No, you're clueless. Rafael can't defend. Nani was an inconsistent flake. /s
He kept selling goals by making stupid mistakes and being rash most the time he played. Loved his energy and commitment though but his injury record was appalling also. Should have never been sold until we got in better as he was a good squad player much like Evans, Nani, Fletcher also but we’d need to ask LVG as he spunked about £100m on this lot to replace them Rojo Depay Morgan and Darmain. Not to mention Blind and his only hits Romero and a player like Martial that can’t hold down a place but has a great ceiling in potential and a youth product he luckily fielded when injuries depleted our squad.I always liked Rafael. What happened to Rafael
Yeah, we didn't have a right winger too but we weren't linked with even a single RW. Winger we were linked with most was Perisic and he is a LW who likes to cut inside.
I think Jose knows buddy but since he’s come in he’s been shovelling the Shiite from previous managers. The deadwood he’s shifted (no one has done great leaving) has been quite the amount with more to be shipped out this summer and I’d imagine the club and manager would be delighted with offers for the following:
Whilst I agree with you I think midfield is missing a signing or two in there but I guess we are not budget less. But Imagine a Dier in their with Matic or Pogba and with a Nevus or Golovin or Mctominay all to come off the bench instead of Herrera and Fellaini (done well in parts to be fair). But I cannot help Remember the days we had Nani Hargreaves and Ando as the rescue act of the bench we won so many points of them or so it felt a bit like City bench this season. Would be great having young players coming on as well and in our squad and I hope to see more Mctominay, TFM, Tunzabe and I’d love Mitchell in as back up left back than suffer Shaw for another season for him as much as us also.
And to be fair at this stage to the manager Sanchez and Lukaku are much the better players.
We should sign someone like Ruben Neves who can play defense splitting passes from deep. Under SAF we had Scholes and Carrick who sprayed passes effortlessly to the wingers who then went one on one with fullbacks and created chances. Now we don't have anyone who can do that, so by the time our wingers gets the ball, teams are back into their defensive shape.
Rafael and Nani may have had some weaknesses but we actually won league titles with them in the team and they gave us excitement and the element of unpredictability. What I'm saying is that since they left no-one has done better than them on our right flank. Whatever happens if we don't buy new fullbacks in the summer we're not going anywhere.
Agree but Dier would also add much with his organisation, ball winning skills, leadership, Ariel strength, good ball retention and stability to our defence. So I can definitely see merit in signing both or Golovin instead of Neves but Dier would be my first choice if only one.
So that with Zaha and Mahrez added to their bench next season bloody hell but you know what I’m easy with that on another level as they’ll be some unhappy players their as only 11 can start. I’d imagine Pep will shift out Aguero to perhaps balance out numbers though. Challenging times reminds me of when SAF has to raise the bar against Jose Chelsea team.
Loves scoring especially against Spurs and Arsenal. 
I'm crying out for us to do this every game. The fullback must run beyond the winger and then can move towards the box and deliver a low cross of cut back, which is incredibly hard to defend against. Yesterday it was like our players weren't allowed to advance past the corner of the 18 yard box, and delivered deep, floated crosses into the box which West brom could have defended for 3-4 hours and probably not conceded.
LvG sold him and replaced him with fecking Darmian.I always liked Rafael. What happened to Rafael
True he isn't a classic right winger, but even Sanchez playing right as an inside forward is better than the giant void that occupies the position whenever Mata plays.
Van Gaal happened to him. 2 years in and Mourinho is still trying to fix the clusterfeck Louis made of this squad.I always liked Rafael. What happened to Rafael
Because you guys sacked him I have to suffer him as a pundit.
Think he was being sarcastic mate.
Offensively? No.
If I had may way, I'd take both Mahrez and Vardy.
Give me Zaha any day over what we have currently. He can play on the left or on the right and can actually commit a man and beat players. He'd be a great option to have whether it's starting or off the bench.
Yes I noticed this as well. It's so sad but what do you expect if you're wide players are Mata and Sanchez and you're midfielders hog the ball for longer than necessary. Like I said in a previous post it's time for us to return to the basics and a wide player who can commit players 1 on 1 is absolutely necessary. Mahrez is such an obvious signing to make. He's PL proven, waiting for a chance to move to a big club, will definitely want to prove himself and I think he'd give the fans some excitement back on the RW. He's already on double figures for goals and assists so you'd expect that to improve with better players around him. And then someone like Malcolm would be fantastic as well if we sell Mata/Martial. He is like a clone of Douglas Costa who's someone I really like too. It's important we snap these players before clubs like Bayern Munich come and take them.
This. They were inconsistent and frustrating most of the time. People tend to forget quickly.
The sad reality! Why can’t we just get players who are natural in their position? All the money we’ve got too. It’s ridiculous.
When last we won the league (remember how we used to do that?) nobody in their right mind thought Rafa was 'inconsistent and frustrating', and Nani was only seen as such by people who didn't understand that most good attacking players aren't actually Ronaldo. The likes of Hazard, Mahrez, and Sterling are the kind of players who have won PL titles for their teams since we booted Nani into touch, and they're every bit as 'inconsistent' as he was (and none of them have caught his assists total yet).
I used to think that a lot when he was 'playing' for us.Miss the days when we had Nani in his glorious form.
