by JoeTerp » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:21 pm
Absolutely dominated the game. Unlucky not to have gotten a 2nd. Poor clearance, but a lot of lucky bounces for Wigan, and Bramble !>?!? with that shot. If we win our game in hand, we are 9 points off Arsenal, 7 back of United and 3 off of Chelsea. Granted, it would require some heck of a change in the way we are playing, but I am not going to write off the season. Winning the title, probably too far off, but possibly 2nd or 3rd IF Rafa AND the rest of the team start pulling it together. I said a couple of weeks ago that it would take a lot for me to call for Rafa's head at the end of this season, and that a 5th place finish would do that. But if we do end the season within 7-10 points of the winners, I would be down for another season under rafa, but would encourage him to sell a lot of the fringe and to say that whatever he sells his funds will be matched by the club so he can buy players that are twice as good. We are never going to get anywhere without some stability. And Rafa could not manage the team to the best of his ability (especially long term) if he is constantly worrying about his job.
And yes, I know, it looks REALLLLY bad right now, but people on here need to stop being so knee jerky. It just gets ridiculous sometimes.
