[quote author=grjt link=topic=40455.msg1112582#msg1112582 date=1275580054]
[quote author=Skullflower link=topic=40455.msg1112575#msg1112575 date=1275579547]
skysports are banging the torres and gerrard to follow rafa out the door drum.
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Isnt the only source of information that the players were still fully behind him G Balague? - the same Balague who wrote the biggest selling book on Rafa, that would have even made the RCDNW brigade blush, and wrote stories on his behalf in the press?
Plus, this is the same Balague who said that Rafa needs to rotate his players every 3 yrs because his attitude to players physical exertion means they are burnt out....
Now im not sure, but that isnt THE most attractive proposition for players is it? Lads, were going to be pretty negative, Im going to rotate alot, Im not really a people person so I probably wont talk to you, and in all likelihood I'll be looking for your replacement in a couple of years because you'll be fucked = undivided player loyalty?
If Rafa can get back to being a good manager, without all the political jockeying that seems to have distracted him over the last couple of years, then good on him, and I wish him luck.
Im sad that hes leaving - I would be even more upset if he were staying.
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they're not suggesting it's due to rafa loyalty.
[quote author=Skullflower link=topic=40455.msg1112575#msg1112575 date=1275579547]
skysports are banging the torres and gerrard to follow rafa out the door drum.
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Isnt the only source of information that the players were still fully behind him G Balague? - the same Balague who wrote the biggest selling book on Rafa, that would have even made the RCDNW brigade blush, and wrote stories on his behalf in the press?
Plus, this is the same Balague who said that Rafa needs to rotate his players every 3 yrs because his attitude to players physical exertion means they are burnt out....
Now im not sure, but that isnt THE most attractive proposition for players is it? Lads, were going to be pretty negative, Im going to rotate alot, Im not really a people person so I probably wont talk to you, and in all likelihood I'll be looking for your replacement in a couple of years because you'll be fucked = undivided player loyalty?
If Rafa can get back to being a good manager, without all the political jockeying that seems to have distracted him over the last couple of years, then good on him, and I wish him luck.
Im sad that hes leaving - I would be even more upset if he were staying.
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they're not suggesting it's due to rafa loyalty.