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Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:13 amby Roger Red Hat
...and the women in Bournmouth are all ex dock workers originally from Hull.
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Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:39 amby Sabre
Bigmick: None of us are managers. I'll always dismiss that idea that obvious fact must prevent us from posting our opinions. We do that for fun, not to be taken too seriously.
I do notice though, that sometimes Rafa gets this kind of criticism "How on earth Alonso was left on the bench" or "If we are to believe Alonso is carrying a knock"....
Excuse me, but it's not logical that. No one can doubt Rafa preffers to play with Alonso rather than Aurelio. And sometimes, I stress sometimes, we should assume that if Rafa doesn't pick a player is because that player has a problem.
It's fair enough to say "I don't have to assume that". But then, it shouldn't be assumed he's just gone mad.
That is, the "you're not professional manager" comment is not on, and I'll always defend the right to post opinions. But sometimes, I think more cautiousness would be adviceable before saying a manager is mad. We simply don't deal with all the info.
Sometimes, like in Keane's case I can see that a situation is a debacle, in that case I don't know all the details neither, but I can tell that there has been a problem with a player, I can see that problem hasn't been solved, and I can see that as a consequence we have a weaker squad in the middle of the season, and I'll criticise him for that.
But if someone tells Rafa mad because he doesn't use Alonso and Torres, people must know Rafa knows those players a lot of years before than them, and he's the first one to like those players, in fact, he brought them.
In a nutshell: I never liked the "you're not a coach" comment, but I do think it's fair to ask some prudence (caution?) before saying someone is mad.
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Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:44 amby bigmick
Sabes, I'm not sure I ever said Rafa was mad. I may have said (infact I did say) the team selection was "bonkers" which in my opinion it was, but I never said he was mad.
I also said i agreed with leaving Toores on the bench, which was the biggest omission of all.
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Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:57 amby bigmick
Ah it was only the basketball bloke it's no bother, no harm done.
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Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:00 pmby GYBS
basketball ? where has that come from Mick ?
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Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:28 pmby stmichael
The team selection at the start was balmy imo. Not just because of who was left out, but because we only had three attacking players on the pitch. The rest of the side consisted of three centre backs, three fullbacks and a holding mifielder.
At the end of the day it was all about the result and we got it, eventually, after making it really hard for ourselves despite dominating the first half.
