Right im writing this to let off a little steam. Quite frankly does anyone out there understand what rafa is trying to do?
We play a 4-4-1-1 formation with 2 defensive midfielders. The only time i agree with this formation is against the elites of europe, do we really need to play this defensive style against ( no disrespect) the fulhams or wigans of this world?
In my mind you have to ballance defence with offence so playing this formation surely you need fast attack minded players supporting the loan striker up front? so beni picks kuyt? no disrespect to kuyt but he is not a right winger!
Ngog gets in all the time??? why not put kuyt there??? he scored 25 goals a season in holland but rafa buys him and sticks him on the wing!!
Lucas is clearly a squad player at best yet he seems to be the first name on the teamsheet everyweek! put gerro back there as his pace is clearly diminishing due to his age and play aqua or pacheco supporting the front man?
He treats player very unfairly imo, some players can be awful for weeks on end and not get dropped whereas others have one bad game and they get dropped for months! People slate Robbie Keane but he is one such player, He scores 2 goals against arsenal then he was dropped for the next game!?!? wtf?
Rafa must surely see that he needs to walk away before the damage is to great to recover from