It's actually funny how much more Luka understands about football than 90% on here, thank god there are a few that understand.
There are a few.
But get used to comments like that when we loose. This is a "team that won everything syndrome"
People don't remember, how it was when you were loosing year by year.
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Seriously, people blaming Rafa should go and support Barca, or Real, or any other team they like to win every week.
The major problem we have this season is:
1) no adequate cover in attack, 6 players for 4 positions - this is a joke and why ? Because we're "smart" to not overspend, while at the same time asking for 35 mln for Maicon
(ok that was quite fair), but 30 mln for the Idiot
2) no midfield reinforcement; we all knew Motta won't make it for long time
3) Maicon staying (I think we all now realise this was a mistake, and I was wrong thinking it was great he stayed; motivation means just too much for this guy to play good), which wasn't exactly our fault as Real wanted to buy him for scraps
Rafa is the last to blame, at least for my account, but this is not about this game, but overaly about this season.
As for todays game, it was obvious for all to see, we lacked midfielders who knew what to do with the ball. Motta, Stankovic, and to some degree Cuchu, would make a lot of difference. When Obiorah came it was worse, then with Muntari. You can't win a game, when you have 4 midfielders injured.
What I might stick to Rafa is his tendency to stick to the one formation. I like Jose with this, that he wasn't afraid to switch to different formation, if something didn't work. Zanetti - Muntari isn't a midfield that gives you confidence to win a game, if you play 4-2-3-1.
And last word for Maicon. OH MY GOD :yuck: Can you get more humiliated like that or what ? And what the fuck happened to him ? He was never a great deffender, but he always was a beast when running, sprinting, and today he looked like a grandpa against Bale. Oh my GOD.
I think Maicon and Wes are victims of Jose leaving. Wes is great when there is a lot of space to pass to. He is perfect for the type of game we did last year. Maicon same thing. He likes a space to run, he likes balls to run to, he doesn't like to combine while standing, or to build up play like that. That's what Dani Alves is better in. Maicon, whenever runs I see all the time nobody passes to him, and when there is nobody to pass to, they pass to Maicon, who can't do anything with the ball anymore. Last year it was the opposite.
Anyways, the problems will not go away, whether we have Hiddink, or Jose or Ferguson. WE NEED REINFORCMENTS. You can't fuckin collect 60 mln in summer, and spend 0 of it. This was insane and really STUPID move.