Reading post match discussion

[SkippyjonJones]

ref was a bit of a c***...*

 

 

*that is an opinion - not a proven fact

[Cooldude]

No way, it is a proven fact

 

He was absolutely f***ing blind out there today

[Guest GrandpaSimpson]

sissoko

voronin

rafa

[Guest RedLegend]

Ref was crap.

 

Players were crap.

 

Management was crap.

 

A bit of a horrow show all round really.

[D.Boon]

Its because he changed the system to 4-3-3

 

(even though he changed it last week and we won and all said it was a great formation)

[meepins]

No playmaker in the middle, no proper wide player.

We had no control over the game and conceded three.

I blame Rafas selection and tactics first and foremost, regardless of whether the referee was rubbish.

[mattster]

That was a f*cking disgraceful display from the referee, but also from our manager for a dodgy team selection and some shocking substitutions.

[Earl Hafler]

Poor decisions by the ref compounded poor tactics from Rafa. I said at the start of the match it was a bizarre formation, team selection.

 

Main question - why does Rafa continue to play Momo instead of someone better like Benayoun, Babel, Kewell ? How many tough tackling midfielders do we need ? I had hoped Rafa's " choose a team that's just about good enough to beat the opposition and play people in strange positions " days were behind him.

 

Nope. Points dropped against the top sides. What a great result for us that Arsenal draw was...

Edited December 8, 2007 by Big Stuff

[So Cal Red]

sissoko

voronin

rafa

 

Rafa

Ref

Riise (& his redundant Krakens)

Edited December 8, 2007 by Little Red Riding Hood

[Guest Ant]

In this order

 

Sissoko

Rafa

Ref

[Jim D]

Its because he changed the system to 4-3-3

 

(even though he changed it last week and we won and all said it was a great formation)

 

Yes and in the past five games we've been rotating but no one was complaining about it then. One team selection later and everyone is jumping on the rotation bandwagon again. We will play worse than that this season and win, like I said in the match thread it just wasn't our day, everything went against us. Less I say about the officials the better.

[Earl Hafler]

Its because he changed the system to 4-3-3

 

(even though he changed it last week and we won and all said it was a great formation)

 

Playing at least one proper wide player in Kewell, it was a 4-4-2 come 4-3-3.

[Cobs]

Everyone's a cn*t except me.

[D.Boon]

Yes and in the past five games we've been rotating but no one was complaining about it then. One team selection later and everyone is jumping on the rotation bandwagon again. We will play worse than that this season and win, like I said in the match thread it just wasn't our day, everything went against us. Less I say about the officials the better.

 

's a funny old game

[Florist Cinema Pond Goal]

The hardest thing to take is that I really didn't see it coming. The initial line up made you wonder but I'm still shocked now. We cannot let this snowball or our season could be f***ed in a week's time.

[Guest RedLegend]

Yes and in the past five games we've been rotating but no one was complaining about it then. One team selection later and everyone is jumping on the rotation bandwagon again. We will play worse than that this season and win, like I said in the match thread it just wasn't our day, everything went against us. Less I say about the officials the better.

 

Leaving aside the match officials I thought we were very poor today.

 

Yes we hit the woodwork twice but they came from speculative long range efforts.

 

Never looked convincing all game long.

[floyd]

In this order

 

Woodwork

Rafa

Ref

[D.Boon]

Everyone's a cn*t except me.

 

You are wrong

[meepins]

Yes and in the past five games we've been rotating but no one was complaining about it then. One team selection later and everyone is jumping on the rotation bandwagon again. We will play worse than that this season and win, like I said in the match thread it just wasn't our day, everything went against us. Less I say about the officials the better.

No, nobody is on a rotation bandwagon. Today we say bad player selection and bad tactics. We played 4-3-3 before as was pointed out and we stuffed them (Newcastle ?- I can't recall), **shocking revelation** you actually need to play the right players in the right positions.

Edited December 8, 2007 by meepins

[JohnnyH]

Everyone's a cn*t except me.

 

Almost spot on.

[Red2Core]

so you all want rid of rafa now

[Cooldude]

The hardest thing to take is that I really didn't see it coming.

 

For the past couple of seasons, we're in trouble when we start expecting us to win. What's been happening for so long is that something s*** comes out of the corner and knocks that expectation down.

 

Wasn't confident when the team sheet was out pre-game, even less confident after the subs were made

[D.Boon]

6-0-6 is muppet central

 

Bloke on now doesnt even know the players names

[anfieldgaz]

Rafa

Players not giving a sh*t

Ref

[Guest Ant]

so you all want rid of rafa now

 

Who is saying that?