And you expect that to happen in the midst of a relegation battle?
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7 points in our last 4 with wins against UTD and Chelsea.
That's a miracle for this team. Don't pretend otherwise.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Man Utd (A) Draw
West Ham (H). Loss
Watford (H). Loss
Wolves (A) Loss
Spurs (H) Draw
Man City (A) Loss
Brentford (A) Loss
Liverpool (H) Loss
Arsenal (H) Win
Palace (A) Loss
Chelsea (A) Draw
Brighton (H) Loss
Norwich (A) Loss
Rafael’s last 13 games. 6 points in more than one third of the season. If we get relegated, it is absolutely on him and this stretch of results.
West Ham (H). Loss
Watford (H). Loss
Wolves (A) Loss
Spurs (H) Draw
Man City (A) Loss
Brentford (A) Loss
Liverpool (H) Loss
Arsenal (H) Win
Palace (A) Loss
Chelsea (A) Draw
Brighton (H) Loss
Norwich (A) Loss
Rafael’s last 13 games. 6 points in more than one third of the season. If we get relegated, it is absolutely on him and this stretch of results.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Yes?
People think that because we're in a relegation fight we should stop trying to create more chances than we concede or stop teams from having big chances all the time or create some of those chances ourselves?
People aren't saying keep him around because of his footy tactics. There's an understanding that his hands have been tied with the relegation battle.
It's all the other stuff we are seeing that makes us want to keep him. A bit of fight, teamwork, restoring some self-belief, these are all things we have wanted to see from managers. The pretty footy comes later, with some players he has signed to do it because this squad right now can't.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Some tough games in there tbf
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
While I appreciate those results will keep us up maybe I don't see anything in them that means the manager has to stay around
I get it, they dont have relegation in Murican sports, so you are used to teams using the end of seasons to play tiddlywinks.
But this is England son and in England results are all that matter.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
What if the actual good performances don't come?
Then as long as results do, who cares apart from you?
No. Thats not it at all.
People know that this team's confidence is rock bottom and that their heads go the second they conced a goal.
If we play a more expansive game right now this team implodes and becomes a shell of itself the second we concede.
Right now is about getting the job done. You've never experienced a relegation battle before and I'm fairly certain you don't actually understand just how seriously catastrophic it would be.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Ok, and then once the results are in come May we can analyze it and decide whether he's actually doing anything or relying on shots hitting his keeper in the face to get over the line.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
We're going to be back to the whole results don't just happen argument aren't we?
Then we revisit that when he has had a preseason and some signings to try and achieve it.
You don't judge him on that when surviving is the main goal.
We missed clear chances against Leicester (Richarlison x 2) and against Chelsea (Gray, Mykolenko) etc. We should have scored more goals.
Results matter in football, and performances don't matter in May of a relegation fight.
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