Listen, we're all a bit excited and I'm as made up as anyone else. 3 points tonight was crucial or else we could wave bye-bye to the mancs. But let's be honest - Rafa's selection tonight was a fuckin shambles. I can't ever remember a more negative/baffling selection in all my years following the reds. He got out of jail by bringing on the players who should have started the match. If he ever works out that you could win a game and then give your players a rest, rather than hanging in there and then grabbing a spawny win in the last few minutes, then we might just have a chance of winning this league. Until then, we remain on the edge of our seats just waiting for the next disappointing draw which will, ultimately, cost us the points we need to win the thing.
Made up and pissed off in equal measures tonight. However - COME ON YOU IRONS!!
If you can't you see the sense in what Rafa did then you need to watch more footie. Classic way to play knackered players.
If you have the option of a) playing a knackered Torres and Kuyt from the beginning against a fit and eager Pompey, or b) play N'Gog and a weaker team to contain and out-pass them, maybe get a goal and if necessary bring on a fit Kuyt to run at them, a fit Xabi to outpass them and a fit Nando for 15 minutes to scare the shit out of them and score the winner?
It needs balls of steel and a belief in what you're doing, which Rafa clearly has.
Scanning through the in-game thread is embarrassing, full of gutless wank from people who still don;t seem to understand that football last 90+ minutes.
Top of the league in February... Arsenal out of it, Chelsea falling away, and United needing to win away to go back top... but yeah... let's keep slagging off the manager...