Rafa Watch

[Tee]

Dead man walking. At least he should be used to that scenario.

[-V-]

He can still save himself. But he absolutely must win this Club World Cup trophy and then come back and win a 4 or 5 league games in a row. Thats what it will take, otherwise he will be gone

[Shaggy]

He can still save himself. But he absolutely must with this Club World Cup trophy and then come back and win a 3 or 4 league games in a row. Thats what it will take, otherwise he will be gone

He's had unbelievably bad luck with the injury situation - it's about as bad as I've ever seen - but still he should be doing better. His teams do traditionally do much better after Christmas and he's well capable of getting them to put a great run together. He sure as **** needs one.

[Craig_H]

So you think that he'll be sacked within the period of the next 4-5 league games, unless he just keeps winning?

I'm trying to work out when (if it happens) he is likely to be dismissed.

[Craig_H]

Will be interesting to see who Moratti goes after as a replacement too, if he sacks Rafa.

[Mattshark]

Not just the Weder game though Matt.

Injuries have been awful for sure, but he's still had enough to be doing better than Inter's current points tally.

I know that, but as it goes, I was merely pointing out that Gti's point was overly simplistic and I was using the team available for their last game as an example.

[-V-]

If he doesn't win this tournament he will be gone for sure. He already irritated them when they lost the european super cup so he can't afford to lose this one too.

After he wins this he needs some league wins, no doubt. Otherwise he could be 20 points behind in january and no manager can survive that

[Fredo]

Roy Hodgson seems to be surviving well here.

[-V-]

Roy Hodgson seems to be surviving well here.

****in hell

[Fredo]

****in hell

****in hell what? You said "he could be 20 points behind in january and no manager can survive that ", well it seems there's one who does.

[-V-]

****in hell what? You said "he could be 20 points behind in january and no manager can survive that ", well it seems there's one who does.

Don't be a stupid cunt. You know fine well what I mean, that no manager could survive that while in charge of the champions ffs. In charge of the previously most dominant team that won everything possible

[Craig_H]

****in hell what? You said "he could be 20 points behind in january and no manager can survive that ", well it seems there's one who does.

And we're actually NOT 20 points behind. And i dont think we will be in January either.

[dww]

He's had unbelievably bad luck with the injury situation - it's about as bad as I've ever seen - but still he should be doing better. His teams do traditionally do much better after Christmas and he's well capable of getting them to put a great run together. He sure as **** needs one.

Given the last season he had with us you have to wonder if there isn't something more than luck at play.

[Tee]

Given the last season he had with us you have to wonder if there isn't something more than luck at play.

I was thinking the same thing. Wonder how he fared at Valencia with injuries.

[Arn]

Given the last season he had with us you have to wonder if there isn't something more than luck at play.

It is his system that just don't suit an old squad that played a lot of games the season before.

The whole pitch pressing thing takes a lot out of the players. He should have changed his system to suit the squad but he didn't and ended up with a lot of injuries.

The same mistake Roy did. He continues with the same system when he should have changed it to suit the squad.

Many players have said how though it is to have Rafa as manager because he demands almost perfection.