sod AF, the media and mind games, I'm more concerned about Rafa signing a new contract and having a bigger hand in making signings, getting better and taking the club on to even greater heights in the future! As for the team selection last Saturday - hindsight is a great gift which I'm afraid Rafa doesn't have. Too many key players didn't perform but Rafa can't do anything about that. We missed Alonso for sure but bar that, it was basically the same team and set up that stuff Newcastle. Stoke are hard to beat especially at home but yes we should have played well and we have to win games like this (we would have lost the same fixture last season!). We now need to look to the next match and 3 more points, ignore the mancs and get behind Rafa and the team. YNWA