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Bebestation said:
You didnt even talk about how many red cards causing you to remember it. You just talked about you remembering his red cards.

It's the amount of love people put to players with 'passion' because they put their face on for a slap with the opposition.
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What the hell are you talking about? This thread is full of weird posts without any real opinions. I'm out.
 

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el3mel said:
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/4092/History/Rafael

Whoscored are saying he was sent off 3 times with us.

I definitely remember 2 of them, the one against Chelsea when Luiz cheated and the famous one vs Bayern in 2010. Don't remember the third one though.
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Yeah, I remember those two too. Even those both were naive from him and from the ref, if he was more famous player at that time ref wouldn't show him red in any of those. The one against Bayern I remember the first one was never a yellow, and for the second Ribery was smart, and the one against Chelsea, even Luiz laughed at his dive and the ref bought it.
 

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Lot of bollocks being talked in this thread about his post-United career.

So, to summarise: noted brain-genius Louis Van Gaal decided he wasn't as good a player as Matteo Darmian and cut him loose. He got snapped up by a CL regular where he was in the same position as he was under Fergie: a moderately injury-prone player who was first choice when fit. His injuries got worse the last couple of seasons and he lost his place to new signing, whereupon he joined the Turkish champions.
 

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Amar__ said:
Yeah, that's why I wrote that he didn't get many and was careful and named transfermarkt as my source, considering it just showed one red card and I wasn't sure if it's in total or they don't count two yellows as red since I think I remember him getting two red cards. Anyway, still not big number, the point stands.
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I hear you mate I made a similar post earlier in the thread.

Of Rafa’s 3 reds one was harsh vs Spurs, the Bayern one was a joke. And the Chelsea one was down to Sideshow Luiz. He gets a rough deal with some united fans.
 

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Class act. Hopefully he'll be back at the club in an ambassadorial role when he's done.
 

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Watching him yesterday, he could still do a job here 5 years after leaving. Definitely shipped out too soon.
 

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He had horrible luck with the refs...him and nani...im still pissed at some of those reds....argh!!!!
 

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golden_blunder said:
Really? I thought he looked shot. His pace has gone
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Definitely. Injuries must have taken a toll. It’s amazing what confidence can do though, I’m convinced it’s an absolutely huge part of why we were successful under Fergie especially, in the later years.

So many players in those squads were average players when they left. Posters are convinced Bruno can’t be rested against WBA at home, yet we beat Arsenal with that midfield of the twins, O’Shea and Gibson.
 
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