I hope we call pull a rabbit out of the hat, but if we're going to lose this, I'd rather Reading grab a couple more goals and make the manager's position untenable. Rafa has been great for this club, but the time has come - like with Houllier - where he just cannot get the players going anymore. You see it week in, week out. Not bad luck, not a bad run but just a fundamental lack of bite and sullen demeanours. Managers very rarely pull it around from this sort of position. Being outplayed not once but twice by a very poor Championship team is a damning indictment when combined with the rest of our form this season.
