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I take it you don't watch much Brazilian footie then.

Exactly, and even in the past not every libero played 'behind', not even in Catenaccio

I think it was certainly a factor, and an easy concession to negotiate given his injuries, but there's no evidence we looked at anyone else for that role (except possibly Barry second time around), so I think he was definitely near the top of the list.

You're right, of course. Beating Villa is more important than continuing with a plan which has done nothing but take us forwards for 5 years. Good thinking.

Absolutely agree. It sure is worrying what's happening on the pitch, but even more worrying is the speed with which people seem willing to kick Rafa out - it's only 6 months since we achieved our record points total, finishing ahead of Chelsea whose resources make ours look like a joke, and were absolutely hammering some very good sides. The man deserves support, but from too many he's getting s***. A sickening level of fickleness. What amazes me is that the Yanks are here for one reason - to make money - yet they seemingly know more about football than alot of our supporters, and at least have the decorum not to stick the knife into the manager in public. THAT is a sobering comparison people.

Jesus. Gotta laugh surely?

But if that happened dya think Rafa would rotate him next match?

Lucas is gonna score as well.

Doss to get the 4th as usual

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Yeah, we just passed them off he park when he came on. Just to annoy you I'm going to say I thought Lucas was the far more effective sub in than Aqua (no fault of AA really)

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Plenty of options on Interwebs TV

So Nasri steams in on Gerrard, then when Kuyt returns the compliment he can't handle it...

Right. Let's not f*** up the 2nd half again.

Reasonably? I'm delighted!

Agree, and there may have been more, too. Bit of a rash call from Hassony, that one.

What, better than Rafa's doing it just to annoy fans? Shirley not.

Little bit of nerves ahead of Sunday now as we crumble again, even if our defence should look a bit better on the weekend, but a shame to get beaten again when we're looking to take small steps towards confidence. They were good I thought, very. Played with energy, and togetherness, solid in defence and very quick to exploit mistakes.

Good side Fiorentina, aren't they?

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Yes, well Statistical nonsense.

Let's face it, there are 2 things wrong with Lucas. 1 - he had girls hair when he arrived, instant problem for many. 2 - Phil Nev stopped him getting a derby winner, from which point he wouldn't have looked back. Good shift yesterday, and only 21.

Only in the terms stated obviously.