milou wrote:This is not a thread to discuss who is right or wrong but a genuine attempt to analyze what is REALLY happening.. bcos let's face it, something is seriously brewing at the background that we dunno about.
With all the ongoing farces on and off-field (the ongoing take-over saga, rafa's rant on fergie, rafa's contract, rafa's comment about rick parry, "ill-treatment" of keane, gerrard's court case, rumours about Gerrard and Carra's unhappiness with Rafa.. just to name a few), does anyone really think these are all independent events and are not related to our bliiiip of form?
To me, it is blatantly obvious that they are all related in one way or another.
I picked up something quite significant from Rafa in the post-match interview after Wigan draw.. He said:
"The second half was a crazy game and when it is a crazy game you cannot control things."
"No I am disappointed with a number of things but no, the Wigan approach I will not talk about them"
What does he mean by "you can't control things"?
What is so crazy about the game? I saw the match and I can't see anything crazy about it. So he is obviously referring to something we CANNOT or NOT ALLOWED to see.
"It has happened in the last three games. They have something in common I don't like. I know why but I cannot say anything.
Something common in the last 3 matches (Everton, Everton, Wigan)? What is so common about the 3 matches since he fielded different line-up each time?
We know he can and will always say anything and everything about the match so if he says he cannot say, it must be something internal and sensitive.
"The players were okay. They were working very hard in the first half but the second half changed because it was crazy.
Does he mean the players don't work hard anymore in second half? Why? Or even if so, why can't he control it?
"I was talking with my players about what to do on the pitch but there are things that you cannot control."
This to me is the single most significant statement.. Was he implying he can't control the players and they don't listen to his instructions anymore?
I am just trying to make sense of everything that is happening thick and fast.. So this is my SPECULATION about our current situation:
There is an obvious "power struggle" between rafa, RP/H&G.. hence all the contract's talk in the press.. and it is related to Keane's "ill treatment" (it is hard to argue otherwise) bcos for some strange and unknown reason to us... Keane wasn't Rafa's choice.
The players are feeling the heat from the power struggle and our bliiiip and key players started to have disagreement with Rafa.. hence rumors about Gerrard & Carra's unhappiness with Rafa.
I will go ahead to even speculate that Gerrard's late substitution is related to him "not carrying out instructions". Let's face it, there is ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER explanation not to leave your best player/top scorer/miracle worker on the field for the last 7min if you are chasing a winner! Too tired to last 7min? Come on!
Is there a "mutiny" in the dressing room?
I hope I am totally wrong.. Or if Rafa can turn things around, we may never know what is really happening. But if results don't go our way in the next few weeks, I ask everyone to brace up for some shocking news that may include Rafa's resignation or sacking.
Sit tight and see how events will unfold.
Thoughts please...
I wake up in a panic every morning, and before I turn on the PC, I hope to God that Rafa hasn't been sacked or resigned, then when I see the news and everything is in its right place, and I can start the day happy that my team is still in the hunt. And not out of it by much.
This is the first season where I truly think something like this will happen. And it completely blows goats if it ever happens, because we are in a position we haven't been before in a very, very long time.
But that's what happens when there's such a power struggle between people up the top.
All I know is YNWA
