for at least this season and therefore think he should be backed by us. If things haven’t changed come May then start the bashing again.
Some key points raised on every other post.
He has blown **** loads of money on crap players:
Well yes and no, he has bought in players for positions that we needed strengthening, we needed a right back he bought one, we needed a winger he bought one, we needed a striker he bought half a dozen. Now if you agree with the players he bought or not is irrelevant, no one really knows how these players are going to turn out. He bought Agger and Skittles for not much money and they have turned out awesome, he bought Reina awesome, Alonso awesome, I’m not even going to mention JM and FT.
Every manager has to buy players who may or may not turn out good, Slur Alex bought god knows how many keepers, centre halfs and central midfielders.
The Xabi Alonso incident:
I’m a big Xabi fan, I think he is a great, great player. But sometimes the manager falls out with a player for whatever the reason. Again lets take Slur Alex, sold Ince, Becks and RVN when they were arguably at the peak of their abilities. In these incidents no matter who the player is you have to back the manager.
The youth system:
Another excellent thing Rafa has done IMO, we now have youngsters who I would genuinely be excited about coming through to the first team. Yet there are some people on here who think it’s OK to bash our young lads when playing if they don’t reach the dizzy heights of their first team counterparts. Even the mighty Stevie G started off playing OK at right back. The fact that Plessis has come in and done a job in one of the key positions on the pitch shows how much potential is there, OK he shouldn’t be a first team starter (except when the rest of the midfield is in China) but some of the comments about the lad are just plain disgraceful.
The ****ing wings:
Now here is where my biggest problem with the gaffer, he has said for 2 seasons that we need better width, well for **** sake go out and buy a creative wide player.
This should have been the first player bought in this transfer window and I am hugely disappointed we have started the season without this player.
Rotation:
Rotation for the sake of rotating is not good, have a team for the carling cup, maybe even the FA cup. Then for the league have your bestish team out every week. OK I’m not saying play the same team every game, but no more than 2-3 changes.
We may as well have it out in one thread and leave the other threads to discuss on topic.
IMO Rafa has done some great things, and he has done some not so good things. If you like him or not he is here for at least this season and therefore think he should be backed by us. If things haven’t changed come May then start the bashing again.
Some key points raised on every other post.
He has blown **** loads of money on crap players:
Well yes and no, he has bought in players for positions that we needed strengthening, we needed a right back he bought one, we needed a winger he bought one, we needed a striker he bought half a dozen. Now if you agree with the players he bought or not is irrelevant, no one really knows how these players are going to turn out. He bought Agger and Skittles for not much money and they have turned out awesome, he bought Reina awesome, Alonso awesome, I’m not even going to mention JM and FT.
Every manager has to buy players who may or may not turn out good, Slur Alex bought god knows how many keepers, centre halfs and central midfielders.
The Xabi Alonso incident:
I’m a big Xabi fan, I think he is a great, great player. But sometimes the manager falls out with a player for whatever the reason. Again lets take Slur Alex, sold Ince, Becks and RVN when they were arguably at the peak of their abilities. In these incidents no matter who the player is you have to back the manager.
The youth system:
Another excellent thing Rafa has done IMO, we now have youngsters who I would genuinely be excited about coming through to the first team. Yet there are some people on here who think it’s OK to bash our young lads when playing if they don’t reach the dizzy heights of their first team counterparts. Even the mighty Stevie G started off playing OK at right back. The fact that Plessis has come in and done a job in one of the key positions on the pitch shows how much potential is there, OK he shouldn’t be a first team starter (except when the rest of the midfield is in China) but some of the comments about the lad are just plain disgraceful.
The ****ing wings:
Now here is where my biggest problem with the gaffer, he has said for 2 seasons that we need better width, well for **** sake go out and buy a creative wide player.
This should have been the first player bought in this transfer window and I am hugely disappointed we have started the season without this player.
Rotation:
Rotation for the sake of rotating is not good, have a team for the carling cup, maybe even the FA cup. Then for the league have your bestish team out every week. OK I’m not saying play the same team every game, but no more than 2-3 changes.
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