Red_Rob

It's like when you've been with a girl you loved, you had all these amazing times with but suddenly she's grown a c**k. It's sad to have to end it, but you've no choice. Only happened to me once mind.

Time to go Rafa. Thanks for 2005 and the Cup in 2006, but it's over.

Tactical masterstroke from Benitez there. Leave it until three minutes from time to take off a player who has done nothing all match aside from give the word 'lumpen' a new definition, and even then, leave your £18 million player on the bench.

What does Kuyt have to do to be dropped?

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Yeah if only Rafa's genius gamble paid off, we could have snatched a point against a team that hasn't won since November.

I just hope the man has enough honour to walk away without looking for a massive pay-off.

So we're a point behind Man City who have two games in hand. So much for guarentees. I hope he has the balls to make the right decision and just walk.

We're making a team that hasn't won since November look like European certanties.

Thanks for everything Rafa, but it's time to go now.

We don't win this and fourth place is a very distant hope.

Yep, not for the first time this season, he's one of the few that can hold his head up.

£18million lads, £18million.

No changes, good man Rafa. Same again this half lads.

How many times this season has that been said though? And how often does anything change? It's coming from the manager down and I don't think it will change until he does.

If Benitez doesn't make changes at half-time, he can leave after the match.

We're not a very good football team are we?

Allardyce is a dispeakable c***. He puts on the poor man face, goes onto every piece of s**** talk show that'll have him, all the time portraying that he's the honest hardworking Englishman just trying to get by against these nasty foreigners, when in reality, his teams are out there trying to break peoples legs week in, week out. The fact that he's pally with all these s***ty journos means he nevers get called on it.

f***ing Allardyce. All his teams can ever do is kick.

Still can't believe Rafa won't give Richie Partridge a run.

"I know what JT's like and nothing surprises me about him, so I'm not going to comment on that guy, I think everyone in football know what the guy's like." Bellamy's quality. Wish we still had him.

IT ON! *ahem*

Imagine that! Playing two strikers against a team who's doing nothing but defending and you score! Rafa's a tacticle genius.

Yes!!!! Throw in for us!!!. That's more like it lads, get in!

Think Rafa's being very shrewd here, saving Pacheco for the title run-in.