Rafa Watch

[Zapater]

Must be paper talk, clearly letting him go after a very acceptable start would be madness.

[Vermilion]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/9140414.stm

[Arn]

even teh pro rafa lads admitted he made some bizarre subs, and he got tactics wrong too. He was lucky in Bresica game as the peno was very soft, Brescia are a very poor side.

Italian fans are not very forgiving, he needs to start getting results there quick smart or he will be out on his arse. If Lazio win today in teh derby they'll be 6 points behind already i think? 0-0 at moment but Milan will go above Inter their winning 2 nil.

If he doesn't win any trophies this season he will be sacked and rightly so IMO. Unforgivable with that squad, but i have no doubts they'll improve.

They totally dominated the game and created a lot of chances. Is that lucky? You do talk a lot of bull****.

The pen may have been soft but that don't take away the fact that they totally dominated the game.

He can't score the goals himself can he

[Vermilion]

Can't believe RAFA is being pulled up for being lucky in a game...what manger on the way to winning a trophy does'nt get lucky..ffs wise up people.

[danperkins]

They totally dominated the game and created a lot of chances. Is that lucky? You do talk a lot of bull****.

The pen may have been soft but that don't take away the fact that they totally dominated the game.

He can't score the goals himself can he

chill my main man, i know your hyper sensitive about Rafa and possibly his love child :-D , all i said was Inter were lucky with the peno, you agree it was soft, so eh why the hostility? What i said was true, you agreed, all good.

[CJ]

chill my main man, i know your hyper sensitive about Rafa and possibly his love child :-D , all i said was Inter were lucky with the peno, you agree it was soft, so eh why the hostility? What i said was true, you agreed, all good.

posts thank god on the plea thread then comes straight to the rafa watch thread

i wonder if he understood the point of the plea thread

[Shaggy]

kin joke Perkins. Straight in here with inflammatory remarks (jokes no doubt)

[-V-]

I kinda miss this guy. Think stress and pressure got the better of him a couple of years ago and we lost him

[danperkins]

kin joke Perkins. Straight in here with inflammatory remarks (jokes no doubt)

[danperkins]

posts thank god on the plea thread then comes straight to the rafa watch thread

i wonder if he understood the point of the plea thread

This is the Rafa thread and i was replying to Arn's about Inter's penalty, sayin that they were lucky with it, he did agreed it was soft and that was my point, its football related and its Rafa related on the Rafa Watch thread. Lets not blow anything out of proportion, i read the Plea Thread and am delighted about it, the Rafa argument occupies 95% of all argument on forums an dhas formed divides over all LFC forums, so i'm glad this has happened on EST

[CJ]

well moving on.

from watching him at inter, has he learnt and developed since he was with us?

is he benifiting from a better overall squad who are more willing to follow his methods?

just wondering

[Shaggy]

Not a clue, I've only seen Inter in Europe. As much as I love Rafa, I don't love him enough to watch Serie A football.

[danperkins]

Rafa hasn't had a great start with Inter, either they not getting his ways or their taking their time to adapt to his ways. Watched them few time sin Serie A and they've been very scatty and look a different side. Moratti had to come out and say something to ease the pressure of Rafa.

No doubts they'll improve but Italian fans aren't very forgiving and IMO Rafa will have to win something to keep them happy or else he'll be sacked at end of the season, Inter have won the league 5 times in a row and winning the treble last year only wet the fans appetite even more and heightened their expectation. Lot of pressure on Benitez.

[Chris]

Rafa hasn't had a great start with Inter, either they not getting his ways or their taking their time to adapt to his ways. Watched them few time sin Serie A and they've been very scatty and look a different side.

They looked "scatty" most of last season in the league whether it was struggling at home to the likes of Siena and Bari or getting completely outclassed away to Catania, it's the way it is out there, teams rarely win that league in great style.

Having to field teams like this doesnt help either :

Inter: 12 Castellazzi; 39 Santon, 6 Lucio, 2 Cordoba, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 20 Obi; 88 Biabiany, 29 Coutinho, 27 Pandev; 9 Eto'o.

[Arn]

This is the Rafa thread and i was replying to Arn's about Inter's penalty, sayin that they were lucky with it, he did agreed it was soft and that was my point, its football related and its Rafa related on the Rafa Watch thread. Lets not blow anything out of proportion, i read the Plea Thread and am delighted about it, the Rafa argument occupies 95% of all argument on forums an dhas formed divides over all LFC forums, so i'm glad this has happened on EST

I will never say that a team that totally dominates a game is lucky to get a point. A team that create chance after chance and missed a sitter in the final seconds.

Every penalty are lucky even if it is the correct decision because you never know if the ref will give it even if it is a clear cut one and you can get a pen after a dive in the box.

The team that was the lucky one wasn't Inter. They could easily scored five or six but ended up scoring one. Not lucky at all.