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kazza wrote:Saint it is hardly a village pub team (even with the exaggeration) They beat Sivilla and Rangers 4-1 at Ibrox and their players all looked technically competent.

You may be disheartened by the progress of the team this season but you used to be much more balanced in your assessments. Whether you like Rafa or not surely you have not forgotten about football.

s@int wrote:

Rush Job wrote:Its not easy free scoring against a well organized team that has come to not concede, playing one second string striker up front but we won so I dont see a problem.
They`ll actually have to play at home so that should be a fairer reflection.

My main objection was to being called a couch potato(e) by a MOD and getting carded for responding, while another member was also banned for his response.

s@int wrote:Made in UK

It`ll take more than a ban to keep bam away.
He`s probably sending the perpetrator abusive PMs as we talk.

Rush Job wrote:

s@int wrote:Made in UK

It`ll take more than a ban to keep bam away.
He`s probably sending the perpetrator abusive PMs as we talk.

It wouldn't be the 1st time...could be the last though

Ben Patrick wrote:Right, lets be honest here, the Romanians defended well, they were well organised and difficult to break down, but.....

any half decent side would have done it far earlier at home, especially as the opponents had been coming off the back of a long break without a game.

We are hopelessly short of creativity and it is without a doubt Rafa's fault.
This is his squad and it is full of hard working players but hardly any clever defence breaking players.
So both Saint and Supersub are right.
The result isnt too bad in that type of fixture but the performance summed up our deficiencies.
Yes we are missing a few key players but Ngog upfront on his own shows what a major f'ck up Rafa has made of our attack.
Rather than get Maxi in Jan (who i like) he should have brought in another striker, Gudjohnsson, Van nistelrooy, anyone really.
But he didnt, only he knows why.

red_guy wrote:

Ben Patrick wrote:Right, lets be honest here, the Romanians defended well, they were well organised and difficult to break down, but.....

any half decent side would have done it far earlier at home, especially as the opponents had been coming off the back of a long break without a game.

We are hopelessly short of creativity and it is without a doubt Rafa's fault.
This is his squad and it is full of hard working players but hardly any clever defence breaking players.
So both Saint and Supersub are right.
The result isnt too bad in that type of fixture but the performance summed up our deficiencies.
Yes we are missing a few key players but Ngog upfront on his own shows what a major f'ck up Rafa has made of our attack.
Rather than get Maxi in Jan (who i like) he should have brought in another striker, Gudjohnsson, Van nistelrooy, anyone really.
But he didnt, only he knows why.

Yeah, credit to the romanians for their organized defending and i kind of agreed with less creativity in the team besides  being too dependable on Ngog. The thing about constantly using Ngog as a lone striker would definitely make the lads quest for 4th spot and winning EL harder than it should be. I dunno why rafa manage to overlook the weaknesses upfront(besides Torres of course)and do nothing about it, but at least if we can't afford to have a new striker this season, why can't we use somebody within the squad...Kuyt perhaps? i dunno bout you guys but it would stupid to suggest that Kuyt is no better than Ngog...(duh!!). Personally i would like to see some willingness from rafa to try and maximize the options we had that relying to much on the same formula (not-that effective) week in week out.

phil_cool wrote:Just been told that S@int has been blocked from posting by Supersub

well you would know wouldn't you [email]s@int...[/email]

supersub wrote:

phil_cool wrote:Just been told that S@int has been blocked from posting by Supersub

well you would know wouldn't you [email=s@int...]s@int...[/email]

I thought phil_cool was peewee    I can't keep up with these aliases